11 August 2009
This
Something I've seen over the last six months to a year (it may be older): using "this" as a one word reply agreeing to a previous comment in a thread. E.g. "It's not that C++ is a complex language, it's simply that programmers tend to fail more spectacularly when using it." Followed by: "This." (Often with an up arrow ^ reemphasizing the direction of the this). Maybe an abbrev. of "this is what I mean" or "this is what I'm talking about" or perhaps just "this is the real issue." It usually follows a very long post and so makes an exaggerated point in its brevity of how well the previous post has encapsulated the heart of the discussion.
[ updated 23 Dec 2009 ]
Over the past couple of months, there's been a backlash of anti-brevity. Here's one humorous example of this-hatred:
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- Overwhelming feeds posted by sstrader on 20 April 2010 at 1:01:35 AM
- Viewing YouTube videos in Opera 10.50 posted by sstrader on 15 March 2010 at 11:09:23 PM
- Opera (and Eclipse) posted by sstrader on 25 October 2009 at 10:34:55 AM
- Voice posted by sstrader on 23 October 2009 at 2:57:24 PM Other entries categorized in Language & Literature:
- Review of Wikipedia books posted by sstrader on 8 June 2010 at 1:43:02 PM
- Printed books from Wikipedia, hands on posted by sstrader on 26 May 2010 at 11:35:28 PM
- The Chaos Scenario; Bob Garfield posted by sstrader on 20 May 2010 at 11:46:04 AM
- Russian Composers, printed books from Wikipedia posted by sstrader on 13 May 2010 at 5:06:54 PM
- Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood; Peter Biskind posted by sstrader on 20 April 2010 at 11:32:00 PM