This article addressed this history of the acronym and it's growth to popularity through time. Something very interesting from the article was from Deborah Tannen, author of several books on language, who said "Americans have always liked abbreviations[...] they certainly precede the internet." AnotherRead More

BrainJet is referred to as the "daily cerebral stream." It is a website that is devoted to providing it's readers with "all of the craziest, most eye-opening, and overall most interesting information out there." Each BrainJet article is checked over before publication to ensureRead More

The Oxford English Dictionary is one of the most prestigious and widely accepted dictionaries of the English language. The OED provides a helpful timeline format that allows for a closer look at the birth of new language. Using this timeline to my advantage, IRead More

INOBTR (I Know Better) is an organization founded in 2007 to protect children and teens online while educating adults in understanding the facts of the internet. The website focuses on many internet related issues like how much is too much information, the facts aboutRead More

Chapter 9: Internet English I'd like to look into the language that has come from the internet; from words that are a part of the internet (browser, toolbar, etc.), to abbreviations that came along with using type (lol, smh, ttys, etc.), as well asRead More