...Stevens Institute of Technology) and Molski, in their essay entitled The Lost Art of Writing,[12][13] are critical of the terms, predicting reduced chances of employment for students who use such slang, stating that, "Unfortunately for these students, their bosses will not be 'lol' when they read a report that lacks proper punctuation and grammar, has numerous misspellings, various made-up words, and silly acronyms." Fondiller and Nerone[14] in their style manual assert that "professional or business communication should never be careless or poorly constructed" whether one is writing an electronic mail message or an article for publication, and warn against the use of smileys and these abbreviations, stating that they are "no more than e-mail slang and have no place in business communication". Yunker and Barry[15] in a study of online courses and how they can be improved through podcasting have found that these slang terms, and emoticons as well, are "often misunderstood" by students and are "difficult to decipher" unless their meanings are explained in advance. They single out the example of "ROFL" as not obviously being the abbreviation of "rolling on the floor laughing" (emphasis added). Haig[1] singles out LOL as one of the three most popular initialisms in Internet slang, alongside BFN ("bye for now") and IMHO ("in my honest/humble opinion"). He describes the various initialisms of Internet slang as convenient, but warns that "as ever more obscure acronyms emerge they can also...
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...Reaction Paper Extraordinary Measures A Portland couple have two younger children that are afflicted with Pompe’s disease, a rare neuromuscular ailment that is usually fatal within the first eight years of life. Megan is the partner’s 8-year-old middle child and Patrick is the 6-year-old youngest, so time is running out of them. The husband, an advertising executive, leaves his job and contacts Dr. Robert Stonehill, a cranky, renegade scientist in Nebraska who has done an unprecedented research for enzyme treatment and is one of the leading researcher in the field of Pompe’s who’s idiosyncratic for thinking to the beat of rock music blasting from a boom box. The two men meet and clash after driving to the University of Nebraska where Stonehill is employed. He has little money to fund his laboratory, and a thorny personality that drives away colleagues and funders. John and his wife Aileen raise money to help Stonehill's research and the required clinical trials. John takes on the task full time, working with venture capitalists and then rival teams of researchers. They lock horns with each other, venture capitalists, and finally a large genomic research corporation, Zymagen. Stonehill's angry outburst hinder the company's faith in him, and the profit motive may upend John's hopes. The researchers race against time for the children who have the disease. The film is maudlin to say the least but earnestly true. The very first thing I’ve learned in the movie is that you...
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...Twitter. Social media’s been responsible for a lot of new words, for example tweeps, twitterverse and retweet. The word “friend” has become a verb, as in “she friended me on Facebook”. The term “check-in” no longer applies just to hotels and airports; these days it’s just as commonly used when someone reports where they are via a social network. Technology has also changed the way we write. Mobile phones have been responsible for a lot of the change, as users have moved towards texting as an everyday form of communication. For a start, WRITING IN UPPER CASE MEANS YOU’RE SHOUTING, while lower case writing is now the accepted form. Meanwhile, text language is full of abbreviations, missing vowels and acronyms. For example, the abbreviations LOL, OMG and gr8 are all widely used today but hadn’t been invented a few years ago. One of the drivers in this is that screen sizes and character limits are low, meaning that users need to abbreviate to fit their messages in. My Knowledge: ‘Emojis’ which are small digital images and ‘emoticons’ which are representation of a facial expression such as a smile or frown, formed by various combinations of keyboard characters are also now used because of technology. Their main purpose is to show how someone is feeling and their emotions rather than a person typing out how they are actually feeling. Technology has also enabled new words to be created such as ‘selfie’ ‘twerk’ ect. Without technology, there would be no way in which everyone would...
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...female. Like who does that, like im not in my damn car in traffic thinking damn maybe i can get some booty on the freeway we stopped anyway. Pull up to the window like Burger king asking your vehicle or mine.What the fuck hell nah. But at this point i'm like you whatever you cant be serious with this. He's like "im as serious as beating some one elses bad ass kids in the movies" . So yea um i was like well then i have to see this for my self. He goes on to tell me he get some girls numbers others flip him off all times of things. He get flashed and all this other shit that is like beyond belief on a damn freeway. Ok so now i got to see this for my self i want to get flash too, (dont judge me *sniffle sniffle* i want to see something tooooo lol). Now its the day of and im thinking to my damn self what do i wear do i just put on a shirt and hat cause that all the going to see. Looking on good and sexy on top and then looking like who done it and when on the bottom. So i figure it out and all right i just put on something casual. Ok getting on the freeway and this dude look like a he is ass itches, dancing to crunk music and like he playing hide and seek by his damn self. You ever laugh so hard you sweat...
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...And it's great, I really like it Zoo says: thats good sry i signed in quietly Bəəə ` says: Lmao, you can do that? Zoo says: naw ur jus blind Bəəə ` says: I think you signed on when I went to myroom lol Zoo says: oh hows first day? Bəəə ` says: First day was long But interesting My first teacher was blind And indian, but he didn't have an accent My second teacher was also indian And she has a double chin and an indian accent My third teacher had no hair in the back Zoo says: lool Bəəə ` says: She's bald but has long hair in the front And the top of her head is blonde and the bottom is blue Zoo says: its like u pay attention to the wrong aspects of being in a class Bəəə ` says: And she was wearing a studded coller on her neck Yeah, I do Zoo says: lol Bəəə ` says: And I had weight training as my last class Zoo says: what'd u guys do ? Bəəə ` says: A lot We started with the bikes Then she made us too like everything Lift weights, squats, push ups, sit ups, everything She pretty much made us work out every muscle in our body Zoo says: lol first time ey? howd u like it ? Bəəə ` says: Yeah I WASN'T EVEN TIRED AT THE END Zoo says: u jus told me u were mad tired Bəəə ` says: That was yday lol Today, I'm exhausted Had a pretty long day too And I think the workout from yday is affecting me now Zoo says: what did u wear today? Bəəə ` says: Sorry, I'm talking so much Um Zoo says: naw its cool...
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...Due Date: April 22, 2013 Don’t Judge A Book By It’s Cover I was the one to walk in first to do this project, to see the people’s faces turning my direction in an unpleasant way. The store that I walked into was called “Dress Town” at the Eagle Rock Mall on Sunday, March 10, 2013 in the afternoon. As walking into the mall and into the store, we three girls had to put ourselves into a mind of a sociologist; and how they would “judge the book by its cover.” But realistically the shocking part is that they don’t, instead they use their sociological imagination to broaden their thinking mentality, to find other ways to live. Who ever said that there only is one certain way to live and that is the correct way? I realized that as Meghedi, Ani and I were walking the normal or decent looking shoppers were keeping a good amount of distance, more than usual. Also, the shoppers that had children with them, they were pulling their children towards them in a noticeable way while staring at us. As I walked into the store, being extremely nervous because I was the first one to do this project; completely nervous, not knowing what was to come before me, there were four sales associates. One of the associates stood by the door and greeted each customer as they walked in. When I walked in that girl greeted me but not the same way that she greeted the other customers. Her greeting them was a lot sincerer compared to the way she greeted me. Everyone seemed to be staring at me but when...
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...Wiliam Gajski Ja idem na biologiju about an hour ago via mobile · Like Luka Lapanja iz cega ces ucit? jel imas nekakve knjige, skripte ili neki k pa da mogu fotokopirat about an hour ago via mobile · Like Wiliam Gajski Imam skripte kaj mi je dala od zene neka frendica kaj ide na pripreme iz bio.. briem da ima oko 130 str about an hour ago via mobile · Like · 1 Luka Lapanja Aj jel moš to donijet u školu, pa da si fotokopiram to 4 minutes ago · Like Wiliam Gajski moram pogledat dal mi opce doma il kod zene about a minute ago via mobile · Like Luka Lapanja dobro, samo molim te ako možeš to dofurat ovih dana a few seconds ago · Like Luka Lapanja pa ti ja slijedeći vratim a few seconds ago · Like Options OLDER POSTS Diana Dee Dee Jašarević jel ko napiso eng??? koja tema je najlaksa ( makar meni nijedna nije xd ) Like · · Follow Post · 5 hours ago Seen by 15 View all 9 comments Dominik Cvijanović Eee paa sad 4 hours ago · Like Diana Dee Dee Jašarević joj joj ... sto reci 4 hours ago · Like Options Antonija Gabrić jel gledala potacek izostanke? Like · · Follow Post · 8 hours ago Seen by 16 Luka Lapanja and Diana Dee Dee Jašarević like this. View all 15 comments Diana Dee Dee Jašarević kurvaa 7 hours ago via mobile · Like Antonija Gabrić 7 hours ago · Like Options Dominik Cvijanović Laura Šeremet nam je u vezi sa Biciklom tj sad je sa Motorkom hahahahahhahaha eee ako ona moze nac decka onda svatko moze hahahahaha ...
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...500 reasons why I love You 1. I love the way you keep your cool whenever I do stupid things 2. I love the fact that I've met you during the craziest time of my life and you changed it all in just a mili-second. 3. You're so adorable. 4. I haven't met your mom but I know we'd get along JUST FINE. 5. You memorized my phone number. I don't even remember it. 6. Thank you for being stupid enough to not leave me when all I do is hurt you. 7. I love your smile…. I seriously, seriously do. 8. I know you like it when I sweet talk. Ha! 9. Because you're never mad at me. 10. The tattoo? Rockin'! 11. The way you lose your accent when you sing. 12. You're cuddlesome. 13. You make me worry. 14. You make me jealous. 15. Because you never gave up. 16. You're the first and last person I think about. 17. You keep me sane. 18. I love your accent. 19. I love your asian accent, haha if you know what I mean. 20. Your lips are enough to make me melt. 21. How you listen to me talk nonsense for hours. 22. Made my summer unforgettable. 23. Sorry if I told you "tennis" is stupid. I just didn't want you to leave. 24. I seriously still don't see why you liked me. 25. Thank you for waking up 4 or 5 in the morning just to talk to me. I'm so sorry. 26. For making me smile. 27. I love how you'd call me just to say you love me. 28. You never played games with me. 29. I like how a hug from you would drown the frustrations from a bad grade. 30. I'm sorry I have corny jokes. 31. I know I'm annoying but I never heard...
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...A Fool's Walkthrough Enlightened Bullshit ~ A bizarre exercise in arithmetic by an illiterate Revision 5 (The second to be published) (For the few souls that follow the development - go to the bottom red caption of “current revision board” it’s where all the new stuff is logged if you don’t want to go through it all again) Intro Yes this is an intentional attempt of creating a profound appearance only to sucker you into old BS yet again. Frankly there’s little else going on lately that hasn’t to do with that. If I were to have a disclaimer it would probably be larger than what I have to say. • • In short this material is the log of my transition from reality to actuality. I’ve rounded it up to be a fine bullshit dissolver as well - considering we are swamped in BS as it is, what I’m getting at is quite the rare commodity. Would that I could, flip the script and get you a hot seat on some fascinating new experience limited only by imagination, but alas we are here making sense of the good old bullshit that is clogging our everyday lives. Whatever you deem to be relevant is directly tied into it. Every topic or endeavour you can think of is covered with a thick armoured wall of bullshit and the few exceptions just affirm the rule. You can pretend it doesn’t exist or write it off as a topic you dislike and subsequently avoid. However you and i (yes not capital letter) and everyone intimately know the benefits of lying and extreme senselessness. However it seems the detrimental...
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...Tamako Sia by BlackLily Back Home Wattpad Nasa tyan pa lang ako ng Nanay ko mahal ko na Sia. Kaya hindi ako papayag, as in never, na hindi Sia mapapasaakin. Walang sinumang babae ang makakaangkin sa kanya kung hindi ako lang. Over my dead and sexy body. Maghalo man ang balat sa tinalupan, Magiging akin Sia. Sia ay para sa akin at ako ay para sa kanya. Kay humanda ka, Tamako Sia. Ako nga pala si Krizza, Mayaman. Ohhhhhhh!!!! He is so cute and adorable. And the lady pinched the cheeks of a 3year old , chinky eyed boy. The boy just smirked at the lady and gave her his deadly stare. He抣l grow up to be a handsome guy. Naku ang popogi ng mga anak mo Mare. Syempre kanino pa ba magmamana ang mga yan? The other lady told the other one kaya nagtawanan sila. What抯 their name? Yung kinurot mo si Tamako and the one playing is Tamadao. C抦on boys, greet your Tita Kath. Hi Tita Kath. The boy named Tamadao, stopped playing and kissed the cheek of the lady named Kath. Ohh, you are so adorable. And she kissed his cheeks. Si Tamako naman nakatingin lang sa kanila. Tamako.. Okay, okay. I抦 greeting her. Hi Tita Kath. And when he was about to kiss her, the baby in her tummy kicked. Ow! What抯 wrong baby? Why did you kick Mommy? Sabi nung Kath while massaging her bulging tummy. She is 9 months pregnant and anytime soon, she抣l deliver her baby. Your baby is epal. I bet she is ugly. Napatingin ang dalawang babae sa kanya. Tamako! His Mom scolded him. It抯 okay Mare. But how did you know that...
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