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sexting

noun
/ˈsɛkstɪŋ/UK

Etymology

Blend of sex + texting.

  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 texting — “text + messaging”
  8. compounded as sexting — “sex + texting”

Definitions

  1. The act of transmitting and/or receiving sexually suggestive text messages and/or…

    The act of transmitting and/or receiving sexually suggestive text messages and/or photographs between cell phones equipped with text messaging.

    • There are already concerns that young people are unaware of the serious legal implications that sexting can have.
    • But perhaps the most critical question in this area of research concerns the effect of sexting on relationship quality. Does sexting benefit or harm relationships?

  2. present participle and gerund of sext

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sexting. 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