Monday, April 18, 2005

chat abbreviations & their meanings

Abbreviation Meanings
AAP Always a pleasure
AAR At any rate
AAS Alive and smiling
ADN Any day now
AEAP As early as possible
AFAIK As far as I know
AFK Away from keyboard
AKA Also known as
AISB As it should be
AOTA All of the above
ASAP As soon as possible
A/S/L Age/sex/location
AT At your terminal
ATM At the moment
AYEC At your earliest convenience
B/F Boyfriend
B4 Before
B4N Bye for now
BAK Back at keyboard
BAU Business as usual
BBIAF Be back in a few
BBIAM Be back in a minute
BBL Be back later
BBS Be back soon
BC Because
BCNU Be seein' you
BF Best friend
BFN Bye for now
BLNT Better luck next time
BM&Y Between me and you
BOL Best of luck
BRB Be right back
BRT Be right there
BTA But then again
BTDT Been there, done that
BTW By the way
CMIIW Correct me if I'm wrong
CMON Come on
COB Close of business
CU See you
CUA See you around
CUL See you later
CUL8R See you later
CWYL Chat with you later
CYA See ya
CYO See you online
D/L Download
DEGT Don't even go there
DIKU Do I know you?
DQMOT Don't quote me on this
DTS Don't think so
EBKAC Error between keyboard and chair
EMA E-mail address
EOD End of day
EOM End of message
F2F Face to face
FBM Fine by me
FISH First in, still here
FOMCL Falling off my chair laughing
FITB Fill in the blank
FRT For real though
FWIW For what it's worth
FYEO For your eyes only
FYI For your information
G/F Girlfriend
G2G Got to go
G2R Got to run
GA Go ahead
GAL Get a life
GB Goodbye
GBU God bless you
GFI Go for it
GG Gotta Go or Good Game
GIAR Give it a rest
GIGO Garbage in, garbage out
GL Good luck
GL/HF Good luck, have fun
GLNG Good luck next game
GMTA Great minds think alike
GOI Get over it
GOL Giggling out loud
GR8 Great
GR&D Grinning, running and ducking
GTG Got to go
GTRM Going to read mail
HAGN Have a good night
HAGO Have a good one
HAND Have a nice day
HF Have fun
HHIS Head hanging in shame
HOAS Hold on a second
HRU How are you?
HTH Hope this helps
IAC In any case
IANAL I am not a lawyer
IB I'm back
IC I see
ICBW It could be worse
IDK I don't know
IDTS I don't think so
IG2R I got to run
IIRC If I remember correctly
ILBL8 I'll be late
ILU I love you
ILY I love you
IM Instant message
IMHO In my humble opinion
IMNSHO In my not so humble opinion
IMO In my opinion
INAL I'm not a lawyer
IOW In other words
IRL In real life
IRMC I rest my case
IUSS If you say so
IYKWIM If you know what I mean
IYO In your opinion
IYSS If you say so
JAC Just a sec
JIK Just in case
JJA Just joking around
JK Just kidding
JMO Just my opinion
JP Just playing
KISS Keep it simple, stupid
KIT Keep in touch
KOTC Kiss on the cheek
KNIM Know what I mean?
Abbreviation Meaning
L8R Later
LD Later, dude / Long distance
LMAO Laughing my a** off
LOL Laughing out loud
LTM Laugh to myself
LTNS Long time no see
LYLAS Love you like a sis
M8 Mate
MorF Male or female?
MoS Mother over shoulder
MUSM Miss you so much
MYOB Mind your own business
n00b Newbie
NBD No big deal
NFM None for me / Not for me
NIMBY Not in my back yard
NLT No later than
NM Nothing much / Never mind
NMH Not much here
NOYB None of your business
NP No problem
NRN No response/reply necessary
NW No way
OIC Oh, I see
OMG Oh my God
OMW On my way
OO Over and out
OOH Out of here
OOTD One of these days
OP On phone
OTB Off to bed
OTL Out to lunch
OTOH On the other hand
OTTOMH Off the top of my head
OTW Off to work
PDQ Pretty darn quick
PLMK Please let me know
PLZ Please
PMFI Pardon me for interrupting
PMFJI Pardon me for jumping in
POAHF Put on a happy face
POS Parent over shoulder
PPL People
PRW People/parents are watching
PTL Praise the Lord
PXT Please explain that
PU That stinks!
QIK Quick
RL Real life
RME Rolling my eyes
ROTFL Rolling on the floor laughing
RSN Real soon now
RTFM Read the f***ing manual
SICNR Sorry, I could not resist
SIG2R Sorry, I got to run
SLAP Sounds like a plan
SMHID Scratching my head in disbelief
SIS Snickering in silence
SOMY Sick of me yet?
SOTMG Short of time, must go
SPK Speak
SPST Same place, same time
SRY Sorry
SS So sorry
SSDD Same stuff, different day
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?
SYL See you later
TA Thanks a lot
TAFN That's all for now
TAM Tomorrow a.m.
TBD To be determined
TBH To be honest
TC Take care
TGIF Thank God it's Friday
THX Thanks
TIA Thanks in advance
TIAD Tomorrow is another day
TLK2UL8R Talk to you later
TMI Too much information
TMWFI Take my word for it
TNSTAAFL There's no such thing as a free lunch
TPM Tomorrow p.m.
TPTB The powers that be
TSTB The sooner, the better
TTFN Ta ta for now
TTTT These things take time
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
UGTBK You've got to be kidding
UKTR You know that's right
UL Upload
UR Your / You're
UV Unpleasant visual
UW You're welcome
WAM Wait a minute
WAN2TLK Want to talk
WAYF Where are you from?
W/B Write back
WB Welcome back
WIIFM What's in it for me?
WK Week
WKD Weekend
WOMBAT Waste of money, brains and time
WRUD What are you doing?
WTF What the f*ck
WTG Way to go
WTH What the heck?
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
WYLEI When you least expect it
WYSIWYG What you see is what you get
YBS You'll be sorry
YGBKM You gotta be kidding me
YMMV Your mileage may vary
YW You're welcome

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