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Jun 10, 2011

Where Did the Word "Sexting" Come From?

Sexting starting off like one of those stupid terms nobody actually uses, like netiquette. But now it's on CNN nigh daily. So where'd this strange neologism come from? The internet has an answer!

The Atlantic Wire did some digging, and the first utterance they could come up with was way back in 2004, when penises weren't being beamed across Twitter with quite the same frequency as today: "For many people, 'sext messaging' has a disinhibiting effect, like having a couple of cocktails," said Canada's The Globe and Mail.

Since then, the term's become completely informal, losing its quotation marks and "messaging" suffix. Of course, this hasn't stopped the media clueless from struggling to understand this zany wave of hormonal phone-wielders trying to express their urges via electricity-powered machinery.

But sexting isn't even related to SMS anymore—the term's flung around every time a dong appears on Twitter or Facebook. 
 
 

8 comments:

TIMMYTHEROBOT said...

They should really come up with a better term. Sexting just sounds so silly.

Alexander said...

Yeah, but it fits.

phosports said...

yeah that makes sense, kinda stupid when news reporters say it

Athanasian Complexio said...

Hahaha, I always wondered where it came from.

I first heard it as being called 'Textual Intercourse' and used that for awhile.

RedHeadRob said...

Sextual intercourse OMG.

Daniel said...

true, sexting just sounds so silly.

kxxthanxx said...

sex plus text

Anonymous said...

everybody wants sexting. i want sexting you sexting everybody sexting lol