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double texting

double texting noun: the practice of double texting. Also the present participle and gerund of double text.

Noun

double texting (uncountable)

  1. The practice of double texting.
    • The younger millennials are more privy to double texting. Not in the know? Double texting is when you send two texts without a reply in between, which apparently, is not the way to play the game.2018 March 20, Brittany Bennett, “7 Ways Older Millennials Text Differently Than Younger Millennials”, in Bustle, New York, N.Y.: Bustle Digital Group, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2021
    • Double texting is on a list of relationship icks in a poll commissioned by the dating site Seeking.2023 January 10, “Double texting: why needy messages – and smelling bad – could relegate you to the dating ‘ick’ list”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN...

Also used as

double texting is also the present participle and gerund of double text.

Questions about double texting

What does double texting mean?
Double texting means the practice of double texting.
What part of speech is double texting?
Double texting is a noun.

Words near double texting in the dictionary

  1. double taxations
  2. double team
  3. Double Ten
  4. double text
  5. double texted
  6. double texting
  7. double texts
  8. double time
  9. double top
  10. double track
  11. double trap

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