flexting

flexting
 n.— «Almost £1 per text? Surely that includes the type of flirting that takes place through premium “flirt” lines, advertised late at night.) In other words, we are spending nearly £3bn a year “flexting.”» —“The Weekly Round-Up: 19.10.07” Silicon.com Oct. 19, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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