Do you know what your kids are saying online?

 

I’ve been using the Internet now for – oh, at least ten years now, a normal progression from bulletin boards.  This love for all things Internet developed primarily because of our host Andrew McColm’s patient handholding during my initial foray into this strange new world.  “Yes, Lid, Telix will let you talk to the BBS…No Lid, Gopher is not some weird mystical creature…..Yes Lid, Unix and DOS commands are different.…”

So, you would think I should be not just okay, but pretty good with acronyms by now.  Um… NO!  What a surprise [read shock] when I came across this translator last week, did the acronym quiz – and scored three out of ten!

No.Slang. com translates acronyms and slang.  It began in 2005 when Ryan Jones, a software engineer in Michigan realized he could barely understand what kids were saying online, and realized he should.

So if you have kids, and are dazed and confused when you see them chatting online – check it out.  At least then, when you see your kid write POS or CD9 – you will know exactly what they mean.  Oh, no.slang will also explain how 133t works 🙂