re: #128 ObserverArt

Technology has had a big influence.

Text is now a verb. Sext is a neologism, based off of it.
Meme, once an obscure term, is now commonly used.
Then there are words like selfie, abbreviations like IIRC, LOL, BBIAB, and so on.

Americans shorten words: tat and les are two examples,

Just imagine how hard it is for English language learners to decipher our weird language. Even news articles use so many neologisms and idioms that my students can barely understand what they’re about.