Two for the price of one:
Send a text message.
Send an SMS message.
( flake has nothing against your right leg, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 18:27, 3 replies)

Clunky and awkward to say.
I'll stick to texting thanks.
( wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 18:28, closed)

if only there was
a single word verb you could use instead of having to say "send a text message". If only...
( Damocles wants no part of your debauchery, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 18:29, closed)

I often say "message me"
But that leads to misunderstandings...
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 18:30, closed)

With a happy ending?

( flake has nothing against your right leg, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 18:34, closed)

Cliffhangers, mostly.

(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 18:37, closed)

?
Why would you send a short message service message?
(dchurch bah, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 18:30, closed)

Because I can't be bothered to talk to the person at the other end, so a short message service message suffices.
( flake has nothing against your right leg, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 18:33, closed)

but
you have to admit, it's a bit of a mouthful.

To "text someone" means that an invention has changed language and has made the word "text" a verb as well as a noun.
The invention of the light bulb gave us the word "filament" (sp?).
(dchurch bah, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 18:40, closed)

do you also hate
' Phone' as a verb? And cycle/bike?
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 19:20, closed)

Not if they're properly apostrophed.

( flake has nothing against your right leg, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 20:39, closed)