textaholic

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noun

One who spends a great deal of time sending text messages.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

nountextaholic (plural textaholics)

plural textaholics

  1. slangOne who spends a great deal of time sending text messages.

    Marie, on her bar-stool texting on her mobile (I dread to think what the textaholic's phone-bill will be)...

    2007, Nicola Chalk, Because of You
    2 more examples

    The minute I got there I realized that I didn't need the loo at all, and so the person in the stall next to me was going to think I was either quite mad, an unsubtle drug fiend or some kind of Rebecca Loos-type pervy textaholic.

    2007, Alexandra Heminsley, Ex and the City: You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Dumps You

    Text messaging: most guys prefer to talk than text, but most New Age women are textaholics, so it can be guaranteed if your man's phone keeps on bleeping with a text message notifications^([sic]) it's usually another woman.

    2007, O. T. Begho, Just telling it!

Origin

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APA

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

MLA

“textaholic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/textaholic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “textaholic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/textaholic.

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