aolbonics

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English

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Etymology

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Blend of AOL +‎ Ebonics: the Internet service provider AOL was often regarded as having a high proportion of barely literate Internet users.

Noun

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aolbonics (uncountable)

  1. (Internet slang, rare) The practice of talking using numbers, or using short phonetic spellings (as in "Hey evry1, how r u?"), as a shorthand to save on keystrokes.

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