...in the next Oxford Dictionary review - will things like LOL, LMAO and LLF - get their rightful place??? I mean if y2k can go in???
Do you think these should be allowed in the dictionary and what else should go in too??
2006-07-18 21:59:45 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
NO WAY - LOL is already in - LLF.
And I think FFS is too
2006-07-18 22:10:35 · update #1
Hi,
I think they should!!
Hope your well all the best!!
xx
2006-07-18 22:30:52 · answer #1 · answered by East Bay Punk 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I think it's possible, although I rather hope not. I realise a dictionary has to stay current with the way a language is spoken, the way words are used, elsewise it risks becoming little more than a passably interesting historical document. But at the other end of the spectrum, by including EVERY expression in the english language, I wonder if the OED doesn't risk becoming trivialised and less than authoritative.
2006-07-19 06:46:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think they will as they are too specific to texting and the internet... I would guess that a term like "owned" would get put in as they are used in general everyday use. Y2K was a term used across the board by more than just a single group of people over more than one media type... its more to do with the terms presence in society
2006-07-19 05:07:14 · answer #3 · answered by Bamsa 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I don't know what LLF means... *puzzled look* but NO they are never used in everyday speech (well at least I hope they're not) so they shouldn't go into the dictionary.
2006-07-19 05:04:00 · answer #4 · answered by Burnsie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Silly Question
2006-07-19 05:04:03 · answer #5 · answered by Jeff J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I don't think words like that should be allowed, we do not wish to denigrate English language any further with the smack heads vocabularies.
2006-07-19 05:24:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Silly Question or learn English its beautiful
2006-07-19 05:24:33 · answer #7 · answered by The Wanderer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
guess u havent seen the dictionary lately, lol is allready in
2006-07-19 05:05:03 · answer #8 · answered by onename 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as much as i use them i dont think they should be put in - we can just leave a legend of the intials to the next generation lol
2006-07-19 05:03:04 · answer #9 · answered by flo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No coz it would encourage bad grammer in children at school and then they would fail their exams boo hoo
2006-07-19 18:58:34 · answer #10 · answered by Berni 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What about including FOAD? I use it when my husband (jokingly!) insults me.
I used it on a neighbour and he had no idea what it meant!
2006-07-19 06:16:55 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋