textpert

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noun

Someone skilled at analyzing texts; a literary expert or critic.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nountextpert (plural textperts)

plural textperts

  1. oftensarcasticSomeone skilled at analyzing texts; a literary expert or critic.

    You don't have to be a "textpert" capable of rattling off the stats of every single monster in both the Monster Manual [...] just know enough so that you know what you're doing.

    1983 December 29, Beeman, Mike, “Five keys to DMing success: Make it easy on yourself and fun for your players”, in Dragon Magazine, page 14
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    We can move from our brains to those of other's knowledge, some of which may be experience-based and some of which may only by the result of "textpertology" [...] a "textpert" is a person who teaches that which he or she has studied but not experienced. "Textpertology" is the process of studying that which has already been studied by those who also have not had experience relating to the subject. [...] The textpert may not fully realize just how vital is the need for obtaining the use of other people's money in the founding, development and operation of almost all businesses, but he can intellectually accept such a fact.

    1987 June 25, Bebris, John M., Ed., Recharging the American Dream. Proceedings of the Annual National Entrepreneurship Education Forum (5th, Washington, D.C., June 24-26, 1987)., page 45
  2. slangSomeone who is exceptionally skilled at crafting and sending text messages.

    Olivia Baniuszewicz is an authority on digital dating and the co-creator of Flirtexting.com. She has appeared as a textpert on NBC Today, CNN, and MTV...

    2012, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., Flirtexting: how to text your way into his heart

Origin

* sense 1: Blend of text + expert; text in this context meaning "literature". The coinage is most commonly attributed to John Lennon, the primary lyricist of the Beatles song "I Am The Walrus", released in 1967; Lennon used the term in reference to those who attempted to find meaning in the lyrics he wrote. * sense 2: Blend of text + expert; text in the context of digital text messages.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “textpert,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/textpert.

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