The Next Generation of Online Shorthand

Posted on October 19, 2007

By now, everybody, I hope, knows what LOL stands for. Most people probably recognize IMHO, BRB, and AFK. Online shorthand like this arose, of course, because it’s so hard to type full English words on a cellphone’s number keypad. The problem with these online abbreviations, however, is that they’re absolutely ancient. Full article

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