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Lately I’ve heard a lot of people complaining about how younger people abbreviate words way too much. I’m not talking about little things like “would’ve, it’s”, I mean, “omg, g2g, lol” kind of things. More computer abbreviation talk than what people would actually say in a conversation. Teachers are having problem getting through papers without seeing a word missing a few vowels, or sometimes it’s even taken to the extreme and there are pictures instead of the actual word. I will even admit that it isn’t just the younger generations doing this, but there are times where I will bite the abbreviation bullet and add a few shortened words in my texts, only because I was running out of room. I have friends who still use the number “2” constantly instead of saying “to”. My uncle being the main offender of that, but I’ll let it slide since he just learned how to text last week.
But as much as I have heard people make fun of others who abbreviate words when they are holding conversations, or through text messages and emails, I haven’t heard anyone even bring up or complain about band’s abbreviations. Maybe they go more unnoticed? Or maybe people see it as their own expression and are therefore considered art? I think either are good points, and I’m sure there are many other ideas people could say too.
As long as I can remember when it was possible I was abbreviating band names, it seemed to me that it was almost encouraged more than saying the entire band name. NKOTB, STP, BSB, FOB. I loved saying those when I had the chance, I felt like it was a secret code that got you into a special band group fan club. Only fans who really liked the band were allowed to say it kind of thing. But now bands skip actually making up a longer name and just jump to an already abbreviated one. Case in point, there is a new band that is starting to become popular, LMFAO. Which I still find the fact that their grandma chose that name for them hilarious, and just another point to show that abbreviations are spreading not just to the younger generation, but to all of them. So as long as the band is in on the joke, is it ok to abbreviate? Or does it just not matter so much in music as it does in everyday life?