What Did You Say???

I would just like to say this week I had a moment of feeling old and out of date with the younger generation. I was helping out one of the students for our Relay for Life. We were exchanging emails for about a week and during that time I think I really only understood 70% of what he wrote!

He used abbreviations for words I had NO idea what they meant. I actually had to call M. to see if she had an idea of what one of the "abbreviations" meant! It wasn't even an abbreviation - just like two letters that was suppose to mean something!!!

I feel old. Not just b/c I don't understand WHAT the kids are saying but b/c I also caught myself saying to my husband later that evening "These kids and their text/instant messaging. I don't get it - they confuse me! an "lol" or "r u" are understandable abbreviations - but all this other stuff....I can't keep up with it! Do these kids even know how to spell a complete word????" YES, I KNOW!! I sounded like an old fart *OF!!! It must have been a moment of weakness or something. :(

However, in all honesty I am starting to feel more of a gap *btw my generation and the ones below me. Even with my 19 year old sister (though we are closer then ever) I feel like I don't always understand her and her friends and get easily annoyed by what they say and do. I am moving closer and closer to understanding my parents generation and more confused by *PPL younger than me. I feel the shift coming and me saying - I am not as young as I use to *b!

So b/c I feel old I decided to list A FEW (seriously...there were 5 pages) of Chat, E-Mail, Web, and chat room slang and acronyms.

b4 - Before
BBL - Be Back Later
BBS - Be Back Soon
BCNU - I'll Be Seeing You.
BFN - Bye For Now
BMA - Bite My Ass
BRB - Be Right Back
BTW - By The Way
btw - BeTWeen you and me ...
CU - See You - also posted as cya
CUL8R - See You Later
FOCL - Falling Off Chair - Laughing
FUBAR - "Fouled" Up Beyond All Repair / Recognition (This is old school!!!)
FYI - For Your Information
H&K - Hugs and Kisses
HAGD - Have A Good Day
IB - I'm Back
IC - I See
IDK - I Don't Know
IDTS - I Don't Think So
JK - Just Kidding
L8R - Later (an early one, kind of outdated with current 'young geeks')
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
LTNS - Long Time No See
LYL - Love You Lots
NE1 - Anyone
OBTW - Oh, By The Way.
OMG - Oh My Gosh
P911 - My parents are in the room.
PITA - Pain In The Ass
PLZ - Please
PPL - People
QT - Cutie (In my generation this was Quality Time)
ROTFLMFAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing F(***ing) My Ass Off (Can things REALLY be this funny)
RU - aRe yoU?
SYL - See You Later
TC - Take Care
THX - Thanks!
TMI - Too Much Info
TTFN - Ta-Ta For Now (I know this from Winnie the Pooh!!!!)
TTYL - Talk To You Later
TYVM - Thank You Very Much
WTG - Way To Go
WTF - What The F**K


Seriously - WTF! This is ALL way too much for me! I will stick with my handful of slang words for text messaging, but otherwise I think maybe I am ok with feeling a little old!!!

TTYL!!!!

*My attempt to use these things....yeah, I don't like it so much!!