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Originally Posted by Katsunami
IMHO, not everything should have its own word. It does make for short sentences, but it also makes text unreadable.
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Like l33t and emoji and abbreviations like IMHO when there are perfectly acceptable English words that could be used instead?
I'm not for a moment suggesting that we should all be cramming our writing full of rare words, although the occasional one that fits exactly right is acceptable - to me anyway. But I do find language fascinating (if often perverse), not least because even after all these years of reading there are still words that pop up and surprise me in various ways.