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

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

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

sextracted 

being distracted by sex; unable to concentrate due to sex on your mind.

Bob: "You're not listening to me"

Sue: "No, i'm sextracted."

sextracted by phinesse March 7, 2009

textstracted 

when you are in the middle of something, (eating, reading, texting, talking... but not limited to these things) and an text comes to your phone, you proceed to try and do both things, or completely stop everything to check the text.

Billy had to have jane repeat herself, he was textstracted while she was talking to him. He blamed it on bad cell reception.

textstracted by cootiesun January 13, 2011

Textdated 

Keeping someone updated about situations or events by texting often.

"I'm busy all day today, but I'll keep you textdated on what I'm doing and where I am."

Textdated by DrWro May 14, 2013