When you misunderstand a point someone is trying to convey through an all text medium (cell phones, internet chatting, etc.) because you are unable to see their body language, or hear the fluctuations in the tone of their voice.
I messaged her saying I was going to kill her, but my sarcasm was lost in textlation. Now I have been arrested for threatening her life.
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A conversation that takes place entirely through text messages, whether through instant messaging, sms messages, chat rooms, message boards or posting on each other's home pages.
by Mel from Hell January 8, 2009
Get the textation mug.When someome only has a relationship with someone via text messages. Usually they have to bust out their cell phone to recap a conversation or any event involving the person.
"...oh wait. Where's my cellphone. I need my cellphone to tell this story about my friend."
"Must be another textlationship."
"Must be another textlationship."
by chris.tine April 22, 2008
Get the textlationship mug.Literally, an SMS text message that is mistakenly interpreted by the recipient to mean something other then what the sender meant the message to convey. This is a common problem as the limitations of characters that fit into a standard SMS text message require the sender to abbreviate or otherwise cut out words making the message harder to understand, hence lost in textlation.
Any text can be misinterpreted as grammer is rarely used so even a simple text like:
A text that says "what are you doing?" could be interpreted by the recipient to mean what are they doing that very minute or it could be a critique from the sender asking the recipient what the hell they are doing, i.e. what's their problem. This rather simple example demonstrates lost in textlation.
When matters of relationships are discussed via text, that is where things can really become problematic.
A text that says "what are you doing?" could be interpreted by the recipient to mean what are they doing that very minute or it could be a critique from the sender asking the recipient what the hell they are doing, i.e. what's their problem. This rather simple example demonstrates lost in textlation.
When matters of relationships are discussed via text, that is where things can really become problematic.
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Get the textlationshit mug.When someone receives a text and twists the message into something different than what the sender was intending. Too many text creates a convoluted message. Clear communication is not happening and both texters become frustrated/mad or an array of other emotions.
Ranging from sending a text and not receiving a reply soon enough or attempting to have a conversation through a chain of texts. This is when one can get Lost in Textlation.
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