Top 50 Internet Acronyms Parents Need to Know:

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[Tanniker Smith]

Have you ever wondered what it is that your kids are texting to each other? Here's a list of 50 that you need to know. Warning: mature language is being used.

Click on the link for the list.

[Tanniker Smith]

USA Weekend printed an excerpt from this list. However, the source of the article is Netlingo.com. And the fuuny (Sad, really) thing is that the ones that are listed in USA Weekend are probably the only ones on the list suitable for a family publication, so check out that list.

The ones that get me are the numbers.
Okay, I know what 420 is, and I can figure that 182 is I hate you because "eight two" rhymes with "hate you".
However, can someone explain the source of 143 and 459 as meaning "I love you"?

[scottdeus12]

“However, can someone explain the source of 143 and 459 as meaning “I love you”?”

Sry, ttyl.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

I don’t know about these, but when I’m in a store and the clerk asks for my zip code, I tell them 90210 which rhymes with ‘No. Don’t Want You To Know’. Some get it. Most don’t.

[jdm]

They forgot:

[Joe 6-pack]

"However, can someone explain the source of 143 and 459 as meaning "I love you"?"

Not sure about the "143" but on a phone keypad, "I-L-Y" is "459"

[svcw]

They have marijuana wrong its - 13 or should be. Young people what do they know.

[gridlock]

One word Parent must know.

NO.

[JOAT]

“I love you”=143=the number of letters in the phrase.

[HEY4QDEMS]

143 represents letter count.

“I” - 1 letter

“Love” - 4 letters

“You” - 3 letters

459 on a telephone keypad is ILY.

[jdm]

I don’t know about these, but when I’m in a store and the clerk asks for my zip code, I tell them 90210 which rhymes with ‘No. Don’t Want You To Know’. Some get it. Most don’t.

That reminds me of something Petronski said a long time back (about Radio Shack, I think). Didn't you go in there and when the clerk asked for your phone number you said "555-5555" and then, shocked, the salesperson replied "REALLY?!" and you shot back "Yep" or something like that?!

[Dasaji]

143...
If you type <3, that’s a heart, so I’m sure the 1 means “I” and the 4 is easier to text on a phone than a <, so there’s the angle needed to complete the heart.

....On a similar note, I find I have to visit Urban Dictionary.com a lot to figure out some of the teens’ lingo. Usually the word is harmless but some make you blush.

[tacticalogic]

Two of my favorites, learned from the metalworker’s newsgroup, are DAMHIKT, and SWMBO.

[Billthedrill]

I dunno, but if I caught any kid of mine using phrases like “hugh,” “series,” “Hugh Manatee,” or “ping Arthur McGowan” I’d know the little nipper was a FReeper. What could possibly be worse?

[DOGEY]

I=1(letter_
4=love (4 letters)
3=you (three letters)

Then again, I’m guessing.

[HEY4QDEMS]

What could possibly be worse?

A stuned beeber???

[OCC]

1174 - it means nude club

Nude club? Is that what those wacky kids are calling a t!tty bar these days?

[commish]

MY Favorite is still the acronym we were taught to use on Computer trouble calls -— PEBCAK

[Clioman]

I’d say you ought to be one very proud parent!

[xJones]

Damn George Bush, you didn’t even ping Arthur McGowan.

[Flash Bazbeaux]

“I love you”=143=the number of letters in the phrase

Not a new concept.

From Wikipedia article on Minot’s Ledge Lighthouse, south of Boston, Mass:

On May 1, 1894, a new flashing lantern was installed, with the characteristic of a one-four-three flash, which lovers on shore soon found contained the same numerical count as the words “I love you.” Minots Ledge has thus become known up and down the coast as the “Lover’s Light.”