We’ve come a long way since LOL — today’s kids use a lot more text acronyms than adults. Most text lingo is harmless, but it ...

“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 ...

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 ...

English teacher Carrie Beth Buchanan sees the effects of students’ growing up in an age when communication is done in an abbreviated text language and where they depend on autocorrect to automatically ...

EUGENE, Ore. — A new University of Oregon study found that the language teen girls use in text messages and social media apps, like TikTok and Snapchat, is linked to day-to-day changes in their moods.

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