textonym

English

Etymology

Blend of text +‎ synonym[1]

Noun

textonym (plural textonyms)

  1. Any of a set of words that share the same numeric combination as another when typed using a mobile phone that uses predictive text
    When I texted her, I accidentally asked her "Are you at good?" because good is a textonym of home.

References
  • “textonym”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  1. Olga Kornienko, Grinin L, Ilyin I, Herrmann P, Korotayev A (2016) “Social and Economic Background of Blending”, in Globalistics and Globalization Studies: Global Transformations and Global Future‎, Volgograd: Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225
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