If you can’t understand what your child is writing when they send you a text, help is at hand with iCyberSafe.com’s Guide to Talking Like a Teenager!

SMS text messages are limited to 140 characters, so it is easy to understand why users started using abbreviations in order to get their message across with this limitation.

So here are some popular abbreviations used by our kids:

1. LOL – Laughing Out Loud -or- Lots Of Love
2. OMG – Oh My God
3. BRB – Be Right Back
4. GR8 – Great
5. XOXO – Hugs and Kisses
6. BFF – Best Friends Forever
7. ROFL – Rolling on Floor Laughing
8. OT – Off Topic
9. POV – Point Of View
10. POS – Parent Over Shoulder
11. RU/18 – Are You Over 18?
12. NUB – New person to a site or game
13. L8R – Later
14. STBY – Sucks To Be You
15. TTYL – Talk To You Later -or- Type To You Later
16. KPC - Keeping Parents Clueless
17. NP - No Problem -or- Nosy Parents
18. PIR - Parent In Room
19. WEG - Wicked Evil Grin
20. XOXO – Hugs and Kisses

You can find out more at Netlingo.com with these lists:

• Top 50 Popular Text & Chat Acronyms
• Top 50 Internet Acronyms Parents Need to Know

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