double text

• double-text

double text (third-person singular simple present double texts, present participle double texting, simple past and past participle double texted)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To send (someone) a text message after having already sent one part of a separate thought without allowing them to reply to the first text.
   • 2018 July 5, Frank Kobola, quoting Alex, 29, “How Soon Is Too Soon to Send a Double Text? 8 Guys Weigh In”, in Cosmopolitan‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: Hearst Communications, Inc., →ISSN, archived from the original on 2023-03-26:

     You can double text out of genuine concern. Or if you have a new topic of conversation that’s very much time sensitive, I think that’s also fine.

   • 2019 June 21, Sophia Benoit, “How to Avoid Dooming Your Date Before It Even Starts”, in GQ‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Inc., →ISSN, archived from the original on 2023-03-23:

     A good rule of thumb: You can double text someone once you’ve eaten them out. Before then, you don’t know them well enough.

   • 2020 March 13, Alexis Jones, quoting Susan Winter, “Double Texting Etiquette: How Long Should You Wait To Text Back?”, in Women's Health‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: Hearst Communications, Inc., →ISSN, archived from the original on 2023-05-10:

     You don't want to double text if you're asking a question that's really a covert way of finding out how they feel about you

The term is not used to describe the common practice of sending multiple messages in sequence where the start of a each new message functions in the same way as pauses in spoken language.^[1]

double text (plural double texts)

1. An instance of double texting.
   • 2021 September 23, Steph Eckardt, quoting Harry Styles, “Harry Styles Paused a Concert to Dole Out Dating Advice”, in W‎^[4], New York, N.Y.: W Media, →ISSN, archived from the original on 2023-02-06:

     And now he’s ‘thumbsed’ it, so technically he was the last one to like, do something, but it still seems like a double text if I text him again…