textaholic

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English

Etymology

From text +‎ -aholic.

Pronunciation

Noun

textaholic (plural textaholics)

  1. (slang) One who spends a great deal of time sending text messages.
    • 2007, Nicola Chalk, Because of You:
      Marie, on her bar-stool texting on her mobile (I dread to think what the textaholic's phone-bill will be)...
    • 2007, Alexandra Heminsley, Ex and the City: You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Dumps 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, O. T. Begho, Just telling it!:
      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 it's usually another woman.