Texting is the new typing, which was the new stenography, which was the new longhand, which was the new stylus and clay tablet.

If you feel like you are still in the dark ages when it comes to texting, here are some familiar texting abbreviations that can be shared with your tribe.

ATD - at the doctor

BFF - best friend fell

BTW - bring the wheelchair

BYOT - bring your own teeth

FWIW - forgot where I was

GGPBL - gotta go, pacemaker battery low

GHA - got heartburn again

IMHO - is my hearing aid on?

LMDO - laughing my dentures out

LSHIPM - Laffed so hard I pooped myself

OMMR - on my massage recliner

ROFLACGU - rolling on floor laughing and can’t get up

NOMD - not on my diet

HWM - Have we met?