It's a tale as old as time: Parents are dying to know what their kids are texting about.
When cellphones and instant messaging accounts became popular back in the day, texting acronyms and online abbreviations were invented to make communication easier and secretly curse and chat with friends in a way that parents wouldn't be able to understand.
Eventually, helpful shorthand lists were created to teach clueless parents that "LOL" meant "laughing out loud" and "WTF" stood for "what the fuck." Now those lists have inspired a delightfully evergreen meme.
The "Is your child texting about" meme presents a specific topic, such as Edgar Allan Poe, Elizabeth Warren, or Little Women, and imagines what the related text acronyms would be. Usually "NVM" means "never mind," but in the case of Poe, for example, it obviously means "nevermore."
IS YOUR CHILD TEXTING ABOUT EDGAR ALLAN POE?
WCW = wine cellar wednesday
ILU = I love unnamed (narrators)
TFW = the floorboards? well
IANAL = I am not annabel lee
LOL = lover of lenore
STFU = sadly, the fall (of) usher
OMW = (an) orangutan murdered (the) women
NVM = nevermore— SparkNotes (@SparkNotes) August 21, 2019
According to Know Your Meme, the "Is your child texting about" meme has been around for years, with the earliest tweet in 2017 asking, "Is Your Child Texting About Classical Music?" Prior to that it's reported that other formats of the meme were seen on Reddit and elsewhere on the internet.
Over the years parody alarmist text templates have been made about everything from communism to Olive Garden. Mashable wrote up the trend in 2018, but since the format is so hilarious it springs back up every so often.
Here are some things your children might be texting about in 2019:
Is your child texting about Elizabeth Warren?
WCW: Warren Crush Wednesday
WTF: Warren, the Future (President)
BDE: Ban Devasting Environmental (Practices)
ILU: I Love Unions
BRB: Bring (Wall Street) Regulations Back
IDC: I Detest Corporate (Greed)— Vols for Warren (@VolsForWarren) August 22, 2019
Is your child texting about @Fleabag?
ASAP=All Shall Adore Phoebe
Smh=Slap Martin Hard
BRB=Been Reminiscing Boo
TBH=Time to Breakup with Harry
BFF=Binge Fleabag Forever
OMG=Order More Guineapigs
IDC=I Disappointed Claire
HMU=Hotpriest Magic Unfolds— Patrick Wei (@pattyweee) August 18, 2019
Is your child texting about grammar?
DM - Dangling modifier
BFD - Big freaking dash
AF - Apostrophe freak
UAOC - Use An Oxford Comma
OPP - Only Past Participles— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) August 21, 2019
Is Your Child Texting About Swords?
BRB - Big Rapiers, Bro
WTF - Wicked Titanium Falchion
BDE - Better Duel Edwin
— Shonen Jump-Off (@itskindred) August 20, 2019
is YOUR child texting about little women?
LOL: lots of Laurie
OMG: oh, my (lemonade-ruined) gloves
SMH: smell my (burnt) hair
TBH: Theodore: Billards & Harvard
BTW: Brooke Twins (WHAT)
NSFW: never skate freely after winter
FYI: Friedrich Yammers Incoherently
LMK: let Marmie knit— 🆎igail (@ab__normality) August 22, 2019
is your child texting about Penguins hockey?
ASL?: Another Stupid Loss?
IAGDFH: It’s A Great Day For Hockey
JGIA40GS: Jake Guentzel Is A 40 Goal Scorer
DUKSCANMABFCHNS: Did You Know Sidney Crosby And Nathan MacKinnon Are Both From Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia?
— Katie (@dameofscones) August 15, 2019
Is your child texting about Glee?
TBH: the breakup hurt
WTF: where’s the fonduefortwo
SMH: sue may hurl
FUKHDTGIN: fuck you kurt hummel deserved to get into nyada
ASF: all singing forever— emily ⋆✩˚ (@Iwtcriss) August 17, 2019
You're welcome, parents.
https://mashable.com/article/is-your-child-texting-about-meme-twitter/
2019-08-22 21:23:00Z
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