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SYBAU, WYLL and PMO: what do the latest teen text abbreviations actually mean?
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SYBAU, WYLL and PMO: what do the latest teen text abbreviations actually mean?

the Guardian·Guardian Staff·about 1 month ago
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Name: Confusing text abbreviations. Age: As old as texts themselves. Appearance: SYBAU. I don’t know what that means . I’ll help. It means “shut your bitch ass up”. Heavens above, my teenager sent that to me this morning! Well, in that case I hope you managed to do as instructed. I thought it meant “stay young, beautiful and unique ”. It sounds as if you’re one of an increasing number of grownups who have turned to Google to try to decode the text abbreviations used by the youth of today. For the purposes of this article, let’s say yes. Good, because research by the anagram website Unscramblerer.com has revealed the most confusing examples. Great! Please help me. Wonderful. So, do you know what WYLL stands for? “Would you levitate lightly? ” No, it means “what you look like”. What about PMO? No idea. It either means “put me on” or “pisses me off”. Yes, but which one? Having an abbreviation that means two different things defeats the purpose of an abbreviation. Wow, your snark really PMO.…

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