It’s not easy keeping up with the kids these days!
I regularly get a text message from one of my two that honestly reads like a foreign language to me thanks to all of the abbreviations they use and we have some quite funny conversations with me trying to get to the bottom of what they wanted and them thinking it’s hilarious!
I do hate text speak most of the time but when I’m texting the kids, I feel like it’s a case of if you can’t beat em join em and a little while ago I even shared a few of the text speak abbreviations that I’d learned from my messaging my two.
You’ll be pleased to know that since my last post I’ve become a bit of a text speak expert and I can now converse fully in text speak with the odd emoji thrown in here and there for good effect.
I thought I’d update my list to include everything I know about text speak in the hope that it helps other non-cool parents look at least a little bit cool….
AFAIK – as far as I know
AFK – away from keyboard
ATM – at the moment
BBS – be back soon
BF – boyfriend
BFF – best friends forever
BIL – brother-in-law
BRB – be right back
BTW – by the way
DD – darling daughter
DGS/DGD – darling grandson/granddaughter
DH – darling husband
DS – darling son
DSS/DSD – darling stepson/stepdaughter
DW – darling wife
FB – Facebook
FF – Follow Friday (commonly seen on Twitter)
FFS – for f**k’s sake
FIL – father-in-law
FWIW – for what it’s worth
FYI – for your information
HTH – hope this helps
IDK – I don’t know
IIRC – if I recall correctly
IKWYM – I know what you mean
IME – in my experience
IMHO – in my humble opinion
IMO – in my opinion
IRL – in real life
ISO – In search of
IYKWIM – if you know what I mean
IYSWIM – if you see what I mean
LMAO – laughing my a**e off
LOL- laugh out loud
LY – Love you
LYT – Love you too
LYM – Love you more
MIL – mother-in-law
NP – No problem
OH – other half
OMG – oh my gosh
OTT – over the top
OP – original post/poster
PMSL – p**sing myself laughing
POV – point of view
RL – real life
ROFL – roll on floor laughing
SAHM – stay at home mum
SIL – sister-in-law
STBY – Sucks to be you
TBH – to be honest
TIA – thanks in advance
TMI – too much information
WTF – what the f**k
WAHM – work at home mum
WUU2 – What you up to
XOXO – Hugs and kisses
Feel free to let me know if there’s any I’ve missed!
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