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smexting

smexting noun: sending SMS messages while smoking in the designated outdoor areas.

Noun

smexting (uncountable)

  1. (UK) Sending SMS messages while smoking in the designated outdoor areas.
    • In the two weeks following the smoking ban, texting across Orange’s network of 17 million mobile phone users shot up by 7.5 million texts, leading Orange to dub the trend ‘smexting’.2007 August 5, “Smokers Turn To Their Phones As They’re Sent Outside”, in Orange Mobile
    • Hence the arrival of a new “trend” for “smexting”: an increased number of text messages being sent because smokers (now forced to hang outside since the adoption of a smoking ban in England on July 1) are spending their time tapping away on their mobile phones.2007 August 6, Bobbie Johnson, “What the hell is smexting?,””, in The Guardian

Examples of smexting in a sentence

  • Ever since the public smoking ban was set in the UK, a record number of text messages have been sent, a phenomenon the Daily Mail has dubbed, "smexting".2007 August 12, Bianca Bartz, “The SMS Phenomenon Caused By Smoking Bans”, in TrendHunter:
  • The British mobile carrier Orange reported a surge in texting when the ban went into effect, but the company claims that people were smexting friends who might help them to quit.2007 October 24, Jonathon Keats, “Jargon Watch: Bacn, Google Government, Smexting”, in Wired News:
  • "Rule number four," I said, "no texting." “No smexting?” Maxine asked.2014, Nora Olsen, Maxine Wore Black, →ISBN:
  • Cellphones, this phone, that phone, texting, smexting—every freakin' thing there is.2016 October 28, Misha Sesar, “We Asked Seniors What They Really Think About Millennials and Trump”, in Vice:

Origin of smexting

Blend of smoking + texting.

Questions about smexting

What does smexting mean?
Smexting means sending SMS messages while smoking in the designated outdoor areas.
How do you use smexting in a sentence?
Ever since the public smoking ban was set in the UK, a record number of text messages have been sent, a phenomenon the Daily Mail has dubbed, "smexting".
What part of speech is smexting?
Smexting is a noun.

Words near smexting in the dictionary

  1. smews
  2. smex
  3. smexier
  4. smexiest
  5. smexily
  6. smexting
  7. smexual
  8. smexy
  9. SMF
  10. SMFH
  11. SMFI

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