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I will note a shortcoming in Jerz's analysis - whether or not kids are the leading texters, they may be the leading originators of undesirable language trends.
The adolescent illusion seems tied to representativeness, with perhaps a tinge of in/out groupness.
The frequency and recency illusions show up in cases like the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon.
To clarify, that's actually from an article written by a reporter after having interviewed Crystal. I don't have a reference to Crystal's work handy to determine whether his claim would have the same form. Given that his aim was the study of language, I would guess that he had originally been referring to origination of 'undesirable' trends in texting by adults.