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Textracted

Past Tense The act of texting that causes to turn away from the original focus of attention or interest.
I got off the elevator on the wrong floor because I was textracted.

Officer: Do you realize how fast you were driving?

He/She: I am very sorry, Officer. I was textracted!
Textracted by Paradiselost February 26, 2009
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textracted

(adj.): When a person either (1) takes a ridiculously long time to respond to a text message due to other distractions or (2) ignores his or her surroundings because he/she is too focused on texting. These seemingly conflicting meanings can never occur simultaneously.
Ex 1)
You: Hey!
Sheila: Hey, dude.
You: I love you!
...
You: Hello?
...
(5 hours later) Sheila: Oops! Sorry! I love you, too...I was just textracted.

Ex 2)
You: (watching TV) Awesome! Steve, you have to see this.
...
(Steve, sitting right next to you, doesn't respond; he's too busy texting)
...
You: Steve?
You: Steve!
You: STEEEEEEVVVVEEE!!!
Steve: Oh, what? Sorry, I was just textracted.
textracted by ll Jet ll March 12, 2011

Tattractive 

Tatto + Attractive = Tattractive. When a hottie has wicked nice tats that amplify their hotness.
Damn that man has some sweet sleeves. He is so damn tattractive.
Tattractive by Drastic Dynamo April 19, 2015

Textracted

When feeling that urge to text someone while also walking or driving or somewhere that takes your concentration away for being 'textracted'.... (of course please do not text and drive)
Walking for the bus, Angy grabbed her phone to text someone.

Text: "on my...........fuck, I just tripped over the pavement. On my way"
Still being 'textracted' Angy quickens her pace and starts to slowly run for the bus that she see from the corner of her eye has arrived at the bus stop.
Text: "Gettin on bus...........shit, coat is caught in the buses door.......on bus now"
Textracted by Long Johns January 1, 2014

Textracted

Textracted is when someone is completely distracted by texting that they don't notice what's going on in the world around them.
He was so textracted that he didn't notice he had walked into traffic against the light.
Textracted by Bmanz March 24, 2017