Meanings
r-bombing1
- participlepresentpresent participle of r-bomb
R-bombing2
- neologismuncountableThe act of leaving someone's text message on read without replying.
There's no excuse for r-bombing!
2020 November 23, @ATFTCPodcast, Twitter, archived from the original on 16 May 20243 more examples
However, being the victim of R-bombing may occasionally lead to obsessive behaviour, warns Preece, i.e. repeatedly checking to see if that person has been online or active on other forms of social media.
2018 May 24, Olivia Petter, “R-bombing: The new dating trend you may have already experienced”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Oct 2023The best way to deal with R-bombing, in our humble opinion, is to remain chill.
2018 May 26, Ellen Scott, “R-bombing is the new dating term you've likely already put up with”, in Metro, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2022Months later when I bumped into her it turned out that she had swapped phones with her husband who isn't the best at passing on messages. So while R-bombing is a crap way to end a relationship, it's not always what it seems.
2018 July 31, Cat Rodie, “You're definitely a victim of R-bombing and you don't even know it”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Apr 2023
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of R-bomb
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r-bombing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/r-bombing
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