Synopses & Reviews
This year's must-have for fast, smooth talkers!
WAN2TLK?: ltle bk of txt msgs is the first ever guide to text messaging, the hot new way to communicate using a pager, cell phone, email or instant messaging ("IM"ing).
Thousands of abbreviations, emoticons and their meanings are shorthand for irresistible pick-up lines and clever replies, scorching romantic exchanges, and insults.
For instance:
:-D I am very happy
:-| I couldn't care less
@>-;- a rose
=:) a bunny
YYSSW Yeah, Yeah, Sure, Sure, Whatever!
WAN2CAPIC? Want to see a picture?
Synopsis
What is this new language heating up your cell phone, pager, and e-mail? When you're IMing, are you stumped by the emoticons swarming in? Are messages becoming more cryptic and symbols more unrecognizable? If you're feeling at a loss, or even think you're in the know, you are in need of this pithy pocket guide to the hottest communication going. Text-messaging-the ONLY way to go-for this year's fast, smooth talkers.
Make your wishes known, your plans, your dates, in coded communication that's the wave of the future. Don't get left out of the text-message revolution.