Language Changes in New Media

The Latest News on Facebook (FB):

"tbh gymnastics got canceled! Snd we need to hsngout asap!" [translation: "To be honest, gymnastics is cancelled! And we need to hangout as soon as possible"]

"Lms and I'll rate" [translation: "Like my status and I'll rate"]

The major goal of new media is efficiency. We want to be able to do things faster and better than ever before. The new millennium has got the need for speed and not just in technology, but in language too. There are so many popular internet and text shorthands that they require a checklist to follow- List of Texting Shorthand. In addition new words are created to accommodate new technology ex. online searches become "to google," web logs become "to blog."

(Has the stripping down of language inspired the stripping off of clothes) 

In the ever changing environment of the internet it's harder for older members (online immigrants) to keep up. And ever harder to keep secrets secret. Parents are worried that this new world might be too fast for their young children. ChatSlang.com and CBS News have Parent Check Lists to make sure that parents know what their children are saying when they're online. 

CBS News:

CD9: Code 9 (means parents are around)
KPC: Keeping Parents Clueless
P911: Parent Emergency
PAW: Parents Are Watching
PIR: Parent In Room
PAL: Parents Are Listening
POS: Parents Over Shoulder
POTS: Parents Over The Shoulder
MOS: Mom Over Shoulder  

With shows like 16 and pregnant on the air an music videos with scantly clad dancers, its hard to believe that these shorthands are purely innocent, especially because a lot of the shorthands on a netlingo page sound like they came out of a Frank Miller novel.  8 - Oral Sex  A/S/L - Age/Sex/Location  BUFF - Big Ugly Fat Fuck CBJ - Covered Blow Job  CU46 - See You For Sex WTF - What the Fuck

(AAMOF walk down the RS in SC and you can find NEthing AAR A3!)

Especially in America where we work so hard to build and protect the concept of childhood I think when it comes to the internet the question one must ask themselves is, how fast is too fast?