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StaxBundlez 03-25-2011 08:05 PM
OMG! Online abbreviations make Oxford dictionary
 
LONDON – OMG! LOL! The venerable Oxford English Dictionary approves of the three-letter, Internet-inspired expressions you use for "Oh, my God!" and "Laughing out loud."


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110325/...tain_new_words

Vansterdam 03-25-2011 08:09 PM
O RLY? :fullofwin:

spoon.ek9 03-25-2011 08:19 PM
YARLY

twitchyzero 03-25-2011 10:35 PM
about time...i'm sure these abbreviations been around since Internet gained traction in the mid 90's

Formally, are we still supposed to capitalize the I in internet?

insomniac 03-26-2011 12:38 AM
They had these for quite a while actually.. I remember showing my friends that milf existed in the Oxford dictionary app for iPhone a few months back :lol
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Cillu 03-26-2011 12:41 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by twitchyzero (Post 7361699)
about time...i'm sure these abbreviations been around since Internet gained traction in the mid 90's

Formally, are we still supposed to capitalize the I in internet?
Yes you are.


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