In English, examples include the word "bazinga" from the CBS show The Big Bang Theory.[citation needed] In Japanese, the term moe has come into common use among slang users to mean something extremely cute and appealing.[citation needed]
Aside from the more frequent abbreviations, acronyms, and emoticons, Internet slang also uses archaic words or the lesser-known meanings of mainstream terms.[1] Regular words can also be altered into something with a similar pronunciation but altogether different meaning, or attributed new meanings altogether.[1] Phonetic transcriptions of foreign words, such as the transformation of "impossible" into "impossibru" in Japanese and then back to English, also occur.[citation needed] In places where logographic languages are used, such as China, a visual Internet slang exists, giving characters dual meanings, one direct and one implied.
Patrick Abboud
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