\section{Conclusion}\label{sec:conclusion}
Concluding this I'd like to say is that it seems sheer impossible to
capture the whole bandwidth of different incarnations of Internet slang.
Still I think this paper should give a good overview of the many different types of
slang terms.
Very noticeable is that you can create way more different things that can be considered
slang if you can type, because possibilities for words expand beyond being pronounceable.
Things you wouldn't normally express with words (laughter, irony, ...) suddenly
need to be expressed with words. Interestingly humans develop a huge amount of
creativity when it comes to this. They start drawing with characters and make noises
like comic-figures would.

While understanding Internet slang terms might not always be simple it can broaden ones
horizon by forcing you to look up terms from many different fields. Additionally
there is often some humour involved, which can be a great stimulus for trying to understand them.