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Textual Refractory Period 

The amount of time it takes someone to return a text message.
- I sent her a text message over three hours ago! I don’t know if she’s ignoring me or if she just has a long textual refractory period.
- During his textual refractory period, a male is temporarily uninterested in further texting.
- Unlike men, most women do not experience a textual refractory period immediately after texting.
- Ugh! My grandpa’s textual refractory period is like twenty hours!
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textrogen 

The counterpart to textosterone. Found at varying levels in both genders of the human species, it is expressed at higher levels in women than in men. High levels of textrogen result in lots of abbreviations in texts, mass texting, and rapid texting, to name a few.
Girl #1: OMG so yday, I put my phne on the counter and when I got bak like 5 sec l8r I had 23 txts from Jane

Girl #2: OMG totes lolz so much textrogen!
Girl #1: IKR!
Girl #2: R! LOL!

textrogen...
textrogen by testicles...that is all September 18, 2012

textflection 

An ironic word portraying the lack of inflection in a text. This usually results in tragic, humorous, and often very confusing miscommunication.
Female: I can teach you something
Male: What you gonna teach me?
Female: To do the dishes.
Male:(thinking it was a romantic advance and got false hope) Damn... Another innocent victim of textflection.
textflection by TheBossGhost May 14, 2013

textlation 

It is the way someone interprets what you text them in a totally different way then what you meant ...
I am not being rude, it must have gotten lost in textlation. Just call me.
textlation by Ms4lfclvr December 12, 2013

Texting bitch face 

Similar to resting bitch face, but with texting. This usually happens when you end your texts in periods or don't use emoticons, which makes the person you're texting think you're pissed at them.
Person 1: (text) Party at Jeff's tonight! See you there?
Person 2: (text) K.
Person 1: (text) Do you not want to go, or is that just texting bitch face?
This is a real thing in the online dating world. Was previously submitted incorrectly and has been reworked:

Textopia
noun
1. the euphoric state or feelings usually associated to an online relationship; in which all things are perfect because all communication is electronic and no personal contact has occurred

adjective

Textopian
1. Modeled for the perfect state of a relationship where all communication or contact has been made electronically.
I've been in a textopian relationship with him for months, although he has never asked me out on a date.
Textopia by Sky Spang May 19, 2017

Texturbation 

The act of sending a barrage of unanswered texts. Usually, the texturbator is being intentionally ignored. Sometimes, result of purported recipient's phone dying.
I had a serious texturbation session last night. He's over me, so I just ended up sending gifs to him all night.
Texturbation by Noshedint March 15, 2018