sexting

English

Etymology

Blendofsex+‎texting.

Pronunciation

• (UK)IPA^(key):/ˈsɛkstɪŋ/

Noun

sexting(usuallyuncountable,pluralsextings)

1. The act of transmitting and/or receivingsexuallysuggestivetext messages and/or photographs betweencell phonesequipped withtext messaging.
   • 2009August 6, Annalisa Barbieri, “You don't know what sexting is?”, inThe Guardian‎^[2],→ISSN:

     There are already concerns that young people are unaware of the serious legal implications thatsextingcan have.

   • 2018,Zizi Papacharissi, editor,A Networked Self and Love‎^[3],Routledge,→ISBN:

     But perhaps the most critical question in this area of research concerns the effect ofsextingon relationship quality. Doessextingbenefit or harm relationships?

Verb

sexting

1. presentparticipleandgerundofsext

Usage notes

The verbto sextis most often used in the formsexting.

Coordinate terms

• textual harassment
• textual intercourse

Translations

sending sexually explicit text messages or photographs between cell phones

• French:textopornographie(fr)f,sexting(fr)m,sexto(fr)m
• Greek:σέξτινγκ(el)(séxtingk)
• Japanese:セクスティング(sekusutingu)
• Spanish:sexteom,sexting(es)m
• Vietnamese:chat(vi)sex(vi)

References

• “sexting”,inOneLook Dictionary Search.

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowingfromEnglishsexting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈseɡstin/[ˈseɣ̞s.t̪ĩn]
• Rhymes:-eɡstin
• Syllabification:sex‧ting

Noun

sextingm(uncountable)

1. sexting

   Synonym:sexteo

Usage notes

According toRoyal Spanish Academy(RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

• “sexting”,inDiccionario de la lengua española,Vigésima tercera edición,Real Academia Española,2014