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Abbreviation Meaning
ADN Any day now
AFAIK As far as I know
AFK Away from keyboard
ARE Acronym-rich environment
A/S/L? Age/sex/location?
B4N Bye for now
BAK Back at the keyboard
BBIAB Be back in a bit
BBL Be back later
BEG Big evil grin
BFD Big f***ing deal
BFN Bye for now
BG Big grin
BIOYIOP Blow it out your I/O port
BL Belly laughing
BOTEC Back-of-the-envelope calculation
BRB Be right back
BTA But then again...
BTW By the way
BWL Burst With Laughter
BWTHDIK But what the heck do I know...?
CU See you
CUL See you later
CUL8ER See you later
CYA Cover your ass
CYO See you online
DBA Doing business as
DFLA Disenhanced four-letter acronym (that is, a TLA)
DL Dead link
DIKU Do I know you?
DITYID Did I tell you I'm distressed?
DQMOT Don't quote me on this
EG Evil grin
EMFBI Excuse me for butting in
EOM End of message
EOT End of thread (meaning: end of discussion)
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ETLA Extended three-letter acronym (that is, an FLA)
F2F Face to face
FAQ Frequently-ask question(s)
FISH First in, still here
FLA Four-letter acronym
FMTYEWTK Far more than you ever wanted to know
FOMCL Falling off my chair laughing
FUBAR F***ed up beyond all repair or recognition
FUD Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
FWIW For what it's worth
FYI For your information
G Grin
G2G Got to go
GA Go ahead
GAL Get a life
GD&R Grinning, ducking, and running
GIWIST Gee, I wish I'd said that
GMTA Great minds think alike
GOL Giggling out loud
GTRM Going to read mail
HTH Hope this helps
IAC In any case
IANAL I am not a lawyer (but)
IC I see
IDK I don't know
IHA I hate acronyms
IIRC If I recall/remember/recollect correctly
ILU or ILY I love you
IM Immediate/Instant message
IMHO In my humble opinion
IMing Chatting with someone online usually while doing other thingssuch as playing trivia or other interactive game
IMNSHO In my not so humble opinion
IMO In my opinion
IOW In other words
IPN I'm posting naked
IRL In real life
IYSWIM If you see what I mean
JBODJust a bunch of disks (like redundant array of independent disks,
etc.)
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JIC Just in case
JK Just kidding
KOTC Kiss on the cheek
KWIM? Know what I mean?
L8R Later
LD Later, dude
LDR Long-distance relationship
LLTA Lots and lots of thunderous applause
LMAO Laugh(ing) My Ass Off
LMLYG Let Me Let You Go
LOL Laugh(ing) Out Loud
LRFLittle Rubber Feet (the little pads on the bottom of displays andother equipment)
LTM Laugh to myself
LTR Long-term relationship
LULAB Love you like a brother
LULAS Love you like a sister
MorF Male or female
MOSS Member of the same sex
MOTOS Member of the opposite sex
MUSM Miss you so much
NM Not much
NFG No f*****g good
NFW No feasible way or no f*****g way
NIFOC Naked in front of computer
NP or N/P No problem
NRN No response necessary
OIC Oh, I see
OLL Online love
OTF Off the floor
OTOH On the other hand
OTTOMH Off the top of my head
PANS Pretty awesome new stuff (as opposed to "POTS")
PCMCIA People can't master computer industry acronyms
PDA Public display of affection
PEBCAK Problem exists between chair and keyboard
PIBKAC Problem is between keyboard and chair
PITA Pain in the ass
PMFJIB Pardon me for jumping in but...
::POOF:: Goodbye (leaving the room)
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POS Parent over shoulder (change the topic)
POTS Plain old telephone service
PU That stinks!
RL Real life (that is, when not chatting)
ROR Raffing out roud (Engrish for "laughing out loud")
ROTFL Rolling on the floor laughing
ROTFLMAO Rolling on the floor laughing my a** off
ROTFLMAOWPIMP Rolling on the floor laughing my a** off while peeing in mypants
ROTFLMBO Rolling on the floor laughing my butt off
RPG Role-playing games
RSN Real soon now
RTFM Read the f***ing manual
RYORoll your own (write your own program; derived from cigarettesrolled yourself with tobacco and paper)
S4LSpam for life (what you may get when you become someone'scustomer or client)
SHCOON Shoot hot coffee out of nose
SEG S***-eating grin
SF Surfer-friendly (low-graphics Web site)
SNAFU Situation normal, all f***ed up
SO Significant other
SOHF Sense of humor failure
SOL Smilling out loud or sh*t out of luck
SOMY Sick of me yet?
STFW Search the f*****g Web
STW Search the Web
SWAG Stupid wild-a** guess
TAFN That's all for now
TANSTAAFL There ain't no such thing as a free lunch
TFH Thread from hell (a discussion that just won't die and is often
irrelevant to the purpose of the forum or group)
TGIF Thank God it's Friday
THX Thanks
TIAThanks in advance (used if you post a question and areexpecting a helpful reply)
TLA Three-letter acronym
TLK2UL8R Talk to you later
TMI Too much information
TOPCA Til our paths cross again (early Celtic chat term)
TPTB The powers that be
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TTFN Ta-Ta for now
TTTThought that, too (when someone types in what you were aboutto type)
TTYL Talk to you later
TU Thank you
UAPITA You're a pain in the ass
UW You're welcome
VBG Very big grin
VBSEG Very big s***-eating grin
WDALYIC Who died and left you in charge?
WFM Works for me
WIBNI Wouldn't it be nice if
WRT With respect to
WT? What/who the ?
WTFO What the F***! Over!
WTG Way to go!
WTGP? Want to go private?
WU? What's up?
WUF? Where are you from?
WYSIWYG What you see is what you get
YGBSM You gotta be s***tin' me!
YMMV Your mileage may vary.
YMIA You're welcome in advance
AFAIK= As Far As I KnowAFK= Away From Keyboard
ASAP= As Soon As PossibleBAS= Big A$$ SmileBBL= Be Back LaterBBN= Bye Bye NowBBS= Be Back SoonBEG= Big Evil Grin
BF= BoyfriendBIBO= Beer In, Beer OutBRB= Be Right Back
BTW= By The Way
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BWL= Bursting With LaughterC&G= Chuckle and Grin
CICO= Coffee In, Coffee Out
CID= Crying In DisgraceCNP= Continued (in my) Next Post
CP= Chat Post(a chat message)CRBT= Crying Real Big Tears
CSG= Chuckle Snicker GrinCYA= See You (Seeya)
CYAL8R= See You Later (Seeyalata)
DLTBBB= Don't Let The Bed Bugs BiteEG= Evil Grin
EMSG= Email MessageFC= Fingers Crossed
FTBOMH= From The Bottom Of My HeartFYI= For Your Information
FWIW= For What It's Worth
GAL= Get A LifeGF= GirlfriendGFN= Gone For Now
GMBA= Giggling My Butt OffGMTA= Great Minds Think AlikeGTSY= Glad To See YouH&K= Hug and Kiss
HABU= Have A Better 'UnHAGN= Have A Good NightHAGU= Have A Good 'UnHHIS= Hanging Head in ShameHUB= Head Up ButtIAE= In Any Event
IC= I SeeIGP=
I Gotta PeeIMNSHO= In My Not So Humble Opinion
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IMO= In My OpinionIMCO= In My Considered OpinionIMHO= In My Humble Opinion
IOW= In Other WordsIRL= In Real Life
IWALU= I Will Always Love YouJMO= Just My Opinion
JTLYK= Just To Let You KnowKIT= Keep In Touch
KOC= Kiss On Cheek
KOL= Kiss On LipsL8R= Later
L8R G8R= Later 'GaterLHM= Lord Help MeLHO= Laughing Head OffLHU= Lord Help Us
LMAO= Laughing My A$$ Off
LMSO= Laughing My Socks OffLOL= Laugh Out Loud
LSHMBB=Laughing So Hard My Belly isBouncing
LSHMBH= Laughing So Hard My Belly Hurts
LSHTTARDML=Laughing So Hard The Tears AreRunning Down My Leg
LTNS=
Long Time No SeeLTS= Laughing To SelfLUWAMH= Love You With All My Heart
LY= Love YaMTF= More To FollowNRN= No Reply Necessary
NADT= Not A Darn ThingOIC= Oh, I SeeOL= Old Lady (significant other)
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OM= Old Man (significant other)OTOH= On The Other Hand
OTTOMH= Off The Top of My Head
PDS= Please Don't ShootPITA= Pain In The A$$
PM= Private MessagePMFJI= Pardon Me For Jumping In
PMP= Peed My PantsPOAHF= Put On A Happy Face
QSL= Reply
QSO= ConversationQT= Cutie
ROFL= Rolling On Floor LaughingROFLAPMP= ROFL And Peeing My PantsROFLMAO= ROFL My A$$ Off
ROFLMAOAY= ROFLMAO At YouROFLMAOWTIME = ROFLMAO With Tears In My Eyes
ROFLUTSROFL= Unable to SpeakRTFM= Read The F****** Manual!SETE= Smiling Ear To EarSHID= Slaps Head In Disgust
SNERT= Snot-Nosed Egotistical Rude TeenagerSO= Significant Other
SOT= Short Of Time
SOTMG= Short Of Time Must GoSWAK= Sealed With A KissSWAS= Scientific Wild A$$ Guess
SWL= Screaming with LaughterSYS= See You SoonTA= Thanks Again
TGIF= Thank God It's FridayTCOY= Take Care Of YourselfTILII= Tell It Like It Is
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TNT= Till Next TimeTOY= Thinking Of You
TTFN= Ta Ta For Now
TTYL= Talk To You LaterWAS= Wild A$$ Guess
WB= Welcome Back
WTH=What/Who The Heck (or sub an 'F' forthe 'H')
YBS= You'll Be SorryYG= Young Gentleman
YL= Young LadyYM= Young Man
:-|= Ambivalento:-)= Angelic>:-(= Angry
|-I= Asleep(::()::)= Bandaid
:-{}= Blowing a Kiss\-o = Bored:-c= Bummed Out|C|= Can of Coke|P|= Can of Pepsi:( )= Can't Stop Talking:*)= Clowning
:'= Crying:'-)= Crying with Joy:'-(= Crying Sadly:-9= Delicious, Yummy:->= Devilish;->= Devilish Wink:P= Disgusted (sticking out tongue)
:*)=
Drunk:-6 = Exhausted, Wiped Out
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:(= Frown\~/= Full Glass\_/= Glass (drink)
^5= High Five{{{name}}}= Hug (cyber hug)
{{{{{{name}}}}}}= Hug (warm cyber hug){{ }}:**= Hugs and Kisses
:-I= Indifferent:-#= Lips are Sealed:~/= Mixed Up
:-O= Mouth Open (Surprised or Shocked)(_)= Mug (coffee, beer)
@[_]~~= Mug of HOT Coffee or Tea****= Popcorn
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??= hiding, staring in the dark.{\o/}= angel
~~= wink
:-------)= Viagra smile
*poof* has left the chat^5 High 520 Location73 Best Regards88 Love and Kisses100 Nature Calls/Pit Stop404 I have no clue (what you get when you enter a wrongURL)12345 Talk About SchoolA/S/L? Age/Sex/Location?ADN Any Day NowAFAIK As Far As I KnowAFK Away From KeyboardAKA Also Known AsASAP As Soon As PossibleB4 BeforeB4N Bye For NowBAS Big A** SmileBBL Be Back LaterBBN Bye Bye NowBBS Be Back SoonBCNU Bee Seeing YouBIBO Beer In, Beer OutBD Big DealBF BoyfriendBFN Bye For NowBIBO Beer In, Beer OutBL Belly LaughBMGWL Busting My Gut With LaughterBRB Be Right BackBTDT Been There, Done ThatBTW By The WayBWL Bursting With LaughterC&G Chuckle and GrinCICO Coffee In, Coffee OutCID Crying In Disgrace
CNP... Continued (in my) Next PostCP Chat Post(a chat message)CRBT Crying Real Big TearsCSG Chuckle Snicker GrinCU See YouCYA See You (Seeya)CYAL8R See You Later (Seeyalata)DLTBBB Don't Let The Bed Bugs BiteDOM Dirty Old ManDOS Dozing Off SoonDTRT Do The Right ThingDWB Don't Write BackDWPKOTL Deep Wet Passionate Kissed On The Lips
EG Evil GrinEMSG Email Message
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ES Enough SaidF2F Face To FaceFC Fingers CrossedFTBOMH From The Bottom Of My HeartFOZ From Autralia (aka OZ)FOCL Falls Off Chair Laughing
FUBAR Fouled Up Beyond All RecognitionFYI For Your InformationFWIW For What It's WorthG GrinGAL Get A LifeGF GirlfriendGFN Gone For NowGGP Gotta Go PeeGL Good LuckGM Good MorningGMAB Give Me A BreakGMBO Giggling My Butt OffGMTA Great Minds Think Alike
GN Good NightGNSTDLTBBB Good Night, Sleep Tight, Don't Let The Bed BugsBiteGR8 GreatGTG Got To GoGTSY Glad To See YouH&K Hug and KissHABU Have A Better 'UnHAGN Have A Good NightHAGU Have A Good 'UnHAND Have A Nice DayHHIS Hanging Head in ShameHI LaughterHIG How's It GoingHT Hi ThereHUB Head Up ButtIAE In Any EventIC I SeeIGP I Gotta PeeILY I Love YouIMNSHO In My Not So Humble OpinionIMO In My OpinionIMCO In My Considered OpinionIMHO In My Humble OpinionIMS I'm SorryIOW In Other WordsIRL In Real LifeITIGBS I Think I'm Gonna Be SickIWALU I Will Always Love YouJ4G Just For GrinsJAM Just A MinuteJK Just KiddingJMO Just My OpinionJTLYK Just To Let You KnowKISS Keep It Simple, StupidKIT Keep In TouchKOC Kiss On CheekKOL Kiss On LipsKOTC Kiss On The CheekKWIM Know What I Mean
L LaughL8R Later
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L8R G8R Later 'GatorLHM Lord Help MeLHO Laughing Head OffLHU Lord Help UsLMAO Laughing My A$$ OffLMIRL Lets Meet In Real Life
LMSO Laughing My Socks OffLOL Laugh Out LoudLSHMBB Laughing So Hard My Belly is BouncingLSHMBH Laughing So Hard My Belly HurtsLSHTTARDML Laughing So The Tears Are Running Down My LegLTNS Long Time No SeeLTS Laughing To SelfLUWAMH Love You With All My HeartLY Love YaLY4E Love You ForeverMTF More To FollowNEC Not Even CloseNRN No Reply Necessary
NADT Not A Darn ThingNP No ProblemNSTLC Needs Some Tender Loving CareNVNG Nothing Ventured, Nothing GainedNW No WayOIC Oh, I SeeOL Old Lady (significant other)OM Old Man (significant other)OMG Oh My GodOTOH On The Other HandOTTOMH Off The Top of My HeadPAW Parents Are WatchingPDS Please Don't ShootPITA Pain In The A$$PLS PleasePM Private MessagePMFJI Pardon Me For Jumping InPML Pissing Myself LaughingPMP Peed My PantsPOAHF Put On A Happy FacePOS Parent Over ShoulderPPL PeopleS SmileQSL ReplyQSO ConversationQT CutieRL Real LifeROFL Rolling On Floor LaughingROFLAPMP ROFL And Peeing My PantsROFLMAO ROFL My A** OffROFLMAOAY ROFLMAO At YouROFLMAOPMP ROFLMAO Peeing My PantsROFLMAOWTIME ROFLMAO With Tears In My EyesROFLUTS ROFL Unable to SpeakRME Rolling My EyesROTFL Rolls On The Floor LaughingRT Real TimeRTFM Read The F****** Manual!SETE Smiling Ear To EarSHID Slaps Head In Disgust
SNERT Snot-Nosed Egotistical Rude TeenagerS^ S'UP - What's Up?
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SNAFU Situation Normal; All Fouled UPSO Significant OtherSOT Short Of TimeSOTMG Short Of Time Must GoSTO Sticking Out TongueSUAKM Shut Up and Kiss Me
SWAK Sealed With A KissSWAG Scientific Wild A** GuessSWL Screaming with LaughterSYS See You SoonSYT Sweet Young ThingTA Thanks AgainTCOY Take Care Of YourselfTIA Thanks In AdvanceTILII Tell It Like It IsTLC Tender Loving CareTNT Till Next TimeTNX ThanksTOY Thinking Of You
TTFN Ta Ta For NowTTYL Talk To You LaterTY Thank YouTYVM Thank You Very MuchTX ThanksWAG Wild A** GuessWAYD What Are You DoingWB Welcome BackWBS Write Back SoonWEG Wicked Evil GrinWKF Well Known FactWTG Way To GoWTH What/Who The Heck (or H**, or sub an 'F' for the'H')YBS You'll Be SorryYG Young GentlemanYL Young LadyYM Young ManYW You're Welcome
:-| Ambivalento:-) Angelic>:-( Angry|-I Asleep(::()::) Bandaide
:-{} Blowing a Kiss\-o Bored:-c Bummed Out|C| Can of Coke|P| Can of Pepsi:( ) Can't Stop Talking:*) Clowning:' Crying:'-) Crying with Joy:'-( Crying Sadly\_/7 cup (coffee/tea):-9 Delicious, Yummy:-> Devilish
;-> Devilish Wink:P Disgusted (sticking out tongue):*) Drunk
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AbbreviationMeaning
Numbers & Characters
? I have a question
? I don't understand whatyou mean
?4U I have a question for you
;S Gentle warning, such as"Hmm? what did you say?"
^^ Meaning read line or message above
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AATK Always at the keyboard
ABT2 Meaning About to
ABTA Meaning Good-bye(signoff)
ACD ALT / CONTROL /DELETE
ACK Acknowledge
ADAD Another day, another dollar
ADD Address
ADDY Address
ADN Any day now
ADR Address
AEAP As early as possible
AFC Away from computer
AFAIK As far as I know
AFAP As far as possible
AFJ April Fool's jokeAFK Away from keyboard
AFPOE A fresh pair of eyes
AIGHT Alright
AIR As I remember
AISB As it should be
AISB As I said before
AISI As I see it
AITR Adult in the room
AKA Also known as
ALCON All concerned
AML All my love
AOM Age of majority
AOM Age of Mythology (onlinegaming)
AOTA All of the above
AOYP Angel on your pillow
APAC All praise and credit
AQAP As quick (or quiet) aspossible
ASAP As soon as possible
A/S/L Age/sex/location
ASL Age/sex/location
ASLA Age/sex/location/availabilityAT At your terminal
ATEOTD At the end of the day
ATM At the moment
ATSITS All the stars in the sky
ATSL Along the same line (orlines)
AWC After awhile crocodile
AWOL Away without leaving
AYDY Are you done yet?
AYEC At your earliestconvenience
AYOR At your own riskAYSOS Are you stupid or
middle finger
MM Sister (MandarinChinese txt msgs)
MMK Meaning okay? (as aquestion)
MNC Mother nature calls
MorF Male or female?
MOOS Member of theopposite sex
MOS Mother over shoulder
MOSS Member of same sex
MSG Message
MTF More to follow
MTFBWU May the force be withyou
MUAH Multiple unsuccessfulattempts (at/to) humor
MUSM Miss you so much
MYOB Mind your ownbusiness
N
n00b Newbie
N1 Nice one
NADT Not a darn thing
NALOPKT Not a lot of peopleknow that
NBD No big deal
NBFAB No bad for a beginner
(online gaming)NC Nice crib (onlinegaming)
NE Any
NE1 Anyone
NFM None for me / Not for me
NFS Need for Speed(online gaming)
NFS Not for sale
NH Nice hand (onlinegaming)
NIFOC Naked in front ofcomputer
NIMBY Not in my back yard
NLT No later than
NM Nothing much / Never mind
NMH Not much here
NMU Not much, you?
NO1 No one
NOOB Meaning someonewho is bad at (online)games
NOYB None of your business
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AYT Are you there?
AYTMTB And you're telling me thisbecause
AYV Are you vertical?
AZN Asian
B
B Back
B8 Bait (person teased orjoked with, or under-agedperson/teen)
B/F Boyfriend
B/G Background (personalinformation request)
B4 Before
B4N Bye for now
BAG Busting a gut
BAK Back at keyboard
BAS Big 'butt' smile
BAU Business as usual
BAY Back at ya
BB Be back
BBC Big bad challenge
BBIAF Be back in a few
BBIAM Be back in a minute
BBIAS Be back in a sec
BBL Be back later
BBN Bye, bye now
BBQ Barbeque, "Ownage",shooting score/frag (onlinegaming)
BBS Be back soon
BBT Be back tomorrow
BC Because
B/C Because
BC Be cool
BCNU Be seeing you
BCOS Because
BD Big deal
BDN Big darn number
BEN Big evil grin
BF Boyfriend
BFAW Best friend at work
BF Best friend
BFF Best friends forever
BFFL Best friends for life
BFD Big freaking deal
BFG Big freaking grin
BFFN Best friend for now
BFN Bye for now
BG Big grin
BGWM Be gentle with meBHL8 Be home late
NP No problem
NQT Newly qualifiedteacher
NR Nice roll (onlinegaming)
NRN No response/reply
necessaryNS Nice score (online
gaming)
NT Nice try
NVM Never mind
NW No way
NWO No way out
O
O Opponent (onlinegaming)
OB Oh baby
OB Oh brother
OIC Oh, I see
OL Old lady
OM Old man
OMDB Over my dead body
OMFG Oh my *freaking* God
OMG Oh my God
OMGYG2BK Oh my God, you gotto be kidding
OMW On my way
ONL Online
OO Over and outOOC Out of character
OOH Out of here
OOTD One of these days
OOTO Out of the office
OP On phone
ORLY Oh really?
OTB Off to bed
OTFL On the floor laughing
OTL Out to lunch
OTOH On the other hand
OTT Over the top
OTTOMH Off the top of myhead
OTW Off to work
OVA Over
P
P Partner (onlinegaming)
P2P Parent to parent
P2P Peer to peer
P911 Parents coming intoroom alert
PAW Parents are watching
PC Player character
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BIB Boss is back
BIBO Beer in, beer out
BIF Before I forget
BIL Brother in law
BION Believe it or not
BIOYN Blow it out your nose
BISFLATM Boy, I sure feel like aturquoise monkey!(unverified)
BLNT Better luck next time
BM Bite me
BM&Y Between me and you
BOL Best of luck
BOLO Be on the look out
BOOMS Bored out of my skull
BOYF Boyfriend
BPLM Big person little mind
BRB Be right backBRD Bored
BRT Be right there
BT Bite this
BTA But then again
BTDT Been there, done that
BTW By the way
BUBU Slang term for the mostbeautiful of women
BWL Bursting with laughter
BYOB Bring your own beer
BYOC Bring your own computer
BYOP Bring your own paint(paintball)
C
C&G Chuckle & grin
CB Coffee break
CB Chat break
CB Crazy *biatch*
CD9 Code 9, Meaning "parentsare around"
CIAO Good-bye (Italian word)
CICO Coffee in, coffee out
CID Crying in disgrace
CID Consider it done
CLAB Crying like a baby
CM Call me
CMAP Cover my a** partner(online gaming)
CMIIW Correct me if I'm wrong
CMON Come on
CNP Continued (in) next post
COB Close of business
COS Because
C/P Cross postCP Chat post (or continue in
(online gaming)
PCM Please call me
PDH Pretty darn happy
PDS Please don't shoot
PDQ Pretty darn quick
PEEPS People
PITA Pain in the *butt*
PKMN Pokemon (onlinegaming)
PLMK Please let me know
PLS Please
PLU People like us
PLZ Please
PM Private Message
PMFI Pardon me for interrupting
PMFJI Pardon me for
jumping inPMSL Pee myself laughing
POAHF Put on a happy face
POS Parent over shoulder
POV Point of view
POV Privately ownedvehicle (originallyused to differentiatean individual's vehiclefrom a militaryvehicle)
PPL People
PROLLY ProbablyPRON Meaning pornography
PRT Party
PRW People/parents arewatching
PSOS Parent standing overshoulder
PTL Praise the Lord
PTMM Please tell me more
PUG Pick up group (onlinegaming)
PWN Meaning "own"
PXT Please explain thatPU That stinks!
PZ Peace
Q
Q Queue
QIK Quick
QL Quit laughing
QQ (qq) Meaning "cryingeyes"
QSL Reply
QSO Conversation
QT Cutie
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CR8 Create
CRB Come right back
CRBT Crying really big tears
CRS Can't remember stuff
CSG Chuckle, snicker, grin
CSL Can't stop laughing
CSS Counter-Strike Source(online gaming)
CTC Care to chat?
CTHU Cracking the *heck* up
CU See you too
CU See you
CU2 See you
CUA See you around
CUL See you later
CULA See you later alligator
CUL8R See you laterCWOT Complete waste of time
CWYL Chat with you later
CYA See you
CYAL8R See you later
CYE Check your e-mail
CYEP Close your eyes partner(online gaming)
CYO See you online
D
DBAU Doing business as usual
DD Dear (or Darling) daughter
DEGT Dear (or Darling) daughter
DF Don't even go there
DGAF Don't give a *freak*
DGTG Dear (or Darling) husband
DH Don't go there girlfriend
DIIK Darned if I know
DIKU Do I know you?
DIS Did I say?
DKDC on't know, don't care
D/L Download
DL DownloadDL Down low
DLBBB Don't let (the) bed bugsbite
DLTBBB Don't let the bed bugs bite
DM Doesn't matter
DN Down
d00d Dude
DP Display Picture (YahooMessenger Chat)
DPS Damage per second(online gaming)
DQMOT Don't quote me on thisDS Dear (or Darling) son
R
RL Real life
RLY Really
RME Rolling my eyes
RMLB Read my lips baby
RMMM Read my mail man
ROFL Rolling on floor laughing
ROFLCOPTER Rolling on floorlaughing and spinningaround
ROFLMAO Rolling on the floor,laughing my *butt* off
ROTFL Rolling on the floorlaughing
ROTFLUTS Rolling on the floorlaughing unable tospeak
RS Runescape (onlinegaming)
RSN Real soon now
RTBS Reason to be single
RTFM Read the *freaking*manual
RU Are you?
RUOK Are you okay?
S
S2R Send to receive(meaning send meyour picture to getmine)
SAL Such a laugh
SBT Sorry 'bout that
SC Stay cool
SETE Smiling Ear-to-Ear
SH Same here
SHID Slapping head indisgust
SICNR Sorry, I could notresist
SIG2R Sorry, I got to run
SIS Snickering in silence
SIT Stay in touch
SLAP Sounds like a plan
SMHID Scratching my headin disbelief
SNAFU Situation normal allfouled up
SNERT Snot nosed egotisticalrude teenager
SO Significant other
SOL Sooner or later
SOMY Sick of me yet?SorG Straight or Gay?
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DTS Don't think so
DUPE Duplicate
DV8 Deviate
DW Dear (or Darling) wife
DWF Divorced white female
DWM Divorced white male
DYOR Do your own research(common stock marketchat slang)
E
E Ecstasy
E1 Everyone
EBKAC Error between keyboardand chair
ED Erase display
EF4T Effort
EG Evil grinEIP Editing in progress
EMA E-mail address
EMFBI Excuse me for butting in
EMSG E-mail message
ENUF Enough
EOD End of day
EOL End of life
EOM End of message
ES Erase screen
EVA Ever
EVO Evolution
EZY Easy
F
F Meaning female
F2F Face to face
F2T Free to talk
FBF Fat boy food (e.g. pizza,burgers, fries)
FBM Fine by me
FC Fingers crossed
FFS For 'freak' sakes
FICCL Frankly I couldn't care aless
FIMH Forever in my heart
FISH First in, still here
FITB Fill in the blank
FOMC Falling off my chair
FOMCL Falling off my chairlaughing
FRT For real though
FTBOMH From the bottom of myheart
FTW For the win
FUBAR Fouled up beyond allrecognition
FUBB Fouled up beyond belief
SOT Short of time
SOTMG Short of time, must go
SOWM Someone with me
SPK Speak
SRSLY Seriously
SPST Same place, sametime
SPTO Spoke to
SRY Sorry
SS So sorry
SSDD Same stuff, differentday
SSIF So stupid it's funny
SSINF So stupid it's notfunny
ST&D Stop texting and drive
STFU Shut the *freak* up
STR8 StraightSTW Search the Web
SUITM See you in themorning
SUL See you later
SUP What's up?
SWAK Sent (or sealed) witha kiss
SWAT Scientific wild *butt*guess
SWL Screaming withlaughter
SWMBO She who must beobeyed. Meaning wifeor partner
SYL See you later
SYS See you soon
T
T+ Think positive
TA Thanks a lot
TAFN That's all for now
TAM Tomorrow a.m.
TAU Thinking about u
(you)TBAG Process of disgracing
a corpse, taunting afragged/killed player(online gaming)
TBC To be continued
TBD To be determined
TBH To be honest
TC Take care
TCB Take care of business
TCOY Take care of yourself
TD Tower defense
(online gaming)TDTM Talk dirty to me
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FWIW For what it's worth
FYEO For your eyes only
FYA For your amusement
FYI For your information
G
G Grin
G Giggle
G/F Girlfriend
G2CU Good to see you
G2G Got to go
G2R Got to run
G9 Genius
GA Go ahead
GAL Get a life
GB Goodbye
GBU God bless you
GDR Grinning, ducking, andrunning
GD/R Grinning, ducking, andrunning
GFI Go for it
GF Girl friend
GFN Gone for now
GG Gotta Go
GG Good Game (onlinegaming)
GG Brother (Mandarin Chinesetxt msgs)
GGP Got to go peeGIAR Give it a rest
GIC Gift in crib (online gaming)
GIGO Garbage in, garbage out
GJ Good job
GL Good luck
GL/HF Good luck, have fun
GLNG Good luck next game
GMBA Giggling my butt off
GMTA Great minds think alike
GN Good night
GNSD Good night, sweet dreamsGOI Get over it
GOL Giggling out loud
GR8 Great
GRATZ Congratulations
GRL Girl
GR&D Grinning, running andducking
GT Good try
GTFO Get the *freak* out
GTG Got to go
GTRM Going to read mail
GTSY Great (or good) to see you
TGIF Thank God it's Friday
THX Thanks
THNX Thanks
THNQ Thank-you
TIA Thanks in advance
TIAD Tomorrow is anotherday
TIC Tongue-in-cheek
TILIS Tell it like it is
TLK2UL8R Talk to you later
TMB Text me back
TMI Too much information
TMOT Trust me on this
TMWFI Take my word for it
TNSTAAFL There's no such thingas a free lunch
TNT Til next time
TOJ Tears of joyTOY Thinking of you
TPM Tomorrow p.m.
TPTB The powers that be
TSNF That's so not fair
TSTB The sooner, the better
TTFN Ta ta for now
TTLY Totally
TTTT These things taketime
TTYAFN Talk to you awhilefrom now
TTYL Talk to you later
TTYS Talk to you soon
TU Thank you
TY Thank you
TYS Told you so
TYT Take your time
TYSO hank you so much
TYVM Thank you very much
U
^URS Up yours
UCMU You crack me upUDI Unidentified drinking
injury (meaningbruise, scratch, acheand so on)
UFN Until further notice
UGTBK You've got to bekidding
UKTR You know that's right
UL Upload
UR Your / You're
URH You are hot (U R Hot)
URTM You are the manUV Unpleasant visual
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H
HAU How about you?
H&K Hugs & kisses
H2CUS Hope to see you soon
H8 Hate
HAGN Have a good night
HAGO Have a good one
HAND Have a nice day
HB Hurry back
HF Have fun
HHIS Head hanging in shame
HOAS Hold on a second
HRU How are you?
HTH Hope this helps
HUB Head up butt
HV Have
IIAC In any case
IAE In any event
IANAL I am not a lawyer
IB I'm back
IB I'm back
IC I see
ICAM I couldn't agree more
ICBW It could be worse
ICEDI I can't even discuss it
IDK I don't know
IDTS I don't think so
IDUNNO I don't know
IG2R I got to run
IGN I (I've) got nothing
IGP I got to (go) pee
IIRC If I remember correctly
IK I know
IKR I know, right?
ILBL8 I'll be late
ILU I love you
ILUM I love you man
ILY I love you
IM Instant messageIMAO In my arrogant opinion
IMHO In my humble opinion
ImL (in Arial font) Means I loveyou (a way of using theAmerican sign language intext)
IMNSHO In my not so humbleopinion
IMO In my opinion
IMS I am sorry
IMSB I am so bored
IMTM I am the man
IMU I miss u (you)
UW You're welcome
V
VEG Very evil grin
VFF Very freaking funny
VFM Value for money
VGC Very good condition
VIP Very important person
VM Voice mail
VN Very nice
VNH Very nice hand(online gaming)
VRY Very
VSF Very sad face
VWD Very well done (onlinegaming)
WW/ With
W3 WWW (Web address)
WAM Wait a minute
WAN2TLK Want to talk
WAREZ meaning pirated(illegally gained)software
WAS Wild *butt* guess
WAWA Where are we at?
WAYF Where are you from?
W/B Write back
WB Welcome backWBS Write back soon
WC Welcome
WC Who cares
WCA Who cares anyway
W/E Whatever
W/END Weekend
WE Whatever
WH5 Who, what, when,where, why
WIBNI Wouldn't it be nice if
WDALYIC Who died and left youin charge
WDYK What do you know?
WDYT What do you think?
WIIFM What's in it for me?
WISP Winning is sopleasurable
WITP What is the point?
WITW What in the world
WIU Wrap it up
WK Week
WKD Weekend
WRT With regard toW/O Without
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INAL I'm not a lawyer
IOMH In over my head
IOW In other words
IRL In real life
IRMC I rest my case
ISLY I still love you
ITYK I thought you knew
IUSS If you say so
IWALU I will always love you
IYKWIM If you know what I mean
IYO In your opinion
IYSS If you say so
J
j00 You
j00r Your
JAC Just a sec
JAM Just a minutesJFF Just for fun
JIC Just in case
JJA Just joking around
JK Just kidding
JMO Just my opinion
JP Just playing
JTLYK Just to let you know
JW Just wondering
K
K Okay
K8T Katie
k/b Keyboard
KB Keyboard
KB Kick butt (online gaming)
KEWL Cool
KEYA I will key you later
KEYME Key me when you get in
KFY Kiss for you
KISS Keep it simple, stupid
KIT Keep in touch
KOC Kiss on cheek
KOL Kiss on lipsKOTC Kiss on the cheek
KOTL Kiss on the lips
KNIM Know what I mean?
KPC Keeping parents clueless
KS Kill then steal (onlinegaming)
WOMBAT Waste of money,brains and time
WOW World of Warcraft(online gaming)
WRK Work
WRUD What are you doing?
WTB Wanted to buy
WTF What the *freak* ?
WTG Way to go
WTGP Want to go private(talk out of public chatarea)
WTH What the heck?
WTM Who's the man?
WU? What's up?
WUCIWUG What you see is whatyou get
WUF? Where are you from?
WWJD What would Jesusdo?
WWNC Will wonders nevercease
WWYC Write when you can
WYCM Will you call me?
WYD What (are) youdoing?
WYGAM When you get aminute
WYHAM When you have aminute
WYLEI When you leastexpect it
WYSIWYG What you see is whatyou get
X
X Kiss
XD Meaning "really hardlaugh" (where D is asmiley mouth)
XD Meaning a "devilishsmile"
XOXOXO Hugs & Kisses
XLNT Excellent
Y
Y? Why?
Y2K You're too kind
YA Your
YARLY Ya, really?
YBIC Your brother in Christ
YBS You'll be sorry
YCLIU You can look it up
YCMU You crack me upYF Wife
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YG Young gentleman
YGTBKM You've got to bekidding me
YGG You go girl
YIU Yes, I understand
YKWYCD You know what youcan do
YL Young lady
YMMV Your mileage mayvary
YNK You never know
YR Your
YR Yeah right
YRYOCC You're running yourown cuckoo clock
YSIC Your sister in Christ
YSYD Yeah sure you do
YT You there?YTG You're the greatest
YW You're welcome
YWHNB Yes, we have nobananas
Z
Z Zero
Z Z's are calling(meaning going tobed/sleep)
ZOT Zero tolerance
ZUP Meaning "What's up?"ZZZZ Sleeping (or bored)
Icon Meaning
:) Standard smile
:-) With nose
:-E Buck-tooth
>-) Evil grin
:( Sad or frown smile:-( Sad with nose
:-< Super sad
:PSticking tongue out(raspberry)
(((H))) Hugs
:-X Kiss on the lips
`:-) One eyebrow raised
:^) A broken nose
:-& tongue tied
E-:-) a Ham radio operator
Icon Meaning
:-# With braces
:'-) Happy Crying
{:-) Toupee smile
;) Winking smile
;-) Winking smile withnose
O:-) I'm an angel (boy)
O*-) I'm an angel (girl)
|-O Yawn
(:-D Gossip, blabbermouth
@>--;-- Rose
@-}--- Rose
=^.^= Cat
O.o Confused
C=:-) A chef
(\_/) A bunny
Icon Meaning
:-! "Foot in mouth"
:-D Laughter
:*) Drunk smile
:@ Exclamation "What???"
:-@ Scream:-0 Yell
%-( Confused
:-----) Long nose (Liar!)
:-.) Madonna
:-($)Put your money whereyour mouth is
(:I An egghead
|-O Yawning
:@) Pig smile
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