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Parents: 50 texting acronyms your kids might use that you need to know
7NEWS ^ | Dec 8, 2014

Posted on 12/09/2014 5:47:49 AM PST by george76

Parent involvement key to keeping kids safe online. These days, kids let their fingers do the talking, instant messaging or texting their "BFF's" at any time of the day or night.

BFF is "best friend forever" in Internet shorthand.

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Do you know what "POS" means in kid lingo? That's "parent over shoulder." Don't worry, the three dads we asked didn't know either.

We stumped another mom with "ASL." That's "age-sex-location," a phrase swapped liberally throughout the Internet when strangers meet.

(Excerpt) Read more at thedenverchannel.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: acronyms; parents; texting; textingacronyms
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1 posted on 12/09/2014 5:47:50 AM PST by george76
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I always thought POS meant something else . . . I don’t see any acronyms for “I’m doing my chores” or “I’m getting a summer job this year.”


2 posted on 12/09/2014 5:51:01 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: george76
My answer was...

NCP4U

or

GAJ1st

3 posted on 12/09/2014 5:53:28 AM PST by Jagdgewehr (It will take blood.)
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To: george76
A lot of those seem to deal with nefarious activity ... checking up on age, sexual situations, people watching ... etc.

I didn't read the article (I don't do a lot of that these days ... ) but just glancing down the list seems to point towards kids sexting, not texting .. a more prevalent ?? activity

4 posted on 12/09/2014 5:53:52 AM PST by knarf
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To: george76
Here's one often texted at school lunch time: ALMOL

Another lousy Michelle Obama lunch

5 posted on 12/09/2014 5:55:38 AM PST by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: george76

Gotta be careful, sex perverts are everywhere.


6 posted on 12/09/2014 5:56:36 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Good Muslims, like good Nazis or good liberals, are terrible human beings.)
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To: george76; Norm Lenhart; GOPsterinMA; Publius; Lazamataz
Shoot I am probably the third youngest person on this forum and I don't know what half those mean.

Although I have text these to the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleading Squad and they replied back that If I didn't stop they were going to call the police:From the Article

GNOC - Get Naked On Cam

GYPO - Get Your Pants Off

HAK - Hugs And Kisses

ILU - I Love You

IWSN - I Want Sex Now

KOTL - Kiss On The Lips

KFY -or- K4Y - Kiss For You

KPC - Keeping Parents Clueless

LMIRL - Let's Meet In Real Life

MOOS - Member Of The Opposite Sex

MOSS - Member(s) Of The Same Sex

KIDDING! That is a Joke People!

7 posted on 12/09/2014 5:57:53 AM PST by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.- Sarah Palin)
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To: Peanut Gallery

Ping


8 posted on 12/09/2014 5:59:27 AM PST by Professional Engineer (You all can go to hell, I'm going to Texas.)
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To: george76

And for the older crowd, we use:

ATD - at the doctor.
BFF - best friend fell.
BTW - bring the wheelchair.
BYOT - bring your own teeth.
FWIW - forgot where I was.
GGPBL - gotta go, pacemaker battery low.
GHA - got heartburn again.
IMHO - is my hearing aid on?
LMDO - laughing my dentures out.
LOL - Living on Lipitor
OMMR - on my massage recliner.
ROFLACGU - rolling on floor laughing and can’t get up.
CMB: Covered by Medicare
CUATSC: See you at the Senior Center
DWI: Driving While Incontinent
FYI: Found Your Insulin
HGBM: Had Good Bowel Movement
IMHO: Is My Hearing Aid On
LMDO: Laughing My Dentures out
OMSG: Oh My Sorry, Gas
SGGP: Sorry Gotta go Poop
TTYL; Talk to You Louder
WTP: Where’s the prunces
GGLKI Gotta Go, Laxative Kicking In


9 posted on 12/09/2014 6:05:46 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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To: george76

I read the list and it turned my stomach, is this really where kids’ minds are today? My oldest is 15 & he shares a cell phone with his younger brother. Because it has no internet access they often forget it at home and I have a chance to check their text messages. So far it’s been squeaky clean.


10 posted on 12/09/2014 6:09:56 AM PST by NorthstarMom
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To: thackney

Awesome. Are those yours?


11 posted on 12/09/2014 6:15:06 AM PST by mmichaels1970
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To: george76

Wuite a few are related to parental supervison - or warnings about supervison.

Best bet, supervise!


12 posted on 12/09/2014 6:15:13 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: mmichaels1970

Been floating on the net for years.

Just bumping the thread for attention.


13 posted on 12/09/2014 6:16:01 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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To: george76

My kids are all grown up, but I might be able to use some of those.


14 posted on 12/09/2014 6:18:32 AM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: thackney

BRA HA HA HA HA HA AAAAAAAAA!


15 posted on 12/09/2014 6:38:37 AM PST by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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If your kids are using MOST of those acronyms you have already failed as a parent.

The only kids that use those are slutty girls and creepy guys.

If you find your girls using those codes...congrats, your daughter is a slut. But you knew that already didn’t you!

If you are not taking your kids phone out of your hand, checking their texts, and asking questions you are a fool.

One afternoon I pulled a log of my kid’s texts and made a chart of them against the school days and the time of day.

I marked the areas when she shouldn’t be texting. She was texting during school and after 10 PM. I told her that I was going to do the same thing in a week. Those colored areas (when she should NOT be texting) should be clear, or she loses the phone.

Guess what? Her texts during the restricted times went to near zero.

You are either riding the bus, or driving the bus. Which are you doing?


16 posted on 12/09/2014 6:43:39 AM PST by Vermont Lt (Ebola: Death is a lagging indicator.)
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To: GeronL; Slings and Arrows

INB4HTP

(In Before The Helen Thomas Pics)


17 posted on 12/09/2014 7:12:18 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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To: Vermont Lt

That’s a great idea. As soon as my daughter earns her phone back (grades slipped; phone yanked) I’m going to verify that she doesn’t text during classes.


18 posted on 12/09/2014 7:13:33 AM PST by married21 ( As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: thackney

HDI3TO - How do I turn this thing on?


19 posted on 12/09/2014 7:30:47 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog

ISOPJKMOCFS

I’m signing off, parent just knocked me off chair for sexting


20 posted on 12/09/2014 7:32:35 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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