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First Jack Nicholson txts in The Departed, then Delta drops the lolbomb.
Has netspeak gone mainstream?

Spotted on the Q train here in NYC a few weeks ago.
On flickr: this photo — add me 4 future lols.
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Netspeak is becoming mainstream. For sure. Here is one another example, where advertiser from Slovenia (mobile operator MOBITEL), used lol and many other acronyms. Creative agency which produced the ad was Publicis. This is the link to the TV ad: http://sebastjanaboutnewmediasociety.blogspot.com/2007/12/interactivity-in-advertising.html
— Sebastjan Pirih · Dec 21, 03:13 PM · #