keysmash

key·smash

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Definitions of keysmash word

noun keysmash 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. 1
noun keysmash the action of typing out such a random string of letters or symbols: Keysmash was the only appropriate response. 1
verb without object keysmash to use keysmashes to signal intense emotion in written communication: I was so excited I couldn’t stop keysmashing. 1

before 1995

One of the 1% newest English words

1995-2000; key1 (on a computer) + smash

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".