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March 25, 2011 11:07 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/hIMaNcyZgU8/Internet-Abbreviations-Added-To-Oxford-Dictionary
Internet Abbreviations Added To Oxford Dictionary
f1vlad writes "Philologists have added popular internet abbreviations to the one hundred twenty-six year-old Oxford English Dictionary. Among these are the popular OMG, LOL, and FYI. 'Dictionary compilers said that although the terms are associated with modern electronic communications, some are surprisingly old. The first confirmed use of "OMG" was in a letter in 1917. "Things people think are new words normally have a longer history," Graeme Diamond, the dictionary's principal editor for new words, said Friday.'"
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