One of the intriguing linguistic phenomenon associated with teen's use of social media and texting is the creation of a wholly new lexicon for communication. This lexicon is grounded in brevity and most often have roots in slang vernacular. If you have a chance to look at a sample instant text message by a teen or even a kid you would be surprised by the number of abbreviations included in it to the extant that it becomes hard for outsiders ( mainly adults ) to understand this new jargon. PBS Parents has this page where it outlines a list of probably all abbreviations used by kids and teens when texting or communicating on social media. I have gone through this glossary and created the table below where I included some of these abbreviations. This table is available as a Google Doc for you to use or print from this Link.
Online and Texting Acronyms | Explanation of Acronyms |
afk | away from the keyboard |
afc | away from the computer |
ary | are you there? |
atm | at the moment |
b4 | before |
b4n | bye for now |
brb | be right back |
cul8r | see you later |
dk | don't know |
eod | end of discussion |
fb | Facebook |
f2f | face to face |
g2g | got to go |
grrr | a sign of anger or frustration |
h&k | hugs and kisses |
hw | homework |
hs | high school |
jk | just kidding |
jj | just joking |
l8r | later |
lol | laugh out loud or lots of love (depending on context) |
np | no problem |
ntm | not too much |
otp | on the phone |
ot | off topic |
p9 11 | parent alert |
pal | parents are listening |
pos | parent over shoulder |
prw | parents are watching |
sum1 | someone |
sup | what’s up |
tmb | text me back |
tmi | too much information |
ttyl | talk to you later |
ttys | talk to you soon |
w8 | wait |
w/o | with out |
w/e | whatever |
@hm | at home |
@schl | at school |
2l8t | too late |
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