Kids may be speaking a whole new language on social media, and there are thousands of acronyms out there that parents may not be aware of.

Fifty years ago, the idea of texting from a mobile phone would seem like science fiction. Now it’s all most teenagers do. Teenagers rarely spell out words while texting, opting to use acronyms ...

If you've looked at any teen's communications, you'll see them sprinkled with acronyms and shorthand that make no sense.

Why do we use abbreviations when we text? It seems impossible to imagine texting without abbreviations today, but how did abbreviations become such a massive part of texting lingo?

Since we never truly leave the internet now, many text acronyms used to sign off from being online are now going extinct, affecting millennials the most.

In addition to EMBM, AYOR and RLRT, I've listed 10 others in the study's list of most misunderstood acronyms. How many do you recognize? The answer key is at the end of the article.

"ISTG" is not just used in texting, though its home on the internet is certainly here to stay. Here's how to use it online and in real life.

While texting acronyms may be quick and to the point for some, for others they are not so easy to decipher. Here is what "wyd" means.

They use codes instead. FOX8 On Your Side found texting language that some teenagers use to hide behavior from their parents. We also found most parents are clueless about it.

A new year means a new you, so why not take the opportunity to brush up on your texting etiquette? Because as it turns out, apparently you shouldn't use acronyms when you text, according to survey ...

"ISTG" is not just used in texting, though its home on the internet is certainly here to stay. Here's how to use it online and in real life.