A British cyber-safety company has been monitoring online interactions of more than 50,000 children and found that girls as young as the age of 10 are using coded words inspired by Nando’s .

SafeToNet screened more than 65 million texts since November and discovered the youngsters were using the most potentially explicit language.

The young girls used “PERi-PERi” to refer to a well-endowed man, while “coleslaw” meant the bit on the side.

Meanwhile, the term “wing roulette” is when a boy is passing a girl around among his friends, according to the findings.

Richard Pursey, founder and chief executive of the service, said: “We weren’t expecting to see that. We thought it would be more likely to be boys than girls and in the 12 to 13 age group.”

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The company monitored WhatsApp , Facebook Messenger, Instagram and Snapchat.

It looks for language of a sexual nature or abuse, along with conversations about suicide and self-harm.

Then it applies a threat level to each and 10-year-old girls were the most prominent in the category 3 of sexual references.

Richard added: “We don’t think it is as sinister as it seems. We think it is a rite of passage and is related to that rather than actual sexual activity.”

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The founder of the service found that the majority of sexual language appeared to be girls talking with large groups of other girls.

SafeToNet employs a team of linguists and psychologists to flag phrases which could potentially harmful.

And rapid short texts can indicate bullying or sexual dialogue.

Richard explained: “It is trying to educate the child in real time.”

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