Time-saving online abbreviations like LOL, OMG, and IMHO are now part of the official English language. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) announced the addition of several acronyms to its dictionary ...

When Tony Thorne first started researching slang, he was largely on his own. This was in the ’80s, when, according to Thorne, the academic community “virtually ignored” slang as a part of linguistics.

In 2007, BBC reporter and presenter John Humphrys wrote an essay pointedly titled: “I h8 txt msgs: How texting is wrecking our language.” In it, Humphyrs lamented that, the relentless onward march of ...

The digital language can be a complex world, but many use it to find laughter and meaningful connection with others. For people older than 25 (or anyone who is not chronically online) digital slang ...

Language change is driven by its younger speakers. Source: Ketut Subiyanto / Pexels Every language has its stock of basic terms and concepts. In English, words like “table” and “chair” seem as fixed ...

Even the FBI needs help with internet lingo, as evidenced by an 83-page internal document they released in 2014 thanks to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. The document reentered the ...