CNN’s digital correspondent, Kelly Wallace gives her report on a two-year investigation carried out by Anderson Cooper and his team. They collected 150,000 posts written by 200 13-year olds on social media – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook – at eight different schools across the United States; with permission from the teens, their parents, and their schools, and came up with a list of acronyms most used by teens.
Seeing how the world is connected by the internet, and social media. Just how many of these acronyms are used by teens in Nigeria? Check to see if you have used any of them, or seen any on posts. Perhaps, Nigerian teens have their own special set of acronyms. Feel free to join the conversation by leaving your comments. Below is the list of the acronyms:
1. OOTD – Outfit of the day
2. KOTD – Kicks of the day — Typically refers to sneakers
3. HMU – Hit me up — Usually 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 – 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 or herself and ask for a TBH, usually looking for positive responses.
7. TBR – To be rude — While TBH often leads to positive responses, TBR is usually followed by a negative response.
8. OOMF – One of my followers — A secretive way to talk about one of their followers without saying their name, such as “OOMF was so hot today.”
9. BAE – Baby — affectionate term for someone’s girlfriend, boyfriend etc.
10. WCW – Woman Crush Wednesday — A girl will post a picture of another girl she thinks is pretty, while guys will post pictures of girls they think are hot.
11. MCM – Man Crush Monday — Similar to Woman Crush Wednesday, but featuring pictures of men
12. BMS – Broke my scale — A way to say they 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, that they want to communicate on
17. LMAO – Laughing my ass off
18. S/O or SO – Shout out
19. ILYSM – I like you so much or I love you so much
20. CWD – Comment when done — Similar to TBH, urging others to comment on their photo of whatever they’re posting
21. LOL – Laugh out loud — Yes, you’ll still find teens using LOL and OMG.
