meaning old-fashionedly melodramatic, even back then. going yet further back, a newspaper in 1856 described a line of dialog with the phrase “this time he shouted it out in capital letters.” trending now back in the heyday of personal letter writing, all-caps was just one part of a ...
While you’re at it, avoid typing in all caps. As in email and social messaging, this is perceived as shouting and will only annoy your recipients. 7. Use emojis only when appropriate Businesses can use emojis in their texting to appear more friendly and approachable. However, misusing em...
Until the week before it erupted, prices in the bond, currency and money markets barely budged. Then all hell broke loose. “The City has seen in a flash the meaning of war,” wrote this newspaper on August 1st 1914. /jlne.ws/3tSd2XX *** War gives meaning to losing everything.~JJL...
AITR—Adult in the room (or AIR). HRU—How are you (also HAU)? GN—Good night. C9—Code 9 (meaning parents in the R U there—Are you there? GNSD—Good night sweet dreams. room). RUOK—Are you OK? GTG—Got to go. KPC—Keeping parents clueless. Sup—What’s up? IBRB—I’...