I like to believe that most people are in touch with mainstream society. Almost everyone has an iPod, they can agree that Kyle Sandilands should be hunted by Japanese whaling vessels for ‘scientific research’, and general ‘lingo’ is understood by most people. Recently a new form of ‘acceptable’ slang has reached our shores. It comes in the form of abbreviated words. Such lingo stems from internet slang being frequently used in text messages and chat rooms yet this trend is now being harpooned and dragged into mainstream verbal speech and no, it’s not Japan’s fault this time.
Have I missed the boat here? When was it cool or even acceptable to utter phrases such as ‘TOTES’ and ‘LOL’ whilst enjoying a coffee and cigarette at a local café? We attempt to communicate ‘in the flesh’ to avoid the crap conversations with people we don’t actually want to talk to on Facebook. At the pace in which this trend is developing our entire verbal conversations will resemble that of Sylvester Stallone’s vocabulary - IIIAAAAGGGWWWWW. Too far? Perhaps not when you consider we cannot just laugh at something anymore, we have to ‘roll on the floor laughing’ (ROTFL).I can’t honestly claim that I have ever rolled on the floor laughing and I feel I am not alone. Is our generation turning into cautious plebs that incorporate a fire prevention technique with a touch of comedy? IHN (I hope not). I am glad I have had this communication ‘revolution’ sail right on past me hopefully to suffer the same fate as the Titanic.
LMAO (laughing my ass off)
Yacksie
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