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Chat Room Lingo

Thursday, October 31st, 2024

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Chat Rooms and Instant Messaging are all the rage now. With them come a whole new language, abbreviations really, that sometimes have a way of making their way into standard writings as well. As parents, it's helpful if you understand what your children are saying to each other in chat rooms. Here's a brief glossary of some of the more widely used Chat Room terms.

ADN: Any day now
AFK: Away from keyboard
AFAIK: As far as I know
ASL: Age, sex, location?
BB: Bathroom break
BBIAB: Be back in a bit
BBIAF: Be back in a few
BBL: Be back later
BBS: Be back soon
BFN: Bye for now
BF: Boyfriend
BRB: Be right back

BTW: By the way
CUL8R: See you later
EG: Evil grin
FYI: For your information
G2G: Got to go
IMO: In my opinion
IMHO: In my humble opinion
IRL: In real life
JK: Just kidding
KOTC: Kiss on the cheek
LMAO: Laughing my a@# off
LOL: Laugh out loud

NM: Nevermind
NP: No problem
OTOH: On the other hand
POS: Parent over shoulder
ROFL: Rolling on the floor laughing
SN: Screen name
TMI: Too much information
TTYL: Talk to you later
TY: Thank you
VN: Very Nice
WTG: Way to go
YW: You're welcome

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