Texting Language

Today my friend Mary Eileen, who happens to be younger than I am, sent me a sort of dictionary for text language for seniors.  At first I thought she was talking about seniors in High School since we have children at the same school, but it quickly became apparent that she meant old folks.

I have still not learned teen text language.  The other day someone wrote me IMHO, which apparently EVERYONE knows means, “In my humble opinion” to teens.  I got a big laugh out of that since I have never actually heard a young person say “In my humble opinion.”  Mary Eileen’s Text code for really old people went something like this:

ATD –At the Doctor’s

BFF- Best Friend’s Funeral

BTW – Bring the Wheelchair

BYOT- Bring your own teeth

FWIW Forgot where I was

LMDO-Laughing my dentures out

LOL- Living on Lipitor

ROTFL…CGU- Rolling on the floor laughing…Can’t get up

TTYL- Talk to you louder

I feel like I am somewhere in between kids’ text language and this one.  Since almost everyone I hang with seems to be watching their weight or thinking about watching their weight it might be helpful if we came up with our own text language.

Here are just a few I am considering using:

WCCN- Warning cupcake nearby

HMPIT-How many points is that?

ICAICGP-I cheated and I can’t get up

PDMFC-Please distract me from chocolate

BFD-Big F$*#ing dessert

LSP-Lost some pounds

SIL-Scale is lying

TOD-Tired of dieting

CWAGTTNTAF-Come walk and gossip to not think about food

My problem is that once I make up a textism I won’t be able to remember what it means so I might as well just write out the actual words.