Kids Internet Safety – Parents Must Know “Net Language”

Cyber Lingo or Net Language: A Parents Handbook of Online Abbreviations and Acronyms

Net Language or Cyber lingo is here to stay and is an absolute must for Parents to know. There is no point being responsible and monitoring your child’s internet activities to ensure their safety, if you cannot understand/translate what they are saying!

With text, instant messaging, email  and chat rooms to name a few, there is a language full of online abbreviations all of its own.  Call it net language, cyber lingo, online chat talk, text message language, short hand, net common language or other, it is a must that parents know the basic lingo and have resources to translate information if they need.

Net Common Language Dictionary

As a guide to get you used to Net Language, below are a list of the most common online abbreviations & acronyms, used by kids on the internet or texting..  The “Net Common Language Dictionary” is in alphabetical order.  If you have Net Language you would like translated please see our Free Cyber Lingo Translator.

A

AAK: Alive and kicking
AAR: At any rate
AAS: Alive and smiling
Addy: Abbreviation for e-mail address
ADN: Any day now
AFAIK: As far as I know
AFK: Away from the keyboard
AFN: All for now
AOTA: All of the above
ASL: Age/Sex/Location (used to ask a chatter their personal information)

B

B/F: Boyfriend
B4: Before
BAK: Back at keyboard (eg. I’m back at the keyboard.)
BBL: Be back later
BBS: Be back soon
BEG: Big evil grin
BF : boyfriend
BFN: Bye for now
BR: Best regards
BRB : Be right back
BRH: Be right here
BTA: But then again
BTW: By the way

C

Chat room: A Web site where people gather that allows them to type messages to each other in real time. They can be open or private.
CNP: Continued in next post
CP: Chat post
CU or CYA: See you or see ya
CUL8R: See you later
CUOL: See you on-line
CUZ : Because
CYA: See ya

D

D/L, DL: Downloading or download it
DD, DS, DH: Darling/Dear – Dear Daughter, Dear Son, Dear Husband
DEGT: Don’t even go there
DIKU: Do I know you?
DIS: Did I say
DN : don’t know

E

EG: Evil grin
EM: E-mail
EMA: E-mail address
EOT: End of thread
EZ: Easy

F

F2F: Face to face
FAQ: Frequently Asked Question
FISH: First in still here
FUD: Fear, uncertainty and doubt
FWIW: For what it’s worth
FYI: For your information

G

G/F or GF: Girlfriend
G2G : Got to go
GA: Go ahead
GAL: Get a life
GBB : Bathroom break
GFN: Gone for now
GG : Gotta go
GGOH: Gotta get outta here
GMTA: Great minds think alike
GR: Gotta run
GR&D: Grinning, running and ducking
GTR: Got to run
GTRM: Going to read mail (leaving chat room to read e-mail)

H

HAGD: Have a good day
HAGO: Have a good one
HB: Hurry back
HTH: Hope that helps
Huggles: Hugs
HW : Homework

I

IAC: In any case
IB: I’m back
IC: I see
ICQ: I seek you (a computer program used to instantly communicate over the Internet)
IDC : I don’t care
IDK : I don’t know
ILU or ILY: I love you
IM: Instant Message
IMHO: In my humble/honest opinion
IMO: In my opinion
IOH: I’m out of here
IOW: In other words
IRL: In real life
IYO: In your opinion

J

JAS: Just a second
JIC: Just in case
JK: Just kidding
JMO: Just my opinion
JW: Just wondering

K

K: OK
KIT: Keep in touch
KOTC : Kiss on the cheek

L

L8R: Later
LOL : Laughing out loud
LMAO : Laughing my a*@ off
LTNS: Long time no see
LTS: Laughing to self
LY: Love ya
LYL : Love you lots
LYLAS or LYLAB : Love you like a sister or love you like a brother

M

MB: Message Board- A web page used to talk, request information and leave messages. Those comments are posted online for others to read.
MATL: More about that later

N

Newbie or NB1: A person new to computers or technology
NFC : No f*@king clue
NIMBY: Not in my back yard
NM or NVM : Never mind
NP: No problem
NRN: No response necessary or not right now
NT: No thanks

O

OBTW: Oh, by the way
OIC: Oh, I see
OJ or OK: Only joking or only kidding
OL: The Old Lady
OM: The Old Man
OMG: Oh my gosh or God
OT: Off topic
OTE: Over the edge (beyond reason or normalcy)
OTH: Off the hook (something really wild, hot or unusual)
OTOH: On the other hand
OTOMH: Off the top of my head
OTR: Off the rack (saying that something is off the hook)
OTW: On the way (when sending a file)

P

P911: Parents are in the room (meaning stop talking or watch what you say)
PEBCAK: Problem exists between chair and keyboard
Peep This: Listen to this or watch this
Peeps: People, friends, other chatters
PLZ: Please
PMJI: Pardon me for jumping in (when a chatter jumps into a new conversation or thread)
Poof: When a chatter leaves a chat room, meaning they disappeared.
POS: Parents over shoulder (as in parents are looking over my shoulder to read the chat text)
POTS: Plain old telephone service
PPL: People

Q

QT: Cutie

R

RL: Real life (as in life away from the computer)
RM: Ready made
ROFL: Rolling on floor laughing
ROFLOL : Rolling on floor laughing out loud
RSN: Real soon now
RT: Real time
RU: Are you?

S

SH: Same here
SN: Screen name (nickname selected by chatter or for an IM)
SO: Significant other
SOTA: State of the art
SPST: Same place, same time
SRY : Sorry
STR8: Straight (refers to sexual orientation or being free of alcohol or drugs at the moment)
STW: Search the Web
Sup : What’s up
SW : So what?
SY: Sincerely yours
SYL: See you later

T

TAFN: That’s all for now
TC: Take care
THX: Thanks!
TIA: Thanks in advance
TM: Text message (communications with text over cell phones)
TMI: Too much information
TNT: ‘Til next time
TPS: That’s pretty stupid
TPTB: The powers that be
TRDMF : Tears running down my face (from laughter or sadness)
TTFN: Ta-ta for now
TTTT: These things take time
TTYL: Talk to you later
TY: Thank you
TYT: Take your time
TYVM: Thank you very much

U

U : You
UV: Unpleasant visual
UW: You’re welcome
UY: Up yours

W

WB: Welcome back (said out of courtesy when a chatter returns to a chat room)
WC: Welcome
WEG: Wicked evil grin
WEU: What’s eating you?
WFM: Works for me
WIIFM: What’s in it for me?
WT?: What the …? or Who the …?
WTF : What the f*@k?
WTG: Way to go
WTGP?: Want to go private? (move to IM or private conversation)
WWJD: What would Jesus do?

Y

Y : Why
YAA: Yet another acronym
YBS: You’ll be sorry
YL: Young lady
YM: Young man
YMMV: Your mileage may vary
YR: Yeah, right (sarcastic)
YS: You stinker
YVW: You’re very welcome
YW: Your Welcome

Net language is not rocket science and some basic understanding will allow you to follow most conversations in this way.  We hope this guide gives you an overview of the most popular online abbreviations out there.

Best “Value For Money” -  The Easiest Way to Protect Your kids Online – Guaranteed!

PC Tattletale Free Trial

PC Tattletale Internet Monitoring Software offers more combined features per cost than any other software suite including complete monitoring, URL specific web filtering and keyword blocking.  Best of all PC Tattletale gives you more bang for your buck!  This combined with a free trial period, 100% money back guarantee and positive consumer feedback is why PC Tattletale is our Best “Value for Money”.

Read our full Product Review here or

Check out the official PC Tattletale Site>> for immediate download.