sext

Origin:
sex + text message = sext

Definition:
n. an SMS text message containing sexual content

v. (used without object) to send an SMS text message containing sexual content

Exemplum:
Having been grounded by Master and Mrs. Vandetramp, young Anthony sexted Bianca to coax a touch of excitement out of an otherwise unstimulating evening at home.

Commentary:
As you've undoubtedly perceived, Portmanteau of the Day is on a techno streak. Blackberriphernalia and texterity were fun warm ups, but sexting represents the dark, hot, juicy, barely legal underbelly of it all.

Sad truth: without access to the backseat of a Chevy Impala, today's teens use sexting to explore sexuality while minimizing the risk of parental interruption. It's an unfortunate allegory for the way technology has made face-to-face interaction more difficult for today's youth. Innocent recreational sex used to be such an easy mistake to stumble upon, but with sexting the beauty of a regrettable, blacked-out sex act is abstracted into a series of seemingly intimate abbreviations and emoticons. It seems we're just another step closer to making love with robots, which represents the end of physical intimacy and the beginning of much sexier robots.

Credit:
GQ (term), Nate Winter (the rest)