When a certain anonym gets overused on the Internet, the severity is that it also influences our daily conversation “in real life”. The Oxford English Dictionary has added a few new words from the web’s favorite pronouncements into their dictionary. Among them are the standouts OMG, LOL and FYI, joining their compatriots IMHO and BFF among the proud number of officially sanctioned initialisms (abbreviations contracted to the initials of their words) used in the English language. Shockingly enough, the expression OMG has had its history tracked all the way back to 1917, while LOL used to mean “little old lady” back in the ’60s, and FYI first showed up in corporate lingo in 1941. The oddest thing? The actual ♥ graphic has also made it in, though the syndrome is not that severe that as they didn’t actually add in the <3 and XOXO emoticon into the dictionary.

SOURCE via OED Online