Significantly, the latest update to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) acknowledges the “inescapable factor of modern life is our increasing reliance on computers and digital communications”.
It has included acronyms such as FWIW, short for “for what it’s worth”, and ICYMI, “in case you missed it”, which are used frequently on social media and in text messaging.
They are some of the more than 1,000 new words and senses, and nearly 2,000 fully revised or expanded entries, the BBC reported. More.
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For instance, it seems that recently the word "babe" has acquired a shortened variant, that is..."bae"... Apparently, nowadays all the kids call their kid boyfriends and girlfriends like this.
According to Urban Dictionary that stands, as well, for "before anyone else", and for, mostly unrelated, "poop" in Danish. In addition to this linguistic certification, the word has been st... See more
For instance, it seems that recently the word "babe" has acquired a shortened variant, that is..."bae"... Apparently, nowadays all the kids call their kid boyfriends and girlfriends like this.
According to Urban Dictionary that stands, as well, for "before anyone else", and for, mostly unrelated, "poop" in Danish. In addition to this linguistic certification, the word has been strongly popularized through rap songs and countless web memes since the mid-2000's. The most notorius example would be "Come Get It, Bae" of famous Pharrell and Miley Cyrus.
Internet slang words have the actual power to modify and change language itself, so you should know their story to get by in the modern world.
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Bet the OED doesn't call abbreviations acronyms
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*shudders*
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