Abbreviation for chatting

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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,

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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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:-6 Exhausted, Wiped Out>> Fish/fishy>


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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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something?

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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IM)

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

Robot


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