By Emily Dominici
The Scene
DYJHIW you get a text message full of what appears to be jibberish? You try to decipher it because your're a smart person - really you are!
Then after reading it you still end up saying "BTHOOM!"
Ha! The technology monster has once again reared its ugly head. And no matter how bad you want to stop that guy, he's gonna keep coming. The best thing to do is to learn his language - especially if you are a parent of a tween or teen.
So CY DFs, because I'm going to help you. The following is a list of key text messaging shortcuts from funnelideas.com that should help you to FITB.
411 - information
4ever - forever
AAF - as a friend
AFK - away from keyboard
AOTA - all of the above
ASAP - as soon as possible
A/S/L? - age, sex, location
B4 - before
B4N - bye for now
BAK - back at the keyboard
BBL - be back later
BEG - big evil grin
BF - boyfriend
BFF - best friends forever
BRB - be right back
BTHOOM - beats the heck out of me
Btw - between you and me
BTW - by the way
CSL - can't stop laughing
CU - see you
CUL or CUL8ER - see you later
CUNS - see you in school
CUOL - see you online
CUZ - because
CYA - see ya
CY - calm yourself
DEGT - don't even go there
DF - dear friend
DGT - don't go there
DIKU - do I know you?
DKDC - don't know don't care
DYJHIW - don't you just hate it when
EG - evil grin
EL - evil Laugh
EM? - excuse me?
F2F - face to face
FC - fingers crossed
FITB - fill in the blanks
GA - go ahead
GAL - get a life
GF - girlfriend
GFN - gone for now
GL - good luck
GMTA - great minds think alike
GR - got to run
H&K - hug and kiss
HA - hello again
HAGD - have a good day
HAGN - have a good night
HB - hurry back
IB - I'm back
IC - I see
ICBW - I could be wrong
IDK - I don't know
IDTS - I don't think so
IGTP - I get the point
IHA - I hate acronyms
ILU - I love you
IMHO - in my humble opinion
IMS - I am sorry
INMP - it's not my problem
IOH - i'm outta here
ISS - I said so
IWALU - I will always love you
IYSS - if you say so
J/C - just checking
JAS - just a sec
JIC - just in case
JK - just kidding
JW - just wondering
K - okay
KEWL - cool
KFY - kiss for you
KIR - keep it real
L8R - later
LDR - long distance relationship
LMIRL - let's meet in real life
LOL - laughing out loud
LTR - long term relationship
LY - love you
LYL - love you lots
M/F - male or female
M8 - mate or mates
MOSS - member of same sex
MOTOS - member of the opposite sex
MTFBWY - may the force be with you
MUSM - miss you so much
NM - never mind
NOYB - not of your business
NP - nosy parents
N/P - no problem
NT - no thanks
NW - no way!
OIC - oh I see
OLL - online love
OMDB - over my dead body
OMG - oh my god
OT - off topic
OTH - off the hook
OTOH - on the other hand
OTP - On the phone
OTW - on the way
P911 - my parents are coming!
PA - parent alert
PDA - public display of affection
PIR -parent in room
PLZ - please
PM - private message
POS - parent over shoulder
PPL - people
RBTL - read between the lines
RUMORF - are you male or female?
SETE - smiling ear to ear
SH - same here
SN - screen name
SO - significant other
SPST - same place same time
STR8 - straight
SU - shut up
SUP or WU - what's up
SYL - see you later
SYS - see you soon
TA - thanks again
TAFN - that's all for now
TAW - teachers are watching
THX - thanks
TIAIL - I think I am in love
TMI - too much information
TOM - tomorrow
TTYL - talk to you later
TU - thank you
U-L? - you will?
UV - unpleasant visual
UW - you're welcome
VBS - very big smile
WC - who cares?
WDYT - what do you think?
W/E - whatever
WFM - works for me
WTG - way to go
WTGP - want to go private?
WYRN - what's your real name?
WYSIWYG - what you see is what you get
YBS - you'll be sorry
YTTT - you telling the truth?
YW - you're Welcome
ZZ - sleeping, bored
So there you have it. Hopefully you are now better equipped to understand the language of text.
MTFBWY!
