IDK (I don’t know) why, but some of them can be quite confusing! However, not everyone is familiar with all of the acronyms out there. Thanks to the significant amount of time children and young adults spend posting messages to social networks and chatting online, a new language or “lingo” has emerged that does not adhere to Standard Written English (SWE), according to the Journal of Literacy Research.įormally known as digitalk, the “lingo” consists of many acronyms and abbreviations, which act as a shorthand way of communicating with our friends or members of our social media circle.
In recent years, the biggest factor has been social media – leaving even native English speakers dumbfounded by the intricacies of their native tongue.Īs of April 2022, 59 percent of the world’s population were social media users. Some meanings change due to a shift in popular use. Some come from new or emerging technologies. Hundreds of changes have happened just in the last decade. You don’t even have to look all the way back to Shakespeare or the King James Bible. With 4.7 billion people worldwide on social media, these platforms have transformed our world – even the very language we use to communicate.Īmerican English is a living language and changes quite often. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Share on Email
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