Top 20 Internet Acronyms Every Parent Needs to Know:

1. POS - Parent Over Shoulder
   
   
2. PIR - Parent In Room
   
   
3. P911 - Parent Alert
   
   
4. PAW - Parents Are Watching
   
   
5. PAL - Parents Are Listening
   
   
6. ASL - Age/Sex/Location
   
   
7. MorF - Male or Female
   
   
8. SorG - Straight or Gay
   
   
9. LMIRL - Let's Meet In Real Life
   
   
10. KPC - Keeping Parents Clueless
    
    
11. TDTM - Talk Dirty To Me
    
    
12. IWSN - I Want Sex Now
    
    
13. NIFOC - Nude In Front Of Computer
    
    
14. GYPO - Get Your Pants Off
    
    
15. ADR - Address
    
    
16. WYCM - Will You Call Me?
    
    
17. KFY - Kiss For You
    
    
18. MOOS - Member(s) Of the Opposite Sex
    
    
19. MOSS or MOTSS - Member(s) Of The Same Sex
    
    
20. NALOPKT - Not A Lot Of People Know That
    
    

"Children and teenagers use acronyms, jargon and other computer shorthand to make sure their conversations in chat rooms and when using instant messaging are indecipherable to the uninitiated."

Plus 50 More Internet Acronyms Every Parent Should Know:

2NITE - Tonight



AEAP - As Early As Possible



ALAP - As Late As Possible



AWGTHTGTTA - Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again



B4YKI - Before You Know It



BOHICA - Bend Over Here It Comes Again



BRB - Be Right Back



BRT - Be Right There



CWYL - Chat With You Later



C-P - Sleepy



CYT or SYT - See You Tomorrow



E123 - Easy as 1, 2, 3



EM? - Excuse Me?



EOD - End Of Day



F2F - Face To Face



FOAF - Friend Of A Friend



HAK - Hugs And Kisses



ILU or ILY - I Love You



IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion



J/C - Just Checking



KOTL - Kiss On The Lips



L8R - Later



LD - Long Distance



LMK - Let Me Know



LOL - Laugh Out Loud



NAZ - Name, Address, Zip



N-A-Y-L - In A While



NM - Never Mind or Nothing Much



OLL - Online Love



OSIF - Oh Sh** I Forgot



OTP - On The Phone



QT - Cutie



RN - Right Now



ROTFL - Rolling on the Floor Laughing



RU - Are You...?



RUMORF - Are You Male Or Female



SITD - Still In The Dark



SMIM - Send Me an Instant Message



SMEM - Send Me an E-Mail



SO - Significant Other



SOHF - Sense of Humor Failure



SWDYT - So What Do You Think?



TOM - Tomorrow



TS - Tough Sh**



TTFN - Ta-ta for Now



U-R - You Are..?



WFM - Works For Me



WTH - What the Heck



WUF - Where Are You From?



WYRN - What's Your Real Name?

"This is a language that's empowering these young people. They're helping to make up some of these terms. Parents shouldn't get angry. They should get into the loop as well, otherwise they're full of fear about something they don't know,"

The inspiration for this page is Kids Safety, the list and Quotes are compiled from NetLingo, "The Internet Dictionary" and from an article at Scripps Howard News Services

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