Time-saving online abbreviations like LOL, OMG, and IMHO are now part of the official English language. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) announced the addition of several acronyms to its dictionary ...

‘Initialisms’ used by writers of emails, text messages and instant messages – specifically, OMG, FYI and LOL – have made it into the new online edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) to be ...

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OMG, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has approved the additions of the two exclamatory online abbreviations found in this sentence, LOL. OMG, short for Oh My God or Oh My Gosh, and LOL, short for ...

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OMG, we ♥ this news, LOL! The Oxford English Dictionary added the three “initialisms” OMG, LOL, and ♥ Thursday, making them real words worthy of etymological recording. The OED said these words “are ...

Internet slang like LOL and OMG are commonplace on sites like Twitter and Facebook or in GChat and AIM, but do they belong in the dictionary? The Oxford English Dictionary says yes; LOL, OMG, and FYI ...

The stalwart bastion of language, the Oxford English Dictionary, will now include ♥ and LOL as real words worthy of etymological recording. Other words added include the formidable OMG. As they say, ...