# Texting & Facebook-posting lexicon alternatives **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 26, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-facebook-posting-lexicon-alternatives/632662 "2012-08-26T00:55:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NetTrekker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nettrekker/32/2909_2.png) [@NetTrekker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NetTrekker)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-facebook-posting-lexicon-alternatives/632662/1 "2012-08-26T00:55:19Z")
Ya = Yeah Common = Come on Alot or allot = a lot ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-facebook-posting-lexicon-alternatives/632662/2 "2012-08-26T01:20:02Z")
OK? ---
**Author:** ![NetTrekker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nettrekker/32/2909_2.png) [@NetTrekker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NetTrekker)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-facebook-posting-lexicon-alternatives/632662/3 "2012-08-26T01:47:48Z")
Noone = No one Who’s = Whose ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-facebook-posting-lexicon-alternatives/632662/4 "2012-08-26T01:57:35Z")
wtf ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-facebook-posting-lexicon-alternatives/632662/5 "2012-08-26T09:37:16Z")
Moved to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![NetTrekker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nettrekker/32/2909_2.png) [@NetTrekker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NetTrekker)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-facebook-posting-lexicon-alternatives/632662/6 "2012-08-26T19:17:13Z")
Lead = led (Were making fun of people’s writing. Common, its fun) ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-facebook-posting-lexicon-alternatives/632662/7 "2012-08-26T19:42:33Z")
Is that what we’re doing? ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-facebook-posting-lexicon-alternatives/632662/8 "2012-08-26T20:50:22Z")
“Everyday” instead of “every day.” And one I see more and more: “eachother” as one word. ---
**Author:** ![Pitchmeister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pitchmeister/32/3459_2.png) [@Pitchmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitchmeister)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-facebook-posting-lexicon-alternatives/632662/9 "2012-08-26T21:04:29Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > “Everyday” instead of “every day.” > > And one I see more and more: “eachother” as one word. Well, to be fair, Everyday is a word, too. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-facebook-posting-lexicon-alternatives/632662/10 "2012-08-26T21:19:51Z")
“Everyday” is a perfectly cromulent word. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-facebook-posting-lexicon-alternatives/632662/11 "2012-08-26T22:35:27Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > “Everyday” is a perfectly cromulent word. I agree. “Everyday” is a word only when it’s an adjective, such as “it’s an everyday occurence.” “Every day” should be used in all other cases, such as “I go online every day.” ---
**Author:** ![NetTrekker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nettrekker/32/2909_2.png) [@NetTrekker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NetTrekker)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-facebook-posting-lexicon-alternatives/632662/12 "2012-09-02T15:48:52Z")
loose = lose