Teenagers on social networking site Bebo have created a secret language to stop adults knowing what they are up to, researchers say.
研究人员表示,青少年在社交网站Bebo上创造出一种让大人看不懂他们想干什么,而只有他们自己能明白的秘密语言。
Youngsters are using slang words to keep parents and employers in the dark about their social activities such as partying and drinking.
青少年创造出这种新式表达方式,是为了不让父母和雇主看懂他们在网上发起的聚会和喝酒之类的活动。
Instead of writing they are drunk, teens post "Getting MWI"--or mad with it.
如果要说自己喝醉了,他们不说"getting drunk",而是说"getting MWI",或者"mad with it"。