Regular readers of this column will know that I am suspicious of cyberspace innovations — from Facebook to MySpace to Second Life — that substitute the accumulation of “friends” for actual friendship, ...

Texting language has evolved since the early 2000s, when 'LOL' (laughing out loud) or 'OMG' (oh my God) were often used in mobile phone messaging or instant messenger. Fast forward more than two ...

“How am I even supposed to respond to this?” My friend shows me her phone screen, where her dad has replied to a long, complicated, logistic-filled text message with a simple “Ok 👍.” We’ve all been ...

The advent of text messaging as a ubiquitous mode of communication has spurred considerable interest in its impact on language skills. Researchers have investigated whether the informal register ...

Texting has long been bemoaned as the downfall of the written word, “penmanship for illiterates,” as one critic called it. To which the proper response is LOL. Texting properly isn’t writing at all — ...