The article discusses materials on the Russian language and those transmitted to each other by users of social networks and mobile messengers. It is noted that these expressions (minitexts) are usually playful, humorous. Such varieties of them as linguistic anecdotes and short statements characterizing some amazing features of the Russian language are considered. The creative approach of an ordinary native speaker of the Russian language to his speech and the speech of others, his ability to see the unusual in the language, his ability to admire this unusual are noted. It is concluded that the indifference of modern Russian speakers to their own speech indicates positive trends in the development of language and speech. It is obvious that it is premature to talk about the impoverishment of the language, its lack of expression and pollution.