Like, Scott Ritter never had a chance
Phuong Ly at the Washington Post amuses with Teens tutor FBI in cyber-slang:

As undercover assignments go, posing as a teenage girl online to catch pedophiles has its share of challenges for the typical FBI agent. Should he ever capitalize words in instant messages? Is it okay to say you buy your clothes at 5-7-9? And what about Justin Timberlake? Is he still hot or is he so two years ago?

For those investigative details, the FBI calls on Karen, Mary and Kristin — Howard County eighth-graders and best friends.

During the past year, the three have been teaching agents across the country how to communicate just like teenage girls, complete with written quizzes on celebrity gossip and clothing trends and assigned reading in Teen People and YM magazines. The first time the girls gave a quiz, all the agents failed.

“They, like, don’t know anything,” said Mary, 14, giggling.

“They’re, like, do you like Michael Jackson?” said Karen, 14, rolling her eyes at just how out of it adults can be.
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The girls were recruited after one of their fathers, an agent involved in the pedophile investigations, watched her instant messaging a friend and couldn’t understand what she was typing. He realized that FBI training wasn’t enough.
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One agent kept insisting that he was right when he answered on a quiz that Justin Timberlake was more popular than Destiny’s Child. Another was miffed when the girls told the class that Led Zeppelin was just not cool. Some kept wondering why “l2m” in instant messaging couldn’t be “love to meet,” instead of “listen to music.”

And the younger female FBI agents assumed that teenage girls would think actor George Clooney is cute.

“We’re, like, no,” said Mary, making a face.

“He’s, like, 50,” Karen exclaimed.

More pop culture by following the link. All of which reminds me of an item I saw on Gizmodo - Teenagers, cellphones, and the new digital divide:

Incredibly obvious story in Wired News about a new study on how teenagers, surprise, surprise, are using cellphones as yet another way to form cliques and exclude the uncool.
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It's the same as what's happening with AOL Instant Messenger, which is a huge part of how teens socialize after school. If you aren't on AIM, you're probably not going to be a part of the social world of a teen who spends their afternoons that way.

Whatever happened to the malt shop?