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a textonym is a word which becomes ambiguous when using predictive text due to having the same b-tton combination as other unrelated words. they often make a text confusing or incomprehensible.
particularly prominent in drunk texting.

he = if
me = of
book = cool
soon = room
‘textonyms are so annoying, my drunken text makes no sense’
when using predictive text to write an sms, sometimes an unexpected word of similar / humorous meaning may pop up.

pint / shot / riot

kiss / lips

sh-g / rich

sips / p-ss

c-ck / -n-l

dual / f-ck
oh no! i meant to send my boyfriend a text saying i wanted to suck his c-ck tonight.

don’t worry, it’s just a textonym. besides, i heard he’s into that sort of thing.
in text or sms messaging, a textonym is a word that is typed using the same sequence of keys on a phone’s numeric keypad as another word.
cow is a textonym of boy and any (typed using 2 6 and 9 on a phone).
words that are related in their combination of b-tton strokes, usually on a phone’s number-pad and with t-9 or similar methods.
for example the number combination 4663 yields: home, gone, and good. or 63 yields: of and me, these words would be textonyms of each other.
when texting the same numbers comes up with multiple words.
the most anonying textonym is “go” and “in.”
lips/kiss
good/home
b-tches/chubies
two or more words that are spelled using the same series of keys in a text message.

“me” and “of” are both entered using 6-3.

also “good”, “home”, “gone”, “hood”, “hoof”, and “goof” are textonyms.
my boyfriend was concerned when i texted him that i was nearly good. i explained that it was a textonym and i meant to say i was nearly home.
variant/incorrect spelling of txtonym.
how do you spell txtonym????

i think it’s t-e-x-t-o-n-y-m textonym…