texta

Etymology
By trademark erosion from Texta, a registered trademark of Australian stationery company Jasco Pty Ltd. Presumably from. 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".

Noun

 * 1)  A coloured felt-tip pen, usually wide-tipped for use by children.
 * 2) * 2009, Colin McLaren, Infiltration: The True Story of the Man Who Cracked the Mafia, Melbourne University Press, |%22textas%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=aYHJfGsT44&sig=Vki8ZLSQve9uwLV7nI-eLtIkZ1w&hl=en&sa=X&ei=k22BUI-ZMKiViQeC9IDYAQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22texta%22|%22textas%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 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.
 * 1) * 2009, Colin McLaren, Infiltration: The True Story of the Man Who Cracked the Mafia, Melbourne University Press, |%22textas%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=aYHJfGsT44&sig=Vki8ZLSQve9uwLV7nI-eLtIkZ1w&hl=en&sa=X&ei=k22BUI-ZMKiViQeC9IDYAQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22texta%22|%22textas%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 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.

Verb

 * 1) to write by hand in block letters
 * 2) to deliver text such that every word can be easily understood; to articulate
 * 3) to text (send a text message)
 * 4) to subtitle (add subtitles to)
 * 1) to text (send a text message)
 * 2) to subtitle (add subtitles to)
 * 1) to subtitle (add subtitles to)