Note to all soon-to-be college parents: although telephone conversations are still effective, chances are your son or daughter will be much more responsive to conversations if you catch them online.  Instant Messages have become the trendiest new way to talk between towns.  However, there is a minor setback: net ìlingo,î a new style of conversation that makes conversations easier and faster by using various acronyms.  Make sure you familiarize yourself with all the acronyms before you send your child off into the college world, or you may never be on their wavelength againÖ

Nonstopchaos: Hey, How RU?                                                                                        
Evenmorechaos: Good, U?
Nonstopchaos: PLS, RBTL, would U?
Evenmorechaos: ONNA.
Nonstopchaos: TM, it canít get much worse.
Evenmorechaos: Hey, DQYDJ and UR fine.
Nonstopchaos: GIWISTÖ  HHO1/2K
Evenmorechaos: RU OK FTTB?
Nonstopchaos: IDK.  AFAIC they think Iím a BHOF.
Evenmorechaos:  Hey, DBEYR, OK?
Nonstopchaos: DYSTSOTT?
Evenmorechaos:  Yeah, but FTTB, itís NBD.
Nonstopchaos: well, LDTTWA.
Evenmorechaos: OMDB.  I want 2 face the facts.  F2F.  Send them WTSDS.
Nonstopchaos:  U do?
Evenmorechaos: Itís TEOTWAWKI, right?
Nonstopchaos: TM, it could be worse.  Itís just that TANSTAAFL these days.
Evenmorechaos: RMLB ñ the TLA is going to be the death sanity.
Nonstopchaos: What, ESO?
Evenmorechaos: GIWIST.  Why donít U GSOAS for fun?
Nonstopchaos: ILICISCOMK.
Evenmorechaos: IRL, all it does is spread FUM.  At least FTTB.  Unless every1 RTM.
Nonstopchaos: GIGO, right?
Evenmorechaos: Yeah ñ FTASB.  IAC, I say PLS, get to the EOM ASAP.
Nonstopchaos: But ATST, BITD it took us 2x as long to write.
Evenmorechaos: AWGTHTGTTA?  BIF: all it does is make U feel like a FBKS.
Nonstopchaos: IBTD.  IMNSHO, KISS.  UR trying 2 hard.
Evenmorechaos: YR.  WIIFM?
Nonstopchaos: A new POV?
Evenmorechaos: DQYDJ. Iím SITD, OWTTE.
Nonstopchaos: RTM ñ it could help.
Evenmorechaos:  BTDT.  Plus, U said DBEYR.
Nonstopchaos: OMIK.
Evenmorechaos: YAFIYGI.
Nonstopchaos: YYSWÖ U know, TMTOWTDI.
Evenmorechaos: YA thing IDKÖ
Nonstopchaos: GIGO?
Evenmorechaos: YR.  :)  MHOTY ñ I use a TLA, and U KWIM.
Nonstopchaos: NBD; YNK, TPTB may take pity on U.
Evenmorechaos: YR.  AIAMU.

AFAIC ñ as far as Iím concerned
AIAMU ñ and Iím a monkeyís uncle
ASAP ñ as soon as possible
ATST ñ at the same time
AWGTHTGTTA ñ are we going to have to go through this again

B4N ñ bye for now
BHOF ñ bald headed old fart
BIF ñ basis in fact
BITD ñ back in the day
BTDT ñ been there, done that

CUL8R ñ see you later

DBEYR ñ donít believe everything you read
DQYDJ ñ donít quit your day job
DRIB ñ donít read if busy
DYSTOSOTT ñ did you see the size of that thing

EOM ñ end of message
ESO ñ equipment smarter than operator

F2F ñ face to face
FBKS ñ failure between keyboard and seat
FTASB ñ faster than a speeding bullet
FTTB ñ for the time being
FUM ñ fear, uncertainty, and misinformation

G2G ñ got to go
GIGO ñ garbage in, garbage out
GIWIST ñ gee, I wish I said that
GMTA ñ great minds think alike
GSOAS ñ go sit on a snake

HHO1/2K ñ ha ha, only half kidding

IAC ñ in any case
IBTD ñ I beg to differ
IDK ñ I donít know
ILICISCOMK ñ I laughed, I cried, I spat/spilt coffee/crumbs/coke on my keyboard
IMNSHO ñ in my not so humble opinion
IRL ñ in real life

KISS ñ keep it simple, stupid
KWIM ñ know what I mean

LDTTWA ñ letís do the time warp again
LLTA ñ lots and lots of thunderous applause

MHOTY ñ my hatís off to you

NBD ñ no big deal

OMIK ñ open mouth, insert keyboard
OMDB ñ over my dead body
ONNA ñ oh no, not again
OWTTE ñ or words to that effect

PLS ñ please
POV ñ point of view

RBTL ñ read between the lines
RMLB ñ read my lips, baby
RTM ñ read the manual

SITD ñ still in the dark

TANSTAAFL ñ there ainít no such thing as a free lunch
TEOTWAWKI ñ the end of the world as we know it
TLA ñ three letter acronym
TM ñ trust me
TMTOWTDI ñ thereís more than one way to do it
TPTB ñ the powers that be

WIIFM ñ whatís in it for me
WTSDS ñ where the sun donít shine

YA ñ yet another
YAFIYGI ñ you asked for it, you got it
YNK ñ you never know
YR ñ yeah, right
YYSW ñ yeah yeah, sure, whatever

TEOTWAWKI