aolbonics
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Blend of AOL + Ebonics: the Internet service provider AOL was often regarded as having a high proportion of barely literate Internet users.
Noun[edit]
aolbonics (uncountable)
- (Internet slang, rare) The practice of talking using numbers, or using short phonetic spellings (as in "Hey evry1, how r u?"), as a shorthand to save on keystrokes.