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sextingnoun
The act of sending sexually explicit text messages and/or photographs between cell phones.
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Sexting
Sexting is sending, receiving, or forwarding sexually explicit messages, photographs, or videos, primarily between mobile phones. It may also include the use of a computer or any digital device. The term was first popularized early in the 21st century and is a portmanteau of sex and texting, where the latter is meant in the wide sense of sending a text possibly with images. Sexting is not an isolated phenomenon but one of many different types of sexual interaction in digital contexts that is related to sexual arousal.
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Sexting
Sexting is the act of sending sexually explicit messages and/or photographs, primarily between mobile phones. The term was first popularized in early 21st century, and is a portmanteau of sex and texting, where the latter is meant in the wide sense of sending a text possibly with images. In August 2012, the word sexting was listed for the first time in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sexting in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sexting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of sexting in a Sentence
Sexting and sending photos is rampant.
We talk about sexting, messaging and using social media because they are all very common among British teenagers and a prominent part of culture in schools, the workshops started as a safe space for guys at university to discuss issues of gender and sex, and we are now working with teenagers who are exploring their masculinity and sexuality.
Sexting may be becoming a new, but typical, step in a sexual or romantic relationship.
We've got great tools to communicate about everything else, we can text. What do we call it? Sexting? Let’s do some voting -- organizing -- over the Internet.
I think a misconception about sexting is that it’s either a fun, sexy thing to do or an incredibly dangerous thing to do, with no shades of gray in between, our research and that of other scientists shows that it’s much more nuanced . . . depending on the people involved and their situation.
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