My son Philip is on the cusp of being a teenager, although the joke is that he’s been acting like one for more than a year now.
It’s been via text message that I learned the following acronyms.
I thought I knew what some of them meant, but to my surprise, the meaning of many has changed.
There are so many to keep on top of so here is a helpful list, so you don’t have to ask your child to explain the meaning of their many and varied texts.
To help a mama out.
HMU – Hit me up
BAE – Before anyone else
OOTD – Outfit of the day
SHIP – Relationship
IKR – I know, right?
SMH – Shaking my head
GOAT – Greatest of all time
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PITA! - the 68yr old guy and work used it in a text and I had to google it - ikr? wtf, a senior citizen teaching me sms speak! lol
Hahaha, my husband teasingly refers to me as "bae" to mortify me in front of our friends - i bet a million dollars he doesn't know it's an acronym, think he thinks it's shorthand for "babe".