http://www.oed.com/public/latest/latest-update/#new
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/24/omg-fyi-and-lol-enter-oxford-english-dictionary-foreshadow-th/
http://digitallife.today.com/_news/2011/03/24/6335138-omg-and-lol-added-to-the-dictionary
The English language can be weird sometimes. Then again, there have been signs that the OED is no longer relevant anyway.
For the March 2011 release of OED Online, we have selected for publication a number of noteworthy initialismsabbreviations consisting of the initial letters of a name or expression. Some of thesesuch as OMG [OMG int. (and n.) and adj.]: Oh my God (or sometimes gosh, goodness, etc.) and LOL [LOL int. and n./2]: laughing out loudare strongly associated with the language of electronic communications (email, texting, social networks, blogs, and so on). They join other entries of this sort: IMHO (in my humble opinion) [IMHO at I n./1], TMI (too much information) [TMI at T n.], and BFF (best friends forever) [BFF at B n.], among others.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/24/omg-fyi-and-lol-enter-oxford-english-dictionary-foreshadow-th/
In an acknowledgement of the internet's overwhelming influence on the triviality we sometimes refer to as "real life," the Oxford English Dictionary doyens have decided to add a few of the web's favorite pronouncements to their lexicon. Among them are the standouts OMG, LOL and FYI, joining their compatriots IMHO and BFF among the proud number of officially sanctioned initialisms (abbreviations contracted to the initials of their words) used in the English language. Shockingly enough, the expression OMG has had its history tracked all the way back to 1917, while LOL used to mean "little old lady" back in the '60s, and FYI first showed up in corporate lingo in 1941. Not only that, but the heart symbol -- not the <3 emoticon, the actual ♥ graphic -- has also made it in.
http://digitallife.today.com/_news/2011/03/24/6335138-omg-and-lol-added-to-the-dictionary
Our favorite thing in this entire update though? A tweak to the definition of 'heart':
♥ to heart
The new sense added to heart v. in this update may be the first English usage to develop via the medium of T-shirts and bumper-stickers. It originated as a humorous reference to logos featuring a picture of a heart as a symbol for the verb love, like that of the famous I ♥ NY tourism campaign. Our earliest quote for this use, from 1984, uses the verb in I heart my dogs head, a jokey play on bumper stickers featuring a heart and a picture of the face of a particular breed of dog (expressing a persons enthusiasm for, say, shih-tzus) which itself became a popular bumper sticker. From these beginnings, heart v. has gone on to live an existence in more traditional genres of literature as a colloquial synonym for to love.
The English language can be weird sometimes. Then again, there have been signs that the OED is no longer relevant anyway.