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 |