fext

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noun

An aggressive text message.

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Meanings

fext1

nounfext (plural fexts)

plural fexts

  1. slangAn aggressive text message.
verbfext (third-person singular simple present fexts, present participle fexting, simple past and past participle fexted)

present singular third person fexts · participle present fexting · participle past fexted · past fexted

  1. slangTo send an aggressive text message.

    They can be weaponized, as in the case of Bravo’s “Real Housewives,” who now regularly show up at reunions with binders of printed text fights, a.k.a. “the receipts.” “Fexting” also keeps therapists and divorce lawyers busy.

    2022 November 7, Reyhan Harmanci, “Love Comes and Goes, but a Screenshot Is Forever”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

FEXT2

nounFEXT (countable and uncountable, plural FEXTs)

plural FEXTs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecommunicationsInitialism of far-end crosstalk.

    Because FEXT and ISI coexist, a crosstalk canceller (XTC) and an ISI equalizer are needed.

    2013, Shih-Yuan Kao, Shen-Iuan Liu, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, volume 48, number 11, →DOI, →ISSN

Origin

Blend of fight + text, after sext.

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APA

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MLA

“fext.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fext. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fext,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fext.

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