Teens Internet Lingo Deciphered
By Online Security Authority on Apr 19, 2009 in MySpace, Teen Guidelines
How many parents really know what their children are saying online? Better yet, how can you decipher what it is that they are saying?
Teen Lingo decoded
Can’t understand the acronyms and expressions on teen Web pages? Below are some commonly used online terms. Bear in mind that teen chat language evolves… so today’s expressions may not be cool tomorrow.
ACRONYM MEANING
2NITE Tonight
ADR Address
ASL Age/Sex/Location
AWGTHTGTTA Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again
B4 Before
B4YKI Before You Know It
BC Because
BRB Be Right Back
CIAO Goodbye (in Italian)
CWYL Chat With You Later
CYA See You
CYT or SYT See You Tomorrow
GTG Got to Go
HAK Hugs And Kisses
J/K Just Kidding!
KEWL Cool
KOTL Kiss On The Lips
L8R Later
LMIRL Let’s Meet In Real Life
LMK Let Me Know
LOL Laugh Out Loud
MorF Male or Female
N-A-Y-L In A While
NALOPKT Not A Lot Of People Know That
OMG Oh My God
P911 Parent Alert
PIR Parent In Room
POS Parent Over Shoulder
OTP On The Phone
QT Cutie
ACRONYM MEANING
ROTFL Rolling on the Floor Laughing
RU Are You?
RUMORF Are You Male Or Female
RUOK Are you Okay?
SorG Straight or Gay
SWDYT So What Do You Think?
TDTM Talk Dirty To Me
THX or TX or THKS Thanks
TLK-2-U-L-8-R Talk to You Later
TMI Too Much Information
TOM Tomorrow
TTYL Talk to You Later
WTF What The F***
WTG Way to Go
WYCM Will You Call Me?
Remember, these terms can change, and usually do. There are places online that parents can go to find out what the newest Lingo is.
Visit OnlineSecurityAuthority.com and click on the Internet Lingo box in the sidebar for more detailed information.
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