mistext

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ text

Verb

mistext (third-person singular simple present mistexts, present participle mistexting, simple past and past participle mistexted)

1. To make an error trying to send a text; to text the wrong person or send a garbled text.
   • 2009, Lisa Gee, Stage Mum, page 150:

     Or had Michael misheard or mistexted?

   • 2015, Crystal Green, Sugarbaby:

     As I said, I wasn't sure if you were someone who called random numbers to see if anyone would be interested in a ... let's call it a 'spicy' chat, or if you had genuinely mis-texted.

   • 2022, Thomas K. Carpenter, Sonata of Shadow and Thorn:

     Kitty stared at the phone, urging Ivan to respond. It was unlike him to mistext, even as messed up as he usually was.

Noun

mistext (plural mistexts)

1. A text message that was mistexted.
   • 2015 October 19, Julieanne Smolinski, “You Texted Something Stupid to Her. Now What?”, in GQ:

     A person who is interested in you will be able to overlook a gaffe or mistext and will probably think it's kinda funny.

   • 2017, Georgia Blain, The Museum of Words:

     This was before the ubiquity of mobile phones and the emerging lexicon of mistexts, so it also made an impression because of the closenss of 'light' and 'life'.

   • 2018, Amanda Stauffer, Match Made in Manhattan:

     I never understood the logic behind the random late-night mistexts. Is the assumption that, although I wasn't interested before, a random "hello" faux-intended for someone else will make me realize how much I miss him?