Learning to Text: Don’t LOL at Death, and Other Tips

As text-messaging shorthand becomes increasingly widespread in emails, text messages and Tweets, people are scrambling to decode it. In many offices, a working knowledge of text-speak is becoming de rigueur. And at home, parents need to know the lingo in order to keep up with—and sometimes police—their children.
Learning to Text: Don’t LOL at Death, and Other Tips