Text messaging and on-line chat requires slang. In addition to the age-old tradition of dropping vowels (we stll undrstnd Englsh wthout thm), Internet and texting slang phrases use creativity and imagination to create acronyms that sometimes necessitate research. Wikipedia has a concise dictionary of popular Internet slang phrases. So examples include:
YTMND = your the man now, dog
YTMND = your the man now, dog
WYSIWYG = what you see is what you get
Lamer = one who is lame
TLDR = too long didn't read
Snail mail
sk8r boi (avril levigne is lamer)
prOn = intentional misspelling of porn
LMIRL = let's meet in real life
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