Teenagers think texting is just for them. They think us oldies are all luddites and have no idea. David Cameron didn’t help matters when he thought “LOL” meant “lots of love” (and in fact I have heard a story of somebody who wrote that in a condolences card as they though the same thing).
What teenagers don’t know is that there is a whole list of “text speak” that they are not allowed to use. And I was honoured to have received this list from my father in law, Mr B Sr, aka Hopalong yesterday. So I thought I would share it with you all in case you are yet to be privy. This is though, on the understanding you don’t share it with any teenagers.
And add your own please!
- ATD At The Doctor’s
- BFF Best Friend’s Funeral
- BTW Bring The Wheelchair
- BYOT Bring Your Own Teeth
- CUATSC See You At The Senior Centre
- DWI Driving Whilst Incontinent
- FWIW Forgot Where I Was
- FYI Found Your Insulin
- GGPBL Gotta Go, Pacemaker Battery Low
- GHA Got Heartburn Again
- TOT Texting On Toilet
- TTYL Talk To You Louder
- WTP Where Are The Prunes
PMSL 😉 x
ROFL! 😉
This resonated because The Gibberish Generation also hijack words. Only recently I was told I couldn’t refer to my BritMums loot as swag. Even though the thing said ‘Swag’ on the bag! YCMIU. (You couldn’t make it up!)
HMSx
OK – I give up!
PMSL ?
ROFL ?
Hopalong rapidly changing to Hesperus.
Pissing Myself Laughing
Rolling On Floor Laughing
Swag is swag 🙂
And while we’re at it:
SWAG ?
Ho/He
PTT – Pass the Tena 😉
I saw (and indeed photographed) a “LOL” made of flowers on a grave. It has only just sunk in that they must have thought it meant lots of love!