Foe (Freedom of Expression): Text Message Acronym Dictionary

By HW

The words in your vocabulary represent the building blocks of your thought, and they are essential to your ability to understand a communicate. Today, modern technologies influence has catapulted mankinds ability to communicate into new frontiers. An engaging discussion about expression is all set to begin in FOE (Freedom of Expression): Text Message Acronym Dictionary, a new book released through Xlibris.

FOE (Freedom of Expression) is a smart guide written to help you learn what others are saying to you, as well as be acquainted with new ways to say what you want to express in a shortened, cryptic message. This book will bring a new life into your technology-oriented communication skills with its hand, easy-to-understand resource that include selections like WYP (whats your problem), LOL (laughing out loud), OMG (oh my god) and more. By completing the book, readers will become fully prepared to communicate effectively and understandably through technology.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: May 26, 2008
• ISBN: 9781462826902

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FOE

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(Freedom of Expression)

Text Message Acronym Dictionary

HW (Hollywood)

Copyright © 2008 by HW (Hollywood).

Cover Design: HW (Hollywood)

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Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

About the Authors

Did You Know?

Text Message Advantages

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Dedication

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To my three beautiful daughters who contributed and inspired my ambition to publish this book, and to my dad who inspired me to write a book as it was his dream to write one of his own

before he left this world.

Acknowledgments

Many thanks to all those whose encouragement, critiques, inspiration, and support contributed to the making of this book.

Caitlin Jennings

Jessica Jennings

Kendall Williams

Sharon Telford-Proctor

Doc Proctor

Tom Forrester

Aaron Bernard

Greg Messemer

Colin Fahrig

Kristy Webster

The following individuals deserve special acknowledgment:

To Caitlin and Jessica Jennings, my loving teenage daughters, for their sense of humor, ambition, inspiration, and excitement to create our family business. As an all-girls, single-mom home, I could not have done this without your loving support and patience. You girls are the best and I love you.

Kendall Jon Williams, my most witty three-year-old, for your overwhelming patience and many nights of comic relief. Your personality shines in this book, as many of the humor I experienced was relative to your creative sayings all of which are incorporated in this book (WYPM—what’s your problem mom ;-), or stop writing and come lay with me). I love you, sweetheart.

Sharon Telford-Proctor, otherwise known as Grandma. Thank you for your willingness to help with the girls while I wrote many countless nights. Thank you for your graciousness and for being there at the outset.

To my friends that believed in me, encouraged, and offered me many inspirational thoughts to contribute to this book. Kristy Webster, Aaron Bernard, Greg Messemer, Tom Forrester, Colin Fahrig, the many nights you all text messaged me with your latest and greatest new acronyms. You sparked my drive to keep writing, have fun, and keep my enthusiasm alive.

To my entire family for their unconditional support, patience, cheerleading, and always being there.

Introduction

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The words in your vocabulary represent the building blocks of your thought, and they are essential to understanding and communication. In today’s world, technologies’ influence has catapulted our ability to communicate into new arenas. There are so many ways to make contact with people now, and the most popular means is through text messaging.

It has become a phenomenon and an essential means to communicate for millions of people throughout the world. Text messaging allows the user to apply their vocabulary proficiency with their technology savvy and create short concise ways to communicate to friends, family, teachers, and employers in a same-time mode. As a result, saving time and expenses by eliminating lengthy or time-consuming telephone calls.

I was initially inspired by my three daughters. We found humor in making up cryptic shortened ways to communicate in public. We shared many secret family sayings. We would write them down to remind ourselves of our latest ingenious saying. We did this for several years, often writing our ideas on napkins, notebooks, scrap papers, etc. We had no idea how later we would apply those cryptic codes into our new and fun way to secretly share our humor among one another. My daughters would laugh when I would tease them and say BFHL™ (big fat hairy liar) when describing someone that we were perplexed by.

Consequently, as text messaging became a fun, creative way to communicate, I began to implement our secret family sayings into a dictionary. I began to do research on the mobile industry and the impact text messaging was having today. I was amazed that I was not alone in the craze and addiction to text messaging. As I sat with coworkers during meetings, I would receive text messages from my friends and daughters, either communicating sweet little I love you or let’s meet tonight at 7 pm instead of 6 pm or can I take you out tonight date text.

It finally hit home with me when I took my girls to a Maroon 5 concert and the realization that the audience does not hold up lighters anymore; they held up their cell phones when the auditorium went dark in tribute to the band! In between bands, the marquee would solicit the audience to text something to the MC, who then would post the text on the big screen for all the audience to see. My daughters spent the entire intermission texting messages like "I love you mom, thanks