Do you feel left out of the loop while your child is online? The first step is to take your children's Internet connection out of their bedroom and put into a family room where you can monitor their online time. The next step is to discuss online safety with your children. Now you're ready to learn the following list of acronyms or "cyber lingo" - the secret language that children use while in Internet chat rooms or while using instant messaging. This list is by no means complete, but it's a great start :).
AAK
Alive And Kicking
AAR
At Any Rate
AAS
Alive And Smiling
ADN
Any Day Now
AFAIK
As Far As I Know
AFK
Away From Keyboard
ATK
At the Keyboard
AFN
All For Now
AOTA
All Of The Above
BAK
Back At Keyboard
BBL
Be Back Later
BFN or B4N
Bye For Now
BRB
Be Right Back
BRT
Be Right There
BTW
By The Way
CON
Call Of Nature
CYA or CU
See Ya or See You
FWIW
For What It's Worth
GMTA
Great Minds Think Alike
GTG
Got To Go
GTTL
Going To The Loo
IMHO
In My Humble (or Honest) Opinion
IRL
In Real Life
ISA
I'm So Annoyed
L8R
Later
LOL
Laughing Out Loud
LTNS
Long Time No See
OIC
Oh I See
OMDB
Over My Dead Body
OMG
Oh My God
OOO
Out Of Order
P911
My parents are in the room (watch what you're saying)
PITA
Pain In The Ass
POS
Parents Over Shoulder
QT
Cutie
ROE
Raising One Eyebrow
ROFLOL
Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud
ROFLMAO
Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off
SI
Sarcasm Intended
SN
Screen Name
SOMY?
Sick Of Me Yet?
STM
Smiling To Myself
SWL
Squealing With Laughter
THX
Thanks
TIA
Thanks In Advance
TRDMF
Tears Rolling Down My Face
TTFN
Ta Ta For Now
TTYL
Talk To You Later
TY
Thank You
UV
Unpleasant Visual
UY
Up Yours
WB
Welcome Back
WI
With Irony
WTF
What The F**K
WTG
Way To Go
WTGP?
Want To Go Private? (chat room)
YR
Yeah Right
More to Come!
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