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Abbreviated slang used in text messaging
Short Message Service (SMS) language or textese is the abbreviated language and slang commonly used in the late 1990s and early 2000s with mobile phone text messaging, and occasionally through Internet-based communication such as email and instant messaging. Many call the words used in texting "textisms" or "Internet slang." Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: SMS languageA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: SMS Spam Detection and Classification to Combat Abuse in Telephone Networks Using Natural Language ProcessingInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Oxford Spanish DictionaryThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: SMILES, a chemical language and information system. 1. Introduction to methodology and encoding rulesCited 6,701 times
- Go sideways: LOLA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Internet slangA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
No dictionary entry for this exact phrase.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
SMILES, a chemical language and information system. 1. Introduction to methodology and encoding rules
Performance of ChatGPT on USMLE: Potential for AI-assisted medical education using large language models
How Does ChatGPT Perform on the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE)? The Implications of Large Language Models for Medical Education and Knowledge Assessment
m‐Learning: An experiment in using SMS to support learning new English language words
L'italiano al telefonino: Using SMS to support beginners' language learning
Mobile language choices — The use of English and isiXhosa in text messages (SMS)
Spam SMS Detection for Turkish Language with Deep Text Analysis and Deep Learning Methods
ExplainableDetector: Exploring transformer-based language modeling approach for SMS spam detection with explainability analysis
🆕 Influential since 2022
SMS Spam Detection and Classification to Combat Abuse in Telephone Networks Using Natural Language Processing
Leveraging large language models for cybersecurity: enhancing SMS spam detection with robust and context-aware text classification
A Comparative Study of Machine Learning Classifiers for Different Language Spam SMS Detection: Performance Evaluation and Analysis
Detecting spam and ham SMS messages using natural language processing and machine learning algorithms
"SMS language" in French as a sociolet
📚 Books worth reading
Oxford Spanish DictionaryOxford Dictionaries · 2008
Always OnNaomi S. Baron · 2008
Sm'AlgyaxJohn Asher Dunn · 1995
A Glossary of Netspeak and TextspeakDavid Crystal · 2004- 📕CaucasicaEllis, George, K. Ė. Shtaĭn · 2017
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