shortening of "k thx bye". The K is short for OK, which is short for oll korrect, which is a facetious alteration of All Correct. thx is short for thanx which is a facetious alteration of thanks which is short for thank you. Bye is short for goodbye, which is an alteration of alteration of God be with you. "kthxbye" is the pinnacle of English's advancement, shortening "All correct, Thank you, God be with you." into seven lowercase letters. Humanity is doomed. Obviously, it is used to end a conversation *fast* that you don't want to be in anymore.
I hate that I had to look this up. I hate that there even IS a text language. I hate texting....period. I do, however, like that whoever did the above definition radomly stuck in the words: Humanity is doomed. Even in the middle of defining this wretched language the person became a prophet. If this whole thing goes too much further I can foresee people who only speak to each other in abbreviation, regardless that they're face to face.
Here's my take. You have a phone in your hand, it will take a lot less button pushing to just call the person! Then you don't have to make up a fake language, you can speak directly to them - or - leave a message, and they can get back to you. But noooooooo-o, that wasn't good enough for people. They had to be able to interupt a conversation I'm having with someone by being able to TYPE their way into it, because it would just be too rude for that person to pick up the phone and talk to them right in the middle. Ohhhhhh, it's MUCH more acceptable to steal the person's attention away with their READING what you have to say
Yeah, I'm old. Yeah, I don't 'get it'. Yeah, I don't want to learn new tricks. Yeah, I hope the Lord grants me grace to deal with whatever the next crap coming down the pike is, because right this minute I only want to cry.
Next up will be a text bible ~ AMIS (*)
That's my own made-up text abbreviation. Now you can figure mine out - kthxownt
(*) Ahhhhhhhh Make It Stop
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