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texta

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A coloured felt-tip pen, usually wide-tipped for use by children.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia

Examples

  • 2009, Colin McLaren, Infiltration: The True Story of the Man Who Cracked the Mafia, Melbourne University Press, page 53, Minute weighing scales sat on top of desks, glass syringe kits lay idle, mug shots were pinned here and there, some with a dart in the forehead, or ′caught′ written in texta.

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History

Etymology

By trademark erosion from Texta, a registered trademark of Australian stationery company Jasco Pty Ltd. Presumably from text. Usage of the word began from the 1970s, when primary school children in Australia used the brand of felt-tip markers with bright, colourful packaging, prominently displaying the name "TEXTA".