"26 acronyms every parent should know"

• Taycat wrote on 2013-08-21 05:08
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  MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - My elementary-aged cousins can operate my iPhone better than I can. I admit, the kids are more tech-savvy than me.
  
  I shouldn't be surprised. When I was a teenager, my mother had one of the first car phones, but it was in a bag and had a cord. Just a few years later, we learned how to use smartphones together, and we're still learning.
  
  This generation is so far ahead when it comes to cell phones, PDAs, tablets and the latest technology. That's why its so important as adults to monitor their activity and know what they're doing to ensure they are protected for any potential harm.
  
  That's why we've composed this list of text and instant messaging acronyms that every parent should know:
  
  ASL = Age/Sex/Location
  
  BIL = Boss is Listening
  
  BYOW - Bring Your Own Wine
  
  CD9 = Code 9, parents are around
  
  CICYHM = Can I Copy Your Homework?
  
  COBRAS = Come On By Right After School
  
  CU46 = See You For Sex
  
  DOC = Drug Of Choice
  
  DWI = Driving While Intoxicated
  
  EIP = Eggo Is Preggo
  
  FSBO = For Sale By Owner
  
  FTF = Face To Face
  
  GAB = Getting A Beer
  
  KPC = Keeping Parents Clueless
  
  LMIRL = Let's Meet In Real Life
  
  NAZ = Name/Address/Zip
  
  NIFOC = Nude In Front Of Computer
  
  NSFW = Not Safe For Work
  
  P911 = Parent Alert
  
  PAL/PAW = Parents Are Listening/Parents Are Watching
  
  RU/18 = Are You Over 18?
  
  S2R = Send to Receive (photo)
  
  WTG4a%/ = Want To Go For A Drink?
  
  WTPA = Where's The Party At?
  
  XTC = Ecstasy
  
  Some of these acronyms may seem harmless out of context, but if used in a text or online conversations, could be signs of harmful or illegal behavior. They could also indicate when someone posing as another teen is trying to engage your child in an inappropriate relationship.
  
  Be sure to have a talk with your teen about texting. It is never ok to share personal information - such as your address, age, and current location - with someone you don't know. If you suspect a stranger is contacting your child, call police.
  
  Netlingo.com has the most complete list of texting and instant messaging acronyms here: http://www.netlingo.com/acronyms.php.

  
  
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  I know this isn't news everyone should really care for, but I'm laughing at the acronyms they provided. I've never heard of any of those until I read this list, lol.
• GODZILLA wrote on 2013-08-21 05:21
  I was expecting some of the ones you guys are always using that I don't understand and makes me feel old.
  
  DWI isn't really much of a texting acronym.
• Micho wrote on 2013-08-21 05:26
  I have never heard of 95% of these acronyms.
  
  What the actual fuck?
• Sebbies wrote on 2013-08-21 06:25

  Quote from Micho;1138464:

  I have never heard of 95% of these acronyms.
  
  What the actual fuck?

  
  
  This. I don't think most of those are actually used... if they are, maybe by kids born after 2000?
• Space Pirate Nithiel wrote on 2013-08-21 16:08
  Yeah.. Must be a kids born after 2000 thing, I've never heard of these.
• Osayidan wrote on 2013-08-21 22:47
  Feel old right now.
• Lyrveil wrote on 2013-08-21 23:39

  Quote from Osayidan;1138742:

  Feel old right now.

  
  
  This pretty much. I knew about.... 3 acronyms from that list.
• Cho wrote on 2013-08-21 23:53
  I've never heard of these either...I know 1, lol.
• Cucurbita wrote on 2013-08-22 00:21
  Maybe the writer just bullshitted them or didn't really do his research properly...
• Kendoza wrote on 2013-08-22 00:32
  I only heard of maybe 3 on this list. I agree with everyone else here that I feel really old right now.
  
  That or kids really don't use these lol.
• Yoorah wrote on 2013-08-22 00:43
  Seems like a BS list to me.
  Then again, I'm no expert on this crap.
• Murasaki wrote on 2013-08-22 01:06
  I've never seen any of these. Maybe I'm too old. They're all kinda creepy in combination though.
• drezzt wrote on 2013-08-29 07:25
  Even kids born post 2000.
  I have several cousins born after 2000, and my sisters texts them regularly. They show my sister everything (all that girl talk)
  and they have shown me texts. I have NEVER seen any of those show up in texts. Old dogs trying to learn new tricks [S]and failing miserably i guess[/S]
• RebeccaBlack wrote on 2013-08-29 08:40
  I've only heard like 6-7 of them. And a few of them are really old and/or pretty much not in use anymore. A few of them are just general abbreviations and not even texting terms...
  
  I don't really have a phone and I'm in my 20s.
  
  But a lot of the others are kind of common sense. Anyone could look at some of them and get the general meaning of them. "RU/18" just looks like a typo for "are you 18"... which means the exact same thing. And for sale by owner? Seriously? What are teenagers going to be buying that requires terminology like that? I'm hoping the pressure to take out loans isn't that severe on younger people.
• TLCBonaparte wrote on 2013-09-01 05:55
  These are code acronyms used during cold war by KGB agents