Kids today or as they call it now, Millenials, have their own language and reality is that parents need to keep up with those too. With the increasing demands of society (especially if you live in the city) and with kids and teens surrounded by many influencers around, parents have that timeless responsibility to guard and guide their children toward the right path. To do this responsibility, a small thing parents need to do is to keep themselves abreast of the new generation lingo and acronyms. There are just too many but the usual stuff I encounter are here. What’s actually more confusing is that some have multiple meanings.

1. Bae – Babe or baby.Used as a term of endearment not to address an infant. It can also mean before anyone else.
2. Zero Chill – means you’re very uncool, baduy as what Filipinos call it
3. Snatched – may be interchanged with on point or on fleek. Describes something really good, perfect, high quality.
4. Can’t even – loss for words, annoyed
5. Goals – something or someone you admire or want
6. Fam – shortcut for family
7. Fambam – refers to close family or friends that are like family
8. High-key or Low-key – high-key is when you need to express something out loud or may refer to something you like. Low-key is to keep it on a low or secret or something you dislike.
9. BFF – Best friends forever
10. Sorry not sorry – fake apologies, sorry but not really
11. ATM – At the moment or at this moment
12. BTS – Be there soon or behind the scenes
13. FBF – Flashback Friday
14. Facepalm – expressing disappointment, disbelief, shame, or frustration
15. LMK – Let me know
16. TBH – to be honest
17. TYVM – thank you very much
18. FTW – for the win
19. POTD – photo of the day
20. LOL – laugh/ing out loud
21. JGH – Just got home
22. No filter – on its natural state, no filter or effect used to enhance a photo or something
23. Noob – new or inexperienced person
24. TTYL – talk to you later
25. TIA – thanks in advance
26. NTS – note to self
27. OOTD – outfit of the day
28. OOTN – outfit of the night
29. Selfeet – photo of your feet taken by yourself
30. YW – You’re welcome
31. TMI – too much information
32. Groupfie – group selfie, group of people taking photos of themselves as a group
33. ICYMI – in case you missed it
34. b4 – before
35. b/c – because
36. BTW – by the way
37. IDK -I don’t know
38. CR8– create
39. TL;DR – too long, didn’t read
40. TBT – throwback Thursday
41. Yaaaaas – saying yes to express excitement
42. hashtag – it is now written like this to emphasize something instead of #
43. ship – shortcut for relationship usually for romantic relationships
44. FR – for real
45. lit – groovy, cool
46. IKR – I know right?
47. TTYTT – to tell you the truth
48. Dope – not marijuana! it means great
49. NM – never mind
50. Feels – feelings
51. YOLO – you only live once
52. IDC – I don’t care
53. JK – just kidding
54. THX – thanks
55. ILY – I love you
56. FOMO – fear of  missing out
57. SMH – shaking my head
58. IRL – in real life
59. Perf – perfect
60. V – very
61. the struggle is real – tough or hard task / challenge or problem
62. JOMO – Joy of missing out, to pertain to a lame event or happening
63. Phubbing – from phone snubbing – when you snob someone while using your mobile phone or any mobile device

This is not all of it and this is not the end of the list. It grows every week, every month, every year. It never ends and never stops. The generations just keep on getting too creative and probably lazy to type? Agree? hahaha!

Of course, some people from older generations don’t get it. It becomes harder to decode and harder to understand. But that’s how the generations make their language unique and hard for elders to grasp I guess? Or maybe it just really puts excitement, coolness, and emotions into their language online and offline. By the time our kids are teenagers, this list will be so old, funny old to be exact or shall I say zero chill!