Twitter Haiku
Twitter's 140-character limit (and to some extent text messaging) challenges us to say everything we mean in the fewest words possible without compromising meaning, and has spawned some fascinating linguistic constructs.
Which can really be fun for the hardcore Wordie.
For example, one of my writerly friends recently closed a Tweet with:
For example, one of my writerly friends recently closed a Tweet with:
"Kthanxbai"