textspeak

[tekst-speek]

noun Digital Technology, Informal.

a form of written language as used in text messages and other digital communications, characterized by many abbreviations and typically not following standard grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style.

Origin of textspeak

text (message) + -speak

Also called text·ese [teks-teez, ‐tees] /tɛksˈtiz, ‐ˈtis/.

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