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Abbreviation Efficiency?
I confess that all the abbreviations used in IM and somewhat in text messaging are baffling to someone as old as me. Heck, I am in my 30’s which is senior citizen status for most IMers. Now that I use it constantly at work and less regularly on a social level I definitely enjoy the immediate gratification it provides. What still gives me pause is all the abbreviations. It saves time from typing all those words but it takes me that much longer to figure out what is actually being said. To brush up on the IMish language I have found a nice little dictionary to refer to whenever I find myself questioning if I should be laughing or offended at a bunch of nonsensical letters strung together. If you find yourself thinking OMGYG2BK, just check out this IM dictionary to break the code.