Textonym

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of a set of words that share the same numeric combination as another when typed using a mobile phone that uses predictive text

    "When I texted her, I accidentally asked her "Are you at good?" because good is a textonym of home."

Example

More examples

"When I texted her, I accidentally asked her "Are you at good?" because good is a textonym of home."

Etymology

Blend of text + synonym

Related phrases

mobile phonepredictive text

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