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This is probably universal, but my kids often text me with one letter to let me know we're all in agreement:

K

So while not that unusual or anything but
I've been trying to quit cursing for years as I work with kids and it just isn't cool professionally, so instead I use filler words like "oh, SNAP!" being my fav. It usually gets a laugh and I don't negatively influence anyone.

LOL... my niece and I use it as Laugh Out Loud but my mother-in-law uses it as Lots of Love, which can get awful confusing. As could be Lots of Luck. <3 :)

My most random "slang" term is "doop."

It's short for "doop shootz" which is obviously a variant of a term I can't use in front of my pre-schooler.

I spend half the day telling her "not to say that" anyway. . . . :)

Our most-used texting acronym is rofl.

Cheryl S.

Acronym: ROTFLMAO
Slang: Holy Freak.
Okay, they're sayings my characters use, but I've caught myself saying Holy Freak a lot now. ;)

In Texting we use lol, 2, and ttfn a lot.
And in IMing we use rofl a lot.

Rachel R.
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I don't really use shortened words or anything when I text, because it annoys me... I even use commas and everything when I text. :p I'm such an English nerd. The only one I use is lol.

But, anyway, my friends use ttfn (ta ta for now), jk (just kidding). Those are the two main ones. I can't not stand them doing this, though, and I let them know... maybe that's why they haven't been using them lately? haha. :)

hope.

My GF's and I use
SN2SH
when talking about rotten guys.
It means 'Somebody Needs to Slap Him'.

I'm not sure it's slang or anything, but it really bugs my dad!

Awesome, totally, and random.

~Meredith
rosesaremyfavorite at hotmail dot com

I have a deep hatred for slang in texting, but the one thing I do use sometimes (I'm gonna go with Tina on this one) is K!

a lot of times me and my friends use is "oh shiz!" we use it instead of saying oh shi*

I'm similar to Nikki, I don't like using bad words. What I do is substitute silly words for the bad ones it's pretty fun and actually catchy hehe I've gotten a LOT of my friends to say fudge brownies instead of the other word haha it's pretty interesting hehe

I would usually say holy poop and the acronym we used most often would be brb, nvm, lol and all that good stuff!

DFTBA- Don't Forget to be Awesome!

<3 (love)
Christina

CYNA Could You Not Abbreviate, because my friend and I always get emails with so many abbreviations it can't be deciphered. So for all you hypocrites out there, CYNA!

Overused acronym: 2c4u (too cool for you)
Favorite slang word: fosho (for sure)
Haha both of these words get used a LOT at my school! Love your books Simone :)

My mom sister and I always use "defily"(don't ever forget i love you) to say good by to eachother. It means alot to us because my sister is not living with us at home anymore and we miss her. So "defily" which sounds like deaf with -ly tagged onto the end of it is our way of saying "love you".

the only one i can think of right now is the one i just used, ngl: not gonna lie.

I'm going to hope this counts because I'm a dork and don't use really any texting stuff (my mother uses more than I do)...but I do use bc or b/c a lot for because--probably because I use that in writing, too :)

-Lucil

Slang: Slog. As in, I slog, you slog, he she it slogs.

Ex: I'm totally slogging in algebra.

Acronym: TSB: A creation of my two best friends and I, standing for That's So Britney. We use it whenever one of the guys in our school shaves his head, like Brit did while so was having a little breakdown.

-J.T.

I use "no manches" a lot. I picked it up when I was on exchange to Mexico. Depending on the context it can mean different things, but I guess the best way to describe it is to tell someone to stop kidding around or to show disbelief or surprise.

I love everything that you are giving away. The es un libro shirt is so fun.

My friends and I love reading British books so we picked up the word uber and haven't been able to stop saying it! so uber would be me slang lolz!

Nay-nay

my sister and I say BRB whenever we leave a room. we even have our Mom saying it when she is going somewhere. BRB!
and I will because I always come back to this blog!

I use TTYL for texting and emailing, and ROFL and LOL alot also in both of those. I am pretty new to texting, but with teens it's a necessity, so I'd better get used to it!

Oooh, it's hard to pick just one.
Between my bff and I, the most used chatspk is probably "ILUBB" which is basically "I love ya babe or baby"

We usually use it after an inside joke. (LOL jk; ilubb <3)

I use PEACE for texting and emailing.


Peace
Doxys

"Down low" as in, don't tell anyone keep it on the down low.

Also, instead of saying "I'm not up for that" or "I'm not down with that", we say I'm not jiggy with that."

Yeah, we are that dumb. :-)

Okay,, I don't get half of what people are writing here :S, but anyway, my sister and I started to use this code word for "gay". Instead of saying it out loud we started saying Greg-Adam. And now my whole family uses it and all of my friends... =P

i end up always using the acronym LOL at least once ina chat conve.

We use lol.

Me and my best friend love reading and writing, so we talk in random literary jargon, constantly throwing around terms like "Mary Sue" and "muse" and "nanoism" while people give us strange looks of confusion.

And I don't really send text messages, but when I'm online I someimes use lol, omg, and smileys :). I also tend to put things in *asterisks*.

paradoxrevealed (at) aim (dot) com

lqtm
laughing quietly to myself...p.s. you're coming to my school..Fremd on Tues,Feb 24..im so psyched..im begging my Spanish teacher to take my class to see you..i think i might persuade her by showing her that video of Perfect Chemistry that you created for your latest book..it has some Espanol in it.

I wish my lips would be a lil bit plumber, just a lil bit. My lips are thin and people here say whoever has thin lips is talkative.

And I agree with you, Hayden Panettiere looks so much like the model in the cover of Perfect Chemistry!

What a fun post! I agree that the girl on the cover of of my book has terrific lips! It has already led readers to ask me about the lipstick AND if I knew the model!

One thing I've noticed about Hayden and Kristen (who I agree, are gorgeous without big lips) is that they both have what I'd call prominent lips that curl a bit at the top. So maybe it's not size as much as distinction!

I have never thought about my lips one way or another, but wouldn't want them blown out of proportion. In fact, in TOP TEN USES FOR AN UNWORN PROM DRESS, one character is referred to as having "trout lips," and readers seemed to know that meant overstuffed collagen lips!

I love my lips. Those and my eyes are my favorite features. And yeah, they are full. Maybe not quite Angelina full, but close. And my eyes are almost black. Now if I could just love the rest of me as much. :)

My lips are pretty full but sometimes I still try to use plumper, I don't know why because then they look huge. All in all I'm pretty happy.

I like my lips. They aren't too big or too small, but they do have what my mom calls that "tulip" look. You know, those lips with the very defined curves on the top lip. I'd use a plumping cosmetic maybe, as long as it didn't make them feel too weird... I hear they feel tingly.

What does annoy me about my lips though is that they are constantly dry! Summer, winter, lip balm, no lip balm.... I can't win!

my lips are fine just the way they are at least thats what I think. :)

I like my lips the way they are. Being short I love the fact that I can be comfertable with other parts of me than my hight. Oh Simone you visited my school in South Carolina about a week or week and a half ago. I loved your book Perfect Chemistry!

Oh, I'm so glad you liked Perfect Chemistry! Thanks for reading it and commenting!

I think Hayden would be a great model for Brittany...I loved Perfect Chemistry! I hope it gets made into a movie or something...

Congratulations, Simone!!! And I particularly liked the making of video...so much fun!

And everybody, keep coming back all week as the Buzz Girls continue to celebrate PERFECT CHEMISTRY's release!

I've never really had a thing for bad boys. I've always liked the really nice, straight edge kind of guys. What can I say? I'm a goodie-goodie.

Of course, the Shane character in A Walk To Remember was very cute, but he was only a slight bad boy at the start and he was reformed by the end!

I've never gone for the bad boy either, that I consciously am aware of...however, there is something about them, right?

CONGRATS on the book release, Simone! Sooooo proud of you!!!

Oh, you look gorgeous! (Well, okay, not quite as much in that junior high one...but NO ONE looks good in junior high. :-)

How positively adorable were you???? = )

Not meaning "were" - cause you're still adorable!! = )

I love these pics, Simone. You look great with straight or curly hair. I have to get perms just to have any curl or body in my hair. I hate them but it is a necessary evil. ;)

I remember the full eyebrow being a trend (started by teen model Brook Shields). Magazines even had tips on how to gel and brush them up to make them look fuller. You remain blameless and adorable!

Beautiful pictures...and I particularly like your college shot with the straight hair, but that's a lot of hard work for us naturally curly people, huh?

This is amazing, Simone. You still look exactly like your senior picture! (In a good way ... your look is classic.) How cool is that?

I wish my face was as thin now as it was back then. Back to working out now...

A lot of the hairstyles you have are in! Even the perm! Cool Blog! Oh and I never adopted a dog but I did get a dog from a vetenarian place in New Jersey. It is a Chinese Shar-Pei and it is a girl and her name is Cuddles my sister named her when we were in 2nd grade now i am in 8th grade and I have had her for about 7 years now and she is 6 years old. she is cute! Also your dog is cute too!

~Susan Your Biggest Fan Ever!

Hey, Simone, beautiful, and I can't wait to hear about the video!

That's cool Nice Hair Extensions. Can't wait for the book trailer.

That's cool Nice Hair Extensions Can't wait for the book trailer!

~Susan

They look great, Simone. Can't wait to see the trailer. :)

A friend of mine had them, and when she tired of them, she had them removed but attached little clips to them so she can put them back in whenever she wants!
You look great-- and I can't wait to see the video!

How awesome!!! Did they come pre-curled? How does that work? Love the pic, hon!!

I got hair extensions when I got married 2 yrs ago. I was calling it my Beyonce Hair. Now, I have braids. I like them because I don't have to worry about styling it every day. I can just get up, brush/comb the ends (it's braided on top and straight on the ends) and go. I love it! I'd do braids all the time but it can get expensive.

I an Queen of Hair Extensions. hehe. I get them put in like twice a year, at least, mine are braided in though. I actually have some in right now, and October 29th will make them 3months old. hehe. I should be taking them out after then though cause it's starting to look old. It looks something like this.
http://hair.lovetoknow.com/images/Hair/b/b4/Braidstyle2.jpg

=)
TruBl

OMG! Simone, those are awesome! Good luck with the filming.

Heath

yeah, they do come pre-curled! You can straighten them with a straightener when you want straight hair, too!

Hahahaha interesting to see this review, because you, Trisha, had a similar response to LEAVING PARADISE to mine, so I figure we’ll probably agree on this one, too. That remains to be see!

Steph

Wow. Quite the review. I may have to check this one out and see if I love it despite the overwroughtness.

This book defines guilty pleasure for me. Really looking forward to seeing what others have to say. (Yes, that means you Steph!)

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