textspeak
English
/ˈtɛkst.spik/
noun
Definitions
- (informal) The abbreviated, simplified form of language used in text messages, which often elides vowels and omits punctuation and capitalisation.
Etymology
Compound from English text + English speak.
Origin
English
speak
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Eurotext English
- Newspeak English
- Teletext English
- Textgate English
- audiotext English
- autospeak English
- bespeak English
- bitext English
- bullspeak English
- ciphertext English
- cleartext English
- copytext English
- cotext English
- countertext English
- cyberspeak English
- cybertext English
- cyphertext English
- detext English
- duckspeak English
- e-text English
- farspeak English
- forespeak English
- forspeak English
- forthspeak English
- heterotext English
- hypertext English
- hypotext English
- infotext English
- inspeak English
- intertext English
- intext English
- lolspeak English
- mallspeak English
- martext English
- metatext English
- misspeak English
- newspeak English
- nontext English
- outspeak English
- overspeak English
- paratext English
- peritext English
- playtext English
- prooftext English
- respeak English
- schizotext English
- scrolltext English
- songtext English
- speak English
- speakability English
- speakable English
- speakeasy English
- speaker English
- speakest English
- speaketh English
- speakie English
- speaking English
- speako English
- speakout English
- speakworthy English
- spintext English
- subtext English
- surtext English
- teletex English
- text English
- textaholic English
- textbased English
- textblock English
- textboard English
- textbook English
- texteme English
- texter English
- textese English
- textism English
- textless English
- textlike English
- textman English
- textmode English
- textome English
- textphone English
- textpost English
- textshop English
- textworthy English
- underspeak English
- undertext English
- unspeak English
- upspeak English
- urtext English
- videotex English
- wikitext English
- withspeak English
- worktext English
- spiikki Finnish
- textus Latin
- テキスト Japanese
- speken Middle English
- newspeak Czech
- novořeč Czech
- texte Old French
- spikka Faroese
- texter Norman
- técsa, técs Middle Irish
- pük Volapük
- spikön Volapük
- piki Sranan Tongo
- text
- speak
- bitext
- cotext
- intext
- urtext
- e-text
- speako
- texter
- detext
- textome
- textese
- unspeak
- teletex
- texteme
- speaker
- bespeak
- inspeak
- surtext
- speakie
- textman
- subtext
- respeak
- upspeak
- textism
- nontext
- martext
- speaking
- hypotext
- worktext
- wikitext
- Textgate
- paratext
- spintext
- lolspeak
- infotext
- speaketh
- speakest
- farspeak
- misspeak
- videotex
- Eurotext
- copytext
- metatext
- outspeak
- Newspeak
- textpost
- speakout
- textless
- newspeak
- forspeak
- songtext
- textbook
- Teletext
- textmode
- textshop
- playtext
- peritext
- textlike
- mallspeak
- autospeak
- audiotext
- hypertext
- textbased
- prooftext
- undertext
- duckspeak
- speakeasy
- textphone
- textblock
- bullspeak
- overspeak
- intertext
- textboard
- withspeak
- cleartext
- cybertext
- speakable
- forespeak
- forthspeak
- textaholic
- schizotext
- underspeak
- textworthy
- ciphertext
- scrolltext
- cyphertext
- heterotext
- cyberspeak
- speakworthy
- countertext
- speakability