Back in the day, you probably stayed up all night talking on the phone to your best friend.
These days, kids let their fingers do the talking, instant messaging or texting their “BFF’s” at any time of the day or night.
BFF is “best friend forever” in Internet shorthand.
NewsChannel5 affiliate 7NEWS tested several parents on the streets of Cherry Creek North to see if they could crack the codes their own children use when sending texts by phone or instant messaging online.
Do you know what “POS” means in kid lingo? That’s “parent over shoulder.” Don’t worry, the three dads we asked didn’t know either.
We stumped another mom with “ASL.” That’s “age-sex-location,” a phrase swapped liberally throughout the Internet when strangers meet.
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