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We’ve all added stuff to the dictionary of our phones to facilitate our own slang. Most cell phone dictionaries don’t contain nearly enough cuss words for the average person so adding words like shit and fuck is basically a necessity if your potty mouth crosses over into your text message and emails. You’ve read enough of my articles to know that they totally do. I’m also pretty sure a lot of you have gone ahead and added other stuff to your phone that’s outside of your standard cuss words. Maybe they’re accidental saves or maybe you just routinely use nonsense words with enough frequency that it warrants adding these made up words to the dictionary. Who knows? I’m also not going to include other “must have” short hands like “np”, “brb”, “lol”, etc. because let’s be honest those are basically necessity. I think it is worth noting though that I have a million permutations of “lol” depending on the lol I want to convey. Lols, lulz, lol, lololol, and maybe a few others.
Here are some of my favorites that are saved in my own phone right now:
AhsumSaus
All one word. Terribly spelt. This word, along with “Cool Beans” is something I will tend to use as a confirmation that the plans are confirmed.
Me: You still coming for hockey?
Scott: Yep
Me: AhsumSaus
Arkham
You’ve probably read about, heard about (and if you haven’t why not?) or know firsthand about our love of Arkham Horror the board game. Most of the time I use Swype typing and without programming my phone to know the word “Arkham” my phone would think I was trying to type “Asian”. I felt awkward about inviting my friends over to play Asian Horror. Naturally this also means that “cthulhu” is in my personal dictionary as well.
Cuz
This is a must have for just about everyone. We’ve all come to accept poor spelling and grammar in our text communications and let’s face it, typing “because” all the time on a phone sucks proper dick. It also doubles for when I’m text messaging my cousin.
Keithmas
Sooner or later I will write up a proper history of Keithmas, maybe closer to actual event (it is only 5 or 6 weeks away). We’ve touched on it a few times on the site. Basically it’s the Christmas in December that you actually look forward to. You get cool presents and eat bacon treats. Everyone goes home a winner and sometimes Walter throws up Four Loko. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
