TMI? It stands for text message injury.

WTWIAH? Pardon?

I said, what's that when it's at home? Oh, sorry. It's a blanket term for the various types of muscle and tendon damage caused by the sending of too many text messages on one's mobile phone apparatus.

Rlly? Wht r th symptms? Anything from stiff little fingers to a big pain in the arm, if you asked what I think you asked. With 45 million text messages sent every day in Britain, and a total of 12.2 billion messages sent last year, a veritable TMI epidemic is expected.

Hw mny ppl in UK suffR fr TMI? Well, only one actually. Louise Thompson, a clinical psychologist from Hackney, east London, is reckoned to be Britain's first victim. She sends up to 15 texts a day to her boyfriend while he travels the world.

Awwww, thy mst rlly b n luv. Sorry, didn't quite catch that. Anyway, now Louise has stiff finger joints and constant shooting pains in her forearms. Her chiropractor diagnosed TMI.

!!!! Is sh gng 2 b OK? Not to worry. Her boyfriend is coming back in June.

AAMOF, my fngrs sumtms hrt whn I snd txts. No, I didn't get that either. Can you spell it out properly?

I can't! it hurts too much! Perhaps u should try the "textercises" which Virgin Mobile offers its users.

GTG, M8. Im n trrbl pain. Come again?

CYA. TTFN. BCNU. CUL8R. Oh. We'll leave it there then.

N2BConfuzdW/: DTI, TLC, ICI, ECT.

Dnt say: "I love you more than words can wield the matter; dearer than eye-sight, space and liberty; beyond that which can be valued, rich or rare."

Do say: "ILUVU."