OMG IPN ROFL!

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The Nebraska Attorney General's Office sends out a newsletter called The Consumer Advocate. I wound up on their mailing list when Lexis-Nexis had that nasty security breach (which, since I use the Lexis-Nexis database for school stuff, might have compromised my identity, not that it was "secure" in the sense that they like to push).

So, on the back page of their most recent scare rag (let's not kid ourselves) which is all about the "Internet predators" who "prey on our children", they have a list of "25 acronyms that are being used by young people today".

121
One to one
A/S/L?
Age, sex, location
CRBT
Crying real big tears
F2F
Face to face
FUD
Fear, uncertainty and doubt
ILU
I love you
IPN
I'm posting nude
IWALU
I will always love you
KOC
Kiss on cheek
KOL
Kiss on lips
LMIRL
Let's meet in real life
NIFOC
Nude in front of computer
NP
Nosy parents
OLL
Online love
P911
My parents are coming!
PA
Parent alert
PAL
Parents are listening
PANB
Parents are nearby
POS
Parent over shoulder
SWAK
Sealed with a kiss
TAW
Teachers are watching
WTGP
Want to go private?
TOS
Teacher over shoulder
WUF
Where are you from?

(For more gems, they have a PDF with almost 200 of them.)

My question is, where the hell do they come up with this shit? Out of that list, I can only find three that I've ever seen actually used; of those, A/S/L is so idiotic it's a joke; I can't see why FUD should alarm parents; and NP doesn't mean nosy parents, it means no problem. Maybe next time they want to print this garbage, they should contact people who actually use the internet. Or maybe, if a parent's busy snooping in their kids' chat logs, it's time to ask their kids what they're talking about, instead of listening to people who have no idea what the hell they're talking about.

Oh, wait. That would almost verge on personal responsibility.

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I agree. Every time I see POS meaning "parent over shoulder" I tell my 'rents that's not what it means.

Hey, yes those acronyms are funny but I have something to ask you. I am going to be buying a laptop for school this year (my loan is about two times what I really need for school) and I was wondering if you could help me out with picking one out. I know very little about computers and don't know what a good memory count would be or all the different gadgets that you can get with a computer. So any help would be appreciated! Just email me at my school account. THat way it won't be filtered out in my hotmail account...

Thank yoU!!!!
Teresa

A/S/L isn't one I've seen, but ASL is. MSN even has a custom emoticon for it.

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