textie

From text +‎ -ie.

textie (plural texties)

1. (colloquial) Diminutive of text.
   • 2001 September 25, Ben Robinson, “convergance @ the fridge saturday 22nd sept”, in uk.music.rave‎^[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 August 2025:

     Halfway through the night I got a textie from my girlfriend asking me to meet her at the DJ booth quickly.

   • 2002 January 23, vr5, “BT Cellnet's huge tariff increase”, in uk.telecom.mobile‎^[2] (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 August 2025:

     Had a textie from BTC about new charges?

   • 2002 March 17, Hazel, “Paul's op”, in alt.sports.soccer.everton‎^[3] (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 August 2025:

     I had a textie from Paul yesterday after the match. He's had his op, but was feeling very sore.

   • 2003 May 20, flavio, “iBook > mobile phone > internet”, in uk.comp.sys.mac‎^[4] (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 August 2025:

     just write a textie which is not a reply to a previous one, and see what it comes up with: 'Number' and a little arrow pointing at the address book icon so you press that, so up comes a menu headed by 'Phone Book' […]

   • 2004 February 17, Tiny Human Ferret, “youthful angst mass-reply”, in alt.gothic‎^[5] (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 August 2025:

     Her cellphone beeps the arrival of a textie.

   • 2004 March 29, Flavio Matani, “Bluetooth sucks....”, in uk.comp.sys.mac‎^[6] (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 August 2025:

     I do use it for dialling up and no problem there (Nokia 7650 here) but i^[sic] too find annoying the lack of feedback on whether a textie was successfully sent or not.

   • 2008, Carmen Reid, Late Night Shopping (Annie Valentine; 2), Corgi Books, Transworld, →ISBN, page 147:

     ‘Ooooh!’ Connor teased, ‘Lanie’s got a textie from her boyfie.’