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'Text messaging or texting is a colloquial term referring to the exchange of brief written messages between mobile phones or celluar networks' as defined in a dictionary. Sure, its really convienient and more so due to the ingenious texting shortcuts that we've discovered over time.

But its a whole different story for the adults (who havent been a part of our so called "texting generation")....to figure out what their kids are saying. The most common misconception being that "LOL" stands for "lots of love"! This lady heard about one of her coworker's mom passing away and she sent her friend this very thoughtful text "I'm sorry to hear about your mother passing away. LOL! let me know if theres anything I can do"

As you can see, the consequences of misunderstanding the lingo can be disastrous. But thats just the start....ever heard of the "cell phone elbow?"

I came across this article today...the "cell-phone elbow" is a new ailment where numbness or pain is caused in the forearm by too much time spent yapping on ones phone! The solution? Dont talk/text on your phone as much! :P We've all been there,right?

Texting can be addictive...even I text a lot more than I talk on the phone! but I've known people who wouldn't notice that they are about to walk into a wall because they are literally glued to their phones all the time. Sad but true!

Relationship drama over IMs and text messages is like the new "in" thing now! Undoubtedly,the celebrities are the pioneers of this trend.......Britney Spears told K-Fed through a text message that she wanted a divorce....charming,isnt she? A British survey found out that one in seven people have been dumped over an IM or a text message!(just thought this was an interesting statistic so included it here :P)

Inspite of all that, possibly THE worst thing one could do would be texting while driving! The traffic light turns red and behold! suddenly half the drivers have their cellphones glued to their ears/in their hands texting! Good thing the talking while driving has been oulawed here...in a city like Mumbai its an absolutely necessary measure. "Driving while distracted" is can be a lot more dangerous than DUI sometimes. The picture above says it all!

I'll stop this post here before it turns into something like a ridiculously long boring lecture. I'll post again soon...hopefully! ttyl ppl! lol :P