abbreviations, shorten forms of speech and writing, as if words are too long to write and speak, that the ends justify the means, the method, the envelope is unimportant, and the message, what is really trying to be conveyed, that is the important part, and efficiency in messaging, of conservation of bits, of effort and energy, and of course, time and place for all things, and maybe that should have been the quote, but it wasn't my quote, it wasn't the time and place, but on track, and sometimes message is important, more important than medium, but there is always a balance, a give and take, when language can be beautiful, and bring understanding at the same time, in fact, reinforce the message or the medium, and wonder which has primacy, but I won't forsake the current English language to save me .05 seconds in communication