Teen Chat Decoder
So far, my kids are too young to care about chat rooms or text messaging or MySpace or Facebook or any other type of social networking sites. However, since I enjoy learning new words, I do find this list of words very interesting and important.
These are the 28 most common acronyms and slang words used when chatting - the 28 Internet Teen Chat Acronyms Parents Should Know. Even though I hope to trust my kids when they do become interested in text messaging or chatting, I also think it's important to be aware of what they do online and to stay current with their language.
Top 15 Terms To Watch For:
1. AITR = Adult In The Room
2. P911 = Parent Emergency
3. PAW = Parents Are Watching
4. PIR = Parent In Room
5. POS = Parent Over Shoulder
6. PLOS = Parents Looking Over shoulder
7. PRW = Parents Are Watching
8. MOS = Mom Over Shoulder
9. MIRL = Meet In Real Life
10. S2R = Send To Receive (pictures)
11. LMIRL = (Lets) Meet In Real Life
12. CD9 = Code 9 - (means parents are around)
13. E or X = Ecstasy (the drug)
14. ASL(R P) = Age Sex Location (Race / Picture)
15. TDTM = Talk Dirty To Me
General Chat Terms Commonly Used:
1. BF / GF = Boyfriend / Girlfriend
2. BRB = Be Right Back
3. GNOC = Get Naked on Cam (web cam)
4. GTG = Got to Go
5. IDK = I Don't Know
6. LOL = Laugh Out Loud
7. MorF = Male or Female
8. NIFOC = Naked in Front of Computer
9. Noob/ Newbie = Somebody who doesn't know much about something
10. NMU = Not much, you?
11. Warez = Pirated Software
12. W/E = Whatever
13. WTF = What the Fu*k?
Here a link to a more thorough acronym dictionary. It is another language!
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