Verboticism: Texticologist

'Did you get the boss's message?'

DEFINITION: v., To grasp the meaning of muddled texts like blog posts, emails and text messages where standard grammatical or spelling conventions have been ignored. n., The ability to read and understand confused or poorly written messages.

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Pronunciation: tex-ti-col-o-gist

Sentence: Having twin 15 year old daughters, and a 13 year old son qualified Sara as an expert texticologist and she was often called as an expert witness in court proceedings where text interpretation was needed.

Etymology: lexicology:the study of words and their meanings + text: + (-ologist-science or study of)texting: sending a text message

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Nosila - 2010-03-11: 16:12:00
good one