92 Teen Text Terms Decoded for Confused Parents.(Techland).

Not so long ago, most teenagers’ text messages read to other people like a jumble of seemingly disconnected letters, numbers, and odd punctuation. Using a combination of shortened words, creative spellings, and a liberal sprinkling of unusual punctuation, teen text message mavens created their own form of language — so-called text speak (a term itself boiled down to “txtspk”).

These days, teens are texting more than ever, but the advent of QWERTY smartphone keyboards, predictive text, autocorrect, and the removal of message character limits should allow young social butterflies the opportunity to type full, real words. However, the confusing shorthand continues to live on anyway. With the help of Twitter, the microblogging site that still limits each post to a mere 140 characters, abbreviated slang appears to be here to stay.

These 92 terms are among the most popular, but know that this is just the tip of the iceberg.

1. 143 I love you (popularized by no less awesome a source than Mister Rogers himself)
2. 2DAY Today
3. 4EAE For ever and ever
4. ADN Any day now
5. AFAIK As far as I know
6. AFK Away from keyboard
7. ATM At the moment
8. B/C Because
9. B4 Before
10. BF / GF Boyfriend / Girlfriend
11. BFN Bye for now
12. BOL Be on later
13. BRB Be right back
14. BTW By the way
15. DM Direct message
16. DWBH Don’t worry, be happy
17. F2F or FTF Face to face
18. FB Facebook
19. FF Follow Friday (Follow Friday is a recurring topic on Twitter. Each week, users post lists of people that they think others should followusing the #FF or #FollowFriday hashtag.)
20. FTL For the loss / For the lose
21. FTW For the win
22. FWB Friends with benefits
23. FWIW For what it’s worth
24. FYEO For your eyes only
25. FYI For your information
26. GLHF Good luck, have fun
27. GR8 Great
28. HAK Hugs and kisses
29. HAND Have a nice day
30. HT or H/T Hat tip or heard through (usually referencing news or an informative link)
31. HTH Hope this helps / Happy to help
32. IANAL I am not a lawyer
33. IDK I don’t know
34. IIRC If I remember correctly
35. IKR I know, right?
36. ILY / ILU I love you
37. IMHO In my honest opinion / In my humble opinion
38. IMO In my opinion
39. IRL In real life
40. IU2U It’s up to you
41. IYKWIM If you know what I mean
42. J/K Just kidding
43. J4F Just for fun
44. JIC Just in case
45. JSYK Just so you know
46. K or KK Okay
47. LMBO Laughing my butt off
48. LMK Let me know
49. LOL Laughing out loud
50. MM Music Monday. Another recurring Twitter topic. In this case, users post a song or two that will get your week off to a better start.
51. MSM Mainstream media
52. NAGI Not a good idea
53. NM Never mind
54. NMU Not much, you?
55. NP No problem or Now playing (as in “My MP3 stream is now playing LMFAO’s Party Rock.)
56. NSFW Not safe for work. If this is attached to a link, you’re strongly advised not to check it out while in the workplace or any other venue where inappropriate content would be, well, inappropriate.
57. NSFL Not safe for life. Usually a humorous disclaimer that something formerly innocent is going to be irreparably sullied if you click the link.
58. NTS Note to self
59. OH Overheard
60. OMG Oh my God
61. ORLY Oh, really?
62. PAW Parents are watching
63. PLS or PLZ Please
64. PPL People
65. PTB Please text back
66. QQ Crying. Rather than an abbreviation, this is an emoticon, a picture created in text. The tails of the capital Q form tears, while the circles are the eyes. Saying “QQ” aloud also can mimic the “boo hoo” of someone who’s upset. Usually used sarcastically or contemptuously.
67. RAK Random act of kindness
68. RL Real life
69. ROFL Rolling on the floor laughing
70. RT Retweet. Similar to forwarding an email, Twitter lets you echo other people’s tweets for your own followers to read. In some cases, folks will ask for something they’ve said to be amplified by saying “Please RT” or “PLS RT.”
71. RUOK Are you okay? In Australia, #RUOK is a regularly trending topic, following a government initiative called RUOK Day, which raises awareness of mental health issues on social networking sites.
72. SMH Shaking my head
73. SRSLY Seriously
74. SSDD Same stuff, different day
75. SWAK Sealed with a kiss
76. SWYP So, what’s your problem?
77. TIA Thanks in advance
78. TIME Tears in my eyes
79. TMB Tweet me back
80. TMI Too much information
81. TMRW Tomorrow
82. TTYL Talk to you later
83. TY or TU Thank you
84. VSF Very sad face
85. WB Welcome back
86. WTH What the heck?
87. WTPA Where the party at?
88. WYCM Will you call me?
89. YGM You’ve got mail (to alert your texting partner that you’ve contacted them via that staid old email thing. That’s sooo 2001!)
90. YMMV Your mileage may vary
91. YW You’re welcome
92. ZOMG Oh my god (sarcastic)

Patrick

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