The Appellate Advocate, a publication of the Texas State Bar Appellate Division, has a humorous article by Roger W. Hughes in its Summer 2006 issue about instant messaging.
Here is an excerpt:
"Our teenage children have developed a literary style of IM’s or text messages over cell phones and WiFi’d laptops. Here are some ingenious acronyms commonly used:
FWIW = for what it’s worth
LOL = laughing out loud (or lots of love)
TTYL = talk to you later
RUUP4IT = are you up for it
AFAIC = as far as I’m concerned
CUL8R = see you later
...
There is every reason to think that today’s law students and young attorneys are communicating in the same
way. Soon a whole generation of lawyers will communicate in the acronyms spawned by cramped fingers
on the tiny keypads of cell phones and laptops. Twenty-first Century briefs and opinions in the 21st Century
will soon be written in “IM.�
Because appellate lawyers are desperate to write the short brief that still “says it all,� here are some
proposed IM acronyms for the brief of tomorrow:
ASSA = assuming arguendo
WADR = with all due respect
MIPC = May it please the Court
THJTC = The Honorable Justices of This Court..."
You can read the entire article at this link.
