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txtspeak

txtspeak is the alternative form of textspeak.

Meaning of textspeak

Noun

textspeak (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The abbreviated, simplified form of language used in text messages, which often elides vowels and omits punctuation and capitalisation.
    • For 40 years the society has championed good English – and hasn't been above the occasional criticism of the Queen's own standards of English – but it has finally conceded it cannot survive in the era of textspeak and Twitter.2012 June 4, Lewis Smith, “Queen’s English Society says enuf is enough, innit?: Society formed 40 years ago to protect language against poor spelling and grammar closes because too few people care”...
    Synonyms:
    textese

Questions about txtspeak

What is txtspeak the alternative form of?
Txtspeak is the alternative form of textspeak.

Words near txtspeak in the dictionary

  1. txs
  2. txt
  3. txted
  4. txting
  5. txts
  6. txtspeak
  7. txtspk
  8. ty
  9. Ty Croes
  10. ty-foong
  11. ty-foongs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: txtspeak (page history and authors); textspeak (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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