Paragraph 2
Abbreviations in text messages and social media
have evolved into a distinct
of writing. The first text message was sent in 1992. Since then, a
of abbreviated text has developed that is largely understood and
used. Many abbreviations are now in dictionaries. Truncated terms like "fyi," "cul8r," and "imho" are
in text messages. Of course, these mean "for your information," "see you later," and "in my
opinion". Researcher David Fang said: "We thought
might like abbreviations because they would convey an
sense of closeness, so we were
that abbreviations elicited
perceptions about people who use them."
