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:
- 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
- Digsby makes minor change, internet goes batshit insane posted by sstrader on 17 August 2009 at 3:44:22 PM
- This posted by sstrader on 11 August 2009 at 11:23:30 PM
- Wave, Facebook, and blogs posted by sstrader on 29 June 2009 at 4:33:37 PM Other entries categorized in Language & Literature:
- Art and grammar posted by sstrader on 17 September 2009 at 11:10:22 PM
- The Last Western by Thomas S. Klise posted by sstrader on 2 September 2009 at 10:48:50 AM
- Infinite Jest; David Foster Wallace posted by sstrader on 23 June 2009 at 12:52:10 PM
- Spook Country; William Gibson posted by sstrader on 26 April 2009 at 4:09:01 PM
- Feed; M. T. Anderson posted by sstrader on 16 February 2009 at 10:45:14 PM