Elizabeth Milovidov

The Parent's Workbook on Cyber Slang and Internet Acronyms Elizabeth Milovidov

This short workbook is for busy parents and caregivers in the digital age who are interested in understanding how our young people are communicating online. From emojis to acronyms that would baffle a hieroglyphics expert, young people are creating their own cyber slang. This guide proposes to decipher some of the terms and underlines that parents need to have an open and regular dialogue with their children about their online activities - no matter what language the children are using. Elizabeth Milovidov has gathered expressions and acronyms for various online sources, as well as going to the source: students and young people. The result is a collation of cyber slang grouped by category.