A3 Anytime, anywhere, anyplace

AAF As a matter of fact

AAK Asleep at keyboard

AAMOF As a matter of fact

AAMOI As a matter of interest

AAP Always a pleasure

AAR At any rate

AAS Alive and smiling

AASHTA As always, Sheldon has the answer (Bike mechanic Sheldon Brown)

AATK Always at the keyboard

ABTA Meaning Good-bye (signoff)

ACD ALT / CONTROL / DELETE

ACK Acknowledge

ADAD Another day, another dollar

ADD Address

ADN Any day now

ADR Address

AEAP As early as possible

AFC Away from computer

AFAIK As far as I know

AFK Away from keyboard

AFPOE A fresh pair of eyes

AIGHT Alright

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

AOTA All of the above

AOYP Angel on your pillow

ASAP As soon as possible

A/S/L Age/sex/location

ASL Age/sex/location

ASLA Age/sex/location/availability

AT At your terminal

ATM At the moment

ATSITS All the stars in the sky

ATSL Along the same line (or lines)

AWC After awhile crocodile

AWOL Away without leaving

AYDY Are you done yet?

AYEC At your earliest convenience

AYOR At your own risk

AYSOS Are you stupid or something?

AYT Are you there?

AYTMTB And you’re telling me this because

AYV Are you vertical?

B

B8 Bait (person teased or joked with, or under-aged person/teen)

B/F Boyfriend

B/G Background (personal information request)

B4 Before

B4N Bye for now

BAK Back at keyboard

BAS Big ‘butt’ smile

BAU Business as usual

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

BBS Be back soon

BBT Be back tomorrow

BC Because

BCNU Be seeing you

BCOS Because

BD Big deal

BDN Big darn number

BEN Big evil grin

BF Boyfriend

BF Best friend

BFF Best friends forever

BFFL Best friends for life

BFD Big freaking deal

BFG Big freaking grin

BFN Bye for now

BG Big grin

BGWM Be gentle with me

BIBO Beer in, beer out

BIF Before I forget

BION Believe it or not

BIOYN Blow it out your nose

BISFLATM Boy, I sure feel like a turquoise monkey! (unverified)

BLNT Better luck next time

BM&Y Between me and you

BOL Best of luck

BOLO Be on the look out

BOOMS Bored out of my skull

BPLM Big person little mind

BRB Be right back

BRD Bored

BRT Be right there

BT Bite this

BTA But then again

BTDT Been there, done that

BTW By the way

BWL Bursting with laughter

BYOB Bring your own beer

BYOC Bring your own computer

C

C&G Chuckle & grin

CD9 Code 9, Meaning “parents are around”

CIAO Coffee in, coffee out

CICO Good-bye (Italian word)

CID Crying in disgrace

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 post

CP Chat post (or continue in IM)

CR8 Create

CRB Come right back

CRBT Crying really big tears

CRS Can’t remember stuff

CSG Chuckle, snicker, grin

CTC Care to chat?

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 later

CWYL Chat with you later

CYA See you

CYAL8R See you later

CYE Check your e-mail

CYO See you online

D

DD Dear (or Darling) daughter

D/L Download

DL Download

DL Down low

DLTBBB Don’t let the bed bugs bite

DEGT Don’t even go there

DH Dear (or Darling) husband

DIIK Darned if I know

DIKU Do I know you?

DM Doesn’t matter

d00d Dude

DQMOT Don’t quote me on this

DS Dear (or Darling) son

DTS Don’t think so

DV8 Deviate

DW Dear (or Darling) wife

DYOR Do your own research (common stock market chat slang)

E

EBKAC Error between keyboard and chair

EF4T Effort

EG Evil grin

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

EVA Ever

EZY Easy

F

F Meaning female

F2F Face to face

F2T Free to talk

FBM Fine by me

FC Fingers crossed

FFS For ‘freak’ sakes

FICCL Frankly I couldn’t care a less

FISH First in, still here

FITB Fill in the blank

FOMC Falling off my chair

FOMCL Falling off my chair laughing

FRT For real though

FTBOMH From the bottom of my heart

FTW For the win

FUBAR Fouled up beyond all recognition

FUBB Fouled up beyond belief

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, and running

GD/R Grinning, ducking, and running

GFI Go for it

GF Girl friend

GFN Gone for now

GG Gotta Go

GG Good Game (online gaming)

GGP Got to go pee

GIAR 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 dreams

GOI Get over it

GOL Giggling out loud

GR8 Great

GRL Girl

GR&D Grinning, running and ducking

GT Good try

GTG Got to go

GTRM Going to read mail

GTSY Great (or good) to see you

H

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

I

IAC 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

ILBL8 I’ll be late

ILU I love you

ILUM I love you man

ILY I love you

IM Instant message

IMAO In my arrogant opinion

IMHO In my humble opinion

IMNSHO In my not so humble opinion

IMO In my opinion

IMS I am sorry

IMTM I am the man

IMU I miss u (you)

INAL I’m not a lawyer

IOMH In over my head

IOW In other words

IRL In real life

IRMC I rest my case

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

j00r Your

JAC Just a sec

JFF 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

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

KISS Keep it simple, stupid

KIT Keep in touch

KOC Kiss on cheek

KOL Kiss on lips

KOTC Kiss on the cheek

KOTL Kiss on the lips

KNIM Know what I mean?

KPC Keeping parents clueless

Abbreviation Meaning

L

l33t Leet, meaning ‘elite’

L8R Later

L8RG8R Later, gator

LD Later, dude / Long distance

LEMENO Let me know

LERK Leaving easy reach of keyboard

LGH Lets get high

LHM Lord help me

LHO Laughing head off

LIK Meaning liquor

LMAO Laughing my a** off

LMBO Laughing my butt off

LMIRL Lets meet in real life

LMK Let me know

LOL Laughing out loud

LOL Laughing out loud

LOLH Laughing out loud hysterically

LOLO Lots of love

LQTM Laughing quietly to myself

LSHMBH Laugh so hard my belly hurts

LTNS Long time no see

LTS Laughing to self

LWOS Laughing without smiling

LY Love ya

LYLAS Love you like a sis

M

M8 Mate

MEGO My eyes glaze over

MFI Mad for it

MIRL Meet in real life

MMK Meaning okay? (as a question)

MNC Mother nature calls

MorF Male or female?

MOOS Member of the opposite sex

MOS Mother over shoulder

MSG Message

MTF More to follow

MTFBWU May the force be with you

MUAH Multiple unsuccessful attempts (at/to) humor

MUSM Miss you so much

MYOB Mind your own business

N

n00b Newbie

N1 Nice one

NADT Not a darn thing

NALOPKT Not a lot of people know that

NBD No big deal

NBFAB No bad for a beginner (online gaming)

NC Nice crib (online gaming)

NE Any

NE1 Anyone

NFM None for me / Not for me

NH Nice hand (online gaming)

NIFOC Naked in front of computer

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 someone who is bad at (online) games

NOYB None of your business

NP No problem

NR Nice roll (online gaming)

NRN No response/reply necessary

NT Nice try

NVM Never mind

NW No way

NWO No way out

O

O Opponent (online gaming)

OIC Oh, I see

OL Old lady

OM Old man

OMG Oh my God

OMGYG2BK Oh my God, you got to be kidding

OMW On my way

OO Over and out

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 my head

OTW Off to work

OVA Over

P

P Partner (online gaming)

P911 Parents coming into room alert

PAW Parents are watching

PCM Please call me

PDH Pretty darn happy

PDS Please don’t shoot

PDQ Pretty darn quick

PITA Pain in the a**

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 in

PMSL Pee myself laughing

POAHF Put on a happy face

POS Parent over shoulder

PPL People

PROLLY Probably

PRON Meaning pornography

PRT Party

PRW People/parents are watching

PTL Praise the Lord

PTMM Please tell me more

PXT Please explain that

PU That stinks!

PZ Peace

Q

Q Queue

QIK Quick

QSL Reply

QSO Conversation

QT Cutie

R

RL Real life

RLY Really

RME Rolling my eyes

ROFL Rolling on floor laughing

ROFLMAO Rolling on the floor, laughing my a** off

ROTFL Rolling on the floor laughing

ROTFLUTS Rolling on the floor laughing unable to speak

RSN Real soon now

RTFM Read the freaking manual

RUOK Are you okay?

S

S2R Send to receive (meaning send me your picture to get mine)

SAL Such a laugh

SC Stay cool

SETE Smiling Ear-to-Ear

SH Same here

SHID Slapping head in disgust

SICNR Sorry, I could not resist

SIG2R Sorry, I got to run

SIS Snickering in silence

SIT Stay in touch

SLAP Sounds like a plan

SMHID Scratching my head in disbelief

SNAFU Situation normal all fouled up

SNERT Snot nosed egotistical rude teenager

SO Significant other

SOL Sooner or later

SOMY Sick of me yet?

SorG Straight or Gay?

SOT Short of time

SOTMG Short of time, must go

SOWN Someone with me

SPK Speak

SRSLY Seriously

SPST Same place, same time

SRY Sorry

SS So sorry

SSDD Same stuff, different day

SSIF So stupid it’s funny

SSINF So stupid it’s not funny

STR8 Straight

STW Search the Web

SUITM See you in the morning

SUL See you later

SUP What’s up?

SWAK Sent (or sealed) with a kiss

SWAT Scientific wild a** guess

SWL Screaming with laughter

SWMBO She who must be obeyed. Meaning wife or 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)

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

TDTM Talk dirty to me

TGIF Thank God it’s Friday

THX Thanks

THNX Thanks

THNQ Thank-you

TIA Thanks in advance

TIAD Tomorrow is another day

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 thing as a free lunch

TNT Til next time

TOJ Tears of joy

TOY 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

TTTT These things take time

TTYAFN Talk to you awhile from now

TTYL Talk to you later

TTYS Talk to you soon

TU Thank you

TY Thank you

TYT Take your time

TYVM Thank you very much

U

^URS Up yours

UCMU You crack me up

UFN Until further notice

UGTBK You’ve got to be kidding

UKTR You know that’s right

UL Upload

UR Your / You’re

URH You are hot (U R Hot)

URTM You are the man

UV Unpleasant visual

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 (online gaming)

W

W/ With

WAM Wait a minute

WAN2TLK Want to talk

WAREZ meaning pirated (illegally gained) software

WAS Wild a** guess

WAYF Where are you from?

W/B Write back

WB Welcome back

WBS Write back soon

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 you in charge

WDYK What do you know?

WDYT What do you think?

WIIFM What’s in it for me?

WISP Winning is so pleasurable

WITW What in the world

WIU Wrap it up

WK Week

WKD Weekend

WRT With regard to

W/O Without

WOMBAT Waste of money, brains and time

WRK Work

WRUD What are you doing?

WTB Wanted to buy

WTF What the **** ?

WTG Way to go

WTGP Want to go private (talk out of public chat area)

WTH What the heck?

WTM Who’s the man?

WU? What’s up?

WUCIWUG What you see is what you get

WUF? Where are you from?

WWJD What would Jesus do?

WWYC Write when you can

WYD What (are) you doing?

WYGAM When you get a minute

WYHAM When you have a minute

WYLEI When you least expect it

WYSIWYG What you see is what you get

X

X Kiss

XD Meaning “really hard laugh” (where D is a smiley mouth)

XOXOXO Hugs & Kisses

XLNT Excellent

Y

YA Your

YBIC Your brother in Christ

YBS You’ll be sorry

YCMU You crack me up

YF Wife

YG Young gentleman

YGTBKM You’ve got to be kidding me

YGG You go girl

YIU Yes, I understand

YKWYCD You know what you can do

YL Young lady

YMMV Your mileage may vary

YR Your

YR Yeah right

YRYOCC You’re running your own 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 no bananas

ZOT Zero tolerance

ZUP Meaning “What’s up?”

ZZZZ Sleeping (or bored)

1.) Don’t text him 20 texts every time he doesn’t reply. That bugs him and he probably won’t even reply. 2.) Don’t always be available. Remember that. Guys will get bored with girls that respond every text message. 3.) Don’t talk about other girls when you are texting him. That’s a huge turn off. 4.) Don’t tell him that you’re texting someone else if you are. That will make him feel less special. 1.) Do ask him what he’s up to. Ask him a few questions but keep it to a minimum of 4 of 5. Not all guys like being fired with questions. 2.) Do call him. Not all guys like texting. You’ll make his day with the sound of your voice. 🙂 And he may only have 200 texts. 3.) Do take a few minutes to reply. It will keep them waiting for your answer.It means that they really want to know what you’re going to say. 4.) Do be funny. Don’t be weird. Don’t stress. All of this is from my point of view. If he doesn’t reply, DON’T FREAK! That’s annoying and considered a little desperate. Don’t scold him for it either, unless you’re really close friends and you can because you two are used to it. Make sure that after you guys become gf and bf, don’t change. It’s strange. One minute you’re something and the next you’re something else. Just act like you did before. Good luck!!!!! -Jackie

lol =laugh out loud

idk= i declare

omg= oh my god

wtf=(this one is obvious)

rotfl=rolling on the floor laughing

tf= too funny

f=funny

if you want to get into emoticons:

>:-( means angry

😛 means feeling sick

the rest are basic

ok, now considering that you have an entire dictionary at your disposal…when you use these do you really expect people to know WTF you’re talking about?

and, is this what our language is really coming to? pretty soon we’ll all be computers..so many shortcuts and over standardization disrupts individuality..might as well just jump off a bridge now. thanks.