Slangora

Texting / SMS slang

popularised ~1995-2010 · 50 terms catalogued

Pre-platform internet slang. The vocabulary that grew out of SMS character limits and T9 keypads — lol, brb, omg, ttyl, asap, btw, idk, idgaf — is some of the most ubiquitous English on the planet. Predates social media by a decade.

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