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txtspk

txtspk is the abbreviation 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

Origin of txtspk

Alteration of textspeak, having had all its vowels removed.

Questions about txtspk

What is txtspk the abbreviation of?
Txtspk is the abbreviation of textspeak.

Words near txtspk in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: txtspk (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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