double texting

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

double texting (uncountable)

  1. The practice of double texting.
    • 2018 March 20, Brittany Bennett, “7 Ways Older Millennials Text Differently Than Younger Millennials”, in Bustle[1], New York, N.Y.: Bustle Digital Group, archived from the original on 2021-01-26:
      The younger millennials are more privy to double texting. Not in the know? Double texting is when you send two texts without a reply in between, which apparently, is not the way to play the game.
    • 2023 January 10, “Double texting: why needy messages – and smelling bad – could relegate you to the dating ‘ick’ list”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian[2], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-03:
      Double texting is on a list of relationship icks in a poll commissioned by the dating site Seeking.

Verb[edit]

double texting

  1. present participle and gerund of double text