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keysmash
[kee-smash]
noun
a random string of letters and symbols typed out on a keyboard or touchscreen, used to signal intense emotion in written communication.
The photo of the actor was accompanied by a heartfelt keysmash.
the action of typing out such a random string of letters or symbols.
Keysmash was the only appropriate response.
verb (used without object)
to use keysmashes to signal intense emotion in written communication.
I was so excited I couldn’t stop keysmashing.
Word History and Origins
Origin of keysmash1
Example Sentences
The inhabitants of Dat’s new town are gray cartoonish monsters whose language, transliterated onto the page, is a keysmash of Wingdings; Dat and his mother, by contrast, are full-color and human.
And it’s more pronounceable than a traditional keysmash — “as;ldfkjls” — so it can be said out loud.
The first, “sksksk,” is a popular keysmash, representing someone furiously hitting the “S” and “K” keys back and forth.
McCulloch shows how even the keysmash — pounding the keyboard when you just can’t even — has been regularized.
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When To Use
A keysmash is a random string of characters sent as a message to indicate intense emotion, such as excitement or anger.A keysmash is a collection of random keyboard characters typed by literally smashing a keyboard repeatedly. You might type a keysmash when you’re very excited or upset about something and want to share that in a message. Keysmashes can also be created when a pet walks across a keyboard or when something is dropped onto it. (Pro tip: Putting your computer to sleep before you walk away from it can help prevent unintentional keysmashes.)To keysmash is to randomly type characters on your keyboard with the intention of creating a keysmash.Example: Martina was so frustrated with the situation that she just texted me a long keysmash.
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