Tweens and teens have a different way of communicating. Acronyms are the preferred way to text and if you have a tween, good chance in the coming years you will have lots of texts to decode.
Which is why we're here to give you the heads up on their slang!
Grwm - get ready with me
Salty - cranky about something
Squad - close friend group
Ikr - I know, right!
Idk - I don’t know
Gtg - got to go
Idc - I don’t care
Imo - in my opinion
Ily - I love you
Irl - in real life
Nvm - never mind
Np - no problem
Ty - thank you
Tsym - thank you so much
Wyd - what you doing
Yaas/Yass - very enthusiastic yess
Time - tears in my eyes
Wycm - will you call me
Jk - just kidding
Kk - okay
Ofc - of course
Wdym - what do you mean
Istg - I swear to god
Preppy - a fashion style of neat, understated, and often expensive clothes; young but classic: suggesting that the wearer is well off.
We'd love to hear any others we haven't mentioned here! Add them below!