What does “POS” mean? How about “SorG”? Don’t know? LOL. If you’re a parent, you might want to find out what kids are saying to each other online. Here’s a sideshow of 20 Internet Acronyms All Parents Should Know.



Here’s some of the explanation of the above 20 acronyms or chatlingo or netlingo commonly and popularly used in instant messaging (IM) or chat rooms.

POS – Parents Looking Over Shoulder
PIR – Parents In Room
P911 – Parent Alert
PAW – Parents Are Watching
PAL – Parents Are Listening
ASL – Age, sex, location
MorF – Male Or Female?
SorG – Straight or Gay?
LMIRL – Let’s Meet in Real Life
KPC – Keeping Parents Clueless
TD2M OR TDTM – Talk Dirty To Me
IWSN – I Want Sex Now
NIFOC – Nude In Front Of The Computer
GYPO – Get Your Pants Off
ADR – Address
WYCM – Will You Call Me?
KFU – Kiss For You
MOOS – Member Of The Opposite Sex
NALOPKT – Not A Lot Of People Know That