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The 411 on Texting & Cyberspace: Tips for Parents

December 6, 2010 By kimg

The 411 on Texting & Cyberspace: Tips for Parents

What do all these abbreviations mean??

Teens try to say as much as they can, using as few letters as possible.

The following is a list of typical acronyms/abbreviations/codes:

Popular phrases:

GF – girl friend

BF – boy friend, best friend

BFF – best friend forever

BFFL – best friends for life

BTW – by the way

1 – one, won

2 – two, to, too

4evr – forever

8 – ate, oral sex

C – see

Cuz/Cos – because, cousin

EZ – easy

FYI – for your information

GAL – get a life

IMO – in my opinion

JK – just kidding

JP – just playing

JW – just wondering

K – okay

KWIM – know what I mean?

L8R – later

MYOB – mind your own business

Ne1 – anyone

NM – not much

Luv – love

N – and

OMG – oh my gosh

PITA – pain in the a-s

Ppl – people

Pls/plz – please

QT – cutie

R – are

TTLY – totally

UW – you’re welcome

Ur/Yr – you’re, your

W8 – wait

Wknd – weekend

Xlnt – excellent

Y – why

Zzz – bored, tired

Greetings/Closings:

BRB – be right back

TTYL – talk to you later

B4N/BFN – bye for now

BAK – back at keyboard

BBIAF – be back in a few

BBL – be back later

BCNU – be seeing you

CYL – see you later

G2G – got to go

TTFN – ta ta for now

TTYS – talk to you soon

WB – welcome back, write back

Laughter:

LOL – laughing out loud

LHO – laughing my head off

LQ2MS – laughing quietly to myself

LMAO – laughing my a-s off

ROFL – rolling on floor laughing

Emoticons/Smileys:

Smile, happy

Sad

Wink

Big grin, laugh

Sticking tongue out

:-* Kiss

:-/ Uncertain

:-S Smirk

:-O Shocked

Confused

:’( Crying

:-X My lips are sealed

O:-) Angelic

Abbreviations that Parents

Often Use:

ILU/ILY/459/143 – I love you

ASAP – as soon as possible

AEAP – as early as possible

CYR MA – call your mother

CYR PA – call your father

CYT – see you tomorrow

DBL84DNR – don’t be late for dinner

Dnt b L8 – don’t be late

EM? – excuse me

EOD – end of discussion

GJ – good job

GL – good luck

GM – good morning

Gr8 – great

GUDLUK – good luck

H&K – hugs and kisses

HAGN – have a good night

HAND – have a nice day

HF – have fun

ISS – I said so

KIT – keep in touch

L8 – late

LMK – let me know

MU – miss you

PTB – please text back

RINGL8 – running late

RUOK – are you ok?

Thx – thanks

WTG – way to go

Warning Codes from Teens about Parents Being Around:

CD9 – parents are around

KPC – keeping parents clueless

MOS – mom over shoulder

P911 – parents are coming

PAL – parents are listening

PRW/PAW – parents are watching

PIR – parent in room

POS – parent over shoulder

TAW – teachers are watching

TOS – teacher over shoulder

Meeting Codes:

ADR/addy – address

ASLRP – age/sex/location/race/picture

F2f – face to face

FanC a d8? – fancy a date?

IRL – in real life

LMIRL – let’s meet in real life

MorF – male or female

RL – real life

S2R – send to receive (pictures)

Wan2 c a moV? – want to see a movie?

WUF – where are you from?

WYRN – what’s your real name?

Sex terms:

8 – oral sex

Banana – penis

DUM – do you masturbate?

DUSL – do you scream loud?

FB – f- – - buddy

FMLTWIA – f – - – me like the whore I am

FOL – fond of leather

GNOC – get naked on webcam

GYPO – get your pants off

IAYM – I am your master

IF/IB – in the front or in the back?

IIT – is it tight?

ILF/MD – I love female/male dominance

IMEZRU – I am easy, are you?

IPN – I’m posting naked

IWSN – I want sex now

J/O – masturbating

Kitty – vagina

NIFOC – naked in front of the computer

OLL – online love

PRON – porn

RP – role play

SorG – straight or gay?

TDTM – talk dirty to me

WTGP – want to go private?

Drug Terms:

#-) wiped out/partied all night

%*} inebriated

%/ hangover

:-d heavy smoker

420 – Marijuana

Blue boogers – snorting Adderall or Ritalin

Blunt – type of marijuana cigarette

Bong – a pipe for smoking marijuana

Bud – marijuana

E – Ecstasy

Ganja – marijuana

Kind Bud – a type of marijuana

Lean – combining prescription cough syrup with painkillers and soda

Mary Jane – marijuana

O – Oxycontin

Pharming – raiding medical cabinets for prescription drugs to use to get high

Pot – marijuana

Robotripping – drinking cough syrup to get high

Tweaking – high on amphetamines

Weed – marijuana

Various Other Terms:

BF – boyfriend/best friend

GF – girlfriend

IWYWH – I wish you were here

LDR – long distance relationship

LTR – long term relationship

MOOS – member of the opposite sex

MOSS – members of the same sex

NALOPKT – not a lot of people know that

PCM – please call me

SMEM – send me an email

SMIM – send me an instant message

SO – significant other

Txtme – text me

WYCM – will you call me

HAK – hugs and kisses

KFY – kiss for you

KOTL – kiss on the lips

LULAB – love you like a brother

LYLAS – love you like a sister

PDA – public display of affection

X – kiss

Xoxoxo – hugs and kisses

Need to learn Text Talk in order to Communicate??

December 6, 2010 By kimg

Do you know what your kids are up to online? Of course you do! You’ve blocked all the porn sites, set up filters, and even have a monitoring program to let you know if your kids are talking about sex, or porn, or meeting up with “uncle bob” from the chat room. You’re a smart parent, but you’d be shocked if you knew what your kids were really talking about online.

There’s a new trend popular among teenage chatters, and your filters won’t pick up any of it. It’s called l33tspeak, netspeak or just plain internet slang (leet speak from the word elite). You know what I’m talking about. Acronyms like lol, wtf, bbiab and nm. Today’s kids are also lazy, and use single letter words: U replaces you, R replaces are, o replaces oh, m replaces am etc…

Less popular, but still widely used (especially in games) is true l33tspeak, which involves using numbers instead of letters. 4 replaces A, 3 replaces E, 7 replaces T 1 replaces L, and $ replaces S. These are just a few examples, some of it is worse like /\/ and /\/\ , or 13 instead of B.

Today’s kids are taking their creativity to the internet, and it’s affecting the way they speak. Kids (just like computer programmers) don’t like to type a lot, so they try to shorten their keystrokes whenever possible. It’s not only affecting the way they speak, it’s starting to affect the way they write. So bad in fact, that school teachers have even reported seeing “lol” (laughing out loud) turn up on hand-written papers. (How would you pronounce that?)

If you’re concerned about your kids, it’s absolutely crucial you learn to understand their language. Your filters may pick up porn, but do they catch the word “pron”? What about warez, which is short for illegally obtained software.

Another key phrase is the word paw, short for “parents are watching” or pos for “parents over shoulder”. Every parent should be familiar with this term. Can you think of a non-naughty use for that sentence? I can’t. Learn to recognize the warning signs and find out what they’re doing that they don’t want you to know about.

Sure you blocked porn sites, but what about Google image search? Any teenager can tell you that online image searches are the best free porn sites ever. Go ahead, Try It Just type in anything remotely dirty and see what you get.

So what can you do? Talk to your kids. Get your own copy of AOL Instant Messenger and put their names on your buddy list. Read their profiles, you’ll be surprised what you find in there.

Need to find out what they’re up to? Try typing their screen name, email address, name, or cell phone number into Google and see what pops up. I guarantee you’ll find your son or daughter’s picture, email address, and tons of should be private information about them listed on sites like hotornot.com, buddypic.com, facebattle.com, facethejury.com, or facebook.com

Does your son or daughter have a livejournal or a blog? If so do you read it? You probably should. There’s nothing wrong with reading their diary if they’re posting it on the internet. Thousands of other people are reading it. How much personal information are they giving to complete strangers? You’ll be surprised.

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Article excerpted from www.noslang.com/parents.php:

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