Sure, they’ve been sanctified by the Oxford English Dictionary as totally legitimate, but it’s often difficult to figure out how, exactly, they began. Even web historians — some of whom get paid to ...

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 ...

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The internet slang term "LOL" (laughing out loud) has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary, to the mild dismay of language purists. But where did the term originate? And is it really a threat ...

In an acknowledgement of the internet's overwhelming influence on the triviality we sometimes refer to as "real life," the Oxford English Dictionary doyens have decided to add a few of the web's ...

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OMG, LOL and FYI are among the latest additions made to the Oxford English Dictionary in a new update. The online edition revealed that it had selected a "number of noteworthy initialisms" for ...