TEEN ACRONYMS NOT TO LOL ABOUT

Every teen generation has come up with their own language.  The reason for this is obvious, to ensure that adults stay out of teens' business.  My generation sought to add letters to words, exampled in songs such as Nelly's "Hot In Herre" and Christina Aguilera's "Dirrty;" while this new generation expresses an entire sentence in only three letters.  Obviously, this new-fangled language is just another example of the beat going on, but there is something that is unique to today's teen.  According to MSNBC's online article, Teen's Online Lingo Leaves Parents Baffled:

"Jupiter Research reported in 2003 that 70 percent of teenagers said instant messaging was their favorite online activity. And three years ago, the Pew Internet Project reported quite a disparity among parents and their children over Internet use.  While 61 percent of parents said they issued rules about Net use, only 37 percent of teen-agers said they were subjected to Net time restrictions." http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6928800/page/2/

This generation has unlimited access to the entire world through ever-advancing communication technology.  While this gives teens many advantages that we never had, there are also many disadvantages.  Sadly, teen slang is no longer just the language of teenagers, but the language of anonymous online predators as well. It is important that parents and educators stay on top of online language and specifically their teen's use of it, in order to fight predators that target teens. 

The following list of terms you should know is from the website http://www.teenchatdecoder.com/internet-safety-articles/top-teen-acronyms.htm 
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1. AITR = Adult In The Room
2. P911 = Parent Emergency
3. PAW = Parents Are Watching
4. PIR = Parent In Room
5. POS = Parent Over Shoulder
6. PLOS = Parents Looking Over shoulder
7. PRW = Parents Are Watching
8. MOS = Mom Over Shoulder
9. PAL= Parents are listening
10. CD9 = Code 9 - (means parents are around)
11. MIRL = Meet In Real Life
12. LMIRL = (Lets) Meet In Real Life
13. ASL(R P) = Age Sex Location (Race / Picture)
14. E or X = Ecstasy (the drug)
15. S2R = Send To Receive (pictures)
16. TDTM = Talk Dirty To Me
17. GNOC = Get Naked on Cam (web cam)

General Chat Terms Commonly Used:
1. BF / GF = Boyfriend / Girlfriend
2. BRB = Be Right Back
3. GTG = Got to Go
4. IDK = I Don't Know
5. LOL = Laugh Out Loud
6. CTS=Changing the subject
7. M or F = Male or Female
8. NIFOC = Naked in Front of Computer
9. Noob/ Newbie = Somebody who doesn't know much about something
10. NMU = Not much, you?
11. W/E = Whatever
12. WTF = What the Fu*k?"