The Girl in the Red Rubber Boots

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  • The Fall and Rise of “LOL”

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    Emily Sara Smucker
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    When acronyms became “cool” for texting and instant messaging, I was relatively unimpressed. We’d used acronyms in my house for years. “MIHAPOB” for “may I have a piece of bread,” “YNTM” for “you’re not the mom,” “TCB” for “then come back,” etc etc. I suppose the first time I realized acronyms were entering the popular…