61 French Text Slang and Instant Messaging Shortcuts

Text messaging and social media messages are all a part of our daily lives. And it has introduced so many new terms into the mainstream. The little LOL that you add on a comment when you’re at a loss of what to reply, the K that you hurriedly press when you’re in the middle of something, and even abbreviations like IDK and IKR that only the young ones seem to know about. By the way, IDK= I don’t know and IKR= I know, right. Yeah, IKR???   via GIPHY The French language have these kinds of text-speak and slang, too. While many would think that these shortcuts are some sort of bastardization of a beautiful language, those who use these argue that modern conversations that happen online or on SMS require fast, hurried typing and text lingo serves that purpose. In order to understand this aspect of the modern French