Inthe wild,ever-evolving ecosystemofmodern dating, Ive recently spotted a new bang out of Guy.

Staccato, lacking in proper punctuation, and almost completely void of capitalization.

This is the Lowercase Boy.

Im not the only one whos seen him in the wild.

They do it because theythinka girl will find it cute, flirty, or attractive.

He was obsessed withThe New Yorker, The Paris Review, and of course, was a Francophile.

He would say this out loud, she says.

The phenomenon of typing in lowercase isnt exactly a new one.

Anyone who lived through the T9 keyboard era can tell you that all texts were once lowercase by necessity.

(We did what we could with just nine buttons.)

Yet when men employ this style, many believe it signifies something else entirely.

Chris M., who almost always goes no caps, found this out the hard way.

Josh is one of them.

He admits that not every girl purports to be into it.

Whatever I was doing was working, sooooo…

Initially, Canyon also started forgoing caps as a way to better convey himself to women.

I wanted to match her energy, he says.

Though their relationship didnt last, the habit remained.

I feel like its half the energy of the person and half the object of the situation.

Like I try not to with my main friend group, because I fear their mockery.

For many, mockery is the correct response to a Lowercase Boy.

This is the person who will DM you a meme when they havent texted you back.

It follows that men would also change the way they express themselves over text.

He can still take me to drinks though.).

I need someone who picks up on my references and can riff with me.

Ive dated guys who dont understand my references, and it just doesnt work out.

And just like memes and internet jokes and online slang (its ijbol now?

), styles of text communication are also always changing.

Love the Lowercase Boy or not, rest assured: His reign will not last forever.

Sable, for one, hopes the pendulum will swing all the way back to all-caps.

Im hoping all thisferal-girl thisandrat-girl thatwill encourage girls to really indulge that shift key, she says.

Time to start yelling into peoples eyes!

*First names used for anonymity.