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intexticated

intexticated adjective: distracted by text messaging; said of someone driving poorly for this reason.

Adjective

intexticated (comparative more intexticated, superlative most intexticated)

  1. (neologism, rare, slang) Distracted by text messaging; said of someone driving poorly for this reason.
    • Mr. Sweeney almost paid a price for, as the saying goes, driving while “intexticated.” About a year ago, he said, he almost got into a collision as he was text-messaging while driving.2008 March 16, Dave Caldwell, “With Text-Messaging Ban While Driving, Legislators Play Gizmo Catch-Up”, in The New York Times
    • What about driving while intexticated?2009 February 25, The Citizen, “Re: {OP-ED} The punishment for DUI is way too harsh”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet)

Forms of intexticated

comparativemore intexticated
superlativemost intexticated

Origin of intexticated

Blend of intoxicated + text.

Questions about intexticated

What does intexticated mean?
Intexticated means distracted by text messaging; said of someone driving poorly for this reason.
What part of speech is intexticated?
Intexticated is an adjective.

Words near intexticated in the dictionary

  1. intestosomatic
  2. intetumumab
  3. intexine
  4. intexines
  5. intext
  6. intexticated
  7. intextine
  8. intextines
  9. intexts
  10. intextured
  11. Intha

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