The Oxford Dictionaries Online, one of the authorities on the English language, has once again taken steps to acknowledge how our obsession with the Internet is gradually altering our vocabularies — by adding things such as “NSFW,” “ZOMG,” “newb,” and “Twittersphere” to its virtual pages.
The folks behind these additions explain that the “world of computers and social networking continues to be a major influence on the English language” and so continual edits of reference texts are necessary.
Coincidentally, I tend to unfollow anyone who uses “ZOMG” in any form. So there.
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