So apparently, there are over 50 suggestive text message codes that teenagers use that our parents are unaware of...
That's according to a new list entitled "Top 50 Text Acronyms Parents Should Know," which is is making its way around the Internet and has caught the eye of some local TV news reporters.
The problem is ... Many people who see the list wind up howling with laughter, since many of the terms are completely unknown to most people, teenaged or otherwise.
"Some of these are absolutely hilarious," writes "FirstCuts," who posted the link to the online aggregator site Digg. "Honestly, it's probably one of the dumbest things I've ever seen in local network news, and that's saying something."
"I swear, I've used the Internet for 13 years, and still insist half of this stuff is either made up or never used," wrote a Digg commenter.
That list consists of terms that are much more familiar, such as "L8R," "BRB," "LOL" and "F2F," which many parents would already know.
In any case, no glossary of text acronyms is going to fully explain what your teens are saying.
"Most kids are going to have terms that only they and their small group of friends understand," says Segan. "A glossary of text terms is not going to do much good when your daughter is using acronyms that she and four friends made up in your basement."
I've never even heard of some of the terms on that list....
What do you guys think? Should parents be very concerned?
-- Edited by DaisyVo1212 on Wednesday 27th of May 2009 05:43:48 PM
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hahahahahahahahahahahaha omg! okay...i have heard of some of these..but it sounds like more than half of them are made up. that is bizzar. im sorry but this makes me laugh.
hahaha oh man that is too much. i havent heard most of these acronyms before. People have way to much time on there hands to be making up acronyms like these.
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no actually, corrections, not half.... I have never heard of 95% of these....
who uses these?? wow, and they might get some kid's parents worried about acronyms that don't even exist.
thats so true! i feel like they are warning parents of something that isnt even real! parents will get worked up about something that isnt that big of a deal. LIKE THE SWINE FLU!
no actually, corrections, not half.... I have never heard of 95% of these....
who uses these?? wow, and they might get some kid's parents worried about acronyms that don't even exist.
thats so true! i feel like they are warning parents of something that isnt even real! parents will get worked up about something that isnt that big of a deal. LIKE THE SWINE FLU!
haha i know!!!
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"nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful"
no actually, corrections, not half.... I have never heard of 95% of these....
who uses these?? wow, and they might get some kid's parents worried about acronyms that don't even exist.
thats so true! i feel like they are warning parents of something that isnt even real! parents will get worked up about something that isnt that big of a deal. LIKE THE SWINE FLU!