English edit

Etymology edit

Alteration of textspeak, having had all its vowels removed.

Noun edit

txtspk (uncountable)

  1. (text messaging) Abbreviation of textspeak.
    • 2011, Ben Melançon, Susan Stewart, chapter 9, in The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7, Apress, →ISBN, page 200:
      Use correct English (or the appropriate language for non-English channels). Txtspk and 13375p34k (modern variants of the English language used for mobile and online communications) are obnoxious to some and completely incomprehensible to others.