Mankind took centuries and ages of painstaking effort to evolve communication and language from the earliest animalistic grunts and cave paintings. Years of study and research has seen the development of syntax, grammar, spelling, dictionaries, translations and what not... all to polish language and make it more sophisticated. In such a context it is amazing to see the use of language on social media, especially the ones most in use (twitter, facebook, whatsapp...). Grammar has gone for a toss. So have spellings. Words are shortened and abbreviated (euphemism for murdered and butchered!). And most often there are hardly any words or letters... only emoji. So much so, the word 'emoji' was announced as the word of the year in 2015 by Oxford dictionary! Back to the age of cave paintings! But I guess pictures have always been a more powerful means of communication than words.
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