R-bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: R-bombs
form: R-bombing
form: R-bombed
form: R-bombed
form: r-bomb
form: R bomb
Etymology: Abbreviation of read + bomb.
Senses: examples: text: Being r-bombed is roughhh
ref: 2010 November 3, @victoriapand, Twitter, archived from the original on 16 May 2024:
text: "Joe," Juan said. "You been r-bombing me." ¶ He turned around and faced Juan. ¶ "Not me," he said. "Dad's got my phone. Wants to know what I'm into."
ref: 2015, Alfred R. Taylor, The Write Way to Get a Girlfriend, →ISBN, page 53:
text: When you leave a message as "read," but you don't reply, you've just R-bombed someone, and that's not very nice.
ref: 2017 September 5, Azzura Lalani, “Hatfishing, cuffing and R-bombs: The new dating lingo”, in Toronto Star, Toronto, Ont.: Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 May 2024:
text: Certainly, an advantage to activating read receipts is that they hold us accountable to not only responding, but doing so in a timely fashion. While Apple has made activating them optional, platforms such as Facebook Messenger and Snapchat don't offer smartphone users the luxury of choosing blissful ignorance. Instead, we must confront the fact that our presumably busy texting partner did indeed "R-bomb" us.
ref: 2018 February 13, Holly Cabrera, “Don't show me the (read) receipts”, in The McGill Tribune, archived from the original on 16 May 2024:
text: Whatever their line, Preece explains that a persistent R-bomber is typically disinterested in the person they're R-bombing but is simply too afraid or immature to admit it.
ref: 2018 May 24, Olivia Petter, “R-bombing: The new dating trend you may have already experienced”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Oct 2023:
text: If you've ever seen those blue ticks on Whatsapp with no response, and become increasingly irate, you've been R-bombed.
ref: 2018 May 26, Ellen Scott, “R-bombing is the new dating term you've likely already put up with”, in Metro, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2022:
text: Jocelyn Brewer is a psychologist and digital nutritionist with a special interest in the way human behavior and technology intersect. She says that people who R-bomb are likely to lack basic communication skills.
ref: 2018 July 31, Cat Rodie, “You're definitely a victim of R-bombing and you don't even know it”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Apr 2023:
text: tfw ur classmates reads your message and all 94 of them r-bomb it
ref: 2021 February 4, @JeremySumook, Twitter, archived from the original on 16 May 2024:
text: I haven't heard back from a prof on a paper, I've appealed, I've sent too many emails to feel comfortable messaging them againand^([sic – meaning again and]) again. I wanted to know if grades are finalized, hoping that the professor was still looking at my appeal, or if I just got R bombed by a professor at university.
ref: 2022 June 4, u/NipNipNipNipNipDip, “Are grades finalized?”, in Reddit, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2022:
synonyms: leave someone on read
glosses: To leave someone's text message on read without replying.
Related terms: word: R-bombing