sexting

plural sextings

1. slanguncountableusuallyThe act of transmitting and/or receiving sexually suggestive text messages and/or photographs between cell phones equipped with text messaging.

   There are already concerns that young people are unaware of the serious legal implications that sexting can have.

   2009 August 6, Annalisa Barbieri, “You don't know what sexting is?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

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   But perhaps the most critical question in this area of research concerns the effect of sexting on relationship quality. Does sexting benefit or harm relationships?

   2018, Zizi Papacharissi, editor, A Networked Self and Love, Routledge, →ISBN

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of sext