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Emojis: The :-) That Changed Everything

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The First Recorded Use of O M G

Did you know that the first recorded o m g came long before e male texting or snap chat? It was 101 years ago in 19 17, a man named john fisher. He wrote a letter to the future british prime minister winston churchill. Then at the end of his letter, he typed the first documented use of o m g. O my god. Close parenthesis. So if anyone ever complains to you about new fangled text speak or internet slang, remind them, o m g is older than t v he it's older than chocolate chip cookies.

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