Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Texting language has evolved since the early 2000s, when 'LOL' (laughing out loud) or 'OMG' (oh my God) were often used in mobile ...

Texting has long been bemoaned as the downfall of the written word, “penmanship for illiterates,” as one critic called it. To which the proper response is LOL. Texting properly isn’t writing at all — ...

“How am I even supposed to respond to this?” My friend shows me her phone screen, where her dad has replied to a long, complicated, logistic-filled text message with a simple “Ok 👍.” We’ve all been ...

IM and chat lingo is shortened for speed since conversations are conducted in real time. If a friend is waiting for a response, you want to type it as quickly as possible. For text messages on mobile ...

Have you ever seen the text ‘sugarpic' on your teenager's phone? Do you know what it means? Many of us send texts every day. But do you know what your teens are texting? FOX23's Tiffany Alaniz did ...

Texting language has evolved since the early 2000s, when 'LOL' (laughing out loud) or 'OMG' (oh my God) were often used in mobile phone messaging or instant messenger. Fast forward more than two ...