Cyberbullying and the Wild, Wild Web by J. A. Hitchcock

Author:J. A. Hitchcock
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781442251182
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2016-10-26T16:00:00+00:00

1. OOTD—Outfit of the day.

2. KOTD—Kicks of the day. Typically it refers to sneakers.

3. HMU—Hit me up. Usually it’s asking for someone’s Snapchat username, a phone number to text, or for a direct message.

4. Smash—I would have sex with you. A girl might post a provocative picture, and a boy might write “smash.”

5. Cook session—That’s when one or several teens gang up on another kid on social media.

6. TBH—To be honest. A teen might post a picture of himself and ask for a TBH, usually looking for positive responses.

7. TBR—To be rude. Although TBH often leads to positive responses, TBR usually is followed by a negative response.

8. OOMF—One of my followers. It’s a secretive way to talk about one of their followers without saying their name, such as “OOMF was so hot today.”

9. BAE—Baby. It’s an affectionate term for someone’s girlfriend or boyfriend.

10. WCW—Woman Crush Wednesday. A girl will post a picture of another girl she thinks is pretty, whereas guys will post pictures of girls they think are hot.

11. MCM—Man Crush Monday. It’s similar to Woman Crush Wednesday, but it features pictures of men.

12. BMS—Broke my scale. It’s a way to say you like the way someone looks.

13. RDH—Rate date hate. As in “rate me, would you date me, do you hate me?” A typical response might be “rate 10 date yes hate no” or “10/y/n.”

14. IDK—I don’t know.

15. RN—Right now.

16. KIK—Another social media app, Kik, to communicate on.

17. FML—F*** my life.

18. AF—As f***. A teen might tweet “mad af” or “you seem chill af.”

19. LMAO—Laughing my ass off.

20. S/O or SO—Shout out.

21. ILYSM—I like you so much or I love you so much.

22. CWD—Comment when done. Similar to TBH, urging others to comment on the photo of whatever they’re posting.

23. LOL—Laugh out loud. Yes, you’ll still find teens using LOL and OMG.

Some of these acronyms will be familiar to many adults, but if you see something more like:

w@7ch 0u7 4 r3n7$ 0v3r $h0uld3r

then you have encountered Leetspeak. This is an elite language many kids and teens use because adults have caught onto OMG, LOL, and so forth. What kids and teens do is replace letters with numbers and symbols. For example:

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