There used to be a time when the best way to communicate was by making a phone call. Now, texting seems to be the quickest and most efficient way to connect with someone. Typing up full sentences or ...

Typing LOL in response to your partner’s funny text might may you feel cool, but tween and teens have a whole new vocabulary full of texting abbreviations and acronyms you’ve never heard of to ...

From LOL to OMG, these are the texting acronyms Americans can't get enough of. TBH, the list of texting abbreviations is endless. I mean, seriously, in an ever-changing world of the internet and ...

SAN DIEGO — Text messaging can be hard to decipher these days. From slang to acronyms and abbreviations, it sometimes takes a Google search to understand what they're saying! "I've definitely used FS ...

My daughter turned 13 this week. Her birthday request? More access and privacy with technology. As a mom who grew up with the chat rooms of the '90s and parents who rightfully forbade me from ...

The abbreviations are two of the 20 most confusing used in text messages, a new study has found. The research, from mobile phone retailer Fonehouse, identified 200 of the most commonly used ...

*For a full ranking of the 100 text messaging abbreviations analysed, please find attached data sheet in the OneDrive folder here. SMH (Shake my head) tops the list as the most searched for text ...

The terms we use to make messaging go faster sometimes require an online lookup. Here's what newbie texters are trying to figure out. I've been writing professionally about computers, the internet, ...

Texting abbreviations have been around for decades, since texting itself. And now, more abbreviations and slang words continue to crop up as Gen Z enters adulthood and Gen A gets old enough to have ...

USA TODAY columnist Steven Petrow offers advice on digital etiquette. In a recent column I highlighted the growing generation gap when it comes to digital manners. On one side are the Millennials and ...