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Text stretch

when you wait awhile to respond to a text message, whether on purpose or not...but usually on purpose.
dude, wtf that was the longest text stretch in history, what the hell could be more important?
by ummyeah10 April 14, 2010
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text lurker

The person that creepers over your shoulder well you are sending a message via your mobile phone. This person often asks you a question relating to the message sent to one of your friends.
Adam (textmessage)- Hey Michelle, it was nice seeing you yesterday.
Adam's Mom: Who is Michelle?
Adam: Mom, quit being a text lurker!
by donttextlurk13 April 22, 2010
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Text and Run

The act of starting a text message conversation, and then abandoning it after the other person has a chance to answer.
1:
-"Dude, Bill committed a total text and run yesterday. He asked me about my ulcer, and then didn't reply for the rest of the night."

2:
A: Hows it going? U enjoying that new bedspread? Hows Larry?
B: Good thanks! Larry's fine. How's life?
A: *never responds*
by J Ames June 8, 2013
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Text sniffer

When someone snags your phone and and spies through your texts.
Dad, get away from my phone, you text sniffer!
by Killer-Cam July 15, 2019
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Text Purgatory

The time period one waits for a response to a flirtatious text.
Dave was in text purgatory after sending Kiri "drinks later?"
by icwish January 26, 2010
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Text speech

Noun

1. A specific form of language and word formation used almost exclusively in texting and internet discussions. Text speech is comprised of everyday American English that has been heavily fragmented and shortened. Typical text speech has a number techniques in it's use, including:

-inserting numbers of equivalent pronunciation, e.g. 2 = to,
-abbreviations, e.g. appt = appointment,
-famous acronyms such as LOL, FTW, WTF, IMHO, etc.

Making words from symbols, like the following, is not considered text speech.
1|= y()u (4|\| r3@d 7#5, y0|_| /\r3 @ IVI0/\/$+3|2 &33|<

While the general purpose of text speech is to make conversations as short and easy as possible, in some rare cases it can develop such a specific dialect that it's impossible for those who encouter it for the first time to decipher it without help.

2. 'Text speech' could also be used to mean that fucking annoying habit some people have when they phonetically pronounce text acronyms during a normal phone conversation.
Jesse: Oh sorry, berb.
Marcus: What??

20 minutes later

Jesse: You still there?
Marcus: What the hell was that about?
Jesse: I said I would be right back. berb.
Marcus: You mean B R B? God, would you please just drop the text speech? It's really confusing.
by IQuarent October 24, 2016
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Text Ditching

when a texting conversation inexplicably stops with no reasoning probably due to phone battery, forgetfulness, or business but leads to text anxiety
Yeah I was texting Haley for a while until but now I think she's text ditching me
by KittyKatBigBoi January 2, 2009
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