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  • Lost in the Translation (12-08-2009)

     

    TODAY’S SCRIPT:

    If you really want to communicate with your teen, you have to understand their language. But all too often their true meaning can be lost in the translation.

    Words don’t mean what they used to. For example, “sick” once meant something is bad, but now it means it is good. Things we referred to as “cool”, then “hot,” are now “fly”. And speaking of flying things,” tweets” used to be something a bird does and “I hate you” wasn’t a sometimes affectionate term.

    To understand what your teenager is saying may mean having to ask, “What does that word or phrase mean?” And keep up on the abbreviations used in their texting, not only to understand your teen’s messages to you, but also their messages to others.


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