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Text Messaging Deciphered

Parent's learn what your child is "saying"

Text Messaging has evolved its own language abbreviations and Shorthand. Here are examples of the most commonly used text lingo.

It is important that you know the terms used, so you know what your child is saying. Stay in the loop!

F2T 99= Free to talk, Parent is no longer watching, the coast is clear

@ at
1 one
2 to/too/two
2 B to be
2DAY today
2MORO tomorrow
2NITE tonight
3SUM threesome
4 for/four
4EVER forever
AFAIK as far as I know
AFK away from keyboard
ASAP as soon as possible
ATB all the best
ATTN attention
B be, bee
B2B back to back
B4 before
BAW bells and whistles
BBL be back later
BCAME became
BCNU be seeing you
BG big grin
BION believe it or not
BLVD boulevard
BN being
BOT back on topic
BRB be right back
BROS brothers
BTW by the way
BWD backward
BYE goodbye
C see, sea
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CN can
CU see you
CUL see you later
CYA see ya
CZIN season
D the
DAT that
DIS this/these
DOIN doing
DTSL don't talk so loud
EG evil grin
F if
F2T free to talk
FCFS first come, first served
FM from memory
FOAF friend of a friend
FONE phone
FWD forward
FYA for your amusement
FYI for your information
GFC going for coffee
GIV give
GIVZA give us a
GONA going to
GR8 great
GUDAM good morning
GUDNITE good night
GUDPM good afternoon/good evening
H8 hate
HAV have
HHOJ ha ha only joking
HRU How are you?
HTH hope this helps
HV have
I I/aye/eye
IAE in any event
IMCO in my considered opinion
IMHO in my humble opinion
IMO in my opinion
IOW in other words
K okay
KISS keep it simple and stupid
L8 late
L8R later
LCH lunch
LO hello
LOL laughing out loud
LUV love
LUVU I love you
MHOTY my hat's off to you
MOB mobile
MOM moment
MSG message
MTNG meeting
N an/and/in
NE any
NE1 anyone
NETHNG anything
NO1 no one
NUTN nothing
OFIS office
OIC oh I see
OTOH on the other hand
PCM please call me
PLS please
PMJI pardon me for jumping in
Q queue
R are
RCVD received
RGDS regards
ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing
RTFM read the flipping manual
RUOK are you ok
S is
SCNR sorry could not resist
SEZ says
STRA stray
SUM1 someone
T tea, tee
THNQ thank you
THX thanks
TIA thanks in advance
TNX/TY thanks/thank you
TXTME text me
U you
UR you're / your
W with, were, where
W/O without
WAN2 want to
WB write back
WEN when
WENJA when do you
WERJA where do you
WK week
WKND weekend
WL will
WRU where are you
XFER transfer
XING crossing
XLNT excellent
XMAS Christmas
XOXOX hugs and kisses
XTRA extra

So called "secret" codes
<3 = heart (look at it sideways)
20 = location (what's your 20?)
404 = Clueless, no information
411 = Need information, spill the beans, give me the inside scoop
420 = Time to smoke pot, reference to marijuana
86 = Get rid of, toss
911 = Emergency, respond immediately (use sparingly)
9 = Parent is watching
99 = Parent is no longer watching, the coast is clear