Police release online slang

It’s another language. Very hard to keep up to date with the slang that young people will use

ana – anorexia
#deb – depression
#sue – suicide
#svv – self-harming behaviour
#thinsp – thinspiration (photos or messages that inspire an effort to become thin)
9 – a parent is watching
420 – marijuana
ASL – age, sex, location
CD9 – parents are around
Crow – cannabis
CU46 – see you for sex
Daddy – can mean a partner who takes good care of you affectionately or someone with great influence and power over you
Down in the DM – short for plans in their social media or texts for an upcoming sexual hook-up
F2F or FTF – face to face
FWB – friends with benefits
FYEO – for your eyes only
GNOC – get naked on camera
Hooking up – having sex
‘I know a way you can earn money fast’ – a possible way of asking for photos/webcam access or a way to get information to blackmail a young person
‘I know someone who can get you a modelling job’ – a possible way of asking for photos and flattering the young person
IRL – in real life
IWSN – I want sex now
Let’s go private – leave the public chatroom and create a private chat or move to instant-messaging/texting
LMIRL – let’s meet in real life
KPC – keep parents clueless
Merked – really drunk or beaten up or getting found out or getting told off
MIRL – meeting in real life
Molly – ecstasy/MDMA (unless they really do have a friend called Molly! Context is everything)
MOOS – member of the opposite sex
MOS – mum over shoulder
Moving to (someone) – approaching, either aggressively or romantically
Netflix ‘n Chill – to meet under the pretence of watching Netflix/TV together when actually planning to meet for ‘making out’ or sex
NIFOC – naked in front of computer
NSFL – not safe for life
NSFW – not safe for work
P911 or P999 – parents are watching
POS – parents over shoulder
Pre-ing – pre-drinking
RU/18 – are you over 18?
Sket – insulting term used towards girls
Smash – to have casual sex
Swipe right – term of approval derived from dating app Tinder
Thirsty – being desperate for something
Trolling – fooling someone – often used when people are commenting nasty abuse online
Wavey – drunk or high
‘Where’s your computer in your house?’ – possibly a way of checking to see if parents might be around
‘Who/What’s your favourite band/designer/film/gear?’ – possibly a way of trying to get to know more so that they can offer gifts
Wired – drug induced paranoia
WYRN – what’s your real name?
‘You are the love of my life’ – possibly a way of flattering a young person and creating an emotional bond with them
‘You seem sad. Tell me what’s bothering you’ – possibly a way of expressing sympathy and inviting them to share personal information
Zerg – to gang up on someone

Terms to keep an eye on

4eae – for ever and ever
AND – any day now
AF – as f**k
Aired – ignoring someone
Are you parring me? – are you showing me disrespect?
B – babe (can be just a friend)
Bae – short for ‘baby’ and used as a term of endearment for a significant other such as a boyfriend or girlfriend. Short for ‘before anyone else’
Basic – lacking originality
Begfriend – someone who sucks up to someone else
BFN – bye for now
BOL – be on later
Bookie – weird or disgusting
Booted – left behind or dumped
Butters – ugly person
Bye Felicia – dismissive term when you want an annoying person to go away
Curve – to reject someone romantically
Dime – someone who is extremely good looking
DM – direct message
Ghost – ghosting someone is to completely ignore someone suddenly, usually as a nasty way of breaking up with someone
GLHF – good luck, have fun
HT or H/T – heard through
HAK – hugs and kisses
IANAL – I am not a lawyer
ILY or ILU – I love you
IU2U – it’s up to you
IYKWIM – if you know what I mean
J4F – just for fun
JIC – just in case
J/K – just kidding
Kicked – left behind
Low key – a warning that what they’re saying isn’t something they want everyone to know
NAGI – not a good idea
OH – overheard
PAP – post a picture
Peng or tidy – really attractive
Preeing – looking at someone online (also know as ‘Facebook stalking’)
PTB – please text back
QQ – crying
RL – real life
Salty – to be bitter about something or someone
Ship – relationship or to admire a couple (such as ‘I ship them’)
Sip tea – to mind your own business
Skurt – go away or leave
Slept – to knock someone out
Slipping – messing up
Stacked – built, really muscly, toned
Swag – confidence or fancy clothes/jewellery
SWAK – sealed with a kiss
SWYP – so what’s your problem?
TBR – to be rude
Throw shade – to give someone a nasty look or say something unpleasant about them
TIME – tears in my eyes
TMB – tweet me back
VSF – very sad face
WTH or WTF – what the heck?
WTPA – where’s the party at?
WYCM – will you call me?
WYSIWYG – what you see is what you get
YGM – you’ve got mail
YOLO – you only live once

Fun

:3 – a symbol designed to represent a cat face, to be used after saying something cute, odd or coy
2day – today
Acc – actually
AFAIK – as far as I know
AFK – away from keyboard
ATM – at the moment
B4 – before
Baffed – confused
Banter – fun chat
Bare or bear – ‘really really’
B/C – because
BF or GF – boyfriend or girlfriend
Blates – obviously
Blessed – nice person
Boots – a way to say ‘very’ or ‘a lot’ – it’s used after the verb or adjective
BRB – be right back
Bromance – close friendship between two boys
Bruh – a casual nickname for ‘bro’
BTW – by the way
Buck me – give me
Buff – attractive
Can’t even – an expression of exasperation
CBA – can’t be bothered
Cray – crazy
Cuz – friend
Dench – fantastic/cool
Dope – really cool/awesome
DWBH – don’t worry be happy
Fail – something goes wrong
Fam – their closest friends
FB – Facebook
Feels – feelings
FF – Follow Friday
Fierce – looking amazing/incredible
FOMO – fear of missing out
FTL – for the loss
FTW – for the win
FWIW – for what it’s worth
FYI – for your information
G – a friend (boy to boy)
Gassed – happy
GOAT – greatest of all time
GR8 – great
GTG – got to go
Gucci – something is good or cool
HAND – have a nice day
Hella – really
HTH – hope this helps or happy to help
Hundo P – 100% sure/certain
IDEK – I don’t even know
IDK – I don’t know
IIRC – if I remember correctly
IK – I know
IKR – I know right?
Ill – fantastic or cool
IMHO – in my honest opinion
IMO – in my opinion
Is everything – great/important
It’s lit – it’s cool/awesome
I’m weak – that was funny
Jarring – annoying
Jokes – really funny
JSYK – just so you know
K or KK – okay
Legend – someone or something considered very cool
LMAO or LMBO – laughing my butt off
LMK – let me know
Lol – laugh out loud
MM – Music Monday
MSM – mainstream media
NM – never mind
NMU – not much, you?
NP – no problem or now playing
NTS – note to self
Obvi – obviously
OMG – oh my God
On fleek – on point or executed really well
ORLY – oh really?
OTP – the fictional couple you think were meant to be together
Peak – unfortunate
Pls or plz – please
PPL – people
RAK – random act of kindness
ROFL – rolling on the floor laughing
RT – retweet
RUOK – are you okay?
Skl – school
Safe – reliable or good person
SSDD – same stuff, different day
Savage – cool
Sick – fantastic/cool
Slay – doing really well
Squad – their friend group
SMH – shaking my head
Snatched – same as ‘on fleek’
SRSLY – seriously
Straight fire – something is hot or trendy
Swear – are you serious?
TBH – to be honest
TIA – thanks in advance
TMI – too much information
TMRW – tomorrow
To be down/pumped for something – excited to do something
Truss – I agree
TTYL – talk to you later
Turnt/turnt up – same as ‘lit’
TY or TU – thank you
Ur – your/you’re
V – very
YAS – enthusiastic version of yes
You da real MVP – thanks for doing a mundane but important task
YW – you’re welcome
Wag1 or wagwan – what’s up?
WB – welcome back
Woke – highly aware of social issues
ZOMG – oh my God

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