# Senior Texting Code

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senior-texting-code/574507>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 13, 2011, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senior-texting-code/574507 "2011-03-13T06:26:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senior-texting-code/574507/1 "2011-03-13T06:26:41Z")

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For my fellow-senior-citizens, here’s a handy guide to STC (Senior Texting Code), to save wear-and-tear on your arthritic fingers:

ATD: At The Doctor’s

BFF: Best Friend Fell

BTW: Bring The Wheelchair

BYOT: Bring Your Own Teeth

CBM: Covered By Medicare

CUATSC: See You At The Senior Center

DWI: Driving While Incontinent

FWB: Friend With Beta Blockers

FWIW: Forgot Where I Was

FYI: Found Your Insulin

GGPBL: Gotta Go, Pacemaker Battery Low!

GHA: Got Heartburn Again

HGBM: Had Good Bowel Movement

IMHO: Is My Hearing-Aid On?

LMDO: Laughing My Dentures Out

LOL: Living On Lipitor

OMMR: On My Massage Recliner

OMSG: Oh My! Sorry, Gas.

ROFL… CGU: Rolling On The Floor Laughing… And Can’t Get Up

SGGP: Sorry, Gotta Go Poop

TTYL: Talk To You Louder–

WAITT: Who Am I Talking To?

WTP: Where’s The Prunes?

WWNO: Walker Wheels Need Oil

GGLKI (Gotta Go, Laxative Kicking In)

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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senior-texting-code/574507/2 "2011-03-13T10:45:14Z")

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I love WAITT!!! Made me laugh aloud.

I’m old, but I don’t text. This might push me to try it! 😃

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**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senior-texting-code/574507/3 "2011-03-13T13:39:36Z")

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Gosh, I need GHA to use for myself. Very useful.

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**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senior-texting-code/574507/4 "2011-03-13T21:44:11Z")

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For the middle-aged but gettin’ there:

ROTLZ: Rockin’ out to Led Zeppelin. Stairway! Wooo!

CQVC: Checking QVC - The Denim Co. is having a spring sale!

CFUAB: Computer froze up again, bye. (followed by phone call to someone younger to walk me through this thing again)

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**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senior-texting-code/574507/5 "2011-03-14T01:21:52Z")

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> [@salinqmind](#):
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> For the middle-aged but gettin’ there:
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> ROTLZ: Rockin’ out to Led Zeppelin. Stairway! Wooo!

Shouldn’t that be ROTLS: Rockin’ out to Lynard Skynard? FREEBIRD! Woohoo!

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**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senior-texting-code/574507/6 "2011-03-14T14:23:39Z")

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> [@faithfool](#):
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> Shouldn’t that be ROTLS: Rockin’ out to Lynard Skynard? FREEBIRD! Woohoo!

Oh, yeah! Feel free to substitute any Music of Your Life.