Words you didn’t know you needed - Smexting
Every day there are new words being added to the English language, some of them are needed and serve a genuine purpose, Others of them are made up by evil marketing minions and are as useful and long lived as an iPhone smeared with honey and thrown into a black hole.
Anyway, Today’s word is smexting can you guess which group this one falls into?????
According to Orange Smexting is Sending a text message while you would have been smoking if the smoking ban hadn’t have stopped you smoking in a public building or place of work
Which is another way of saying that since the Smoking ban was introduced in July there have been another 7.5 million text messages sent in the UK.
The sharp increase has been attributed to smokers keeping themselves occupied as they’re forced outdoors and away from their mates. Many are also turning to their phones as a distraction and a way to avoid temptation.
Nick Bonney, Director of Market Insight, commented; “We see smexting as a halfway house for ostracized smokers - they can enjoy a cigarette and stay in touch with their mates at the same time. Many people are also texting friends for support as they try to give up.”
So that’s proves it’s a load of PR Smollox then…
Source: The Grauniad
Written by PsionAndy · Filed Under Orange
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