IDK-I don’t know

here is a link to a ton of em 🙂

BIO – going for bio break (washroom break)

AFK – away from keyboard (I am gone for a few minutes)

BTW – by the way

KK – OK (commonly used by online gamers to acknowledge that a message has been received)

TTYL – talk to you later

BFN – bye for now

TTFN – ta-ta for now

CYA – see ya (or it could also be: cover your a*s)

CUL8R – see you later

IBTL – in before the lock (for when you post a message prior to the administrator locking the heated discussion thread)

IMHO – in my humble opinion

IMNSHO – in my not so humble opinion

FMV – fair market value (for selling items online)

LOL – laughing out loud

MT – mistell (commonly used by online gamers to say that they made a mistake and mistyped their last message)

NWT – new with tags (for selling items online)

NWOT – new without tags (for selling items online)

OOAK – one of a kind (for selling items online)

PMSL – P*ssing myself laughing (a common UK expression)

ROFL – rolling on floor laughing

ROFLMAO – rolling on floor laughing my a*s off

RTM – read the manual

RTFM – read the f***ing manual (to show frustration at someone’s ignorance of basic knowledge)

GG – good game

THX – thanks

TX – thanks

TY – thank you

NP – no problem/you’re welcome

PLZ – please

W/E – whatever

ASL – age / sex / location?

RL – real life

IRL – in real life

chuckle> the speaker chuckles

the speaker is frowning

Grin

the speaker is grinning

the one writing the message is smiling

the one writing the message is smirking

the one writing the message is winking

JK Just Kidding

? I have a question

! I have a comment

A-OLs Administrators On-Line

AAMOF As A Matter Of Fact

AFAIK As Far As I Know

AFK Away From the Keyboard

AISI As I See It

ASAP As Soon As Possible ASL Age, sex, location

ATSL Along The Same Line

AWTTW Are We Having Fun Yet?

AYOR At Your Own Risk

B4N Bye For Now

BAK Back At Keyboard

BBFN Bye Bye For Now

BBL Be Back Later

BF Boy Friend

BFN Bye For Now

BIF Before I Forget

BION Believe it or not

BOT Back On Topic

BRB Be Right Back

BTAIM Be That As It May

BTHOM Beats The Hell Outta Me

BTOBD Be There Or Be Dead

BTW By The Way

BWL Bursting With Laughter

BYKT But You Knew That

BYOB Bring Your Own Bottle

CMIIW Correct Me If I’m Wrong

CU See You

CU2 See You, Too

CUL See you later

CUL8R See You Later

CWYL Chat With You Later

DIIK Damned If I Know.

DIKU? Do I Know You?

DILLIGAD Do I Look Like I Give A Darnn?.

DIY Do It Yourself

DK Don’t Know

F2F Face To Face

FCFS First Come, First Served

FISH First In, Still Here

FITB Fill In The Blank

FOAD F*** off and die

FOAF Friend Of A Friend

FS For Sale

FTASB Faster Than A Speeding Bullet

F2F Face to Face

FTF Face To Face

FTL Faster Than Light

FUBAR Fouled Up Beyond All Repair

FUBB Fouled Up Beyond Belief.

FUD Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt

FURTB Full Up Ready To Burst

FWIW For What It’s Worth

FYA For Your Amusement

FYI For Your Information

G Grin, or Giggle

G2G Got to Go

GA Go Ahead

GAL Get A Life

GD&R Grinning, Ducking and Running

GF Girl Friend.

GFN Gone For Now.

GIWIST Gee, I Wish I’d Said That

GLGH Good Luck and Good Hunting

GMTA Great Minds Think Alike

GOWI Get On With It

GTG Got To Go

GTSY Great To See You

H&K Hugs and Kisses

HAK Hugs And Kisses

IAC In Any Case

IAE In Any Event

IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer (but) A disclaimer which is usually followed by a legal opinion

IAW In Accordance With

IBTD I Beg To Differ

IC I See

IDK I Don’t Know

IIWM If It Were Me

IJWTK I Just Want To Know

IJWTS I Just Want To Say

IKWUM I Know What You Mean

IMA I Might Add

IME In My Experience

IMHO In My Humble Opinion

IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion

IMO In My Opinion

IMPOV In My Point Of View

INPO In No Particular Order

IOW In Other Words

IRL In Real Life

ISS I’m So Sure

ISSYGTI I’m So Sure You Get The Idea!

ISWYM I See What You Mean

ITFA In The Final Analysis

ITSFWI If The Shoe Fits Wear It.

IYSWIM If You See What I Mean

JAM Just A Minute

JAS Just A Second

JFI Just For Information

JIC Just In Case

JMO Just My Opinion

JTLYK Just To Let You Know

k Okay

KISS Keep It Simple, Stupid

KIT Keep In Touch

KMA Kiss My A**

KWIM Know What I Mean?

L Laugh

L8R Later

LABATYD or LAB&TYD Life’s A B**ch And Then You Die

LJBF Let’s Just Be Friends

LLTA Lots and Lots of Thunderous Applause

LMAO Laughing My A** Off

LMHO Laughing My Head Off

LOL Laughing Out Loud

LSHMBH Laughing So Hard My Belly Hurts.

LTHTT Laughing Too Hard To Type

LTNS Long Time No See

LTNT Long Time, No Type

LTS Laughing to Self

LY Love You

MEGO My Eyes Glaze Over

MLA Multiple Letter Acronym

MOF Matter Of Fact

MOSS Member Of Same Sex

MOTAS Member Of The Appropriate Sex

MOTD Message of the day

MOTOS Member Of The Opposite Sex

MOTSS Member Of The Same Sex

MTFBWY May The Force Be With You

MYOB Mind Your Own Business

NAVY Never Again Volunteer Yourself.

NBD No Big Deal

NFW No Friggin’ Way!

NHOH Never Heard Of Him/Her

NOYB None Of Your Business

NP No Problem

NQA No Questions Asked

NTIM Not That It Matters

NTW Not To Worry

NTYMI Now That You Mention It

NWT New With Tags (for selling items online)

NWOT New Without Tags (for selling items online)

OATUS On A Totally Unrelated Subject

OAUS On An Unrelated Subject

OB Obligatory

OBO Or Best Offer

OBTW Oh, By The Way

OIC Oh, I See

OMG Oh My God

ONNA Oh No, Not Again

ONNTA Oh No, Not This Again

OO Over and Out (end of communication)

OOTC Obligatory On-Topic Comment

OTF On the Floor (laughing)

OTFL On the Floor Laughing

OTL Out To Lunch

OTOH On The Other Hand

OTOOH On The Other Other Hand

OTT Over The Top

OTTH On The Third Hand

OTTOMH Off The Top Of My Head

PABG Packing a Big Gun

PCMCIA People Can’t Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms

PD Public Domain

PDS Please Don’t Shout.

PITA Pain In The A**

PMBI Pardon My Butting In

PMF Pardon My French or Pure Freaking Magic.

PMFBI Pardon Me For Butting In

PMFJI Pardon Me For Jumping In

PMIGBOM Put Mind In Gear, Before Opening Mouth

PMJI Pardon My Jumping In

PMSL P*ssing Myself Laughing (a common UK expression)

PNCAH Please, No Cursing Allowed Here

POSSLQ Person Of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters

PPL People

PTMM Please Tell Me More

R U THERE? Are you there?

RAEBNC Read And Enjoyed, But No Comment

re Hello again or In Regard To

RHIP Rank Has Its Privileges

RL Real Life

RLCO Real Life Conference

ROFL Rolling On Floor Laughing

ROFLAS Rolling On Floor Laughing And Screaming

ROFLMAO Roll On Floor Laughing My A** Off

ROTF Rolling On The Floor

ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing

ROTFLMAOTID Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A** Off Till I Die

ROTFLOL Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud

ROTFLOLAPMP Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud And Peeing My Pants

ROTFLTIC Rolling On The Floor Laughing Till I Cry

RRQ Return Receipt Request

RSN Real Soon Now

RSVP Respondez S’il Vous Plait – please reply

RTBM Read The Bloody Manual

RTFAQ Read The Frequently Asked Questions

RTFF Read The Freaking FAQ

RTFM Read The F—— Manual

RTM Read The Manual

RTWFQ Read The Whole Friggin’ Question

RYFM Read Your Friendly Manual

RYS Read Your Screen

S Smile

SAPFU Surpassing All Previous Foul Ups

SCNR Sorry, Could Not Resist

SEC Wait a second

SFLA Stupid Four Letter Acronym

SICS Sitting In Chair Snickering

SLM See Last Mail

SMOP Small Matter of Programming

SNAFU Situation Normal: All Fouled Up

SO Significant Other

SOL SH** Out Of Luck

SOS Same Old Stuff or Help!

SOW Speaking Of Which

SWIM See What I Mean?

TAFN That’s All For Now

TANJ There Ain’t No Justice

TANSTAAFL There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

TARFU Things Are Really Fouled Up

TBYB Try Before You Buy

TDM Too Darn Many

TFS Three Finger Salute (Ctl-Alt-Del).

TFTHAOT Thanks For The Help Ahead Of Time

THX Thanks

TIA Thanks In Advance

TIC Tongue In Cheek

TINWIS That Is Not What I Said

TNSTAAFL There’s No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

TNTL Trying Not To Laugh

TNX Thanks

TNXE6 Thanks A Million

TOBAL There Oughta Be A Law.

TOBG This Oughta Be Good.

TOY Thinking Of You.

TPTB The Powers That Be

TRDMC Tears Running Down My Cheeks.

TSR Totally Stupid Rules.

TTBOMK To The Best Of My Knowledge

TTFN Ta Ta For Now

TTYL Talk To You Later

TTYT Talk To You Tomorrow.

TYCLO Turn Your CAPS LOCK Off

TYVM Thank You Very Much

UOK Are You OK?

WAEF When All Else Fails

WB Welcome Back

WDYMBT What Do You Mean By That?.

WDYT What Do You Think?

WE Whatever

WIBAMU Well, I’ll Be A Monkey’s Uncle

WIBNI Wouldn’t It Be Nice If

WMMOWS Wash My Mouth Out With Soap

WNOHGB Where No One Has Gone Before

WOA Work Of Art

WOTAM Waste Of Time And Money

WRT With Regard To, or With Respect To

WT Without Thinking

WTB Want To Buy

WTF What The F***?

WTG Way To Go!

WTGP Want To Go Private?

WTH What the hell?

WTTM Without Thinking Too Much.

WYGISWYPF What You Get Is What You Pay For

XOXOXO Kisses and hugs

YABA Yet Another Bloody Acronym

YAOTM Yet Another Off-Topic Message

YAUN Yet Another Unix Nerd

YGLT You’re Gonna Love This

YGTI You Get The Idea?

YGWYPF You Get What You Pay For

YIU Yes, I Understand

YIWGP Yes, I Will Go Private

YKYARW You Know You’re A Redneck When

YMMV Your Mileage May Vary (or your experience could be different)

here is the majority of them if not all.

lol= laughing out loud, rofl= rolling on floor laughing, bff= best friend forever…get it?

which do you think. this is not mysterious just the first letters of the words in common phrases.

and “idk” means “I don’t know”