textaholic

noun

textaholic

noun

Etymology From text + -aholic.

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Slang One 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:
  • 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:
1 more example
  • 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!:

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