• "OMG" and "LOL" enter The Oxford English Dictionary
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Oh no?
Everyone who types lol types it with a straight face.
I cant take this article seriously, was it written by a 13 year old? "abbreviations"? They're acroynms.
[QUOTE=zombini;28794620]i hope this isn't a Banh Mi thread.[/QUOTE] laughed way harder than I should've
Wait? wag?
omg, what a lolling good time we are having here chaps
English is a language that is spoken, not looked up in a dictionary. Never understood why teachers get hysterical the moment someone uses a word not approved by Oxford.
does that mean proper use of those words in exams cannot be degraded?
[QUOTE=koekje4life V2;28809110]Everyone who types lol types it with a straight face.[/QUOTE] I usually don't laugh physically unless it's really funny. But it's strange how lol means laugh out LOUD but is used without laughing.
What nigger shit
ROFLMAO, omfg, I Lolled. :smithicide:
No.
[QUOTE=J!NX;28792347]the day I day is the day you day.[/QUOTE] Which is today I say for today is the day I may decide the day you day. Err, never mind that doesn't make sense.
ITT: People are mad because language is expansive. [QUOTE=LinuX;28792050]"The dog wanted to wag his tail"[/QUOTE] ^ This. Really, guys? You have never heard of "wag"? Your pets do it all of the time.
[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;28882449]I am saddened by this news. Some chick came up to me yesterday saying "ell oh ell oh em gee" because it was in the dictionary and if I picked her apart for it, I'd be "stupid". Fuck this article. Fuck it.[/QUOTE] Problem, nerde?
hahaha this is the deathknell of the english language
[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;28882449]I am saddened by this news. Some chick came up to me yesterday saying "ell oh ell oh em gee" because it was in the dictionary and if I picked her apart for it, I'd be "stupid". Fuck this article. Fuck it.[/QUOTE] god you are fucking dense [editline]29th March 2011[/editline] do you even know how a dictionary works
Rofltomato.
Errrrr... they're acronyms not words...
English is turning into a shit language.
[QUOTE=crackberry;28912307]English is turning into a shit language.[/QUOTE] Thou foul mouth.
I can't wait to use LOL and OMG in my English essays! [editline]Edit[/editline] Firefox spell check says LOL and OMG are not words. :saddowns:
[QUOTE=littleicyman;28791962]I have never heard anybody say "Wag" in my life.[/QUOTE] I live in London and I hear the term "WAG" quite frequently. I guess it's location and what you listen/watch.
[QUOTE=mix999;28912704]I can't wait to use LOL and OMG in my English essays! [editline]Edit[/editline] Firefox spell check says LOL and OMG are not words. :saddowns:[/QUOTE] you people are RETARDED
[QUOTE=mix999;28912704]I can't wait to use LOL and OMG in my English essays! [/QUOTE] A word being put into one dictionary does not make it apart of standardized English. You would still be marked off for using it.
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