Here are just a few acronyms that teens are using in their texting. Don’t be afraid of looking at your teen’s text messages.

%-} – Intoxicated
😕 – Smoking a pipe
143 – I Love You
420 – Marijuana or smoking pot
459 – I love you
4YEO – For Your Eyes Only
53-X – Sex
8 – Oral sex
9 – means parents are watching
AL – Age and Location
ASL – Age, Sex, Location
BCNU – Be seeing you
CU46 – See you for sex
DOC – Drug of Choice
EOL – End of Life or death, matter of life or death
F2F – Face to Face
FTF – Face to Face
FWB – Friends With Benefits
GNOC – Get Naked On Camera (web camera)
GNRN – Get Naked Right Now
GYPO – Get Your Pants Off
IMEZRU – I’m easy, are you?
IRL – In Real Life
IWS – I Want Sex
IWSN – I Want Sex Now
K2 – synthetic marijuana
KPC – Keep Parents Clueless
LMIRL – Let’s Meet In Real Life
LYN – someone is lying
MORF – Male Or Female
MOS – Mom Over Shoulder
NALOPKT – Not A Lot Of People Know This
NIFOC – Nude In Front Of Computer
PAW – Parents Are Watching
PIR – Parents In Room
POS or CD9 – Parent Over Shoulder or Code 9
PRW – Parents are Watching
RU18 – Are You 18?
SorG – Straight or Gay
TDTM – Talk Dirty To Me
TMIY – Take Me I’m Yours
WYRN – What’s Your Real Name
WYCM – Will You Call Me
X – Ecstasy
XTC – Ecstasy
YWS – You Want Sex

Remember knowledge is power. You are not spying or infringing on their rights. It is your job as a parent to protect your children from predators, cyberbullying, and other dangers. You are verifying and protecting them.

Keep informed. Triumph Youth Services has been working with teenagers and their issues and problems for years. Let them help you.