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Do you know what your kids are putting online? Here are 30 text acronyms that your teen DOES NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW

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In this new age of easy, fast and discrete communication the English language has rapidly evolved in a way that may leave many older people at a loss.

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By Matt Waterson (NEWS CONSORTIUM)
Catholic Online (https://www.catholic.org)
1/13/2015 (9 years ago)

Published in Marriage & Family

Keywords: Texting, Home, Internet, Mobile

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Acronyms rule the digital airwaves, being all important in the world of limited character posts, especially when multiple word ideas can be translated through three or four characters.

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Most people know what LOL, OMG, IDK and BRB mean, and these shortcuts are simple, effective and slowly slipping into everyday usage.

But there is a darker side to this language-revolution.

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Teens have developed an entire code language with the intent to communicate more troubling information past watchful or suspicious parents. Often parents are totally oblivious to these communications, and their children can plan unlawful and inappropriate acts in the very same room!

Below are 30 internet acronyms that you need to know to keep tabs on your children and their actives online especially those they want to keep you ignorant about.

1 5 CU46-See you for sex

2 CID-Acid (the drug)

3 GNOC-Get naked on camera

4 NIFOC-Naked in front of computer

5 PIR-Parent in room

6 53X-Sex

7 9-Parent watching

8 99-Parent gone

9 1174'-Party meeting place

10 THOT-That hoe over there

11 IWSN-I want sex now

12 Broken-Hungover from alcohol

13 420-Marijuana

14 POS-Parent over shoulder

15 TWD-Texting while driving

16 KOTL-Kiss on the lips

17 (L)MIRL-Let's meet in real life

18 PRON-Porn

19 TDTM-Talk dirty to me

20 8-Oral sex

21 CD9-Parents around/Code 9

22 IPN-I'm posting naked

23 LH6-Let's have sex

24 WTTP-Want to trade pictures?

25 SUGARPIC-Suggestive or erotic photo

26 MPFB-My Personal [sex] Buddy

27 GYPO-Get your pants off

28 KPC-Keeping parents clueless

29 DOC-Drug of choice

30 RU/18-Are You Over 18?

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