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textaholic

textaholic noun: one who spends a great deal of time sending text messages.

Noun

textaholic (plural textaholics)

  1. (slang) One who spends a great deal of time sending text messages.
    • Marie, on her bar-stool texting on her mobile (I dread to think what the textaholic's phone-bill will be)...2007, Nicola Chalk, Because of You
    • The minute I got there I realized that I didn't need the loo at all, and so the person in the stall next to me was going to think I was either quite mad, an unsubtle drug fiend or some kind of Rebecca Loos-type pervy textaholic.2007, Alexandra Heminsley, Ex and the City: You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Dumps You

Forms of textaholic

pluraltextaholics

Origin of textaholic

From text + -aholic.

Questions about textaholic

What does textaholic mean?
Textaholic means one who spends a great deal of time sending text messages.
What part of speech is textaholic?
Textaholic is a noun.
What is the plural of textaholic?
The plural of textaholic is textaholics.

Words near textaholic in the dictionary

  1. text-to-speech
  2. text-type
  3. text-types
  4. texta
  5. textable
  6. textaholic
  7. textaholics
  8. textarian
  9. textarians
  10. textas
  11. textation

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