Question of the Day #864

You're Probably 'Fexting' In Your Relationship. Is it Healthy Or Not?

From the headline of this article at the Huffington Post.

  上記の文で、fextingの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "fexting" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

フェクスティング◆電子メールやSNSなどでテキストを送受信しながら人と口論すること。

Fightingとtextingからできた混成語です。

Urban Dictionaryでは、これ以外のかなり多くの定義はありますが、バイデン大統領夫人が使ったことによりこの意味が主流になりつつあります。

 

Answer

According to the Collins Dictionary:

arguing by text message [blend of fighting and texting]

 

Examples

• My thumbs are sore, I have been fexting with the girlfriend all day!
• While their reasoning is to avoid fighting publicly in front of the Secret Service, the term ‘fexting’, which she so graciously coined for our benefit, was born.
• Suffixes can make a world of a difference. Like it or not, you will soon be hearing the word ‘fexting’, which is obviously different from texting, chexting or sexting.
• Fexting, or fighting over text, is something we've probably all engaged in from time to time.
• If you’re the first lady, then having an argument with the US president via text message (or “fexting”, as Jill Biden called it) might keep marital disputes private from the Secret Service, but relationship experts have warned it could make things worse. [The Guardian, June 2022]

   

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