When you subtract the time between their message and your response so as to avoid the following: seeming desperate, sounding actually upset at them, desperate, glad that someone cared enough to respond to you, desperate, and to avoid sounding desperate.
Text math is done in a number of scenarios such as during arguments with your soon-to-be ex, your parents when you're drunk, or with that co-worker when you aren't sure how exactly they got your number.
Text math is done in a number of scenarios such as during arguments with your soon-to-be ex, your parents when you're drunk, or with that co-worker when you aren't sure how exactly they got your number.
by Tamed-Carrot May 17, 2018
Get the Text Mathmug. The gradual "tapering" off a relationship by waiting short to extended periods of time before answering texts.
Remember that chick I was seeing for a few months?
She started getting all psycho, so I had to end it by taper-texting her.
She started getting all psycho, so I had to end it by taper-texting her.
by doggle1 November 17, 2011
Get the Taper-textingmug. the text that (sometimes) appears when you hover over an image on a website, usually just briefly describing the image that you are looking at.
Person 1: *hovers over a random image- hey! I see text there! Wonder what it's called...
Person 2: it's called alt text you idiot
Person 1: really? *looks for alt text for 2000000000000 other images
Person 2: *sighs- really?
Person 2: it's called alt text you idiot
Person 1: really? *looks for alt text for 2000000000000 other images
Person 2: *sighs- really?
by cyanbutneon September 4, 2023
Get the alt textmug. Texting someone in a manner that is annoying and derogatory, especially if it is a common occurance.
"I'll give you my boyfriend's number as long as you promise not to reeky text him every five minutes"
"I do not reeky text!"
"Last time you stole my phone you spammed him with messages calling him a fuckboy and worse."
"I do not reeky text!"
"Last time you stole my phone you spammed him with messages calling him a fuckboy and worse."
by ReekyTexter May 12, 2021
Get the Reeky textmug. A "gentleman's gentleman" who's mainly tasked with proofreading his fumble-fingered master's hastily-composed missives, essays, and other literary creations, pointing out and/or correcting all the errors, and then either passing the resulting "perfected" paperwork back to his boss, or sending said correspondence on its way to it intended recipients.
As clever and talented as Jeeves was, it's entirely probable that he could have also served the dim-witted Bertie Wooster in the role of text-composition butler; perhaps he might instead have suavely suggested that, "You might want to consider a modern word-processor, Sir... it will underline spelling and grammar errors for you, so that you can correct them immediately as you go along."
by QuacksO April 29, 2019
Get the text-composition butlermug. When two people mostly text instead of talking to each other in person. When talking in person can be extremely awkward.
Kayla : Jude, get out of your comfort zone and actually talk to someone! Stop having a text relationship!
by kaylllllaaaaaa&judddditthhh September 24, 2017
Get the Text Relationshipmug. by Texter87 January 15, 2011
Get the Text Followingmug.