OMG
Oh My God!
TRANSLATION
OMG = engl. Abk. für oh my God! - Ach du lieber Gott! --- GOOGLE INDEX OMG: approximately 168,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
BBC Philharmonic violinist Simon Robertshaw sent a text message to friends in Manchester moments after the earthquake in Japan happened: "OMG, we've just been in an earthquake over a bridge."
(BBC News)
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OMG: Naked thief breaks into preschool
(CBS News headline)
(BBC News)
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OMG: Naked thief breaks into preschool
(CBS News headline)
Did you
know?
OMG
abbreviation
- oh my God! Oh my gosh!
(Oxford English Dictionary)
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The news that the folks at the Oxford English Dictionary added OMG to its world famous reference work probably has some language purists shouting OMG themselves in frustration. No longer reserved for teenagers hanging out in Internet chat forums, OMG and other so-called initialisms are making their way into the language, whether we like it or not.
After all, dictionaries like the Oxford standard are full of abbreviations, from aka (also known as) to FYI (for your information). And with around 168 million Google hits, who can argue with the inclusion of OMG? Oxford also points out that the first quotation for OMG is in a personal letter from 1917, so it's not really new.
Other Internet slang entries that can be found in the Oxford include:
- LOL = laughing out loud
- IMHO = in my humble opinion
- BFF = best friends forever
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SMUGGLE OWAD into a text or email message:
"OMG! George Clooney is having a drink at the bar in the hotel lobby!"
abbreviation
- oh my God! Oh my gosh!
(Oxford English Dictionary)
---
The news that the folks at the Oxford English Dictionary added OMG to its world famous reference work probably has some language purists shouting OMG themselves in frustration. No longer reserved for teenagers hanging out in Internet chat forums, OMG and other so-called initialisms are making their way into the language, whether we like it or not.
After all, dictionaries like the Oxford standard are full of abbreviations, from aka (also known as) to FYI (for your information). And with around 168 million Google hits, who can argue with the inclusion of OMG? Oxford also points out that the first quotation for OMG is in a personal letter from 1917, so it's not really new.
Other Internet slang entries that can be found in the Oxford include:
- LOL = laughing out loud
- IMHO = in my humble opinion
- BFF = best friends forever
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SMUGGLE OWAD into a text or email message:
"OMG! George Clooney is having a drink at the bar in the hotel lobby!"
