22 evidences that English has been preparing for Twitter for a long time

  1. etc
  2. s/b
  3. w/
  4. tho
  5. e.g.
  6. ergo
  7. re:
  8. btw
  9. fwiw
  10. &
  11. wanna
  12. gotta
  13. gonna
  14. thru
  15. ok
  16. 1
  17. 2
  18. 4
  19. 8
  20. :)

Others?

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Category: Internet & Blogging, Language

22 Responses

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    Olya Velichko says:

    u betcha

  5. 5
    John W. says:

    d’oh!

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    Jon Smith says:

    Yrs

    And, not in the dictionary but very important, BBQ.

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    Jo Neufeld says:

    what does fwiw mean?

    i submit: ftw and fml.

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    ima = I am going to

    e.g. “ima go home”

  14. 14
    Colleen says:

    to replace #16 -> k
    also, ttyl (talk to you later)
    and gtg (got to go)
    and idk (i don’t know)

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    JonoC says:

    brb (be right back)

    np (no problems)

    neway (anyway)

    wtf? (pardon me?)

    bs! (I disagree)

    r and u (as in, how r u?)

  17. 17
    Jessica says:

    idk, my bff jill? lol

  18. 18

    of course our grandparents had:

    ttfn

  19. 19
    BJ says:

    gp
    g2k
    fyi
    cya

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    Chris K says:

    Copy & Paste the following page to see what all the common texts/twitter abbreviations mean:

    http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/textmessageabbreviations.asp

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