Text Messsging Chatter

Parents are having a tough time cracking the code kids use online and on their cell phones, Philadelphia television station WCAU reported via San Diegos News Leader, in an article on online safety.

Interesting, some of the acronyms used by children which were new to me:

POS -- parent over shoulder
CTN -- can't talk now"
TOS -- teacher over shoulder
SOS -- for sibling over shoulder
SAW -- siblings are watching.

There are hundreds of codes, and some are more shocking than others, such as:

ASL -- Age, Sex, Location
NIFOC -- Nude in front of the computer
TDTM -- Talk dirty to me

emily | 6:30 PM | Do you speak SMS? |
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