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Words holding still long enough to be argued over.
means The actual written words of something, or—as a verb—a short message zapped from one phone to another.
from From Latin textus, meaning a thing woven, related to textile; writing was understood as threads laced into fabric.
Same rootTextile and text both mean woven together.
Verb ageTexting as a verb only dates to 1990s.
Scholar's wordA text once meant scripture's exact wording.