When it comes to communication, kids today have it made. They have smart phones, e-mail, Facebook, Twitter, IM, Yahoo, and MySpace. What’s more, they have a secret and cryptic language which uses acronyms, emoticons, and shorthand in place of normal human speech.
The only secret language we had as kids was Pig-Latin, and fooled ourselves into thinking that our parents weren’t smart enough to understand our talk of ex-say, rugs-day, and ock and oll-ray.
In contrast to my then future-wife’s and my love letters and hours-long telephone calls, I can only imagine the brevity and ease of conversation a modern relationship might have:
r u da? (Are You There?)
w’s^ (What’s Up?)
nm, u (Not Much, You?)
n2mjch (Not Too Much Just Chilling)
waydtw/e? (What are you doing this Weekend)
Nth,u? (Nothing, You?)
404 (I haven’t a clue)
L?^ (Let’s hook up)
I&I? (Intercourse & Inebriation)
k (Sounds great)
h/o9 (Hold On, Parent is watching)
k (Okay)
FFS! (For Fuck’s Sake)
? (What’s Wrong?)
BBIAS (Be Back In A Sec)
k (No problem)
MPAFC (My Parents Are Fucking Clueless)
y? (Why?)
P2C2e (Problem Too Complicated Too Explain)
k (I understand)
g2g (Got To Go)
CM? (Will You Call Me?)
k, L8 (Okay, Later)
I <3 U (I Love You)
ditto (same here)
SI! (Say It!)
459 (I love you)
k, CU2moro (See you Tomorrow)
bi (Bye)
::poof:: (I’m gone)
Special thanks goes to http://www.netlingo.com/acronyms.php for helping me to understand whatever the hell it was I just wrote here. I hope I got it right.