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Slang Omg+

Slang

omg

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omg: Oh my god; added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2011, having peaked in texts and Facebook statuses long before. Example: "OMG iPhone 4 has a front camera"

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Meaning
Oh my god; added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2011, having peaked in texts and Facebook statuses long before.
Example
"OMG iPhone 4 has a front camera"
Origin
First recorded in a 1917 letter; text messaging revived it
Part of speech
interjection
Sources
  1. 1.
    Internet slang · WikipediaWikipedia
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Documented by reputable secondary sources, but approximate, disputed in detail, or hard to pin down exactly.

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