OMG! (Oh! My God!) Yet another example of initialism.
OMG has even made it to the Oxford English Dictionary last year. OMG to that!
Surprisingly, this acronym is not as contemporary as we think it to be. In fact one authentic record of its use dates back to 1917. A British Admiral is said to have expressed OMG in a letter to Winston Churchill.
So the term 'initialism' may have come in vogue now but the practice has been almost a century old.
OMG has even made it to the Oxford English Dictionary last year. OMG to that!
Surprisingly, this acronym is not as contemporary as we think it to be. In fact one authentic record of its use dates back to 1917. A British Admiral is said to have expressed OMG in a letter to Winston Churchill.
So the term 'initialism' may have come in vogue now but the practice has been almost a century old.
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