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Deidre’s Social Media Soapbox

Yeah. It’s happened. My kids got old enough to want to “chat”. And, they want to chat everywhere and anywhere.

Well, certainly not with me, but with every other person in the universe. Fortunately, we’re smart enough not to give either of them phones (I’ve heard about the bills that other parents get…not over here.)

And there are certain “house rules” about online chatting…

1. No chatting after 7pm or before 8am
2. No chatting unless we’re home (fingerprint entry – we’re no fools)
3. Computer must face the room for easy over the shoulder viewing by parents

I thought I was being pretty wise. Yep, even feeling pretty clever and full of myself when I look over my son’s shoulder and see…

AFAIK

IDK

NM POS

What?

No one told me I had to learn a new language!

Now, some of you may already be versed in acronym chat. For those of you that aren’t, I will translate for you:

As Far As I Know

I Don’t Know

Never Mind, Parent Over Shoulder

Really. Yep, there it is. I took Latin and French in high school, now I’m pouring over acronyms and trying my best to assimilate this new foreign language. At the age of 41, this is not what I thought I would be doing and quite honestly, this language is harder for me to learn. I mean, when am I going to use it? None of my friends talk this way!

I have compiled a list of the acronyms that I am in the process of learning right now…

AFAIK – as far as I know

IDK – I don’t know

AFK – away from keyboard

BBL – be back later

BRB – be right back

CTN – can’t talk now

GTG – gotta go

HTH – hope this helps

IMHO – in my humble opinion

JK – just kidding

ROFL – rolling on floor laughing

LOL – laughing out loud

LMAO – laugh my a** off

POS – parent over shoulder

TTFN – ta-ta for now

TTYL – talk to you later

Yep, there it is, thankfully, some of those were already in my repertoire. Holy Cow!

And here’s one that isn’t an acronym, but is used nonetheless…

KEWL – cool

Yeah, same number of letters, but if you have a cell phone without a full keyboard, KEWL is less button pushes than COOL. It’s true, give it a try.

Anyway…

GTG TTFN

Deidre Hughey

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