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  2. Oh My God - Wikipedia

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    a common phrase frequently abbreviated as "OMG", often used in SMS messages and Internet communication, and sometimes euphemised as "Oh my Goodness" or "Oh my Gosh". The first attested use of the abbreviation O.M.G. was in a letter from John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher to Winston Churchill in 1917.

  3. Phoenician alphabet - Wikipedia

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    The chart shows the graphical evolution of Phoenician letter forms into other alphabets. The sound values also changed significantly, both at the initial creation of new alphabets and from gradual pronunciation changes which did not immediately lead to spelling changes. [ 20 ]

  4. History of the alphabet - Wikipedia

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    Many Greek letters are similar to Phoenician, except the letter direction is reversed or changed, which can be the result of historical changes from right-to-left writing to boustrophedon, then to left-to-right writing. Global distribution of the Cyrillic alphabet. The dark green areas shows the countries where this alphabet is the sole main ...

  5. OMG - Wikipedia

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    OMG may refer to: Oh my God! (sometimes also Oh my Goodness! or Oh my Gosh!), a common abbreviation; often used in SMS messages and Internet communication and often used to abbreviate shock or surprise.

  6. List of English words with dual French and Old English ...

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    Generally, words coming from French often retain a higher register than words of Old English origin, and they are considered by some to be more posh, elaborate, sophisticated, or pretentious. However, there are exceptions: weep , groom and stone (from Old English) occupy a slightly higher register than cry , brush and rock (from French).

  7. 20 iconic slang words from Black Twitter that shaped pop culture

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    Stacker compiled a list of 20 slang words popularized from Black Twitter that have helped shape the internet. ... Tyga uses the same letter replacement technique in his 2023 song "Bops Goin Brazy."

  8. Do you speak Gen-Alpha? Test your ‘skibidi’ knowledge with ...

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    Oxford University, which named ‘rizz’ as its word of the year in 2023, defines the term as “someone’s ability to attract or seduce another person,” and nodded to a common assumption that ...

  9. Online Etymology Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often cites), is a free online dictionary that describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper. [1]