Common Teen Chat Acronyms

by Chat Acronym Guru on 04/02/10 at 2:02 pm

Parents are often frustrated when you walk up behind their teen to peek over their shoulder to see what they are saying online.

Sure it may be snooping, but that’s what parents do in the interests if safety for their kids.

The only problem is that most kids use a “short hand” when they chat online and parents just don’t know what their kids are saying online.

To make things easier for parents, here are a few of the thousands of acronyms that teens and adults use all the time.

Did you know what your kids mean when they use these acronyms?

5 – wait a few minutes to speak, a parent (or guardian) is in the room
55 – coast is clear, we can talk about anything
AFK – Away From Keyboard
BBL8R – Be Back later
ASL A/S/L – What’s your Age, Sex and Location?
b/ac – because
BF – Boyfriend
BFF – Best Friend Forever
BFO – Blinding Flash of Obvious
BRB – Be Right Back
BTW – By The Way
CLM – Career Limiting Move – badmouthing a teacher, the boss or supervisor while they can hear you, or hear about the event.
CTN – Can’t Talk Now
CYA (C-ya) – See You Later
FWIW – For What It’s Worth
G2G – Got To Go
GF – Girlfriend
HHOK – Ha ha, only kidding
IDK -I Don’t Know
ILU, ILY (ily, ilu) – I Love You
IMHO – In My Humble Opinion
IRL – In Real Life (offline, NOT on the computer)
JK – Just Kidding
L8R – Later (I’ll talk to you later)
LMA – Leave Me Alone
LQ – Laughing quietly because someone is in the room
LYLAS – Love You Like A Sister
MOATM – Music On At The Moment
NM – Not Much
NOOB – newbie, someone new and inexperienced
NVM – never mind
OMG – Oh My God! (Oh My Gosh)
PDA – Public Display of Affection
PHAT – Pretty Hot And Tempting
POP – Parent is On Prowl, can’t speak freely
POS – Parent Over my Shoulder, so watch what you say
PUA – Pick Up Artist
ROTFL – Rolling On The Floor Laughing
SN – screen name
SOS – Sibling Over Shoulder, watch what you say
STFU – Shut the F… up! (Edited)
THX – Thanks
TMI – Too Much Information (like thinking about your parents kissing, getting ‘hot”, etc)
TTFN – TaTa For Now
TTYL – Talk To You Later
WTH – What the H…(edited)

Please understand that this list is by NO MEANS comprehensive. It’s here to give you a starting point.

To decipher everything your child says when they are chatting online, use our free acronym dictionary.

The database contains thousands and thousands of teen acronyms in it’s built in database. Just type in the acronym and the Teen Chat Decoder decodes it for you automatically.

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