Wordsmith Talk |
About Us | What's New | Search | Site Map | Contact Us | |||
Register Log In Wordsmith.org Forums General Topics Wordplay and fun still more noun verbing
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
I'm not sure if anybody has already mentioned this one, but the increasing popularity of digital cellphones has led to the noun verbing I used above. The practice of sending text messages via cellphone is now called "texting" - a contraction of "text messaging." The largest digital cell network here in NZ offers the service free on Wednesdays, so you will often hear someone say, "I'll text you on Wednesday", especially if that someone is under the age of 20. "Texting" has become so rampant that examination supervisors have had to confiscate cellphones to prevent exam answers being "texted" to candidates. Nope, frequent use doesn't make it sound any better.
Moderated by Jackie
Link Copied to Clipboard
Forum Statistics Forums16Topics13,915Posts229,911Members9,197 Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
Newest Members Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish, Renegade98
9,197 Registered Users
Who's Online Now 0 members (), 621 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 29
Top Posters wwh 13,858Faldage 13,803Jackie 11,613wofahulicodoc 10,904tsuwm 10,542LukeJavan8 9,948Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210AnnaStrophic 6,511Wordwind 6,296of troy 5,400
Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith.org