The other day was chatting with an old friend of mine when suddenly she stepped down and her teen son took over the chat desk, and God! To hell with his lingo I struggled terribly to chat with him for just 2 minutes, bid a bye to him but surfed on the web to compile and get this far-from-exhaustive list to help you decipher some of that new cyberspace teen lingo because you know not how much your teen kids would appreciate you if you can use the same and chat with them. Not just that they are quick and easy abbreviations you can use with anyone and get them bowled. Check it out

411                     information

5                        wait a few minutes to speak, a parent is in the room

55                      coast is clear, we can talk about anything

ADIH                   another day in hell

AFK                    away from keyboard

A/S/L                  age/sex/location

B/F                     boyfriend

B4                      before

B4N                    bye for now

BAK                    back at keyboard

BF                      best friend, or boyfriend

BFD                    big f______ deal

BM&Y                  between you and me

BOHICA               bend over, here it comes again

BR                      bathroom

BTDT                  been there done that

CTN                    can’t talk now

CUL                    see you later

CWYL                  chat with you later

D/L                     download

EMA                    e-mail address

ESAD                  eat s___ and die

F2F                     face to face

FOAD                  f___ off and die

FOMCL                falling off my chair laughing

FITB                   fill in the blank

FUBAR                 f_____ up beyond all recognition

FYEO                  for your eyes only

G/F                    girlfriend

G2G                    got to go

G2R                    got to run

GOI                    get over it

GYPO                  get your pants off

H4U                    hot for you

HOAS                  hold on a second

IG2R                   I got to run

ILU                     I love you

IPN                     I’m posting naked

JAC                     just a sec

KMA                    kiss my a__

KOTC                  kiss on the cheek

KOTL                   kiss on the lips

L8R                     later

LDR                     long distance relationship

LMAO                  laughing my a__ off

M8                      mate

MILF                   mother I’d love to f___

MorF                   male or female?

MoS                    mother over shoulder

MOSS                  member of same sex

MOTOS                member of the opposite sex

NIFOC                  nude in front of the computer

OLL                     online love

OMW                   on my way

OOH                    out of here

P911                    my parents are coming!

PA                       parent alert

PAL                      parents are listening

PANB                   parents are nearby

PHAT                  pretty hot and tempting

PM                      private message

POP                    parent is on prowl, can’t speak freely

POS                    parent over shoulder

POSSLQ              person of opposite sex sharing living quarters

PRW                   people/parents are watching

SOB                   stressed out bigtime

SorG                  straight or gay?

SOS                   sibling over shoulder, watch what you say

STM                    spank the monkey (masturbate)

STFU                  shut the f___ up

TARFU                things are really fouled up

TDTM                  talk dirty to me

TLF                     true love forever

TPTB                  the powers that be

UV                      unpleasant visual

WAYF                  where are you from?

WIIFM                 what’s in it for me?

WOMBAT             waste of money, brains and time

WTF                    what the f___?

WTGP                 want to go private?

WUF?                  where are you from?

WWYC                write when you can