Text-speak for the over-50s

As quoted in the Daily Telegraph:-

The young have their own shorthand for text messaging like LOL – Laugh Out Loud – and OMG – Oh My Gosh.

So, former Tory MEP David Campbell-Bannerman, known as DCB, has posted some timely text-speak for the busy over-50s.

ATD is sent by someone At The Doctor

BFF means they are at their Best Friend’s Funeral

while BTW is a request to Bring the Wheelchair

FWIW is Forgot Where I Was

GGPBL is Gotta Go, Pacemaker Battery Low

TFT is Texting From Toilet

NAW – Need A Wee

I think it is time to PKO (Put Kettle On)…