Parent's Guide to Online Chatting

Internet chatting and text messaging uses its own words and abbreviations. Treat it like a foreign language and learn what your child is saying.

Learn the Language:

2B or not 2B = To Be or Not To Be

2G2BT = To Good To Be True

411 = Info

4EAE = For Ever and Ever

4EVER = For Ever

4NR = Foreigner

A/S/L = Age, Sex, Location

AAF = As A Friend

AAK = Asleep At Keyboard

AAMOF = As A Matter Of Fact

AAR8 = At Any Rate

ABT2 = About To

ADR = Address

AKA = Also Known As

B4 = Before

B4N = Bye For Now

B4UKI = Before You Know It

BB = Be Back

B4YKI = Before You Know It

BC = Because

BFF = Best Friends Forever

BI BI = Bye Bye

BKA = Better Known As

BRB = Be Right Back

BTW = By The Way

C/S = Change of Subject

CWYL = Chat With You Later

CYA = See You

CYT or SYT = See You Tomorrow

Dys = this

FYI = For Your Information

G2G = Got To Go

H/P = Hold Please

J5M = Just 5 Minutes

HAK = Hugs and Kisses

HBU = How Bout You

J/K = Just Kidding

KEWL = Cool

KOTL = Kiss On the Lips

L8R = Later

LMIRL = Let's Meet In Real Life

LMK = Let Me Know

LOL = Laugh Out Loud

Lyk = Like

M or F = Male or Female

NALOPK = Not A Lot of People Know

N-A-Y-L = In A While

NEWAY = Anyway

NW = No Way

OMG = Oh My GOD

OTP = On the Phone

P911 = Parent Alert

PIR = Parent in Room

POS = Parent Over Shoulder

QT = Cutie

ROTF = Rolling On the Floor

RU = Are You?

RUOK = Are You Ok?

S or G = Straight or Gay

SWDYT = So What Do You Think?

TDTM = Talk Dirty To Me

THX = Thanks

TMI = Too Much Information

TOM = Tomorrow

TTYL = Talk To You Later

WT = what the

WTG = Way to Go

WYCM = Will You Call Me