SMS language

SMS language (also known as chatspeak, txt, txtspk, texting language or txt talk) is the English language slang used in mobile phone SMS. It is an abbreviated form of English known as a rebus. With predictive text input increasingly being used, it is becoming less common.

It is similar to AOL speak, and it evolved from the shorthand used in Internet chatrooms to accommodate the small number of characters allowed (early SMS permitted only 160 characters), and as a convenient language for the small keyboards on mobile phones. Without practice, sending SMS messages can be time consuming.

The objective of txt is to use the least the number of characters needed to put across a comprehensible message. Hence, punctuation and grammar are largely ignored.

Further Reading

For further related information please refer to Wikipedia SMS language