Meaning of smexting | Babel Free

Definitions

Sending SMS messages while smoking in the designated outdoor areas.

UK, uncountable

Examples

“In the two weeks following the smoking ban, texting across Orange’s network of 17 million mobile phone users shot up by 7.5 million texts, leading Orange to dub the trend ‘smexting’.”

“Hence the arrival of a new “trend” for “smexting”: an increased number of text messages being sent because smokers (now forced to hang outside since the adoption of a smoking ban in England on July 1) are spending their time tapping away on their mobile phones.”

“Ever since the public smoking ban was set in the UK, a record number of text messages have been sent, a phenomenon the Daily Mail has dubbed, "smexting".”

“The British mobile carrier Orange reported a surge in texting when the ban went into effect, but the company claims that people were smexting friends who might help them to quit.”

“"Rule number four," I said, "no texting." “No smexting?” Maxine asked. “No texting, period. That's where we get into trouble.””

“I feel bad for this young age, though. You're living in a world now that's tough. Cellphones, this phone, that phone, texting, smexting—every freakin' thing there is.”

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