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Email and Chat Room Acronyms

These acronyms sprang up to answer a need for speedier communication
when typing email messages and especially in chat room conversations and on bulletin boards.

 

Acronym
Definition
Acronym
Definition
AAMOF As a matter of fact IMO In My Opinion
AFAIK As Far as I Know IOW In other words
AFK Away From Keyboard IIRC If I remember correctly
AKA Also Known As IM Instant Message
ASAP As Soon As Possible IRL In Real Life
A/S/L Age/Sex/Location? JK Just Kidding
ATM At the moment KISS Keep It Simple Stupid
ATYS Anything you say KWIM Know What I Mean
AWA As well as L8R Later
B4 Before LMAO Laughing my arse off (Expression)
B/C Because LOL Laughing Out Loud (Expression)
BF Boy Friend LTNS Long time no see
BRB Be Right Back MYOB Mind Your Own Business
BTDT Been There, Done That NBD No Big Deal
BTW By the way NFA No Flaming Allowed
CMIIW Correct me if I'm wrong NM Never Mind
CUL Catch You Later NM No Message
CU See you (If used in a message with only a subject title)
CUS See you soon NP No problem
CWOT Complete waste of time

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NSA

 Nice Shot (Gaming)
DBA Doing Business As  No strings attached.
DIY Do it yourself OCD Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
DL Download OIC Oh, I See
DUCWIM Do You See What I Mean? OMG Oh my god.
EG Evil Grin OT Off Topic
  OTOH On The Other Hand
EOD End of Discussion OTT Over The Top
EOR End of Rant OTTOMH Off The Top of My Head
  PAW Parents Are Watching
F2F Face to face PITA Pain In The A**
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions POV Point of View
FCOL For crying out loud PTMM Please Tell Me More
FITB Fill In the Blank ROFL Rolling on Floor Laughing (Expression)
FWIW For What It's Worth ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing (Expression)
FYEO For Your Eyes Only RTFM Read the fine manual
FYI For Your Information SITD Still in the dark
G Grin   SOH Sense of Humor
GF Girl Friend SOHO Small Office, Home Office
GG Good Game STFU Shut the F*** Up
GGN Gotta Go Now THX Thanks
GI Good Idea TIA Thanks in advance
GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out TMI Too much information
GJ Good Job TTFN Ta Ta for Now
GL Good Luck TTYL Talk To You Later
H&K Hugs and Kisses TTYRS Talk To You Real Soon
HAGN Have a good night TY Thank You
HAND Have a nice day WB Welcome Back
HHIS Hanging Head In Shame WBS Write Back Soon
HOAS Hold on a second WFM Works for me
HTH Hope This Helps WTF What The F***
IAC In any case WTG Way To Go
IAWTP I Agree With This Post WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get
IMHO In My Humble Opinion YMMV Your Mileage May Vary
IMLTHO In My Less Than Humble Opinion YW You're welcome




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