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petemc
28-01-2009, 15:53
Breaking news kids. Watch out because pervets have now broken the complex code used by kids worldwide (http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2009/01/28/perverts-break-chatroom-code-100252-22797417/). Soon they'll know exactly what they're talking about.

Experts say children are bypassing parents and teachers by using the code, with some playing into the hands of sex offenders going online to target victims.

Common examples of KIT include PITH, meaning parent in the house; BRB (be right back); NOOB (new to the language); BEG (big evil grin); and AFK (away from the keyboard).

But youngsters are also using a more complex code, known as Learning Educational Establishment Talk (LEET).

Oh noes!
Kell_ee001
28-01-2009, 15:55
OMG!

;D
Dymetrie
28-01-2009, 15:55
For once, I am speechless...

brb

:p
Desmo
28-01-2009, 15:59
WALOB - That's What A Load Of Bollox for you non-leet people. I've been grooming for ages :cool: ;D
NokkonWud
28-01-2009, 16:07
Hang on, what is KIT? They describe it as what kids are using, but don't explain it. ;D
Blackstar
28-01-2009, 16:09
They need a five quid book to tell them what their kids could in 3 seconds? Wow.
petemc
28-01-2009, 16:26
Or Google. It does seem like they're just trying to cash in on something.
Justsomebloke
28-01-2009, 16:36
CRAP!
Which is slang for CRAP.
Halfmad
28-01-2009, 16:52
TTIUWP
kaiowas
28-01-2009, 17:02
asl?
Burnsy2023
28-01-2009, 17:23
Oh dear, surely someone should do some background research before writing a pile of pap.
A Place of Light
28-01-2009, 19:17
The only one I hadn't heard was POS, or parent over shoulder.
Rich_L
28-01-2009, 19:20
I liked the 'sneak-peek' headling in the Metro today about one of the leading articles coming up in the Mail.

Learn how CYBERSPACE is turning today's TEENAGERS into GENERATION SEX!!

It's almost a perfect generic formula:

Learn how [insert something we don't understand] is turning [something else we don't understand] into [something generically shocking]

:p
NokkonWud
29-01-2009, 01:27
The only one I hadn't heard was POS, or parent over shoulder.

Everyone knows that's not what POS stands for though.
This POS keyboard I'm typing on doesn't pick up key presses.
This POS car keeps breaking down.
The POS parent standing over my shoulder keeps asking what these abbreviations mean.

etc...
Lana
29-01-2009, 08:43
seriously, is this news?
they've been on about this forever so that parents will know and be able to see if the kids are hiding something dodgy.
We even have commercials that "translate" for parents and warn them about internet predators.
I'm surprised kids still think they can get away with anything:-P
iCraig
29-01-2009, 12:51
But a former Merseyside police officer has cracked the code

Ohhh wow! MI5 will be after him to hack into Russian satellite's next.
A Place of Light
29-01-2009, 18:58
Everyone knows that's not what POS stands for though....

Try again.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_language


In THIS CONTEXT, it means exactly what I said it does. However, most people who are out of puberty take POS to mean something else, namely piece of excrement.
Del Lardo
30-01-2009, 03:23
I liked the 'sneak-peek' headling in the Metro today about one of the leading articles coming up in the Mail.

Learn how CYBERSPACE is turning today's TEENAGERS into GENERATION SEX!!

It's almost a perfect generic formula:

Learn how [insert something we don't understand] is turning [something else we don't understand] into [something generically shocking]

:p


I read that article and to me it read like a parent blaming her own shortcomings on "the internet". Typical Mail BS though no doubt there are thousands of teenagers out there tonight who are having Bebo withdrawals as their parents have cut off the internet.