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: OMG! Online abbreviations make Oxford dictionary

StaxBundlez
03-25-2011, 08:05 PM
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/ap_on_fe_st/eu_britain_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
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.