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A temper tantrum via text, usually prompted by inadequate text responses by a significant other.
Me: Where the F were you?
Him: I was talking with Bob.
Me: I was F-ing waiting for you at the bar for 45 minutes.
Him: Sorry.
Me: Why didn't you call?
Him: I forgot. sorry.
Me: You said to meet at 7pm. I f-ing skipped my office happy hour at Pedro's to haul it to the bar on time. Sat through three train delays when I could have been drinking margaritas with the hot IT guy. Instead I sat there drinking whiskey BY MYSELF at the bar, waiting for your sorry ass to arrive. and for what? BECAUSE YOU WERE TALKING WITH BOB.

Him: sorry. sorry I caused this textrum.
Textrum by XWDragonGirl September 12, 2018
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textramarital affair

The art of cheating on your partner using text messages.
The neighbor girl and I are having a textramarital affair!

textreme 

An adjective describing someone who texts a lot.
Hank: "Jon texts way too much man."
Xavier: "Yeah, he's textreme."
textreme by Baker Love April 12, 2009

Textbumped

(1)When walking down the sidewalk, hallway, or navigating in a bar. When out of nowhere someone is texting and bumps in to you more than expected.

(2) When texting and not paying attention to your surroundings and walking into passing pedestrians.

(3) When texting and a girl asks for your number by bumping you with her ass and holds her hands up like she's is texting.
(1) (Girl1) Hey I can make it tonight...
(guy1) why what's up?!?
(girl1) I was walking with jenny today @ the mall and some guy Textbumped me into display case full of glass figurines.

(2) I was walking down the hallway and accidentally text bumped into Jenny...man was that awkward...

(3) Out of nowhere a girl bumps when I was texting, and was like can I text you sometime?
Textbumped by Greasecoastie August 23, 2010

self textruct 

Completely ruining your chances with a member of the opposite sex by drunk texting something completely ridiculous.
Mike self textructed last night when he send a text to Lauren that said, "Hpw about we' ski[ the necx t couple o steps and just have sec tonight??"

Textrubate

To Masturbate while Text messaging someone. If one is watching porn while masturbating and changing the video it can be quite difficult.
John: Hold on Katie, I'll brb
Katie: What are you gonna do?
John: Well I can't textrubate
Katie: Ewwww

John: Hey man whats up?
Joe: Can't textrubate ttyl
John: What a weirdo....
Textrubate by JohnnnnyBOY September 14, 2009

textument 

an argument that occurs by means of text messaging
He can't talk to me face to face so he always tries to start a textument with me instead.
textument by Annalicious May 10, 2007
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Respectfully 

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Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.

Modified derivative of granola.
"I need more crunchy guys in my life. I'm so tired of dating preppy metrosexual assholes."

"I'm heading out to the crunchy store to pick up some fair trade chocolate and tea tree oil, do you need anything?"
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murderhobo 

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

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DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.
murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021
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