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Abbreviations in
and social media comments are now a
genre of writing. The first text message was sent in 1992. A
of abbreviated text then developed. This is now
understood and widely used. Many abbreviations are in
. Shortened terms like "fyi," "cul8r," and "imho" are
in text messages. Of course, these mean "for your
," "see you later," and "in my humble opinion". A researcher believed
"would convey an informal sense of
". He was surprised that they elicited
perceptions.
