Or an exchange such as “LOL theres only one slice left” / “don’t deprive me LOL” – text exchanges often drip with these LOL’s the way normal writing drips with commas. Let’s face ...

And is it really a threat to our lexicon? "OMG! LOL's in the OED. LMAO!" If you find the above string of letters utterly unintelligible, you are clearly an internet "noob". Let me start again.

In addition to swapping ‘LOL’ for a random smashing of letters on their keyboard to express laughter, Gen Zers have also decided a long-beloved emoji, 😂, is dead. CNN reported earlier this ...