Texting language, txtslang, SMS language or textese is a term for the acronyms and slang commonly used with mobile phone text messaging, but sometimes used with other Internet-based communication.
SMS language is used in about 20% of messages in the UK and the US.
The primary motivation for the creation and use of SMS language was to convey a comprehensible message using the fewest number of characters possible. This was due to the way in which telecommunication companies limited the number of characters per SMS, and also charged the user per SMS sent. To keep costs down, users had to find a way of being concise while still getting their message across. Further typing on a phone is normally slower than with a keyboard, and capitalization is even slower. As a result, punctuation, grammar, and capitalization are largely ignored.