RUA

What Does RUA Mean in a Text?

Love Language or Grooming Language?

Finding love has been an online activity for decades, and it has generated a huge glossary of dating terms. Worryingly, sexual predators have also taken to the internet to find their victims. If you are a parent, it is worth learning some of the jargon used by both lovers and groomers so you can make an informed judgement on which you are dealing with. Here is the term you're looking for:

RUA usually means "Are You Alone?"

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RUA can be a prelude to divulging a secret, stating something personal, or requesting something untoward. Of course, RUA could be an innocent question – after all we all tune our correspondence based on our audience. Nevertheless, RUA is a term that all parents of young children should know.

Image for RUA

When I write RUA, I mean this:

The image shows Gail Osborne from the 1978 thriller "Are You in the House Alone?"

Summary of Key Points

"Are You Alone?" is, by far, the most common meaning for RUA when it is used in a text. (Bear in mind that it could have another meaning if used in a different context.)

RUA
Definition:	Are You Alone?
Type:	Abbreviation
Guessability:	2: Quite easy to guess
Typical Users:	Adults and Teenagers

Example of RUA in a Sentence

Here is an example of RUA in a sentence:

Tony: Hello. It's me again. RUA?
Jordan: Yes.
Tony: Okay, shall I turn my webcam on?
Jordan: Okay.

An Academic Look at RUA

RUA is an initialism abbreviation. This means it is pronounced using its individual letters (i.e., Ar Yu Ay). Initialisms contrast with acronyms, which are spoken like words. RUA plays the role of an interrogative sentence (i.e., a question), but it is commonly seen without a question mark. In other words, it can be written "RUA?" or "RUA".