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IYKYK, but IDK… Are Abbreviations Flattening and Stunting Our Abilities to Be Fully Expressive?Welcome to another You Know What Grinds My Gears episode.Below is an example paragraph written using only abbreviations. Let’s play the "What did you get from these letters in the end" game (No using a translator).OMG TBH IDK WTF RN BC, IYKYK.BTW ILYSM & IMY.OMW ASAP B4 2 L8. IF U GTG LMK ASAP.It took me longer to translate it in my mind than to write out the fully unabridged version. What did you come up with in the end? Since abbreviations can have multiple translations, what did you end up with (e.g., BRB can mean, be right back or back really bad)? Ain’t nobody got time for this ****. Let’s talk about it, with an extra helping of that special Gen-X snarkiness