What are the typical slang expressions in Russian internet communication

Typical slang expressions in Russian internet communication include a wide range of abbreviations, colloquial words, and creatively formed neologisms that serve expressive, evaluative, and identifying functions. Many slang expressions arise from sports fandom, youth culture, and digital interaction platforms. Key characteristics include:

• Abbreviations and acronyms that simplify communication.
• Expressive augmentative suffixes (-ищ-, -ин(а), -уг(а), -юк(а)) for intensification or emotional coloring.
• Borrowings and adaptations from English with phonetic and morphological integration.
• Lexical innovations that convey emotions, evaluations, and social identifications.
• Use of humorous and playful semantic shifts to create comic effects in memes and online comments.
• Emoticons, emojis, numerical codes, and symbolic graphics for enhanced digital communication.

These slang elements are common in social media, chat rooms, and forums, enriching interactions with a dynamic and creative language style that often blurs the line between formal and informal usage in Russian Web space. ^{1, 4, 7, 9, 10}

If you want, examples of specific slang expressions can be provided to illustrate this typical slang style.

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