Strange new words ._.

Subject: Strange new words ._. Sun Mar 27, 2011 4:51 pm

I learned on my local news channel that two new words were added to the dictionary recently. "OMG" and "LOL" are now official dictionary words. Discuss.

Subject: Re: Strange new words ._. Sun Mar 27, 2011 4:56 pm

what OMG and LOL are real words now? i haven't heard that yet oh well the next person to complain that they're not words, i can say that they are

Subject: Re: Strange new words ._. Sun Mar 27, 2011 4:57 pm

Yay I'm happy now. I was lol'ing yesterday.

Subject: Re: Strange new words ._. Sun Mar 27, 2011 4:58 pm

Now if people complain you're using text talk, you can say they're real words. XD

Subject: Re: Strange new words ._. Sun Mar 27, 2011 4:59 pm

even people on TV use OMG as a word

Subject: Re: Strange new words ._. Sun Mar 27, 2011 5:01 pm

Well that's TV. I don't think that counts lol

Subject: Re: Strange new words ._. Sun Mar 27, 2011 5:04 pm

and people use those words alot in the world too

Subject: Re: Strange new words ._. Sun Mar 27, 2011 5:23 pm

I saw this ugly cat, and I was like O.M.G.

Subject: Re: Strange new words ._. Sun Mar 27, 2011 6:31 pm

Now there is a new way to annoy teachers i guess.

Subject: Re: Strange new words ._. Mon Mar 28, 2011 9:36 am

yea saying lol and omg to a teacher and the teacher would say "use proper words next time" and the other guy can say "but they're real words now", imagine the look on the teachers face after that

Subject: Re: Strange new words ._. Mon Mar 28, 2011 6:18 pm

I would have to laugh.

Subject: Re: Strange new words ._. Mon Mar 28, 2011 8:27 pm

They'd give detention even though they were wrong.

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I'll have to do a little reserch on this, I would love it to happen because these slang words are becoming part of everyday life. Even adults use slang sometimes, which scares me somewhat Shocked

Subject: Re: Strange new words ._. Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:01 pm

Apparently, OMG has its roots dated back to 1917, LOL used to mean "little old lady" during the 1960s, and FYI made its mark in the corporate word in 1941. So you see, the initialisms have changed over time just like many other words in the English language so perhaps the addition into the Oxford English Dictionary isn't the beginning of the end.

@Austin: to answer your question yes, this really did happen

Subject: Re: Strange new words ._. Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:02 pm

It was on my local news channel. News 12 XP

Subject: Re: Strange new words ._. Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:04 pm

i searched "lol and omg becoming words in" and i found it in an article talking about the Oxford English dictionary

Subject: Re: Strange new words ._. Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:16 am

silversalamence10 wrote:: Apparently, OMG has its roots dated back to 1917, LOL used to mean "little old lady" during the 1960s, and FYI made its mark in the corporate word in 1941. So you see, the initialisms have changed over time just like many other words in the English language so perhaps the addition into the Oxford English Dictionary isn't the beginning of the end.

@Austin: to answer your question yes, this really did happen

Nice search right there!

Subject: Re: Strange new words ._. Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:31 am

Infernhawk wrote:

silversalamence10 wrote:: Apparently, OMG has its roots dated back to 1917, LOL used to mean "little old lady" during the 1960s, and FYI made its mark in the corporate word in 1941. So you see, the initialisms have changed over time just like many other words in the English language so perhaps the addition into the Oxford English Dictionary isn't the beginning of the end.

@Austin: to answer your question yes, this really did happen

Nice search right there!

thanks, there had to be a reason why they'd add those words in the dictionary