Common Texting Short Hand and Abbreviations
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@TEOTD - At The End Of The Day 14AA41 - One for All and All for One 2B or not 2B - To Be Or Not To Be 2NITE - Tonight 411 - it means: info 4ever - Forever 86 - Out Of or Over A/S/L - Age/Sex/Location AAAAA - American Association Against Acronym Abuse AAF - As A Friend AAK - Asleep At Keyboard AAMOF - As A Matter Of Fact AAMOI - As A Matter Of Interest AAR - At Any Rate AAR8 - At Any Rate AAS - Alive And Smiling AATK - Always At The Keyboard AAYF - As Always, Your Friend AB - *** Backwards ABITHIWTIDB - A bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush ABT2 - About To ACD - Alt Control Delete ACE - Access Control Entry ACK - Acknowledgement ADAD - Another Day Another Dollar ADBB - All Done Bye Bye ADIH - Another Day In Hell ADIP - Another Day In Paradise ADR - Address AEAP - As Early As Possible AFAGAY - A Friend As Good As You AFAHMASP - A Fool And His Money Are Soon Parted AFAIC - As Far As I'm Concerned AFAICS - As Far As I Can See AFAICT - As far As I can Tell AFAIK - As Far As I Know AFAIU - As Far As I Understand AFAIUI - As Far As I Understand It AFAP - As Far As Possible AFAYC - As Far As You're Concerned AFC - Away From Computer AFDN - Any F***ing Day Now AFIAA - As Far As I Am Aware AFINIAFI - A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed AFK - Away From Keyboard AFZ - Acronym free zone AGKWE - And God Knows What Else AIAMU - And I'm A Monkey's Uncle AIH - As It Happens AIMB - As I Mentioned Before AIMP - Always In My Prayers AISE - As I Said Earlier AISI - As I See It AKA or a.k.a. - Also Known As ALAP - As Late As Possible ALOL - Actually Laughing Out Loud ALTG - Act Locally, Think Globally AMAP - As Many As Possible AMBW - All My Best Wishes AML - All My Love AND - Any day now ANFAWFOWS - And Now For A Word Word From Our Web Sponsor ANFSCD - And Now For Something Completely Different AOAS - All Of A Sudden AOB - Abuse Of Bandwidth AP - Apple Pie ASAFP - As Soon As "Friggin" Possible ASAP - As Soon As Possible ASL - Age/Sex/Location ASLMH - Age/Sex/Location/Music/Hobbies ATST - At The Same Time ATW - All the Web or Around the Web AWGTHTGTTA - Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again AWGTHTGTTSA - Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Sh** Again AWOL - Absent Without Leave AYK - As You Know AYSOS - Are You Stupid Or Something AYTMTB - And You're Telling Me This Because? B/C - Because B4 - Before B4N - Bye For Now B4U - Before You B4YKI - Before You Know It BAG - Bursting A Gut BAK - Back At my Keyboard BAU - Business As Usual BB4N - Bye-Bye for Now BBBG - Bye Bye Be Good BBFBBM - Body By Fisher, Brains By Mattel BBFN - Bye-Bye for Now BBIAB - Be Back In A Bit BBIAF - Be Back In A Few BBIAS - Be Back In A Sec BBIAW - Be Back In A While BBL - Be Back Later BBN - Bye Bye Now BBSD - Be Back Soon Darling BBSL - Be Back Sooner or Later BBT - Be Back Tomorrow BCBS - Big Company, Big School BCNU - Be Seein' You BCOZ - Because BD - Big Deal BDC - Big Dumb Company or Big Dot Com BDN - Big Damn Number BEOS - Nudge BFD - Big F***ing Deal BFF - Best Friends Forever BFN - Bye For Now BHAG - Big Hairy Audacious Goal BHOF - Bald Headed Old Fart BIF - Basis In Fact or Before I Forget BIOYN - Blow it Out Your Nose BITD - Back In The Day BKA - Better Known As BM - Byte Me BMOTA - Byte Me On The *** BNF - Big Name Fan BOHICA - Bend Over Here It Comes Again BR - Bathroom BRB - Be Right Back BRT - Be Right There BS - Big Smile BSF - But Seriously, Folks BT - Byte This BTA - But Then Again or Before The Attacks BTDT - Been There Done That BTDTGTS - Been There, Done That, Got The T-shirt BTHOOM - Beats The Heck Out Of Me BTSOOM - Beats The Sh** Out Of Me BTW - By The Way BTWBO - Be There With Bells On BW - Best Wishes BWDIK - But What Do I Know? BWO - Black, White or Other BYKT - But you Knew That C/P - Cross Post CB - Chat brat CFV - Call For Vote CIAO - Goodbye (in Italian) CID - Consider It Done CIS - CompuServe Information Service CMF - Count My Fingers CMIW - Correct Me if I'm Wrong COB - Close Of Business CofS - Church of Scientology C-P - Sleepy CRAFT - Can't Remember A F***ing Thing CRAP - Cheap Redundant Assorted Products CRAT - Can't Remember A Thing CRAWS - Can't Remember Anything Worth A Sh** CRTLA - Can't Remember the Three-Letter Acronym CSL - Can't Stop Laughing C-T - City CTA - Call To Action CTC - Choking The Chicken CU - See You CUL - See You Later CUL8ER - See You Later CUL8R - See You Later CUNS - See You In School! CWYL - Chat With You Later CY - Calm Yourself CYA - Cover Your *** CYL - See You Later CYT - See You Tomorrow DARFC - Ducking And Running For Cover DBEYR - Don't Believe Everything You Read DD - Due Diligence DDD - Direct Distance Dial DETI - Don't Even Think It DF - Dear Friend DGA - Don't Go Anywhere DGT - Don't Go There DH - Dear Hubby or Husband DHYB - Don't Hold Your Breath DIKU - Do I Know You DILLIGAD - Do I Look Like I Give A Damn DILLIGAS - Do I Look Like I Give A Sh** DIY - Do It Yourself DKDC - Don't Know Don't Care DL - Download DLTM - Don't Lie To Me DMI - Don't Mention It DNC - Does Not Compute DQYDJ - Don't Quit Your Day Job DRIB - Don't Read If Busy DUST - Did You See That? DWYM - Does What You Mean DYFM - Dude You Fascinate Me DYJHIW - Don't You Just Hate it When... DYOFDW - Do Your Own F***ing Dirty Work DYSTSOTT - Did You See The Size Of That Thing E123 - Easy as One, Two, Three EAK - Eating at Keyboard EG - Evil Grin EL - Evil Laugh EM? - Excuse Me? EOD - End Of Day EOM - End Of Message ESO - Equipment Smarter than Operator EULA - End-User License Agreement EWI - E-mailing While Intoxicated EZ - Easy F2F - Face-to-Face FAB - Features Attributes Benefits FAQL - Frequently Asked Questions List FAWC - For Anyone Who Cares FBKS - Failure Between Keyboard and Seat FE - Fatal Error FF - Friends Forever FF&PN - Fresh Fields and Pastures New FISH - First in, Still Here FITB - Fill in the Blanks FO - F*** Off FOAF - Friend Of A Friend FOC - Free of Charge FOFL - Falling on Floor Laughing FRED - F***ing Ridiculous Electronic Device FTASB - Faster Than A Speeding Bullet FTL - Faster Than Light FTTB - For The Time Being FUBAR - F***ed Up Beyond All Recognition FUBB - F***ed Up Beyond Belief FUD - Fear, Uncertainty, and Disinformation FUM - F***ed Up Mess FWD - Forward FWIW - For What It's Worth FYA - For Your Amusement FYI - For Your Information FYIFV - F*** You I'm Fully Vested FYM - For Your Misinformation GA - Go Ahead GAL - Get A Life GALGAL - Give A Little Get A Little GBH - Great Big Hug GD&R - Grinning, Ducking and Running GG - Good Game (or) Gotta Go GGN - Gotta Go Now GIGO - Garbage In, Garbage Out GIWIST - Gee, I Wish I'd Said That GL - Good Luck GLYASDI - God Loves You And So Do I GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike GMTFT - Great Minds Think For Themselves GNBLFY - Got Nothing But Love For You GOK - God Only Knows GR&D - Grinning Running And Ducking GR8 - Great GRRRR - it means Growling GSOAS - Go Sit On A Snake GTG - Got To Go GTGB - Got To Go, Bye GTGP - Got To Go Pee GTH - Go To Hell GTSY - Glad To See Ya GYPO - Get Your Pants Off HAGD - Have a Great Day HAGO - Have A Good One HAK - Hugs And Kisses HAND - Have a Nice Day HB - Hurry Back HD - Hold HF - Hello, Friend HHO1/2K - Ha Ha, Only Half Kidding HHOJ - Ha-Ha, Only Joking HHOK - Ha Ha, Only Kidding HHOS - Ha-Ha, Only Being Serious HHTYAY - Happy Holidays To You And Yours HIH - Hope It Helps HIOOC - Help! I'm Out Of Coffee HOHA - HOllywood HAcker HTH - Hope This (or That) Helps HUA - Heads Up Ace HUGZ - Hugs HUYA - Head Up Your A** I 1-D-R - I Wonder IAC - In Any Case IAC - In Any Case IAE - In Any Event IAITS - It's All In The Subject IANAC - I Am Not A Crook IANAE - I Am Not an Expert IANAL - I Am Not A Lawyer IAT - I Am Tired IBRB - I Will Be Right Back IBT - In Between Technology IBTD - I Beg To Differ IC - In Character ICBW - I Could Be Wrong ID10T - Idiot IDGAF - I Don't Give A F*** IDGI - I Don't Get It IDK - I Don't Know IDKY - I Don't Know You I-D-L - Ideal IDM - It Does Not Matter IDST - I Didn't Say That IDTS - I Don't Think So IEF - It's Esther's Fault IFAB - I Found A Bug IFU - I F***ed Up IGGP - I Gotta Go Pee IGTP - I Get The Point IHAIM - I Have Another Instant Message IHNO - I Have No Opinion IHTFP - I Have Truly Found Paradise or I Hate This F***ing Place IIIO - Intel Inside, Idiot Outside IIMAD - If It Makes An(y) Difference IIR - If I Remember or If I Recall IIRC - If I Remember Correctly or If I Recall Correctly IIWM - If It Were Me ILICISCOMK - I Laughed, I Cried, I Spat/Spilt Coffee/Crumbs/Coke On My Keyboard ILU - I Love You ILY - I Love You IM - Instant Messaging IMHO - In My Humble Opinion IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion IMO - In My Opinion IMS - I Am Sorry INMP - It's Not My Problem INNW - If Not Now, When INPO - In No Particular Order IOH - I'm Outta Here IOW - In Other Words IRL - In Real Life ISS - I Said So ISTM - It Seems to Me ISTR - I Seem To Remember ISWYM - I See What You Mean ITM - In The Money IUM - If You Must IYKWIM - If You Know What I Mean IYKWIMAITYD - If You Know What I Mean And I Think You Do IYO - In Your Opinion IYSS - If You Say So IYSWIM - If You See What I Mean J/C - Just Checking J/K - Just Kidding! J/W - Just Wondering JAD - Just Another day JAFO - Just Another F***ing Onlooker JAM - Just a Minute JK - Just Kidding JM2C - Just My 2 Cents JOOTT - Just One Of Those Things JT - Just Teasing K - Okay or All Right KBD - Keyboard KEWL - Cool KFY - Kiss For You KIR - Keep It Real KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid KIT - Keep In Touch KMA - Kiss My *** KMRIA - Kiss My Royal Irish Arse KOK - Knock KOTC - Kiss On The Cheek KOTL - Kiss On The Lips KPC - Keeping Parents Clueless KWIM - Know What I Mean KYPO - Keep Your Pants On L8R - Later LAQ - Lame *** Quote LD - Long Distance LDTTWA - Let's Do The Time Warp Again LIFO - Last In First Out LLTA - Lots And Lots Of Thunderous Applause LMAO - Laughing My *** Off LMK - Let Me Know LOL - Laughing Out Loud -or- Lots of Luck (or Love) LOLA - Laugh Out Loud Again LOOL - Laughing Outragously Out Loud LOPSOD - Long On Promises, Short On Delivery LRF - Little Rubber Feet LSV - Language, Sex, Violence LTIC - Laughing 'Til I Cry LTNS - Long Time No See LWR - Launch When Ready LYL - Love Ya Lots LYLAB - Love You Like a Brother LYLAS - Love You Like A Sister M8 or M8s - Mate or Mates MA - Mature Audience MFD - Multi-Function Device MfG - Mit freundlichen Gruessen MHBFY - My Heart Bleeds For You MHOTY - My Hat's Off To You MIHAP - May I Have Your Attention Please MILF - Mother I'd Like to F*** MKOP - My Kind Of Place MM - Market Maker MMHA2U - My Most Humble Apologies To You MOMPL - One Moment Please MOO - Mud, Object-Oriented MOOS - Member Of The Opposite Sex MorF - Male or Female? MOSS - Member Of The Same Sex MOTAS - Member Of The Appropriate Sex MOTD - Message Of The Day MOTSS - Members Of The Same Sex MSG - Message MTBF - Mean Time Between Failure MTFBWY - May The Force Be With You MUBAR - Messed up Beyond All Recognition MWBRL - More Will Be Revealed Later MYOB - Mind Your Own Business N/A - Not Applicable -or- Not Affiliated N/T - No Text N1 - Nice One N2M - Not To Mention NAK - Nursing At Keyboard NALOPKT - Not A Lot of People Know That N-A-Y-L - In A While NAZ - Name, Address, Zip (also means Nasdaq) NBD - No Big Deal NBIF - No Basis In Fact NCG - New College Graduate N-E-1 - Anyone N-E-1 ER - Anyone Here? NFI - No F***ing Idea NFW - No F***ing Way NG - New Game NIFOC - Nude In Front Of The Computer NIM - No Internal Message NIMBY - Not In My Back Yard NIMQ - Not In My Queue NM - Never Mind or Nothing Much NMP - Not My Problem NOYB - None Of Your Business NP - No Problem NQOCD - Not Quite Our Class Dear NRG - Energy NRN - No Reply Necessary NSFW - Not Safe For Work NTK - Nice To Know NTYMI - Now That You Mention It NUFF - Enough Said NW - No Way! NYCFS - New York City Finger Saluet OAUS - On An Unrelated Subject OBTW - Oh By The Way OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer OIC - Oh, I see OK - All Correct OLL - On-Line Love OMDB - Over My Dead Body OMG - Oh My Gosh OMIK - Open Mouth, Insert Keyboard ONNA - Oh No, Not Again ONNTA - Oh No, Not This Again OOC - Out Of Character OOF - Out Of Facility OOI - Out Of Interest OOO - Out Of Office OOTB - Out Of The Box -or- Out Of The Blue OOTC - Obligatory On Topic Comment OS - Operating System OT - Off Topic OTOH - On the Other Hand OTP - On the Phone OTT - Over the Top OTTOMH - Off the Top of my Head OUSU - Oh, You Shut Up OWTTE - Or Words To That Effect OZ - stands for: Australia P&C - Private and Confidential PANS - Pretty Awesome New Stuff PD - Public Domain PDOMA - Pulled Directly Out Of My *** PDQ - Pretty Darn Quick PEBCAK - Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard PIMP - Peeing In My Pants PITA - Pain In The *** PLS - Please PM - Personal Message PMFJI - Pardon Me For Jumping In PMIGBOM - Put Mind In Gear Before Opening Mouth PMJI - Pardon My Jumping In PO - Piss Off PONA - Person Of No Account POOF - Good-bye POS - Parent Over Shoulder POV - Point of View PS - Post Script PU - That Stinks P-ZA - Pizza QL - Quit Laughing! QS - Quit Scrolling QT - Cutie R&D - Research & Development R&R - Rest & Relaxation RAT - Remote(ly) Activated Trojan RBAY - Right Back At Ya RBTL - Read Between The Lines RE - Regards or Hello Again RFD - Request For Discussion RFR - Really F*#king Rich RFS - Really F*#king Soon RKBA - Right to Keep and Bear Arms RL - Real Life RLF - Real Life Friend RMLB - Read My Lips Baby RMMM - Read My Mail Man! RN - Right Now! ROFL - Rolling on the Floor Laughing ROTFL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing ROTFLMAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My *** Off ROTFLOL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud ROTM - Right On The Money RSN - Real Soon Now RTBS - Reason To Be Single RTFAQ - Read the FAQ File RTFM - Read The F***ing Manual RTK - Return To Keyboard RTM or RTFM - Read The Manual - or - Read The F*#king Manual RU - Are You? RUMORF - Are You Male Or Female RUOK - Are you Okay? RUUP4IT - Are You Up For It RX - Regards RYO - Roll Your Own S2R - Send To Receive S4L - Spam For Life SBTA - Sorry, Being Thick Again SBUG - Small Bald Unaudacious Goal SCNR - Sorry, Could Not Resist SED - Said Enough Darling SEP - Somebody Else's Problem SF - Surfer Friendly or Science Fiction SFAIAA - So Far As I Am Aware SFETE - Smiling From Ear To Ear SFX - Sound Effects SH - Sh** Happens SITCOMs - Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage SITD - Still In The Dark SLIRK - Smart Little Rich Kid SMAIM - Send Me An Instant Message SME - Subject Matter Expert SMEM - Send Me E-Mail SNAFU - Situation Normal, All F***ed Up SNAG - Sensitive New Age Guy SNERT - Snotty Nosed Egotistical Rotten Teenager SO - Significant Other (ie., spouse, boy/girlfriend) SOHF - Sense Of Humor Failure SOL - Sh** Out of Luck SOP - Standard Operating Procedure SorG - Straight or Gay? SRO - Standing Room Only SSDD - Same Sh** Different Day SSEWBA - Someday Soon, Everything Will Be Acronyms STFU - Shut The F*** Up STM - Spank The Monkey STR8 - Straight STYS - Speak To You Soon SUYF - Shut Up You Fool SWAG - Scientific Wild *** Guess -and- SoftWare And Giveaways SWAK - Sent (or Sealed) With A Kiss SWALK - Sealed With A Loving Kiss SWDYT - So What Do You Think? SYS - See You Soon TAFN - That Is All for Now TAH - Take A Hike TANSTAAFL - There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch TARFU - Things Are Really F***ed Up TAS - Taking A Shower TBA - To Be Advised TBC - To Be Continued TCB - The Trouble Came Back! TDM - Too Darn Many TDTM - Talk Dirty To Me TEOTWAWKI - The End Of The World As We Know It TFDS - That is For Darn Sure TFH - Thread From Hell TFN - Thanks For Nothing -or- Til Further Notice TFX - Traffic TGIF - Thank God It's Friday THX or TX or THKS - Thanks TIA - Thanks In Advance TIAIL - Think I Am In Love TIC - Tongue In Cheek TK - To Come TLA - Three Letter Acronym TLGO - The List Goes On TLK-2-U-L-8-R - Talk to You Later TM - Trust Me TMI - Too Much Information TMTOWTDI - There's More Than One Way To Do It TNA - Temporarily Not Available TNC - Tongue In Cheek TNX - Thanks TOM - Tomorrow TOT - Tons of Time TP - Team Player TPC - The Phone Company TPTB - The Powers That Be TSR - Totally Stuck in RAM TTFN - Ta Ta For Now TTG - Time to Go TTS - Text to Speech TTT - That's The Ticket -or- To The Top TTUL - Talk to You Later TTYL - Talk To You Later TVN - Thank You Very Much TWHAB - This Won't Hurt A Bit TWIMC - To Whom it may Concern TWIWI - That Was Interesting, Wasn't It? TXS - Thanks TY - Thank You TYVM - Thank You Very Much U - You U2 - You Too? U-L - You Will unPC - unPolitically Correct UPOD - Under Promise Over Deliver U-R - You Are U-R W-S - You Are Wise URYY4M - You Are Too Wise For Me VBG - Very Big Grin VBS - Very Big Smile VC - Venture Capital VEG - Very Evil Grin VFM - Value For Money VM - Voice Mail VRBS - Virtual Reality Bull Sh*t VSF - Very Sad Face W/O - Without WAD - Without A Doubt WAG - Wild *** Guess WAI - What An Idiot WAMBAM - Web Application Meets Brick And Mortar WB - Welcome Back or Write Back WBS - Write Back Soon WC - Who Cares? WCA - Who Cares Anyway WDYS - What Did You Say? WDYT - What Do You Think? WE - Whatever WEG - Wicked Evil Grin WF - Way Fun WFM - Works For Me WG - Wicked Grin WGAFF - Who Gives A Flying F*** WIIFM - What's In It For Me? WISP - Winning Is So Pleasureable WIT - Wordsmith In Training WITFITS - What in the F*** is this Sh** WNOHGB - Were No One Has Gone Before WOG - Wise Old Guy WOMBAT - Waste Of Money, Brains And Time WRT - With Regard To or With Respect To WT - Without Thinking WTB - Want To Buy WTF - What The F*** WTG - Way To Go! WTH - What the Heck WTSDS - Where The Sun Don't Shine WTTM - Without Thinking To Much WU? - What is Up WUF? - Where are You From? WWY? - Where Were You? WX - Weather WYCM? - Will You Call Me? WYP - What's Your Problem? WYRN - What's Your Real Name? WYS - Whatever You Say WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get WYSLPG - What You See Looks Pretty Good WYT - Whatever You Think WYWH - Wish You Were Here X-I-10 - Exciting XME - Excuse Me XOXO - Hugs and Kisses YA - Yet Another YA yaya - Yet Another Ya-Ya (as in yo-yo) YACC - Yet Another Calendar Company YAFIYGI - You Asked For It You Got It YCT - Your Comment To YDKM - You Don't Know Me YGBK - You Gotta Be Kiddin' YHM - You Have Mail YIC - Yours In Christ YKW? - You Know What? YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary YNK - You Never Know YOYO - You're On Your Own YR - Yeah Right YSYD - Yeah, Sure You Do YTTT - You Telling The Truth? YW - You are Welcome YWIA - You're Welcome In Advance YYSSW - Yeah Yeah Sure Sure Whatever ZZZ - Sleeping, Bored, Tired