Teenager

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Texting with your Teenager
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Texting with your Teenager

2B or not 2B - To be or not to be 2moro - Tomorrow 2nite - Tonight AAYF - As always, your friend ABT2 - About to Aight - All right AKA - Also known as ALOL - Actually laughing out loud AML - All my love ASAP - As soon as possible B/C - Because B4N - Bye for now B4YKI - Before you know it B4 - Before BAK - Back at my keyboard BB - Be back BB4N - Bye-bye for now BBL - Be back later BD - Big deal BF - Best friend BFF - Best friends forever BFFAE - Best friend forever and ever BFFTTE - Best friends forever 'til the end BI5 - Back in five BIF - Before I forget BRB - Be right back BTA - But then again BTW - By the way BTWITIAILWU - By the way I think I am in love with you BWDIK - But what do I know C U L8R - See you later CMU - Crack me up COS - Change of subject CSL - Can't stop laughing CYA - See ya Def - Definitely DGTG - Don't go there girlfriend DIY - Do it yourself DKDC - Don't know don't care DND - Do not disturb DUST - Did you see that? ETA - Estimated time of arrival EZ - Easy F2F - Face to face FAWC - For anyone who cares FF - Friends forever FMTYEWTK - Far more than you ever wanted to know

FOAF - Friend of a friend FTR - For the record FWD - Forward FYI - For your information FYSBIGTBABN - Faster your seat belts it's going to be a bumpy night G2G - Got to go GF - Girlfriend GFI - Go for it GG - Gotta go GL - Good luck GNBLFY - Got nothing but love for you GOI - Get over it GR8 - Great Grats - Congratulations GRRRR - Growling GTG - Got to go HB - Hurry back HIG - How's it going? HO - Hold on HSIK - How should I know IDC - I don't care IYD - In your dreams IDGI - I don't get it IDK - I don't know IDM - It doesn't matter ILU - I love you ILY - I love you IM - Instant Messaging JK - Just kidding JP - Just playing JW - Just wondering K - Okay KK - Okay KMP - Keep me posted L8R G8R - Later gator LMK - Let me know LOL - Laughing out loud LYL - Love you lots LYLAB - Love you like a brother LYLAS - Love you like a sister MIA - Missing in action MLAS - My lips are sealed MYOB - Mind your own business NBD - No big deal NE1 - Anyone NM - Never mind NM - Nothing much NMP - Not my problem

NOYB - None of your business NP - No problem NTK - Nice to know NW - No way OAO - Over and out PAW - Parents are watching PDQ - Pretty damn quick PLS - Please POS - Parents over shoulder QT - Cutie QFT - Quality friend time RBAU - Right back at you RU - Are You? RUT - Are you there? Sk8r - Skater SLAP - Sounds like a plan SUP - What's up? SUS - See you soon SWDYT - So what do you think? TAFN - That's all for now TBC - To be continued TBH - To be honest TFLMS - Thanks for letting me share THX - Thanks TLC - Tender loving care TMI - Too much information TOY - Thinking of you TTFN - Ta ta for now TTG - Time to go TTYL - Talk to you later TY - Thank you U - You U2 - You too UG2BK - You've got to be kdding VM - Voicemail WAYD - What are you doing? WAYN - Where are you now? WBS - Write back soon WDYT - What do you think? WE - Whatever WFM - Works for me WITW - What in the world? WU - What's up? WUWH - Wish you were here XOXO - Hugs and kisses YA - Yeah ZZZ - Tired, bored

Pre-Teen Kids Sending Over a Thousand Texts a Month

What does all this mean? Well, it means parents might want to consider talking with their kids about their texting habits. But it's also not great news for American cell phone service providers. Why? Well, these kids are sending plenty of text messages, but they're doing it for practically nothing. Looking at the Nielsen data, only a very small percentage of people use the pay-as-you-text method, which costs about $0.20 per message. Instead, they purchase plans that cost $10 or $20 a month and thus lower the cost of sending a message to about $0.01. It's like paying for a magazine subscription at a huge discount in lieu of purchasing each issue at a newsstand. You'll pay a large chunk on the front end, but it saves money in the long term.

Now, we're not old fogeys, and we do send our fair share of texts these days, but what could a kid younger than 12 years old possibly need to say in a text message? "Will u brng a xtra choc chip cookie 2 lunch 2mrw?" [From: Nielsen]
Source: www.switched.com/2010/01/29/pre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month/?icid=main|htmlws-main-n|dl5|link6|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.switched.com%2F2010%2F01%2F29%2Fpre-teen-kids-sending-over-a-thousand-texts-a-month%2F

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