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    The 5 Most Annoying Text Messages

    Most of the time, text messaging is fast, easy, and convenient. But there are a few offenses that text messagers engage in that makes your skin crawl. Here, the five most annoying texting habits--and how to b!tchslap that texter.

    1. The Double-Message Texter
    Of course you screen calls. Everyone does. So why - why?! - do certain people feel the need to send a text letting you know that they just left a voicemail? Calm down, dude.
    B!tch-slap technique: Text back, "What's next, a carrier pigeon?"
    (Psst! Want to know the 5 Times You Shouldn't Text Him? Find out now.)

    2. The Mass Texter
    This text usually reads something like, "What are you getting into tonight?" You know in your gut that this very same text just went out to 20 other people at exactly the same time, and that the sender is just waiting to receive all his/her options before deciding what to do.
    B!tch-slap technique: You know how you can block those newsletters that you never signed up for by sending an e-mail with "unsubscribe" in the body? We suggest doing the same thing in a reply-text.

    3. The Goobers and Popcorn Texter
    You've been waiting to see the latest rom-com but someone in front of you insists on ruining your experience by texting for the entire 96 minutes. EVERYONE sees the phone lighting up and vibrating violently every two minutes.
    B!tch-slap technique: When the lights come up at the end of the flick, call up a friend and loudly discuss how rude the guy texting throughout the entire movie was. Then get ready to start running.

    4. The Needs-to-Grow-a-Pair Texter
    How can you not cringe if a guy sends you a text like "TTY L8ERs" or "C U 2morrows"? Tween speak is never cool.
    B!tch-slap technique: Tell him that he should really consider an iPhone, BlackBerry, Sidekick, or "anything that gives you more room to text." He'll realize how outdated his text-talk is. MORE: Sexy Texts to Send him!

    5. The Cult Texter

    There is always at least one point in the night - a lull in the conversation, a pause between thoughts - when it gets really quiet, and you look around and realize that all your friends are busy texting. One person pulls out her iPhone, and then someone else starts doing it, and before you know it, you're in the middle of the sacred circle of text.
    B!tch-slap technique: Send a text to everyone at the table asking, "Should we order another drink?" It will make everyone laugh but also point out the silliness of the situation.

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    61 comments

    • Naomi  •  Amarillo, Texas  •  3 days ago
      The Goobers and Popcorn texter: If he's right below you, lean down and start reading his texts out, just loud enough for him to hear. Could turn out bad, but could convince him to stop accessing his phone.
    • Amber  •  10 days ago
      the irony of number three being followed by "needs to grow a pair"...
    • megan  •  1 year 10 months ago
      i text like all the time and i am so on the same page as most of you i hate it when you ask someone whats up and they just say nothing then one friend of mine puts ku for cool what is that
    • Meagan  •  1 year 10 months ago
      I hate the "lol" text. Just lol. What they hell are you supposed to respond to that? Forwards are terrible too, because they don't actually work and waste your money if you don't have unlimited. Finally, I hate "K." Because there's nothing more annoying than that one letter telling you, "Okay, convo is over."
    • Danika R  •  2 years 6 months ago
      The kinds of messages that I hate are those one word messages or those messages that you cant make a conversation out of.
    • Kylie  •  2 years 6 months ago
      i hate those people who text and all they say is yea and stuff its soo annoying i stop texting those people but they keep texting me back UGHHHHHHH I want to tell them to leave me alone but the people who onlt text me yeaa and stuff like that are my best friends and i love them LOL hahahahaahahha OMG= it bugs me though
    • A Yahoo! User  •  2 years 6 months ago
      In addition to the annoying text messages - I hate when someone initiates a dead conversation where your trying to keep it consistent! [person: hey what are you up to?] [you: just running some errands and then I'm going to get a cup of coffee with [whoever], what are you up to?] [person: nothing.] Seriously?! Maybe its just me... But don't bother initiating a conversation with someone if you don't plan on keeping it consistent!
    • mel  •  2 years 6 months ago
      chain texts! oh my god those suck. if i sent that crap to 10 friends, i wouldn't have any friends anymore!
    • February  •  2 years 6 months ago
      lol! Presley totally agree with you. Get them all the time. Also hate the "k" texts. If you are gonna text me spell out the whole word dont just shorten them. Definatnly agree with you Danika R. These are all so true.
    • The Bald Avengeress  •  2 years 6 months ago
      I don't text either. Though admittedly, the benefits outweigh the slight annoyances that comes with it.
    • MissK  •  2 years 6 months ago
      Mayday - I think I love you and I want to be friends! I thought I was the only one who refused to use tween speak in texts or anywhere else. I teach seventh and eighth grades, and let me tell you that the writing workshops are getting ugly. They actually think you can write essays like that. My six year old niece actually speaks this way. We were in Toys R us the other day, and she said, "OMG, Barbie has a new house!" She actually said the letters O M G. Needless to say, I'm not buying her the new Barbie house.
    • jan  •  2 years 6 months ago
      I text with my friends some. I do not usually send on those forwards unless they are about God. I hate to be text talking to someone that always has to have the last word. Here lately I just them have it. I am donme anyways.LOL. I love texting pictures always the best
    • Ashley  •  2 years 5 months ago
      I hate "K" texts, getting the word "Sure." I hate "...." at the end of things because whenever I use them either I am pissed, angry, sad or have something else to say but cover it up with the dot, dot, dot. I do hate the forwarded texts and the "Please send to 10 people of you'll never get married" shit kind of texts.... I also hate when people don't respond. HELLO - Why do you have a cell phone if you're not using it? I know you're not busy.
    • ~Lyssa_1028~  •  2 years 6 months ago
      I HATE it when people just have a lame conversation like they say [what r u doin?] {you: nothing much just chilling] [them: cool] [you: yep] it gets so boring i mean has some people not heard of having an actual conversation!!!
    • Ashley  •  2 years 6 months ago
      Yea I hate the "k" or the one word text or the "kk". I have a friend who is soo guilty of the "k" text, and sometimes she sends it to me, so I just send it right back. I also hate the update text. When some one tells me that they are just doing laundry and I havent even asked, I just ask myself "how much time did you just waste sending that text when that time could be spent doing something productive."
    • Dubs  •  2 years 6 months ago
      i C@Nt sTaNd TeXts tHat ArE tYpEd liKE THis bCuZ they cause me to have an aneurysm trying to read them. Just type normal, not a big texter myself. I'd rather hear a voice or have a face to face conversation.
    • Doktor Eevol  •  2 years 6 months ago
      ANY text. I don't text, at all, never, the end. Not everyone texts ok?
    • Keki  •  2 years 6 months ago
      I hate chatspeak.
      For the love of god! Dress your freakin' letters. No one wants to see a nekkid letter u. =\
    • Rose  •  2 years 6 months ago
      tween speak is just irritating, it always takes me a while to decipher if the codes are unfamiliar, and when am in a hurry, i have no time for that so i never respond back. just write a simple normal text!!
    • Missy  •  2 years 6 months ago
      I hate the "I see" text!
      Like I'm telling my boyfriend how angry I am with him for not calling me back and all he can see is "I see"!! WTF is that supposed to mean?

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