textpectant

adj. That brief (maybe longer) moment after sending a text to a partner and seeing no other explanation that the person immediately sees and wants to respond to your text.

"She needs to text back about our date on Friday, I'm so textpectant."

by Estabanjosenegro January 28, 2014

textpectation

"The anxious restless feeling caused while waiting for someone to reply to your text message."

"My friend left me on read five hours ago - I feel my textpectation going through the roof while i waited for her reply."

by cherry1206 September 9, 2025

Textpectation

The captivation of the dots in iMessage that causes one to lose their free will to close the text.

I’d like to go on with my fucking day, but the dots have been in motion for five minutes straight. The textpectation is killing me.

by CouncilorBrian March 23, 2023