The speed of communication today is matched by the speed with which new words are taken up. Bicycles, automobiles and telephones took decades to become a part of daily life as words and objects. With online offerings, new words are adopted in a matter of months. The verb "to google" has become a part of dozens of languages across the world.
Where habit leads, language follows. Only time will tell what endures. Meanwhile, as a student of the English language, you've got a lot of catching up to do.
Glossary 词汇表
a neologism 一个新词或旧词新意
a native speaker 一个说母语的人
a purist 语言纯正癖者
to frown upon 对某事物表现出不满
Latin 拉丁语
proper 正式的、规矩的
to catch on 开始流行
a text message 一个短信
an email 一封电子邮件
a chat room 一个聊天室
a video game 一个电子游戏
informality 不拘礼节
abbreviation 缩写
OMG (Oh my God) “我的天”的英文缩写
LOL (Laughing out loud) “哈哈大笑”的英文缩写
FYI (For your information) “供参考”的英文缩写
dotcom 网站
a punctuation mark 一个标点符号
punctuation 标点
an emoticon 一个表情符
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