If you have teenagers with cell phones they are no doubt spending many, many hours a month texting their friends. An entire language used in texting has evolved known as leetspeak (l33t in texting language), short for elite speak, which kids are using for texting quickly and more easily. Microsoft has published an article that explains the most common acronyms and helps parents understand what their kids are saying. A Parent’s Primer to Computer Slang is a good article for every parent to read.
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