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Acronyms every Parent should know

dcontesti — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 22:13:46 GMT

Recently, I used an acronym in the Community, thinking everyone would know what I meant. Well that is not always the case.

I do Security awareness training for different folks (some parents, some seniors, some 'tweens, etc.). In the course, that I do for parents, I always include a take-away of acronyms,

Here is the list (feel free to add to it)

9 Parents watching

99 Parents gone

143 I love you

1432 I love you too

ATM At The moment

gerd Abbreviation for ermagerd (Oh my God)

GR8 Great

CMB Call Me Back

CUNS See You In School

F2F Face to Face

FOAF Friend Of A Friend

FML F*** My Life

FTW For The Win

GTG Got to Go

GTFO Get the F* Out

HAK Hugs and Kisses

HMU Hit Me Up

IKR I Know, Right?

IDC I Don’t Care

IDK I don’t Know

ITA/D I Totally Agree/Disagree

IRL In real life

J/K Just Kidding

KK Okay

KPC Keeping Parents Clueless

KWIM Know what I mean?

L&R Love and respect

mmk Mmm…okay

MEGO My Eyes are Glazing Over

MYT Meet You There

NAGI Not A Good Idea

NBD No Big Deal

NGH Not Gonna Happen

NMP Not My Problem

NSFW Not Safe for Work

NSFL Not Safe for Life

NTIM Not That It Matters

N00B Newbie

OATUS On a totally unrelated subject

O RLY Oh, really?

P&C Private and Confidential

PIR Parent in room

POS Parent over shoulder

PITA Pain in the A**

REHI Hi, again

RUOK Are You OK?

QQ Crying (often humorously)

SFSG So Far So Good

SLT Something Like That

SOL Sh** Out of Luck

SUP What’s up?

UOK Are you okay?

4Q F*** You

VCDA Vaya Con Dios, Amigo

VSF Very Sad Face

WDYM What Do You Mean?

WFM Works For Me

WRUD What Are You Doing?

WTG Way To Go!

W00T Hooray!

WTH What The Hell?

XOXOZZZ Hugs, kisses, sweet dreams

ZOMG Oh my God

ASL(R P) Age **gender** Location (Race /Picture)

BRB Be right back

CD9 Code 9 - parents around

Keep in mind, this is not a complete list.

I typically refer folks to https://www.netlingo.com/top50/newbie-terms.php which has a much more complete list.

Re: Acronyms every Parent should know

JKWiniger — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 23:40:12 GMT

ok, I am going to admit it... I knew a handful and the rest just made me feel old! hahah

John-

Re: Acronyms every Parent should know

jmikesmith — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 16:32:52 GMT

When my son was in early high school, over a decade ago, I asked him what "WTF" meant. I forget whether he had used it or whether I had seen it somewhere else. He told me, with almost no hesitation, it meant "win the fight". That didn't seem to entirely fit the context, but I didn't question it.

It was only much later that I learned it means "What the f***"!

Edit to add: It turns out the youngsters are confused by our jargon and buzzwords: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/gen-z-millennial-workers-feel-093911347.html.

Mike

Re: Acronyms every Parent should know

AndreaMoore — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 17:43:32 GMT

Add in all the industry acronyms for cybersecurity and IT and it's just alphabet soup!

Re: Acronyms every Parent should know

JKWiniger — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 19:31:48 GMT

@AndreaMoore is it just me or when you are looking for a job it makes your head spin! you want jkhbmbbkhkjmbb huh what? they start requiring all this VERY specific thing like it's common practice..

John-

Re: Acronyms every Parent should know

Caute_cautim — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 20:53:56 GMT

@dcontestiI can add a whole heap of ones used from the Morse Code days, no wonder when Text Message competitions take on Continuous Wave (CW) or Morse Code - Morse Code always wins the competition.

It is far faster and efficient at conveying messages across a very restricted bandwidth of no more than 400 Hz wide.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_code_abbreviations

Then if you really want to look professional, revert to Q-Codes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_code

Plus you can also add the Z-Codes as well:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_code

Or use ZBN2 "Please put a competent operator on"

Which historically relates to ACP131:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACP_131

When I originally trained as a Maritime Radio Officer, yes all those years ago, I have had to learn all 150 of them, for the Safety of Life at Sea examination, where you had to be almost 100 percent accurate.

No wonder so many people get confused these days!

Regards

Caute_Cautim

Re: Acronyms every Parent should know

leefarrellhelps — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 17:29:36 GMT

Thanks for sharing this comprehensive list of acronyms! It's a great resource for anyone doing security awareness training, especially when dealing with different age groups who might use or encounter these terms online.

I have encountered the term NSFW in Reddit and learned something about it here: https://meaning.bot/what+is+nsfw+and+nsfw+meaning+on+social+media/. But instead of using NSFW as Not Safe For Work, I use it as Not Suitable For Watching. However, as can be understood from the list, there are more to learn and there are more to come every single day which is a bit hard to keep up. 😑

One newly popular Internet slang and meme from me: It is Green FN standing for 'Green Fu*king Ni**a' which is a derogatory term used to describe someone who consistently misses basketball shots, contrasting with the positive "Kobe" reference for making perfect shots: https://meaning.bot/what+does+green+fn+mean+in+text+and+on+tiktok/

Adding to this list can help everyone stay informed and better understand the communication styles and potential risks in digital interactions. The link you provided is also a useful reference for those looking to explore more terms.