Oxford needs to look up the word "slang."

[Burly Brute]

I do hope you all realize that this sort of thing has been going on since languages began, we just notice it more now because of the speed of communications. That's why the same item could be called three different things based on whether the speaker is from England, Australia, or the US. Now, I find it irritating myself, especially when someone uses "text speak" in normal language, but this is really just one more way the english language is evolving.

I don’t fully agree. I think the speed at which we communicate adds a new variable. Rather than our language evolving and gaining new words for new concepts, ideas, inventions, we are simply allowing for misspellings and laziness! Haha. We live in an age full of educators and spell-checkers; there is no real need to accept misspellings to mean the same exact thing as the word in which they are attempted to be. I agree with you guys language is ever evolving and adapting, but seriously, “buttload” ??? I mean, c’mon! lol

[Lallans]

For the record, spellchecker doesn't work for the internet from where I post fromm.

[Burly Brute]

For the record, spellchecker doesn't work for the internet from where I post fromm.

Haha it doesn't for me either, I sometimes write my replies/threads in Microsoft Word before posting so that I don't give away that I am a complete moron. Honestly, I don't much care for our spell-check society today. I use to have a pretty big vocabulary and knew how to spell words, now it seems as though every other word is "like" and I constantly don't know how to spell words that just 3 years ago I would have known like the back of my hand.

Alas! What are we to do!

[Zardoz]

Good examples of how fluid the language can be, I always quote David Byrne in the brilliant movie "True Stories" when discussing stuff like this;
"You know, things that never had names before are now easily described. Makes conversation easier."

[Burly Brute]

Good examples of how fluid the language can be, I always quote David Byrne in the brilliant movie "True Stories" when discussing stuff like this;
"You know, things that never had names before are now easily described. Makes conversation easier."

But the difference is that these are new names for things not previously named! They are just weak "abbreviations" that don't have real purpose!

[Santa Wally]

Rather than our language evolving and gaining new words for new concepts, ideas, inventions, we are simply allowing for misspellings and laziness! Haha. We live in an age full of educators and spell-checkers; there is no real need to accept misspellings to mean the same exact thing as the word in which they are attempted to be. I agree with you guys language is ever evolving and adapting, but seriously, “buttload” ??? I mean, c’mon! lol

The laziness and misspellings is something "up with which we should NOT put." (said tongue in cheek) DUH!