OMG! FYI, LOL , heart symbol already in dictionary!..What's next?..ROFL

I really think these symbols and short text need to go. Text is not helping our children to communicate properly. Using text and symbols does not benifit them. I've actually seen kid standing in a group and texting each other. They don't say a word. They are really going to have a hard time when the go to the workforce. The certain can not text during an interview. We should take these phones away from the kids during school hours. This would force them to talk to each other. Best Wishes!

That's odd. Now children will learn how to use these abbreviations thinking it can be used in a formal way.

Yeah!..I heard & watch it in a news.. I think its great.. Everyone loves the heart symbol.. :)

Hi sweet pea: Well that's not the dictionary that I am used. I consider them abreviations, not words. They are representations of whole sentences in some cases or feelings not words for me. Dictionary have to reflect these 'changes' no matter wether they are possitive or not I think. ALVARO

I find it a good thing to see the abbreviate words in the dictionary so that some of us who perhaps have never seen them can understand them. I do not feel though that they should be confused with proper English grammar. It is a shame when some utilize it in place of proper lingo because it does not appear to be proper. Hopefully the schools and mature adults can differentiate the difference and not use it where not necessary. I would dislike to see a professionally written letter and or article containing the slang lingo. I would also dislike to see it acceptable as such.

OMG! I never thought that these abbreviations will be included in an any formal dictionaries ever. It seems quite odd but i guess that's how the world reacts at the today. If we find things funny, we will definitely LOL and for any exclamation we will OMG! (even i started my first word of this discussion with OMG! I didn't once think of writing Oh My God!... But these short forms are fun to be said or written in an informal way...Formally, these would rather sound disrespectful...Adding these words to dictionary might be ok but using them formally won't be cool enough..!

Actually, the dictionary has always been evolving, word meaning drifts over time some words come to mean the opposite of their former meaning all the best urban

I think it is ok to add these kinds of words to the dictionary if they are kept seperate from the proper words.Perhaps putting these in a seperate dictionary internet slang and abbreviations.

Hi sweet_pea Finally it happened. A few years back, there was quite a thing happening here wrt the examinations which were not accepting the words from the Internet - somethng like gr8 for great. But students kept repeating the same. So finally they accepted this lingo and no more marks were deducted for spelling mistakes. Good now that the dictionaries too have evolved and accepted this as a part of the language... It will bring about a change in many ways for sure... But I think it will be sad to see the great words getting replaced with the smaller txt versions.