I have been asked quite a lot lately about whether I know the IM and Text Messaging Language. I have to profess that I do not. However, thanks to Stephen Cohen of Library Stuff, I was able to find three sites that will do the translation for you.
Here is the quote from the Cnet Article that Stephen mentions in his blog.
Despite the secrecy, Internet-savvy parents have more and more tools to decipher the code, causing a kind of chat-and-mouse game. Befuddled by lingo seen through monitoring software or over their kids' shoulder--like "wu" for what's up, or "plox" for please--parents are turning to sites like NoSlang.com, Teenangels.org and Teenchatdecoder.com for their acronym dictionaries--much to teens' chagrin.
I checked out NoSlang. It lists the top 25 for Parents to know.
ASL(R P)
Age Sex Location (Race / Picture)
BF / GF
Boyfriend / Girlfriend
BRB
Be Right Back
CD9
Code 9 - means parents are around
GNOC
Get Naked on Cam (webcam)
GTG
Got to Go
IDK
I don't know
(L)MIRL
(Lets) meet in real life
LOL
Laugh Out Loud
MorF
Male or Female
MOS
Mom Over Shoulder
NIFOC
Naked in Front of Computer
Noob
Newbie - often an insult to somebody who doesn't know much about something.
NMU
Not much, you?
P911
Parent Emergency
PAW
Parents are Watching
PIR
Parent In Room
POS
Parent Over Shoulder
PRON
Porn
PRW
Parents Are Watching
S2R
Send To Recieve (pictures)
TDTM
Talk Dirty To Me
Warez
Pirated Software
W/E
Whatever
WTF
What the ####?
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