What does private-message mean?

private-message

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.78 in modern English

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"“You can be silly or flirty or whatever you want,” she—assuming she is a she—private-messages me."
"“They private-messaged me again: ‘Will you come if we raise the money?’ ” she [Lynda Frederick] said."
"Others have private-messaged me and Venmoed me money for school supplies."

private-messages (present, singular) private-messaging (participle, present) private-messaged (participle, past) private-messaged (past)

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