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textochondria 

The sudden feeling of having received an SMS/MMS text message despite the fact that you are not carrying a mobile phone. May be accompanied by a certainty of "hearing" your message tone and/or "feeling" your phone vibrate. Usually followed by confused searching of your pockets.
"Im sure i just heard my text tone"
"Dude, you left your phone in the car"
"Damn textochondria!"
textochondria by DappaDan April 1, 2008
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Text echo by sixstringer June 21, 2014
the arrival of a text message as one is simultaneously calling the recipient
Fred had the burning desire to call Marge. He texted her, then seconds later, called her. As she answered the phone, the text message from Fred arrived. "Is this a 'text echo'?" she asked.
text echo by comas February 19, 2009