I've seen more and more of a preponderance of using those silly (and annoying) text message "words" on these boards lately.

Maybe it's a sign of the times and I need to catch up, but they really are starting to annoy me! It makes the poster sound less intelligent, more juvenile! I have nothing against the people who use them, but find the trend annoying.
For example (Sorry PatrickinKW): using "NE" to mean "any," using "RU" to mean "Are you," etc. etc. I have used acronyms myself, but I think they're differnet. Things like IIRC, IMHO, etc. don't bother me. It's the text message language that gets to me.
Okay, rant over. Thanks for listening.
