WTTP (Want to Trade Photos?): The 28 internet acronyms parents need to know

A report released by CNN lists teenagers’ secret online language, which include acronyms such as PIR (Parent In Room) and IPN (I’m Posting Naked).

17:52 16 December 2014

A new CNN report has revealed the 28 most used acronyms by teenagers when they communicate to each other online. The list includes PIR (Parent In Room), IPN (I’m Posting Naked) and WTTP (What to Trade Photos?). Other slang include “420” for marijuana and POS for “parent over shoulder.”

Kelly Wallace, who collated the list, warned: “Acronyms used for this purpose could potentially raise some red flags for parents.”

Renowned parenting expert and author of Calmer, Easier, Happier Parenting, Noël Janis-Norton, said: 'If a teen wants to hide something from their parents, they usually manage to.

'Often teenagers have a Facebook page that their parents know about and then another one for their real friends. So the most important thing is to keep lines of communication open and to create opportunities for them to absorb your values.'


The full list of 28 internet acronyms and secret code terms used by teenagers as revealed by CNN are:

1. IWSN - I want sex now
2. GNOC - Get naked on camera
3. NIFOC - Naked in front of computer
4. PIR - Parent in room
5 CU46 - See you for sex
6. 53X - Sex
7. 9 - Parent watching
8. 99 - Parent gone
9. 1174 - Party meeting place
10. THOT - That hoe over there
11. CID - Acid (the drug)
12. Broken - Hungover from alcohol
13. 420 - Marijuana
14. POS - Parent over shoulder
15. SUGARPIC - Suggestive or erotic photo
16. KOTL - Kiss on the lips
17. (L)MIRL - Let's meet in real life
18. PRON - Porn
19. TDTM - Talk dirty to me
20. 8 - Oral sex
21. CD9 - Parents around/Code 9
22. IPN - I'm posting naked
23. LH6 - Let's have sex
24. WTTP - Want to trade pictures?
25. DOC - Drug of choice
26. TWD - Texting while driving
27. GYPO - Get your pants off
28. KPC- Keeping parents clueless