'Snow' is drugs and 'salad' equals sex: Do you have any idea what the words in your teenagers's texts mean?

Police urge parents to understand the code words their children use
'Netflix and chill' means sex, '8' means oral sex, 'Betty' means cocaine

By MIA DE GRAAF FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 19:07 GMT, 6 November 2015 | UPDATED: 22:23 GMT, 6 November 2015

Salad and Netflix may seem like innocuous words.

But in fact they are both code for sex that teenagers use to 'KPC' (keep parents clueless).

Slang is nothing new - young people have been secretive about drugs, parties, and sex for decades.

However, police are urging parents to read up on the latest - and incredibly creative - terms.

Police are urging parents to read up on the latest - and incredibly creative - terms their kids use online

'Snow' is used as a synonym for drugs, and 'robotrippin' means 'doing drugs'.

Marijuana takes the code name 420, while cocaine can be described using a number of women's names including Angie, Betty, Aunt Nora, and Carrie.

Parents whose teenagers plan to 'watch Netflix and chill' with someone may not realize that is code for sex.

So too, bizarrely, is the word 'salad'.

And the number '8' means 'oral sex'.

Online and over text, people use acronyms such as GNOC (get naked on camera), GYPO (get your pants off), and IWSN (I want sex now).

Though most parents would be hard-pushed to translate any of these slang terms, teenagers also use acronyms such as MOS (mom over shoulder) and P911 (parent alert).

CRACK THE CODE: WHAT THESE SLANG TERMS REALLY MEAN

GNOC (get naked on camera)

Broken (hungover)

Snow (drugs)

Robotrippin (doing drugs)

KPC (keep parents clueless)

Netflix and chill (sex)

Salad (sex)

420 (marijuana)

GYPO (get your pants off)

IWSN (I want sex now)

MOS (mom over shoulder)

P911 (parent alert)

PIR (parent in room)

Zerg (to gang up on someone)

Police officers around the country are constantly familiarizing themselves with new words in order to deconstruct texts, emails and Facebook messages in cases involving drugs, sex, sex with a minor, and alcohol.

'There are horrendous crimes that are discussed on social media,' Officer Vernon Dozier of Norfollk police, Virginia, told ABC 13.

'But to a parent who doesn't understand these code words that they use, they'll just look at it like it's just normal jibber jab that kids are just talking on social media, but it has a bigger meaning to it.

'It needs to be addressed immediately.'

Understanding the secret codes and abbreviations young people use to chat about sex, drugs and alcohol on social media

NORFOLK, Va. (WVEC) -- When your kids first learn the alphabet and learn how to count, it's cute.

When they turn into teenagers, it can be a nightmare online.

"I try to tell parents to monitor social media as often as I can, because I don't think they understand the magnitude of it," said Norfolk police officer Vernon Dozier.

Young people are speaking a totally different language thanks to codes and abbreviations meant to "KPC," which stands for "keep parents clueless."

"If they disguise things to their parents' eyes, their parents would be like, 'OK, maybe they're just talking fun talk," said Officer Dozier. "But to us, we know it's different."

Kids use words and numbers you would think are perfectly fine, but may take on darker meanings to teens, as illustrated in several online slang dictionaries.

One widely known catchphrase involves Netflix. When you see "Netflix and Chill" in a chat, that's code for sex. So is the word "salad."

Some code words are slang for risque behavior, like "GNOC" (get naked on camera). Some are used to talk about alcohol and drugs, like "broken" (hungover), and "snow" and "robotripping" (doing drugs).

Numbers are used, too: "8" (oral sex), "9" or "CD9/Code 9" (parents are around).

Officer Dozier says he's also seen this code language while investigating crimes involving young people, like when warrants are served for their phone records.

"There are horrendous crimes that are discussed on social media," said Officer Dozier. "But to a parent who doesn't understand these code words that they use, they'll just look at it like it's just normal jibber jab that kids are just talking on social media, but it has a bigger meaning to it."

Officer Dozier is also concerned that some child predators are trying to learn this lingo to reach children online as well; another reason why he says parents need to know this too.

It's clear we've gone way passed the days of LOL.

"(This is a) very important issue," said Officer Dozier, "It needs to be addressed immediately."

Here are some more examples of internet slang from various online sources:

1174 = Nude club

420 = marijuana

GYPO = Get your pants off

IWSN = I Want Sex Now

MOS = Mom Over Shoulder

P911 = Parent Alert

PIR = Parent In Room

PAW = Parents are Watching

PAL = Parents are Listening or Peace and Love

zerg = To Gang Up on Someone

WYRN =What's Your Real Name?

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