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textation

textation noun: the social practice of exchanging text messages.

Noun

textation (uncountable)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) The social practice of exchanging text messages.
    • “What did the text say?” Hadley ask.
      “Nothing,” I mumble. “It was just a misunderstanding.”
      Hadley nods knowingly. “Lost in textation.”
      I lean against the counter and glare at her. “What?”
      “Lost in textation. It’s that awkward part of texting where the context of a conversation is lost without...2016, Jessica Brody, “Talking ’bout My Generation”, in A Week of Mondays. A Novel, page 13

Synonyms of textation

Origin of textation

From text + -ation.

Words formed from textation

Questions about textation

What does textation mean?
Textation means the social practice of exchanging text messages.
What part of speech is textation?
Textation is a noun.

Words near textation in the dictionary

  1. textaholic
  2. textaholics
  3. textarian
  4. textarians
  5. textas
  6. textation
  7. textationship
  8. textationships
  9. textbase
  10. textbased
  11. textbases

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