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English
Etymology
Blend of text + synonym
Noun
textonym (plural textonyms)
- Any of a set of words that share the same numeric combination as another when typed using a mobile phone that uses predictive text
- When I texted her, I accidentally asked her "Are you at good?" because good is a textonym of home.
References
- “textonym”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- ^ Olga Kornienko, Grinin L, Ilyin I, Herrmann P, Korotayev A (2016) “Social and Economic Background of Blending”, in Globalistics and Globalization Studies: Global Transformations and Global Future, Volgograd: Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225