


I caved because I was sick and tired of logging onto Facebook or reading phone text messages from my French friends and not understanding what the hell they were saying.įor example, QDN is something I saw from time to time from one of my friends, which means “Quoi De Neuf” – “What’s new” in English. I resisted learning French texting abbreviations (sometimes referred to as “French texting slang”) for a long time.

The only way for you to understand this cryptic text messaging is to learn some. Why should you learn some French texting slang abbreviations?Įven if you never plan on texting in French or insist on using whole words rather than abbreviated words to communicate, like my husband, it doesn’t mean other people will do the same. Here are 20 common ones to get you started. If you live in France or have French friends you want to stay in touch with via Facebook, email or text message, try learning a few internet text message abbreviations. Let’s face it, texting or using text message abbreviations like LOL or ROLF to communicate is no longer restricted to totally cool hipster adults or tweens anymore.
