Internet-speak is firmly implanted in language now, and as we continue to live our lives online, new expressions and words will continue to develop. Just as languages evolved before – by interacting with other languages – we will adjust the way we use words based on what we do and see. And since what we see is so often the white glow of a computer screen, our language is impacted by the Internet. Linguist Ann Curzan has a term for this kind of back-and-forth: “electronically mediated conversation,” or EMC.