What is Textiquette?
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the observance of a commonly held code of courteous text messaging etiquette.
Dude! You are decimating my free
text message allowance with your txt tlk commentary on the status of yourfucktarded observations on life. Get some textiquette already!
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the proper behavior one should use when texting i.e. responding promptly or the correct use of lol
brooke: god why does it take so long for taylor to text back?
jackie: that's because she has really poor textiquette
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The etiquette used when texting people, especially people you've just met or that just don't know you very well.
"Why do you have, like, 14 unread texts from Randy?" "He has horrible textiquette, every time I don't answer his first text right away he sends, like, a dozen more and starts freaking out."
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Text ettiquette- for example you shouldnt overuse abbreviations, use capitals or exclamation points excessively, and say anything a parent could read over shoulder. A word that Katey came up with. COPYRIGHT
Erica: OMG that new Kate Spade bag is totes hot! OMG IDK WTD! WTF!NVM, IDC
Katey: Wow. Slow down and use TEXTIQUETTE.
Erica: G2G. POS
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being polite when text messaging: no spamming, be short, go easy on capitals, be personal. watch for double meanings (is LOL "laugh out loud" or "lots of love"? could get you punched in the nose!) and no text overload or you might move onto the world of "textual harassment".
Right textiquette: ILU! CU l8tr!
Wrong textiquette: I love you I love you I love you please see me OMG I think we should be 2gether. Did you get this text? Call me! LU! LOL! IXXXXXU!
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A code that governs the expectations of social mobil texting behavior. Keeping in contact and responding in the same electronic communication form. IE: text/text, email/email, phone/phone, smoke signal/ smoke etc.
It was poor textiquette for Me to call Will directly after he had just texted me that there was surf. I should have texted him back and not broken the textiquette chain but, some times it takes so much longer to type then talk. M
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