Abbreviations
People are using abbreviations more and more as time goes by thanks to social media and texting. It is hard to keep up with the terms so here is a short list of what the abbreviations mean.
| AFK | - | Away from Keyboard |
| ASAP | - | As Soon As Possible |
| B | - | be |
| BFN | - | Bye for now |
| B4N | Bye for now | |
| BAK | - | Back at keyboard |
| BBIAF | - | Be back in a few |
| BBL | - | Be Back Later |
| BBN | - | Bye Bye Now |
| BBS | - | Be Back Soon |
| BCNU | - | Be seeing you |
| BEG | - | Big Evil Grin |
| BF | - | Boy Friend |
| BFF | - | Best friend forever |
| BFFL | - | Best friends for life |
| BRB | - | Be Right Back |
| BTW | - | By The Way |
| BWL | - | Bursting With Laughter |
| BYOB | - | Bring your own Beer or Booze |
| C | - | See |
| C&G | - | Chuckle and Grin |
| CID | - | Crying In Disgrace |
| COZ | - | Because/Cousin |
| CUZ | - | Because/Cousin |
| CU | - | See you |
| CUL | - | See you later/Call you later |
| CSG | - | Chuckle Snicker Grin |
| CYA | - | See You |
| CYAL8R | - | See You All Later |
| DLTBBB | - | Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite |
| EG | - | Evil Grin |
| EZ | - | Easy |
| FYI | - | For Your Information |
| G2G | - | Got to Go |
| GTG | - | Get Together |
| GF | - | Girl Friend |
| GFN | - | Gone For Now |
| GMTA | - | Great Minds Think Alike |
| GTSY | - | Great To See You |
| H&K | - | Hugs and Kiss |
| HHIS | - | Hanging Head In Shame |
| HNY! | - | Happy New Year |
| H-VDAY! | - | Happy Valentines Day |
| H-MDAY! | - | Happy Mother's Day |
| H-4th | - | Happy 4th of July |
| H-HAL! | - | Happy Halloween |
| HT! | - | Happy Thanksgiving |
| HH! | - | Happy Hanukah |
| H-BDAY! | - | Happy Birthday |
| H-B! | - | Happy Birthday |
| H-A! | - | Happy Anniversary |
| IDC | - | I don't care |
| IDK | - | I don't know |
| IMHO | - | In my humble/honest opinion |
| IMNECTHO | - | In my not-even-close-to-humble opinion |
| IMNSHO | - | In my not so humble opinion |
| IMO | - | In my opinion |
| IC | - | I See |
| IWALU | - | I Will Always Love You |
| IWYWH | - | I wish you were here |
| JC | - | Just chilling |
| JK | - | Just kidding |
| JMO | - | Just My Opinion |
| JP | - | Just playing |
| JTLYK | - | Just To Let You Know |
| JW | - | Just wondering |
| K | - | Okay |
| KIT | - | Keep In Touch |
| KISS | - | Keep It Simple Stupid |
| KWIM | - | Know what I mean? |
| L8R | - | Later |
| LMHO | - | Laughing My Head Off |
| LAFFO | - | Laughing out loud |
| LHO | - | Laughing my head off |
| LMAO | - | Laugh(ing) my a-s off |
| LMSO | - | Laughing my socks off |
| LOL | - | Laughs Out Loud |
| LSHMBH | - | Laughing So Hard My Belly Hurts |
| LTS | - | Laughing to Self |
| LTNC | - | Long Time No See |
| LUWAMH | - | Love You With All My Heart |
| LQ2MS | - | Laughing quietly to myself |
| LQTS | - | Laughing quietly to self |
| LY | - | Love You |
| LUV | - | Love |
| LYA | - | Love You Always |
| MC! | - | Merry Christmas |
| MYOB | - | Mind your own business |
| N | - | And |
| NE1 | - | Anyone |
| NM | - | Not much/Nothing much/Never mind |
| NMU | - | Not much, you? |
| Noob | - | Newbie |
| OIC | - | Oh, I See |
| OMG | - | Oh my Gosh |
| OMFG | - | Oh my f------ Gosh |
| PDS | - | Please Don't Shout |
| PITA | - | Pain in the a-s |
| PLS | - | Please |
| PLZ | - | Please |
| PMFJI | - | Pardon Me For Jumpikng In |
| PlzKThx | - | Please. Okay? Thanks |
| PPL | - | People |
| QT | - | Cutie |
| R | - | Are |
| RUOK | - | Are you Okay? |
| ROFL | - | Rolling On Floor Laughing |
| RTSM | - | Read The Silly Manual |
| SETE | - | Smiling Ear To Ear |
| SWL | - | Screaming With Laughter |
| SYS | - | See You Soon |
| TAU | - | Thinking About Us |
| TOY | - | Thinking Of You |
| TTYT | - | Talk To You Tomorrow |
| TTFN | - | Ta Ta for now |
| TTYL | - | Talk to you later |
| TTYS | - | Talk to you soon |
| THNKS | - | Thanks |
| THNX | - | Thanks |
| THX | - | Thanks |
| TTLY | - | Totally |
| TY | - | Thank you |
| Y | - | Why |
| YR | - | Your/You're |
| TTYL | - | Talk To You Later |
| UW | - | You're welcome |
| U | - | You/How are you?/You do it. |
| UR | - | Your/You're |
| WKND | - | Weekend |
| WB | - | Welcome Back |
| WTG | - | Way To Go |
| WTH | - | Who The Heck |
| W/E | - | Whatever |
| W8 | - | Wait |
| WYSIWYG | - | What you see is what you get |
| XLNT | - | Excellent |
| YHMDB | - | You have million dollar booty |
| ZZZ | - | Sleeping/Bored/Tired |
| *g* | - | Giggle |
| *H* | - | Hug |
| *K* | - | Kiss |
| *W* | - | Wink |
| 1 | - | One/Won/Want |
| 2 | - | To/Too |
| 2day | - | Today |
| 2moro | - | Tomorrow |
| 2nite | - | Tonight |
| 4 | - | For |
For information on doing smiley faces in
chats, emails and other forms of communication,
click here.
For information on doing symbols using the ALT key,
click here.
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