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If Your Kid Messages 'Pir' To Someone, They Probably Don't Want You To See

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30.09.2025

When you’re raising tweens and teens, it can be a real struggle to keep up with their ever-changing lingo.

For the last few (actually, many) weeks everything’s been “six-seven”, this week it’s “let’s get sendy” and, honestly, who knows what will come next?

We’ve already tried to decode what popular teen slang means, including when kids say something’s “washed” or “chopped”.

You might find your son or daughter is calling everyone and everything “chat” or constantly banging on about their “aura”.

And then there are the acronyms – of which there are oh-so-many: PMO (piss me off), SYBAU (shut your b**** ass up), TS (this sh**), ATP (at this point) – the list goes on and on.

There are some that should raise alarm bells, too. Like

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