Mobile PhonesA New Use

Text messaging, also known as "texting", refers to the exchange of brief written messages between mobile phones over cellular networks. While the term most often refers to messages sent using the Short Message Service (SMS), it has been extended to include messages containing image, video, and sound content (known as MMS messages). Individual messages are referred to as "text messages" or "texts".

The first text message was sent via a Motorola beeper in 1989 using upside down numbers that could be read as words. Today text messaging is the most widely used mobile data service, with 74% of all mobile phone users worldwide or 2.4 billion out of 3.3 billion phone subscribers at end of 2007 being active users of the Short Message Service. In countries like Finland, Sweden and Norway over 85% of the population use SMS. The European average is about 80% and North America is rapidly catching up with over 60% active users of SMS by end of 2008.

Sexy texting is the latest trend. What better way to get your message heard by someone you are interested in than to send them a quick, seductive, sexy text message. Here are a few popular examples. Try one.

I’m so hot thinking about you ... Can’t wait to taste you ... I love when you touch me ... Guess what I’m wearing ... Thinking about what I want to do to you ... Hey sexy, I have some new ideas for us ... Want to play? ... I’m in bed … alone… miss you ... Want to take a shower with me? Right now ... If I was there, what would you do to me ... Lunch was great ... I was a BAD GIRL and spent my lunch hour shopping. You can spank me later. ... Got a new showerhead — the detachable kind. The pressure's awesome. ... There's a VIP-only party @ [fill in your address here] 2nite. ... TDTM (translation: text dirty to me) ... Don't do much @ the gym...save energy for L8R. ... Ur picturing me (a) naked, (b) in a Jacuzzi, (c) both ... Was in such a rush! 4got 2 wear a bra. ... Can I bring anything 4 our d8? Wine? Chocolate sauce? ... I'm in dressing room @ the mall...in a thong. ... Ur ass looks gr8 in those jeans. ... I'll pole dance 4 you. U bring the pole. ... Found my old cheerleading uniform. Still fits. ... Had a stressful day. I NEED you to help me unwind. Wink, wink. ... My roommate is out of town. Let's throw a party tonight — for two. ... HOT kiss this a.m. ... Hope you can finish what you started ... Splurged at Victoria's Secret. A girl can't have too many lacy panties, can she? ... No movies out I want to see. Other ideas for what we can do in the dark?

So the next time you see a couple texting and not talking ... you can now only imagine what they are 'saying'.

Texting Numerical Abbreviations

?	I have a question
?	I don't understand what you mean
?4U	I have a question for you
;S	Gentle warning, like "Hmm? what did you say?"
^^	Meaning "read line" or "message above"
<3	Meaning "sideways heart" (love, friendship)
<33	Meaning "heart or love" (more 3s is a bigger heart)
@TEOTD	At the end of the day
.02	My (or your) two cents worth
121	One-to-one (private chat initiation)
1337	Leet, meaning 'elite'
143	I love you
14AA41	One for all, and all for one
19	Zero hand (online gaming)
10X	Thanks
1CE	Once
1DR	I wonder
2	Meaning "to" in SMS
20	Meaning "location"
2EZ	Too easy
2G2BT	Too good to be true
2M2H	Too much too handle
2MI	Too much information
2MOR	Tomorrow
2NTE	Tonight
4	Short for "for" in SMS
411	Meaning "information"
404	I don't know
411	Meaning 'information'
420	Lets get high
420	Meaning "Marijuana"
459	Means I love you (ILY is 459 using keypad numbers)
4COL	For crying out loud
4EAE	Forever and ever
4NR	Foreigner
^5	High-five
555	Sobbing, crying. (Mandarin Chinese txt msgs)
55555	Crying your eyes out (Mandarin Chinese txt msgs)
6Y	Sexy
7K	Sick
831	I love you (8 letters, 3 words, 1 meaning)
86	Over
88	Bye-bye (Mandarin Chinese txt msgs)
9	Parent is watching
	Meaning "smile"
*s*	Meaning "smile"
*w*	Meaning "wink"