Discussion Forum—A Way with Words, a fun radio show and podcast about language

Abbreve That Template. "I have gone figging and now believe that the youth of each generation is shortnin'-bred. We cannot attrib the present syllabic slicing exclusively to text messaging, Twittering or the latest cellphoney-baloney; rather, lopping off word endings is not laziness but a function of generational insularity. No tradition is more time-honored than rebellion against linguistic tradition. Youth must not only be served, but its insecure communications must also have its own coded server."