[spellbanisher]

There really is no such thing as an "official language," although there is what would be considered standard language or usage. The dictionary just tries to define words in all the different ways that they are generally used; thus, language is democratic and not determined by dictionary makers. Nevertheless, I am still not sure that these words belong. Dictionary makers try to only add words that will have some staying power to the exclusion of slang or fad terms. But determining which words will have staying power and which will not can be really difficult, and it could be argued that text messaging and text speech will not go away any time soon.