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It's probably not a cool factor.
Maybe they feel it's shorter. Or they are accustomed to it.
Whatever it is, I hate it just as much as the next educated person.
Judging by their names and some of the words, I think they're nigerian friends. Fillipino do the same thing by mixing slanged english with their own language.