Teen Sex Scandal! «Last month, Fox 5 D.C. published two stories on its Web site covering a list of online chatroom “codes,†titled “50 Acronyms Parents Should Know.†The acronyms included such standard kiddy fare as “A/S/L†(Age/Sex/Location), “POS†(Parents Over Shoulder), and “FOL†(Fond of Leather). This teen sex scare is constructed of a delicate local news logic: Teens use acronyms on the Internet. Sadomasochistic leather fetishists use acronyms on the Internet. Could your teen be couching his sadomasochistic leather fetishism in intricate abbreviated text-speak? [...] The first story on the acronym blow-up, published May 23, took a novel approach to the teen sex scandal: reporting the trend while simultaneously debunking it. “Many people who see the list wind up howling with laughter, since many of the terms are completely unknown to most people, teenaged or otherwise,†Fox reports, before blaming “some local TV news reporters†for furthering the scandal. »
Whatever happened to the "old-fashioned" teen sex scandals of pregnancies and STDs, not to mention alcohol, smoking, drugs, and gangs?
It would appear that my telephone number is quite a lewd invitation.
Decrypting the acronyms your teens use is a better use of your energies than committing an entire list to memory.
Protip: Instead of Googling the terms, ask your kid what they mean.