I wrote about New Zealand’s decision to allow text message speak on exams. I think the graders will have to bone up on acronyms. Similarly, it’s also tough for parents to decipher their teens’ IM messages. Not that they would be monitoring or anything.
Despite the secrecy, Internet-savvy parents have more and more tools to decipher the code, causing a kind of chat-and-mouse game. Befuddled by lingo seen through monitoring software or over their kids’ shoulder–like “wu” for what’s up, or “plox” for please–parents are turning to sites like NoSlang.com, Teenangels.org and Teenchatdecoder.com for their acronym dictionaries–much to teens’ chagrin.“I get praise from parents and hatred from teenagers,” said Ryan Jones, a 25-year-old engineer from Detroit who runs NoSlang.com in his spare time. He recently updated the site with thousands of new acronyms and downloadable plug-ins for Firefox and Internet Explorer. Source: News.com
Guess I was wrong, since the article says they are befuddled by stuff seen through monitoring software. Mr. Jones better hope a hot-shot teen-age hacker doesn’t take aim at his site. 
