CNN has a piece out this week about internet slang – you know, LOL, OMG, IKR.
The story points out, while “LMK” — let me know — and “WYCM” — will you call me? — are innocent enough, it’s important to identify slang that could signal some dangerous teen behavior, such as “GNOC,'” which means “get naked on camera.”
We went to Cool Mom Tech which has a list of 99 texting acronyms and phrases that every parent should know.
(http://coolmomtech.com/2014/07/texting-acronyms-and-phrases-parents-should-know/)
GENERAL TEXTING ACRONYMS BEYOND THE VERY BASICS
143 I love you
1432 I love you too
ATM At The moment
gerd Abbreviaton for ermagerd (Oh my God)
GR8 Great
CMB Call Me Back
CUNS See You In School
F2F Face to Face
FOAF Friend Of A Friend
FML F*** My Life
FTW For The Win
GTG Got to Go
GTFO Get the F* Out
HAK Hugs and Kisses
HMU Hit Me Up
IKR I Know, Right?
IDC I Don’t Care
IDK I don’t Know
ITA/D I Totally Agree/Disagree
IRL In real life
J/K Just Kidding
KK Okay
KWIM Know what I mean?
L&R Love and respect
mmk Mmm…okay
MEGO My Eyes are Glazing Over
MYT Meet You There
NAGI Not A Good Idea
NBD No Big Deal
NGH Not Gonna Happen
NMP Not My Problem
NSFW Not Safe for Work
NSFL Not Safe for Life
NTIM Not That It Matters
N00B Newbie
OATUS On a totally unrelated subject
O RLY Oh, really?
P&C Private and Confidential
PITA Pain in the A**
REHI Hi, again
RUOK Are You OK?
QQ Crying (often humorously)
SFSG So Far So Good
SLT Something Like That
SOL Sh** Out of Luck
SUP What’s up?
UOK Are you okay?
4Q F*** You
VCDA Vaya Con Dios, Amigo
VSF Very Sad Face
WDYM What Do You Mean?
WFM Works For Me
WRUD What Are You Doing?
WTG Way To Go!
W00T Hooray!
WTH What The Hell?
XOXOZZZ Hugs, kisses, sweet dreams
ZOMG Oh my God
TEXTING ACRONYMS ABOUT THOSE PESKY PARENTS
AITR Adult in the Room
303 Mom
M/POS Mom/Parents over shoulder
PIR Parent in Room
PAL Parents are Listening
PAW Parents are Watching
CD9 Parents around/Code 9
PA / PA911 Parent Alert
9 Parent Watching
99 Parent Gone
TEXTING ACRONYMS ABOUT SEX AND RELATIONSHIPS
53X Sex
?^ Want to Hook Up?
ASLP (What is your) Age/Sex/Location/Picture? (Also ASL)
CU46 See You For Sex
DYHAB/G Do You Have A Boyfriend/Girlfriend?
DTH Down To Hang (I’m up for getting together)
FWB Friends With Benefits
GNOC Get Naked on Camera
I&I Intercourse & Inebriation
IPN I’m Posting Naked
LH6 Let’s Have Sex
LJBF Let’s just be friends
LMIRL Let’s Meet In Real Life
LYLAB/S Love You Like A Brother/Sister
NSA No Strings Attached
RU/18 Are You Over 18?
WTTP Want To Trade Pictures?
TEXTING ACRONYMS: THE SECRET LIFE OF TEENS
1174 The meeting place for a party
420 Marijuana
BYAM Between You and Me
4YEO For Your Eyes Only
CRAFT Can’t Remember a F’ing Thing
CICYHW Can I Copy Your Homework?
DADT Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
DOC Drug Of Choice
SOBT Stressed Out Big Time
TWD Texting While Driving
WTPA Where’s The Party At?
%\ Hangover
#-) Exhausted, partied all night
%*} Inebriated
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