1. Word Formation – Online and Slang Language
Made by: Filip Risteski

2. Word shortenings and language economy
Compounding – the process of combining two or more lexemes and forming new words.
Clipping – the process of shortening a word without changing its meaning.
Blending – the process of combining two or more words to create a new word.

3. Language economy. Necessity ?
Writing messages or chatting on social media is part of our daily basis. We use them so much that we have already created our own online words and abbreviations. Have you ever been in a situation where you read a word online and your your reaction was

4. But does this creation of shortened words mean that we are being creative .. or just lazy? Can you name some ? We will look through some examples and explain their meaning.

5. MYOB = Mind Your Own Business
NP = No Problem
PLS = Please
RU OK = Are You Okay?
WILL SPK 2 U L8R = Will Speak To You Later
TGIF = Thank God It’s Friday
AFAIK = As Far As I Know
M8 = Mate
ASAP = As Soon As Possible
B4 = Before
BRB = Be Right Back
F2F = Face To Face
LMAO = Laughing My Ass Off

6. Slang
A type of language that consists of words and phrases that are regarded as very informal, are more common in speech than writing, and are typically restricted to a particular context or group of people.
Can you name some slang words in Macedonian?

7. But have they just gone too far?

8. Fun facts:

9. 2. DUDE
(n.) it's an abbreviation of "Yankee doodle", and implied an over-fastidious, too-well-dressed young man – as in all the well-heeled US easterners who go on vacation on "dude ranches" in the west.

10. Do you have any questions?

11. Thanks for your attention.