textlationship

[ tekst-ley-shuhn-ship, teks‐ ]

noun

, Slang.

1. a relationship or association between people who text each other frequently, but rarely if ever interact with each other in person:

   I thought he was interested in me, but we never even went out—it was just a textlationship.

Word History and Origins

Origin of textlationship¹

First recorded in 2005–10; text (message) ( def ) + (re)lationship ( def )

Example Sentences

This kind of friendship could take the form of a "textlationship," or "a relationship or association between people who text each other frequently, but rarely if ever interact with each other in person."

From Los Angeles Times