Oh Tee: So that all of us cannot be luddites anymore...

[TOWOS]

For my dear luddite lady and the ones who still are trying to find their way in the texting- socialinteractionsites-messaging-seeping into email-jungle:

http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/text ... ations.asp

While perusing it, I found out that EGADS! (used by our Dearest Flagmistress) is not there...WOW! I often wondered what that one was about.

[animal]

[quote="TOWOS"]For my dear luddite lady and the ones who still are trying to find their way in the texting- socialinteractionsites-messaging-seeping into email-jungle:

http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/text ... ations.asp

While perusing it, I found out that EGADS! (used by our Dearest Flagmistress) is not there...WOW! I often wondered what that one was about.
[/quote]

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/egad

Main Entry: egad
Pronunciation: \i-ˈgad\
Variant(s): or egads \-ˈgadz\
Function: interjection
Etymology: probably euphemism for oh God
Date: 1673
—used as a mild oath

[TOWOS]

Thanks, animal! As I saw EGADS always in capital letters, I thought of it as an acronym or one of the text abbreviations.

[luddite lady]

Thanks for the link TOWOS. But that's way too much lingo for my brain to absorb. It still makes a useful reference should I ever want to stop being clueless.
EGADS, on the other hand, I totally get. I'm sure I use that more often than OMG. I suppose there was too much Oscar Wilde in my youth and not enough microchips.

[DirtyMartini]

Haha. Yeah, sorry, T. I came pretty close to doctoring in 19th century poetry, so "egad" and "indeed" have about the same weight in my brain as "dude" and "awesome." Occupational hazard of sorts. I'm aware of the oddness.

Thanks for the defining, animal.