The Age
·general
·2 hours ago
OMG, most of today’s new slang goes unspoken
Psychologists at University of Missouri-Kansas City found adults speak 338 fewer words daily than 20 years ago, totaling roughly 120,000 fewer spoken words per person. Young people increasingly communicate through text abbreviations like OMG, FWB, and SMH rather than spoken conversation. The trend reflects written chat replacing oral discourse, potentially excluding older generations unfamiliar with internet slang.
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