Tonight my daughter (at college) texted me and asked if she could put a pair of jeans on her/our credit card. I replied. AMT ? She responded, " what are you saying, quit trying to use new lingo?" She just assumed my “old person” abbreviation was a new slang term… I have had to Google quite a few things my kids have texted me, is anyone else having this problem?
Lol! I am a real live grown up and I sat here thinking “amt”? What the heck? And my take? At my limiT? Also might try? Did she mean ATM? Like go get cash? And finally, just as I was about to google it, I got it. My girls and I do pretty well w text language. At my house the reply would have been: $$???
That was pretty funny – and took a while for the penny to drop. So … how old am I? I try to avoid slang other than the now-understood LOL and TMI and the like. TLDR was in a crossword puzzle the other day, and I had to Google it. My iPhone lets me dictate, so I have little reason to use text shorthand.
The only thing that crossed my mind was Alternative Minimum Tax.
Nope, no issues with lingo here. What does make me feel old is all the apps I’ve never heard of that D and her friends use for social and such.
I learned SMH this week. I had to ask young coworkers what it meant when my son wrote it in a text.
I also thought “alternative minimum tax” before I realized it meant “amount”. Am surprised the phone didn’t autocorrect it. I tried typing it into a text and it autocorrected “amt” to “ant”!
urbandictionary is your friend. 
As did I. I’ve never seen “amount” as an all-caps abbreviation.
Mine autocorrected to “Amy.”
Amy was another autocorrect option on mine too. But the phone selected “ant”. Hmmm… wonder if there is a message there…
The other day, DH got a text from our son and said, “What does ‘LMAO’ mean?” He’s a little behind (oops, no pun intended).
Just this week, I had to ask what “drag” and “leak” were. Drag means write a mean e-mail saying snarky things and leak is an album that comes out through the internet before the official release. Sometimes, I just say it flat out - what does ____ mean? Sometimes they just ignore that.
DW went emoji-crazy in texting after she found that keyboard on her phone. D18 told her to “stop it, no one uses emojis anymore”.
I am fully aware of Urban Dictionary. I am not ashamed to ask young colleagues these sorts of questions. I am fond of them, and they are happy to tell me. Besides, it’s quicker and more social to just ask.
It also took me awhile to figure out what AMT meant and Alternative Minimum Tax and ATM both came to mind. I try not to use all caps unless it’s an acronym and try to rarely use acronyms since I find them mostly confusing.
I just assumed you typo’ed ATM.
“Drag” to me means dressing up in the “opposite” sex’s clothing. Never heard of it in reference to emails.
If emojis are out, no one has told the younger people in my life.
Agree that have never heard of drag in any way other than post #14. I’m fond of emojis. ;))
The younger people in my life have educated me about the possibility of creatively combining common, innocuous emojis with interesting, R rated results.
I though AMT was referring to the cash machine at first.
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using emoji’s.
I hate acronyms! I am forever looking them up because I can’t remember what they represent. And so many acronyms have multiple uses, so then I have to figure out which use is intended.
I also was confused by AMT. I would have used “amt.” but then you might as well spell out the full word.
$$$$? Would have conveyed the question and may have caused less confusion.
When I see capital letters, I think acronyms, especially if is just a few. I try to limit abbreviations and acronyms to bare minimum to communicate as clearly as possible so there isn’t a lot of clarifying that has to go back and forth.