25 secret teen texting codes parents need to know

If your teenage son or daughter has a smartphone, they may be using a series of secret codes to communicate with friends without you or other parents knowing what they’re saying.

Most adults know at least a few of the acronyms,  like “LOL” for laughing out loud, “JK” for just kidding and “LY” for love you.

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Teen texting codes revealed

However, other teen texting codes are far more secretive. Bark, a tech company that helps parents monitor their children’s messages for issues like cyber-bullying and sexting, has put together a new list.

Using Bark’s list and another one from NetLingo, we’ve identified some of the most surprising codes.

Before you read through this list, we should let you know that many of the codes refer to either sex or drugs, two things parents of teenagers are naturally concerned about.

Here’s the list of 25 texting codes every parent should know:

1. 1174 ‘ Meet at a party spot
2. 420 ‘ Marijuana reference
3. 53X ‘ Code for sex
4. 8 ‘ Code for oral sex
5. 99 ‘ Parents are gone
6. CU46 ‘ See you for sex
7. 9 & CD9 ‘ “Code 9”, parents are around
8. GNOC ‘ Get naked on cam
9. GYOP ‘ Get your pants off
10. IWSN ‘ I want sex now
11. KMN ‘ Kill me now
12. KMS ‘ Kill myself
13. KYS ‘ Kill yourself
14. LH6 ‘ Let’s have sex
15. MOS ‘ Mom over shoulder
16. MPFB ‘ My personal **** buddy
17. Netflix and chill ‘ Getting together and hooking up
18. NIFOC ‘ Nude in front of computer
19. P911 ‘ Parent alert
20. PAW ‘ Parents are watching
21. PIR ‘ Parent in room
22. TDTM ‘ Talk dirty to me
23. Thot ‘ Stands for “that hoe over there” and is often used instead of “slut”
24. TWD ‘ Texting while driving
25. WTTP ‘  Want to trade pics?

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