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Internet Acronyms Every Parent Should Know, Moms and dads, your kids are speaking a whole new language online, and if you can’t crack the code, it could mean big trouble.
If you think you are tech savvy all because you know what “LOL” means, let me test your coolness.
Any idea what “IWSN” stands for in Internet slang?
It’s a declarative statement: I want sex now.
If it makes you feel any better, I had no clue, and neither did a number of women I asked about it.
The list of acronyms that are trending have extended to include inappropriate reference and codes, “POS” for “Parent Over Shoulder,” or “99” for “Parent Gone” are just a couple.
“There’s so many new phrases and terms that are being introduced all the time that I think it’s only a natural thing for people to change the whole language to suit their purposes,” says Adam Cochran, professor at Colorado Mesa University.
Finding out the hidden meaning of internet acronyms is as simple as conducting a Google search and it’s the easiest way to stay on top of your kids’ social media language.
Unfortunately for parents, meanings of internet acronyms change frequently and vary from age group to age group.
Some of the common acronyms:
IWSN – I want sex now
GNOC – Get naked on camera
NIFOC – Naked in front of computer
PIR – Parent in room
CU46 – See you for sex
53X – Sex
9 – Parent watching
99 – Parent gone
1174′ – Party meeting place
THOT – That hoe over there
CID – Acid (the drug)
Broken – Hungover from alcohol
420 – Marijuana
POS – Parent over shoulder
SUGARPIC – Suggestive or erotic photo
KOTL – Kiss on the lips
(L)MIRL – Let’s meet in real life
PRON – Porn
TDTM – Talk dirty to me
8 – Oral sex
CD9 – Parents around/Code 9
IPN – I’m posting naked
LH6 – Let’s have sex
WTTP – Want to trade pictures?
DOC – Drug of choice
TWD – Texting while driving
GYPO – Get your pants off
KPC- Keeping parents clueless
Agencies/Canadajournal
Who wrote this list? LMAO This is the stupidest list I have ever read! Teenagers will read this and laugh! They don’t need codes when they can quickly delete their messages on the iPhone as soon as its sent!