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Textlation
When you misunderstand a point someone is trying to convey through an all text medium (cell phones, internet chatting, etc.) because you are unable to see their body language, or hear the fluctuations in the tone of their voice.
I messaged her saying I was going to kill her, but my sarcasm was lost in textlation. Now I have been arrested for threatening her life.
Textlation by Sheski April 19, 2010
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textlet • Textleting • textlation • textless • textlexia • Textlepathy • Textlexic • textlationship • teatlets • textiety
textlation
It is the way someone interprets what you text them in a totally different way then what you meant ...
textlation by Ms4lfclvr December 12, 2013
Textless Syndrome
Mostly happens when you want to talk to someone but they wont reply back, So you keep thinking your phone is going off.
Ex: Jimmy waits for his Jan to text him back saying she will go out with him. Jimmy has contracted textless syndrome
2 hours later Jimmy gets his answer after checking his phone 8k times. Looks like its just his hand tonight.
Ex: Jimmy waits for his Jan to text him back saying she will go out with him. Jimmy has contracted textless syndrome
2 hours later Jimmy gets his answer after checking his phone 8k times. Looks like its just his hand tonight.
Textless Syndrome by Jak Timels May 6, 2008
teatlets
teatlets by anonymouse0106 September 26, 2006
textretary
textretary by Spring Maiden April 12, 2009
Textless Leg Syndrome
Similiar to textless syndrome, but with a better pun. You think your cell phone is going off with a text from your crush, but it is just your nerves. Common when sitting on the couch, watching TV or twiddling your thumbs. Symptoms include sweating and restlessness.
There it was again. The feeling. John slowly reached down and grabbed the phone from his pocket... he glanced down at the phone... no text. The sixth time he had done that. It seemed as if Emily would never text him back. He had heard of this. His friends once had a mild case of Textless Leg Syndrome, or TLS, but this was the full-blown case. It was teenage hunting season.
Textless Leg Syndrome by Texter 4000 January 12, 2009
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