Parents, do you know what your kids (teen and pre-teen) are saying when they chat? Here are 50 text/SMS/Internet acronyms/shortcuts parents need to know.
Goto our complete list of Internet/Chat acronyms (nearly 2000).
See our original 50 Acronyms Every Parent Should Know.
2nite | Tonight |
AWGTHTGTTA | Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again |
banana | code word for penis |
B4YKI | Before You Know It |
BRB | Be Right Back |
BRT | Be Right There |
CWYL | Chat With You Later |
CYT | See You Tomorrow |
DIAF | Die In A Fire |
DOC | Drug Of Choice |
E123 | Easy as One, Two, Three |
EM | Excuse Me |
EOD | End Of Day -or- End Of Discussion |
FAH | F***ing A Hot |
FB | F*** Buddy |
FOAF | Friend Of A Friend |
GLBT | Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender |
HBU | How Bout You? |
HUYA | Head Up Your Ass |
I&I | Intercourse & Inebriation |
IDGI | I Don’t Get It -or- I Don’t Get Involved |
IMEZRU | I Am Easy, Are You? |
IMNSHO | In My Not So Humble Opinion |
J/C | Just Checking |
kitty | code word for vagina |
L8R | Later |
LD | Long Distance -or- Later Dude |
LMK | Let Me Know |
LOL | Laughing Out Loud -or- Lots of Love |
N-A-Y-L | In A While |
NAZ | Name, Address, Zip (also means Nasdaq) |
NM | Never Mind -or- Nothing Much -or- Nice Move |
OLL | OnLine Love |
OMW | On My Way |
OTP | On The Phone |
QT | Cutie |
RN | Right Now |
ROTFL | Rolling On The Floor Laughing |
RU | Are You? |
SITD | Still In The Dark |
SMEM | Send Me E-Mail |
SMIM | Send Me an Instant Message |
SO | Significant Other |
SOHF | Sense Of Humor Failure |
SWDYT | So What Do You Think? |
TOM | Tomorrow |
TS | Tough Sh** -or- Totally Stinks |
TTFN | Ta Ta For Now |
ur | you are |
WFM | Works For Me |
XOXO | Hugs and Kisses |