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instant messaging

noun

Etymology

From instant message (verb) + -ing.

  1. derived from *meyth₂-✻ — “to exchange”
  2. derived from mitto — “send”
  3. derived from missāticum
  4. derived from message
  5. inherited from message
  6. suffixed as messaging — “message + ing”
  7. compounded as instant messaging — “instant + messaging”

Definitions

  1. A form of realtime communication where two or more people exchange text messages, usually…

    A form of realtime communication where two or more people exchange text messages, usually short, using computers or other devices with communications capabilities.

  2. present participle and gerund of instant message

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for instant messaging. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA