创新英语-OMG, LOL, FYI Now in Oxford English Dictionary

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We all use them when we send text messages; now they have been included in the latest edition of the Oxford¹ English Dictionary (OED). They are the online abbreviations OMG, “oh my God”; LOL, “laughing out loud”; FYI, “for your information; and IMHO, “in my humble² opinion”. The OED calls them “initialisms” because they are made up of initials. Young people know and use thousands of these shortcuts³ on social media sites like Twitter and when sending SMS texts. They are useful when there is a limit on the number of characters used in a message. An OED editor, Graeme Diamond, believes there’s more to initialisms than simply saving space in messages. He thinks young people use them to show irony⁴.

Mr Diamond, who is responsible for allowing new words into the OED, said one of the initialisms, “OMG” was not so new as it was included in a letter written in 1917. New entries in the OED include “ego surfing” – the practice of searching your own name on the Internet, and the “five-second rule,” that "allows for the eating of a delicious morsel⁵ that has fallen to the floor, provided that it is retrieved⁶ within the specified⁷ period of time". Lexicographers also decided⁸ that the term “muffin top” deserved an entry. This is defined as "a protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers”. It’s also known as “spare tyre” or “love handle”. The dictionary has also included the heart symbol <3 meaning "love".