Do you know the difference between FYEO and FOMO?
Social media has become a big part of children’s lives, but it can be increasingly difficult for parents to keep up with the online lingo.
‘Text speak’, with all its symbols and sayings, has become one of the main ways to communicate on platforms such as Facebook and Twitter.
“Text lingo practically changes weekly and a lot of the times, parents have no clue what their kids and their friends are saying,” Titania Jordan, from Bark, which monitors potential hazards on kids’ mobile phones and alerts parents, told Country101 .
“I’m surprised at how many parents still don’t know what ‘Netflix and chill’ means.” – If you don’t, it basically means sex.
The acronyms, words and phrases parents should be aware of
GNOC: Get naked on camera
FBOI: A guy who’s just looking for sex
WTTP: Want to trade pictures
FINSTA: Fake Instagram account
PAL: Parents are listening
1174: Meet at a party
FYEO: For your eyes only
NSFW: Not safe for work.
WYCM: Will you call me?
AMA: Ask me anything
ASL: Age/Sex/Location
BRB: Be right back
CTA: Call-to-action
DAE: Does anyone else
DM/IM: Direct message/ Instant message
F2F: Face to face
FOMO: Fear of missing out
HMB/HMU: Hit me back/Hit me up
IRL: In real life
LMK: Let me know
FWB: Friends with benefits
