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 ...

LOL is no longer just a teenage expression used in a text message. In the latest update, of the Oxford English Dictionary LOL (definition: laughing out loud), along with omg (definition: oh my ...

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The internet slang term "LOL" (laughing out loud) has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary, to the mild dismay of language purists. But where did the term originate? And is it really a threat ...

On Thursday, teenagers around the world discovered that they weren’t, like, the first generation to use OMG. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, which listed the acronym among its newest crop ...

The “Urban Dictionary” is definitely not the first book to define the slang people use. So, does the world need another one? The answer: Fo’ shizzle! (That’s a big “yes.”) If 100 years from now people ...

Timesaving online abbreviations like LOL, OMG and IMHO are now part of the official English language. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) the addition of several initialisms to its only dictionary, ...

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, ...