'Texes' as plural of 'text (message)'

[W Brewer]

Dragnet, Joe Friday catchphrase: "Just the facts, ma'am."  facts, faekts
becomes faeks, ergo a reinterpreted jocular "Just the fax, ma'am", during
the later fax machine era. kts to ks, not as radical, astounding,
fascinating, however, as ksts to (whatever) in texts.

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