text neck

noun

Neck pain caused by hunching over a mobile device for long periods.

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Meanings

nountext neck (uncountable)
  1. informaluncountableNeck pain caused by hunching over a mobile device for long periods.

    Do you have text neck? How phones are affecting us physically [title]

    2024 January 24, Tik Root, “Do you have text neck? How phones are affecting us physically”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
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    Are smartphones a pain in the neck? According to new research carried out by a US doctor, they are far worse – “text neck” is becoming an epidemic that could lead to permanent damage.

    2014 November 24, Homa Khaleeli, “Text neck: how smartphones are damaging our spines”, in The Guardian

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
tech neck
Cite this entry
APA

text neck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/text%20neck

MLA

“text neck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/text%20neck. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “text neck,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/text%20neck.

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