cn u txt? – Cambridge Dictionary About words blog
The advent of social media has seen a huge increase in the use of informal abbreviations, many recently added to the Cambridge Dictionary. We have always had abbreviations, of course. Well-known examples include IOU (for “I owe you”), used to give an informal written guarantee that you will pay back a sum of money, and x for a kiss, for example at the end of a letter. For further reading, visit About words, a blog from Cambridge Dictionary.
Blog post written by: Colin McIntosh
Courtesy: Cambridge University Press
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