What Texting Acronyms Are Kids Using?

It may be an old list, but it doesn't change the fact that parents want to decipher what it is their kids are reading and how they're communicating online.

A list of 50 acronyms parents should know was originally published by NetLingo several years ago, but is now being circulated online. Phrases like "LOL" and "BRB" might be well-known, but do you know what "8" means? How about "FMLTWIA"?

Many people acknowledge that they've never heard of some of the terms. "I honestly have to say I have never seen most of these terms," Sascha Segan of PC Magazine told Fox News . "It looks like a lot of them come from online sex chat rooms, and not just any chat rooms, but sadomasochistic ones."

Erin Jansen, founder of NetLingo , acknowledges that not all of the terms on the list are used by everyone; some are very regional in nature. But she argues these are still the kinds of things parents should be informed of.

"It's a good overview of what parents ought to be aware of, even if their kids aren't going to these weird chat rooms, because kids pick them up anyway," Jansen told Fox. "It's like when I was young and my friends and I looked up dirty words in the dictionary."

But concern about kids' online safety is still on many parents' minds. NetLingo reports that 95 percent of parents don't recognize the lingo kids use to let people know their parents are watching and 89 percent of sexual solicitations are made either in chat rooms or instant messages.

Here's the list of acronyms every parent should know:

And Parenting.com recently released a few tips on how to keep your kids safe online:

• Put your computer in a central location -- There's no better way of keeping an eye on things than to wander by and casually ask "Hey, what Web site is that?"
• Ask questions -- Keep your conversations with your kids positive or neutral. "Who are you communicating with?" or "Which Web sites did you visit today?" are better than "You're on the computer too much" or "Don't look at that Web site." It will only antagonize or upset your kids.
• Web site monitoring software -- There is software that approves and blocks the sites that kids can see. Or you can install software that records all data that's sent, received, downloaded and viewed. There is also software that allows you to see what sites your kids are viewing in real