| Chatted on Slack, say |
Universal |
12 Mar 2026 |
| Chatted online |
Universal |
30 Jan 2026 |
| Cyberchatted, for short |
LA Times Daily |
04 Dec 2025 |
| Pinged online |
LA Times Daily |
06 Nov 2025 |
| Chatted on WhatsApp, briefly |
LA Times Daily |
27 Oct 2025 |
| Instant messaged |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
11 Jul 2025 |
| Chatted via AOL, e.g. |
|
|
| Pinged online |
New York Times |
18 May 2025 |
| Chatted online: Abbr. |
|
|
| Chatted via the web |
|
|
| Slacked, say |
New York Times |
08 Dec 2024 |
| Hit up via WeChat, for example |
|
|
| Had a side convo on Zoom, e.g. |
New York Times |
12 Oct 2024 |
| Pinged online |
New York Times |
21 Jun 2024 |
| Used WhatsApp, briefly |
Universal |
29 Mar 2024 |
| Chatted online |
Commuter |
13 Mar 2024 |
| Texted, briefly |
Universal |
09 Aug 2023 |
| Cyberchatted with, briefly |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jul 2023 |
| Chatted with online, for short |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jun 2023 |
| Used GroupMe, say |
Universal |
23 May 2023 |
| WhatsApped, say |
New York Times |
14 Apr 2023 |
| Wrote to online, briefly |
LA Times Daily |
17 Mar 2023 |
| Contacted over Slack, for short |
LA Times Daily |
15 Oct 2022 |
| Used Google Chat, say |
Universal |
11 Sep 2022 |
| Chatted on Slack, say |
Universal |
10 Jun 2022 |
| Invited to chat, in brief |
New York Times |
20 Jan 2022 |
| Used WhatsApp, say |
|
|
| Used WhatsApp, say |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jul 2021 |
| Chatted with, online |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Jun 2021 |
| Chatted with, but not IRL |
|
|
| Chatted with, but not IRL |
LA Times Daily |
25 Mar 2021 |
| Chatted online |
|
|
| Discussed over Slack, say, in brief |
New York Times |
10 Dec 2020 |
| Chatted with, briefly |
LA Times Daily |
14 Nov 2020 |
| Chatted with, briefly |
|
|
| Had a text exchange |
Newsday |
10 Oct 2020 |
| Used Facebook Messenger, for short |
New York Times |
07 Jul 2020 |
| Wrote online, briefly |
LA Times Daily |
01 Apr 2020 |
| Wrote online, briefly |
|
|
| Chatted via WeChat |
|
|
| Chatted on the internet, for short |
New York Times |
24 Feb 2020 |
| Chatted on the web |
Universal |
14 Dec 2019 |
| Used Gchat, e.g. |
|
|
| Used Gchat, e.g |
New York Times |
17 Nov 2019 |
| Contacted online |
|
|
| Chatted with online, briefly |
|
|
| Chatted with online, briefly |
LA Times Daily |
01 Apr 2019 |
| Chatted via AOL, say |
Universal |
14 Mar 2019 |
| Chatted with online, briefly |
|
|
| Chatted via AOL, say |
|
|
| Contacted via 1 Across, maybe |
|
|
| Contacted via 1 Across, maybe |
|
|
| Chatted with online |
LA Times Daily |
16 Sep 2016 |
| Chatted up? |
Wall Street Journal |
12 May 2016 |
| Chatted with, briefly |
|
|
| Chatted with online |
|
|
| Chatted with, in a way |
New York Times |
04 Oct 2015 |
| Contacted via Google Talk, say |
New York Times |
27 Aug 2015 |
| Reached quickly, quickly? |
New York Times |
24 Jan 2015 |
| Communicated using WhatsApp, e.g. |
|
|
| Chatted with, in a way |
|
|
| Contacted via Google Talk, say |
|
|
| Reached quickly, quickly? |
|
|
| Pinged, perhaps |
|
|
| Texted |
|
|
| Alternative to texted |
|
|
| Wrote via AOL, say |
|
|
| Pinged, in a way |
|
|
| *Bestowed |
|
|
| Contacted on the Net |
|
|
| Contacted online, in a way |
|
|
| *Bestowed |
|
|
| Contacted, in a way, briefly |
|
|
| Chatted with via AOL |
|
|
| Pinged, in a way |
|
|
| Chatted via MSN Live Messenger |
|
|
| Sent some cybernotes |
|
|
| Sent a quick note online |
|
|
| Chatted via MSN Live Messenger |
|
|
| Sent a quick note online |
|
|
| Wrote online, briefly |
|
|
| Chatted via AOL |
|
|
| Wrote online, briefly |
|
|
| Wrote, as an AOL buddy |
|
|
| Wrote, as an AOL buddy |
|
|
| Chatted via AOL |
|
|
| Contacted online, in a way |
|
|
| Communicated with in real time over the Internet, briefly |
|
|
| Sent a quick on-line communication |
|
|
| Used Google Hangouts, perhaps |
|
|
| Did an on-line chat |
|
|
| Pinged on-line |
|
|
| Used Gchat, e.g. |
|
|