Useful conversational shortcuts for those baby boomers, indeed! And quite hilarious. But what Sorensen may not realise is that crusty colloquialisms like these — and so much worse — exist in real life on When Parents Text, an endlessly entertaining blog that’s coming out in book form September 1st. There, you can find gems like this one from a Packers-crazed mater:
MUM: (_/_)(__)(_/_)(__)(_/_) booty shake!!!
And many more equally intriguing/disturbing specimens.
Sadly, I have no recent booty shake texts from my mum to share. She just broke/lost both her phones. [New Yorker]
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olearymo
Friday, August 12, 2011 at 8:38 AMshouldn’t it be
(_/_)(_|_)(_/_)(_|_)(_/_)
? Unless she has a magic disappearing crack.
Tara
Friday, August 12, 2011 at 10:20 AMOr
(_/_)(_|_)(_\_)(_|_)(_/_)
Cos wouldn’t you shake it side to side?
Sicarius123
Friday, August 12, 2011 at 1:29 PMI rate how parents/grandparents were annoyed about slang 10 years ago, and now the “young folk” with their smartphones are typing in full sentences. Meanwhile an SMS from my grandparents is indecipherable because they abbreviate everything and make it up as they go along.