read something unnerving on sons facebook?

ciderwithrosie_2

Fuzzy_Duck wrote: »

Another one who has always known it to mean stab. If you have a look at it on Urban Dictionary, the general consensus is it means to stab or slash with a knife or sharp home made weapon.

I hope too it's just banter (as it does seem weird for someone on his friend's list to post a public threat!) but it might be best to mention it. Whilst he may not like the fact you've been looking at his Facebook he'll hopefully understand it's because you're concerned.

My boys and their peers in this area use the word 'rape' to mean you're going to lose/get stitched up - as in 'we got raped at football' - it's a horrible phrase to use, and I've urged them to think if they were having such a conversation on the bus .... eg.. 'Josh is gonna get raped at the weekend' what would people think, they might even report it to the police. They don't think anything of it though, it's just another slang word to them.

verytired

I have a feeling you lot are worrying over nothing here - I remember the case of an american mother who panickedly wrote to her local newspaper saying she thought her son was doing mind altering drugs. When they questioned her, she said she'd overheard a message from her son to his friend saying they were off to the local pool to check for "camel toads" and she thought he was licking them to get high lol

He's almost certainly just talking about games or joking.

Blackpool_Saver

Hideous isn't it, my son and his peers use these terrible words to, but like most things these days the words have been dumbed down so what we would have considered shocking is tame to them.........

jimbms

verytired wrote: »

I have a feeling you lot are worrying over nothing here - I remember the case of an american mother who panickedly wrote to her local newspaper saying she thought her son was doing mind altering drugs. When they questioned her, she said she'd overheard a message from her son to his friend saying they were off to the local pool to check for "camel toads" and she thought he was licking them to get high lol

He's almost certainly just talking about games or joking.

Hehehehehe class, mind you it would make him feel somewhat high licking them.

davetrousers

red_devil wrote: »

I just read on sons facebook the words your going to get shanked this weekend kid?

I am unnerved too by the person not knowing that they should say you're....

jcr16

i've never heard of the word until now. so no idea of any of the meaning's.

but i kinda imagine it prob meant is friendly banter way. as the person who posted on his wall would be a friend, otherwise why accept him on his account. and would someone really write i'm gonna stabshanked you this weekend on an fb page. as if anything happened to your son. it would be plain as day who guilty of it, so they would be self incrimating themselfs and the police would get them straight away.

Ettenna

verytired wrote: »

I have a feeling you lot are worrying over nothing here - I remember the case of an american mother who panickedly wrote to her local newspaper saying she thought her son was doing mind altering drugs. When they questioned her, she said she'd overheard a message from her son to his friend saying they were off to the local pool to check for "camel toads" and she thought he was licking them to get high lol

He's almost certainly just talking about games or joking.

He probably meant camel toes ie looking at lady bits :eek:

DVardysShadow

Mupette wrote: »

... Last year DS joined a group saying nasty things about a teacher at school, I told him to leave it or else he could get in trouble, he was made admin of the group, and the group creater left.

I gave DS a few days, still he was in this group, so i called the school and told them about this group, DS was hauled in, accused of setting the group up etc, almost cost him his place at school, they were ready to kick him out.

I told the school he did not create it, just stupid enough to join it, and with the IT team at school he had to log on to his account, the school contacted facebook to remove it too.

DS had a lucky escape, If i had not spotted it, he could of got into serious trouble with the school.

The only good side everyone one apart from DS used nasty swear words about this teacher, they all got in trouble apart from DS. although a swift telling off about the stupidity of joining such groups.

Poor show, dobbing him in to the school, rather than dealing with it yourself IMO. Lucky he did not just get expelled anyway after you dobbed him in.

lucylucky

a8amg wrote: »

I agree totally, It's a parents responsibility to monitor everything your child does... I do/did (he's 17 & half now) I've caught him out several times with his computer activity... Chat log in MSN messenger, Facebook... even going through his pockets reading anything he has, caught him with cigarettes. I do let him know that I monitor everything, and yes we do have a good relationship...... well I like it :D

A bit tricky that. Do you think I should get my DS fitted with GPS and a camera so I can monitor him all the time?

I know I am a bad parent. I let him go away with the school last week on a trip and I don't know what he did some of the time.

Better turn myself in to social services.:(

To the OP - If he knows you read his stuff, then just ask. Tell him what you think the word means, you will probably find that he thinks it means beaten.
I saw a definition online which suggested that it may mean beaten on a video game (Call of Duty was the example given)

dotstar24

shanked means stabbed.