Internet slang such as LOL (laughing out loud) and ROFL (rolling on the floor laughing) enjoys great popularity among teenagers nowadays. In fact, it becomes so popular that many terms now cross from computer-mediated communication to face-to-face communication. Some teenagers even use them in essay writing.
People have different opinions towards this phenomenon. Some people say that it will help enrich the language system and make language diverse. But others disagree, saying that these new words, being abbreviations for existing, long-used phrases, don’t “enrich” anything; they just shorten it and their total effect on language will be trivial.
In my opinion, Internet slang has little effect on language in general, but will greatly influence individuals’, especially teenagers’ language development. The reason is that overuse of Internet slang will lead to the lack of proper punctuations and grammar and has numerous misspellings in writing. That will drastically reduce chances of employment when students graduate and seek jobs. So, for the sake of their future, teenagers had better refrain from Internet slang.
网络俚语如LOL（英雄联盟），在（在地上打英雄联盟）喜欢在现在的青少年杰出的普及。事实上，它变得如此流行，现在许多术语从计算机介导的沟通，面对面交流。一些青少年甚至用作文写。
人们对这种现象有不同的看法。有人说这将有助于丰富语言系统，使语言多样化。但也有人不同意，说这些新单词，缩写为现有的，长期使用的短语，不要“丰富”任何东西，他们只是缩短，他们的总的影响，对语言将是微不足道的。
在我看来，网络俚语对语言的影响不大，但会极大地影响个人，尤其是青少年的语言发展。原因是，过度使用互联网的俚语会导致正确的标点和语法的不足，在写作上有许多拼写错误。这将大大减少学生毕业时就业的机会。因此，为了他们的未来，青少年不要使用网络俚语。
