14-12-17 Side-text means while you are texting or having an online conversation with a group of people, you also have a private conversation with someone in the group. Side-text指你在跟一群人发短信或者在线群聊的同时，跟群里的某个人私聊的行为，也就是我们常说...

14-11-16 The Beam Messenger app shows everything another person is typing in a text message as they type it. 一款名为Beam的通讯类应用程序能让你看到对方正在输入的所有内容。 This means that if your friend has the app, they could see the keys you press, includi...

14-06-05 The authorities in the Central African Republic (CAR) have banned the use of mobile phone text messages. 中非共和国当局禁止民众使用手机发短信。 The move is aimed at helping to restore security after more than a year of deadly ethnic and religious vi...

14-04-18 Textpectation refers to the anticipation one feels when waiting for a response to a text message. 短信期待指的是在等待短信回复时焦躁不安的过程。 Example: I just texted her for a date - but now the textpectation is killing me. 我刚刚给她发短信邀她出...

14-01-22 Text-killer is the final text, usually a one word reply, such as yeah and haha ok, used to designate the end of the conversation. Unless you have a desperate texter on the other end. 短信终结语就是最后一条短信，通常是一个词的答复语，比如是啊或哈哈好...

13-07-18 Archaeologists tunneling beneath the main temple of the ancient Maya city of El Per-Waka' in northern Guatemala have discovered an intricately（杂乱地） carved stone monument with hieroglyphic（象形文字） text detailing the exploits of a little-know...

12-10-12 Women are twice as likely as men to use emoticons（情感符） in text messages, according to a new study from Rice University. Emoticons are graphic symbols that use punctuation marks（标点符号） and letters to represent facial expressions to convey a...

12-07-28 自本周一起，澳大利亚有数千人收到一条死亡威胁短信，称如果不在48小时内支付5000澳元，就会性命不保。澳大利亚警方称该短信可能是有组织犯罪团伙所为，并告诫人们收到此类短信后不要回复，立即删除，不要惊慌。 Thousands of Australians have received a death threa...

12-05-17 Text messaging is a surprisingly good way to get candid（公正的，坦白的） responses to sensitive questions, according to a new study to be presented this week at the annual meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research. The prelimi...

12-04-11 Text messaging often gets a bad rap（口碑差） for contributing to illiteracy and high-risk behavior such as reckless driving. But a social welfare professor at the University of California, Berkeley, has found an upside to texting, especially for pe...