Email / Chat slang

[Lyte]

Ever wonder what all those abbreviations in email and chat mean?? There are hundreds but here are a few of the most common ones.

AFK Away From the Keyboard
BBL Be Back Later
BBS Be Back Soon
BEG Big Evil Grin
BBFN Bye For Now
BR Best Regards
BRB Be Right Back
BTW By The Way
CYA See Ya
D/L, DL, d/l, dl Downloading, or Download it.
EG Evil Grin
F2F Face To Face
FAQ Frequently Asked Question
FUBAR "Fouled" Up Beyond All Repair / Recognition
FYI For Your Information
g/f Girlfriend (also shown as gf, G/F, or GF)
GFN Gone For Now
GGOH Gotta Get Outta Here
GMTA Great Minds Think Alike
GR Gotta Run
GR&D Grinning, Running, and Ducking.
GTR Got To Run
GTRM Going To Read Mail (leaving chat room to check email)
H&K Hugs and Kisses
HTH Hope That Helps
ILU or ILY I Love You
IM Instant Message
IMHO In My Humble Opinion (or In My Honest Opinion)
IMO In My Opinion
IRL In Real Life
IYO In Your Opinion
JK Just Kidding
JMO Just My Opinion
JW Just Wondering
KIT Keep In Touch
LMAO Laughing My Ass Off
LFFAO Laughing My Freaking Ass Off
LOL Laughing Out Loud
LTNS Long Time No See
LTS Laughing To ones Self
LYL Love You Lots
NFW No Feasible Way
NIMBY Not In My Back Yard
NP, np No Problem
OIC Oh, I See
OMG Oh My Gosh (although it's usually used with the Lords name in place of "gosh")
OTOMH Off the Top of My Head ...
PITA Pain In The Ass
PLZ Please
POS Parents are looking Over my Shoulder.
POTS Parents Over The Shoulder - (My parents are watching, I can't really talk)
PPL People
QT Cutie
ROFL Rolling On Floor, Laughing
ROTF Rolling On The Floor (laughing is implied)
ROTFLMAO Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off
ROTFLMFAO Rolling On The Floor Laughing F(***ing) My Ass Off
RSN Real Soon Now
r/t Real Time (also: RT, or rt)
RU aRe yoU?
SNAFU Situation Normal, All "Fouled" Up
SO Significant Other
SOL **** Out Of Luck
SOS Same Old Stuff
STW Search The Web
TC Take Care
TFH Thread From Hell (a topic or discussion that won't stop - esp. newsgroups)
TGIF Thank Goodness It's Friday
THX Thanks!
TIA Thanks In Advance
TM Text Message (often refers to communications with text over cell phones)
TMI Too Much Info. (information)
TNT 'Til Next Time
TPS That's Pretty Stupid
TTFN Ta-Ta For Now
TTTT These Things Take Time
TTYL Talk To You Later
TY Thank You
WB Welcome Back
WEG Wicked Evil Grin
WFM Works For Me
WTG Way To Go
WTGP? Want To Go Private?
WWJD What Would Jesus Do?
YAA Yet Another Acronym
YBS You'll Be Sorry
YMMV Your Mileage May Vary
YVW You're Very Welcome
YW You're Welcome

[Dizzle102]

there are more

fiik = F***ed if i know
ffs = For f***'s sake

if you want any more rudish ones, ask me

[Lyte]

Originally Posted by Dizzle102

if you want any more rudish ones, ask me

No, I think we're safer without those! LOL

Lyte

[Kilojim]

Originally Posted by Lyte

No, I think we're safer without those! LOL

Lyte

Thanks for that lyte, i've always wondering what these mean, i hate these things because i don't understand them. Especially text messages and IM, they are really annoying and it makes everything 10x hard to understand.

[Dizzle102]

but much quicker