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texter

texter

4 3.4
A person who often sends text messages on a mobile phone
  • noun
  • /ˈtɛkstər/
  • Texting
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  • Keselowski, a constant texter and tweeter, keeps the 75-year-old Penske busy on his phone.
  • the fastest texter

I am here for such a warm man, he's a very cold texter.

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Examples

  • For instance, I'm not a texter.

  • It probably helps to be a fast texter in Iran.

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  • What on earth did this person expect the texter to do?

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  • Maybe he is your, uh, texter.

  • The case of the mystery texter.

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  • You've talked to the unknown texter?

  • OK he's a bad texter but great communicator in person.

  • I'm a texter.

  • Habitual e-mailers, texters, and posters convey quite precise nuances through punctuation, which is, after all, one of the points of punctuation.

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  • She is known as a prolific texter who replies to messages within seconds.

How Often

texter
  • Texting
4 3.4
texting
  • Texting
49 1.8

Surface Forms

texter singular
texters plural

Morphology

texter = text (transparent) = text + er

Formed by the productive agentive suffix '-er' added to the verb 'text' meaning 'one who texts'.

Etymology

Texter is someone who often sends text messages. The word text comes from the Latin texere 'to weave', so you can think of a texter as someone who quickly 'weaves' short words into a message.