I know what you (said) last night…
Bastards.. Kids think they are such clever Bastards!!
Every time I look at my boys they are on their phones, typing away on mxit .. chatting up a storm. But let me ask them a question and all I get is a grunt, a mumble or general vagueness!
It is no wonder that we as parents want to find out what the kids are saying on Mxit and other Chat programs.. it’s not like they are talking to us, is it?
There is the safety aspect (obviously) but there is also the general question of WHAT THE FRIK IS GOING ON WITH YOU?? or the other HOW THE HELL ARE YOU?? <– and since these bastards are all mumbles, grunts and hand gestures we are now taking to peaking a look at their phones..
BUT
It is IMPOSSIBLE to decypher the crap that they type as it is acronymed and misspelt soo badly it is almost an entire language on its own! And as difficult as it is to comprehend, they don’t misspell on purpose, this is really just the education department letting the children down once again as they no longer enforce proper language in high schools.
*moment of silence for the English language*
Anyway, I have decided to foil the children’s attempts at vagueness for parents everywhere. I have compiled a list of acronyms that may help when reading that rubbish so that you can wipe that smile off of the buggers face when he types PAW on Mxit and then you can pipe up “You betcha ass I am watching” 
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- BRB – be right back
- CD9 – Code 9 (means parents are around)
- GNOC – get naked on cam (webcam) <– pervs
- G2G – got to go
- IDK – I don’t know
- IRL -In real life
- LMIRL – let’s meet in real life
- LOL – laugh out loud
- MOS – mom over shoulder <– see, bastards!
- NooB – insulting someone who is new or doesn’t know much about something
- NMU – not much, you?
- PAW – parents are watching
- PIR – parent in room
- S2R – send to receive (pictures)
- TDTM – talk dirty to me
- KPC – keeping the parents clueless <– more smack talk! (they talk I smack)
- 420 – Marijuana
- 8 – Oral sex (whatever happened to 69?)
- Banana – penis
- LTR – later
- CULTR – see you later
- WUD – what you doing?
- MEH – means so-so or just okay
- N1 – nice one
- NVM – nevermind
There are tons more I am sure, but this is a good start to decyphering the lingo.. have you got any to add??
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Pfft, back in my day we chatted by spelling out every word. If it used 5 smses, so be it
.-= Tara´s last blog ..Pizza on a stick =-.
Definitely relate to this post! What do “the bastards” have against talking – the face to face type. Took away my alien’s phone and she promptly shoves speakers in her ears.
Thanks for the acronyms. Anything to promote intergalactic understanding welcome. Thanks.
.-= Alma Maxwell´s last blog .. =-.
I hate mxit. Especially because my daughter has already shown a leanings of bad behaviour. Sigh. Actually, mxit just upsets me.
@Tara – *back in the day* Whahahahaaaa!!
@Alma – You are welcome
@Bridget – kids will always find a a way..if not mxit something else to shut us out and get into trouble… Take away Mxit and they will resort to smoke signals is need be..
Ja, we still have a clue, since we’re into social networking. There are parents have no idea at all…
.-= hardspear´s last blog ..Where have all the good men gone … =-.
What is only slightly more eye-watering than trying to decode teen text speak is translating sms’s as sent by my mom. she only recently found out that you don’t necessarily shorten a word by leaving out all the vowels
@Hardspear – So very true.. I at least knew when he was “lolling” at me
@MeganTS – WAHAHAHAAAAAAAA!!!
You should see some CV’s I’ve seen of kids applying for jobs. Wow – they would not be employed using SMS speak. No way, no how…
8 means oral sex – wtf? Have you guys noticed how some people say ‘da’ for ‘the’ in an sms. It’s only one more letter to type. Ek verstaan nie?????
Here are some more acronyms I found.
TTFN – ta ta for now
ST2M – stop talking to me
.-= Natashia´s last blog ..Limewire ordered to shut down =-.