The Most Detestable Word In SMS Lingo

Me: Hey there! How are you?
XYZ: doin gr8 thnx
Me: That's a really cute profile picture!!
XYZ: K

My reaction when I first read 'K'.

XYZ: heyyyy
Me: I'm really under the weather, right now. I can't sleep and I'm sneezing way too much.
XYZ: K

Now I'm getting genuinely pissed off

Me:HOW COULD I FAIL IN THE TEST?? I'M SUPPOSED TO BE THE FREAKING REIGNING QUEEN OF THAT SUBJECT! I FEEL SO FURIOUS!!
XYZ: K.

I'm so ready to kill XYZ right now!

I'm not someone who uses an excessive amount of SMS language. Sure, I use some words like LOL, GTG, BRB and ROFL, but most of the time, my writing style in SMSes is exactly like the way I write in an English paper.


I'm the Grammar Nazi that your parents probably warned you about. But don't worry, I would do nothing to you unless you use 'K' instead of OK. 
K - the most detestable word in the modern-day SMS language.

To all those people who do not know - 'K' is an abridged version of okay and it's the rudest word (or letter, whatever) in existence.

I could write an entire thesis on how much I hate it when people reply with a rude K. Whenever I see that disgusting K, I feel like I get in touch with my inner monster. I feel like I could transform into that tiger from Life of Pi any minute. I feel like I could tear that person apart with my bare hands.

It's like, they simply aren't interested to talk to me and it just makes me feel like this: Why the hell am I wasting my time talking to an idiot who doesn't even wish to talk to me? 

I could be doing a lot of better stuff instead. I could read a book like Twilight or Fifty Shades of Grey. I could watch those disgusting Indian soaps. I could listen to Justin Bieber's music or I could even learn how to dance.

I abhor dancing.

But I can still do all of the things, because doing those things is MUCH BETTER THAN TALKING TO DULL CONVERSATIONALISTS!!

I'll try to list out the reasons why using 'K' is horribly disgusting:

1.  If you make the mistake of typing the word 'k', you'll not just offend the reader of the message, you'll probably be bestowed with numerous curses. You'll be cursed with bad breath, poor eyesight, ugly boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse, poverty and a lot of heinous things which I wouldn't like to mention.
2. 'K' may sound better to you, because it's shorter than 'OK' and way too shorter than 'okay'. But hey, even 'no' is shorter than 'yes'. So whenever you ask me anything, I'll just say 'no'!
3. Typing OK isn't exactly rocket science, you know. I believe you're a human being with a (supposedly) functioning head. You hardly waste seconds and it makes the reader feel a bit important. 
4. Adding a smiley alongside the cold K makes it a bit more friendly, but it doesn't help much. 
5. Writing a K shows how impressive your vocabulary is and how LAZY YOU ARE.
6. Boys, if you wanna impress girls, don't use K. That girl with feel like you don't have a high regard for her and she'd just stay away from you.
   Girls, if you like a guy and he uses 'K', please whack him in the head and force him to use "okay" instead.

While SMSing, you can shorten your words in any way you like - even if you shorten it in such a way that people don't understand. It's fine.

But don't use the word 'K'. It sounds frightfully rude and it doesn't really gel well with the reader. It makes the reader feel horrendously inadequate and small.

That's such a cool reply.

I know, this seems like a rather insignificant topic to speak on. There are a lot of issues out there, such as malnutrition and illiteracy, but ultimately what matters is how you are as a person.

Let me know what you think about the whole 'K' issue in the comments. I'd love to hear out your views and anecdotes.

(If you have any anecdotes about something related to this topic, that is!)

Love,
Archie