Today is texting's 20th birthday, and as part of the celebration, we've rounded up a little museum of texting slang. You may know some of it very well, you may not recognise some of it at all. You may even find the existence of some of it to be quite dubious. Read More >>
Featured comment by tommypepper:
"Oh you missed TMOPWUTIRLDEHTRASFOADBM The majority of people who use this in real life don't even have text restrictions and should F**k of and die, b..." More »
You know that "quote" thing people do in the air with their fingers? There's a move afoot to introduce a similar thing for illustrating Twitter hashtags, letting fashionable media types add a "hashtag" to their conversation without actually having to say the word. Read More >>
Teens today! What are they even saying on those new-fangled computer phones? LOL, amirite? Parents just can't keep up with all those crazy indecipherable abbreviations swift-thumbed kids are tapping at every hour of the day. Good thing this handy primer of 92 commonly text terms exists. If only it weren't packed with phrases no one's ever heard of. Read More >>
A school in Sheffield has become the front line in the war to defend the Queen’s English after banning teenagers from using slang or text speak on school premises, instead, urging them to speak proper like. Read More >>
Featured comment by ScantGore:
"As long as the kids can use proper English when appropriate, I personally don't have an issue with them using slang. For example, when i send of a qui..." More »
18 
