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Suivre Le Petit Robert sur Twitter, c'est trop lol mdr
(Follow Le Petit Robert on Twitter, it's lol mdr)
Newspaper | 24 heures
Date | 5.2.2016
Language | French
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | spelling, texting, Twitter
Summary | When people first starting texting, they would use abbreviations such as "lol", "mdr", or "tkt". In order to promote French language and eradicate "text message language", Le Robert Dictionary uses its Twitter account to share jokes related to text message features.
Image Description | Photograph of an open dictionary and screenshots of Tweets.
Image Tags | dictionary, Twitter
D'où vient l'acronyme Osef ?
(Where does the acronym Osef come from?)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 15.12.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | hashtags, texting, Twitter, word/writing, youth
Summary | The term "osef" seems to be very popular among teenagers nowadays. It means "on s'en fout" (we don't care). The expression was born on Twitter and was preceded by a hashtag or mot-dièse (the English term won).
Image Description | N/A
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