My teenagers spend a lot of time on the internet coddling and cooing their Facebook pages and as I walk by with an armful of laundry, I sometimes glance at the computer screen to see just what they are up too. Unfortunately for me, it appears to be all in code. Teen code that is, and confusion ensues. What is a mother to do?

Thanks to MSNBC, I can see clearly now because the rain of confusion is gone for good with a very comprehensive list of acronyms and expressions that teens use on their web pages. Things like………

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ROTFL- Rolling on the Floor Laughing

RU- Are You?

RUMORF- Are You Male Or Female

RUOK- Are you Okay?

SorG- Straight or Gay

SWDYT- So What Do You Think?

TDTM- Talk Dirty To Me

THX or TX or THKS- Thanks

TLK-2-U-L-8-R- Talk to You Later

TMI- Too Much Information

TOM- Tomorrow

TTYL- Talk to You Later

WTF- What The F***

WTG- Way to Go

WYCM- Will You Call Me?”

Okay, so I knew that “LOL” meant “laugh out loud”, and that “ROFL” meant “rolling on floor laughing”, as I’ve actually used these terms in comments I’ve made on blog posts before but I had no idea that “LMIRL” meant “let’s meet in real life” or that “P911″ meant “parent alert”. These codes are good to know and you can find the whole list here. Consider yourself hip on the things of teenagers, for a day anyway.