Thread: SMS talk and chat abbreviations

If you feel a bit lost sometimes with all the SMS talk and chat abbreviations, here's a helpful chart that will empower you to communicate instead of sporting that clueless look, saying, "what?" :-)

A
10Q - Thank You
1FTR - One For The Road
24/7 - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
AAMOF - As A Matter Of Fact
ACK - Acknowledgement
ADN - Any Day Now
AFAIAC - As Far As I Am Concerned
AFAICT - As Far As I Can Tell
AFAIK - As Far As I Know
AFAIUI - As Far As I Understand It
AFK - Away From The Keyboard
AISB - As I Said Before
AISE - As I Said Earlier
AISI - As I See It
AIW - As It Were/Was
AKA - Also Known As
AMAP - As Much/Many As Possible
AMF - Adios My Friend
ANFAWFOS - And Now For A Word From Our Sponsor
AOB - Any Other Business
APAC - All Praise And Credit
ASAP - As Soon As Possible
ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ATB - All The Best
ATK - At The Keyboard
ATLA - Another Three Letter Acronym
ATTN - Attention
AWCIGO - And Where Can I Get One
AWGTHTGTATA - Are We Going To Have To Go Through All This/That Again
AWGTHTGTTA - Are We Going To Have To Go Through This/That Again
AWHFY - Are We Having Fun Yet
AYT - Are You There

B
B/C - Because
B4 - Before
B4N - Bye For Now
BAC - By Any Chance
BAD - Broken As Designed
BAK - Back At Keyboard
BBB - Busy Beyond Belief
BBFN - Bye Bye For Now
BBIAB - Be Back In A Bit
BBIAS - Be Back In A Sec
BBL - Be Back Later
BBR - Burnt Beyond Repair
BBS - Bulletin Board System
BC - Basket Case
BCC - Blind Carbon Copy
BCNU - Be Seein' You
<BEG> - Big Evil Grin
BF - Boy Friend
BFI - Brute Force and Ignorance
BFMI - Brute Force and Massive Ignorance
BFN - Bye For Now
<BG> - Big Grin
BIL - Brother In Law
BION - Believe It Or Not
BITD - Beaten It To Death
BK - Because
BMHATK - Banging My Head Against The Keyboard
BMHATW - Banging My Head Against The Wall
BMOC - Big Man On Campus
BMTA - Brilliant Minds Think Alike
BNF - Big Name Fan
BOC - But Of Course
BOF - Birds Of a Feather
BOHOF - Back Of Hand On Forehead
BOS - Big Orange Switch
BOT - Back On Topic
BRB - Be Right Back
BRS - Big Red Switch
BRT - Be Right There
BSG - Big Smiling Grin; Broad Sweeping Generalisation
BTA - But Then Again
BTAICBW - But Then Again I Could Be Wrong
BTAIM - Be That As It May
BTDT - Been There Done That
BTDTGTTS - Been There Done That Got The T-Shirt
BTOBD - Be There Or Be Dead
BTOBS - Be There Or Be Square
BTTP - Back To The Point
BTW - By The Way
BWQ - Buzz Word Quotient
BYKT - But You Know/Knew That
BYKTA - But You Know/Knew That Already
BYOB - Bring Your Own Bottle/Booze

C
C&P - Copy & Paste
CADET - Can't Add Doesn't Even Try
CB - Call Back
CC - Carbon Copy
CCWC - Can't Cook Won't Cook
CE - Creative Editing
CFD - Call For Discussion
CFV - Call For Votes
<CG> - Cute Grin
CHOWUR - See HOW yoU aRe
CHUR - See How yoU aRe
CIAC - Computer Incident Advisory Capability
CIAO - goodbye
CIC - Christ I'm Confused
CIO - Cut It Out
CLAB - Crying Like A Baby
CMIIW - Correct Me If I'm Wrong
CO - COnference
COD - Cash On Delivery
CS - Cop Shop
CTTD - Cute Things They Do
CTTS - Cute Things They Say
CU - See yoU
CUL - See yoU Later
CUL8R - See yoU LateR
CWYL - Chat With You Later
CYA - See Ya
CYL - See You Later

D
D&W - Ducking And Weaving
DARFC - Ducking And Running For Cover
DBA - Doing Business As
DBN - Doing Business - Not
DFM - Don't Flame Me
DIM - Do It Myself
DIY - Do It Yourself
DK - Don't Know
DL - DownLoad
DLG - Devilish Little Grin
DNA - Did Not Answer
DNS - Domain Name System
DOA - Dead On Arrival
DOB - Date Of Birth
DOM - Dirty Old Man
DTP - DeskTop Publishing
DTRT - Do The Right Thing
DTTAH - Don't Try This At Home
DUCWIC - Do YoU See What I See
DUK - Dead Upon Keyboard
DWIMNWIS - Do What I Mean Not What I Say
DWISNWID - Do What I Say Not What I Do
DYHWIH - Do You Hear What I Hear
DYSWIS - Do You See What I See

E
E2EG - Ear to Ear Grin
E&OE - Errors And Omissions Excepted
ED - Emotionally Disturbed
EDP - Emotionally Disturbed Person
<EG> - Evil Grin
EIF - Exercise In Futility
EOB - End Of Business
EOD - End Of Discussion
EOF - End Of File
EOL - End Of Lecture
eom - End Of Message
EOT - End Of Thread
ESP - ESPecially
ESOSL - Endless Snorts Of Stupid Laughter
ETA - Estimated Time Of Arrival

F
F2F - Face To Face
FAQ - Frequently Asked Question(s)
FCFS - First Come First Served
FCOL - For Crying Out Loud
FIL - Father In Law
FITB - Fill In The Blank
FOAF - Friend Of A Friend
FOAFOAG - Father Of A Friend Of A Girlfriend
FOAG - Father Of A Girlfriend
FOT - Full Of Tripe
FOTCL - Falling Off The Chair Laughing
FSD - Fools Seldom Differ
FTASB - Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
FTF - Face To Face
FTL - Faster Than Light
FTP - File Transfer Protocol
FUD - Fear Uncertainty Doubt
FWIW - For What It's Worth
FYA - For Your Amusement
FYI - For Your Information

G
G - Grin <g>
GA - Go Ahead
GAC - Get A Clue
GAFIA - Get Away From It All
GAL - Get A Life
GD&W - Grinning Ducking And Weaving
GF - GirlFriend
GGN - Gotta Go Now
GIGO - Garbage In Garbage Out
GIWIST - Gee I Wish I'd Said That
GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike
GOK - God Only Knows
GOOML - Get Out Of My Life
GOWI - Get On With It
GTBOS - Glad To Be Of Service
GTG - Got To Go
GTGN - Got To Go Now
GTP - Got To Pee

H

H2 - How To
HAND - Have A Nice Day
HCB - Holy Cow Batman
HHGTTG - Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy
HHO½K - Ha Ha Only Half Kidding
HHOJ - Ha Ha Only Joking
HHOK - Ha Ha Only Kidding
HHOS - Ha Ha Only Serious
HIB - Have I Been
HICA - Here It Comes Again
HOPR - Hang On Phone's Ringing
HOS - Husband Over Shoulder
HOUER - Hanging On yoUr Every Word
HOYER - Hanging On Your Every Word
HSIK - How Should I Know
HSP - Highly Sensitive Person
HTH - Hope This Helps
HW - HardWare

I
IAC - In Any Case
IAE - In Any Event
IAGFII - It's All Good Fun Isn't It
IANAA - I Am Not An Accountant
IANAC - I Am Not A Crook
IANAD - I Am Not A Doctor
IANAL - I Am Not A Lawyer
IAWC - In A While Crocodile
IBC - Inadequate But Cute
IBM - Inadequate But Marketable
IBTD - I Beg To Differ
IC - I See
ICB - I Care Because
ICBW - I Could Be Wrong
ICCL - I Couldn't Care Less
ICTYBTIHTKY- I Could Tell You But Then I'd Have To Kill You
ICUR - I See yoU aRe
IDGAD - I Don't Give A Damn
IDGI - I Don't Get It
IDK - I Don't Know
iDOT - Internet Development Outreach and Technology
IDTS - I Don't Think So
IDTT - I'll Drink To That
IHABICNRWTSF - I Hate Abbreviations Because I Can Never Remember What They Stand For [pronounced Eye habbik nerwit siff<g>]
IIABDFI - If It Ain't Broke Don't Fix It
IIRC - If I Recall/Remember Correctly
IJLS - I Just Like Saying
IK - I Know
IKWUM - I Know What yoU Mean
IKWYM - I Know What You Mean
ILIWAPCT - I Love It When A Plan Comes Together
ILU - I Love yoU
ILY - I Love You
IMAO - In My Arrogant Opinion
IMBO - In My Biased Opinion
IMCDO - In My Conceited Dogmatic Opinion
IMCO - In My Considered Opinion
IME - In My Experience
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IMMOR - I Make My Own Rules
IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO - In My Opinion
IMOBO - In My Own Biased Opinion
IMPE - In My Personal Experience
IMPOV - In My Point Of View
IMVHO - In My Very Humble Opinion
INGSI - I'm Not Going To Say It
INPO - In No Particular Order
INT - I'll Never Tell
IOU - I Owe You
IOW - In Other Words
IP - Internet Protocol
IR - Inter Racial
IRC - Internet Relay Chat
IRL - In Real Life
IROOC - I've Run Out Of Cigarettes
ISC - I Stand Corrected
ISP - Internet Service Provider
ISTM - It Seems To Me
ISTR - I Seem To Remember
ITFA - In The Final Analysis
ITMA - Its That Man Again
IUTHALORFH - I Used To Have A Lot Of Respect For Him/Her
IT - Information Technology
ITYM - I Think You Mean
IUTKATS - I Used To Know All That Stuff
IWBNI - It Would Be Nice If
IWIK - I Wish I Knew
IYF - In Your Face
IYF - Insert Your Favourite
IYSWIM - If You See What I Mean

J
J/K - Just Kidding
JAM - Just A Moment/Minute
JAO - Just Another Observer
JAS - Just A Second
JFF - Just For Fun
JIC - Just In Case
JFTR - Just For The Record
JTYWTK - Just Thought You Wanted To Know

K
K - oKay
KIA - Know It All
KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid
KMWIH - Kick Me Where It Hurts
KMYF - Kiss Me You Fool
KOS - Kids Over Shoulder
KOTC - Kiss On The Cheek
KOTL - Kiss On The Lips
KOTM - Kook Of The Month
KWIM - Know What I Mean
KYHU - Keep Your Head Up
KYHOOTW - Keep Your Head Out Of The Water

L
L8R - Later
LALL - Live And Let Live
LAN - Local Area Network
LJBF - Let's Just Be Friends
LLTA - Lots and Lots of Thunderous Applause
LMA - Leave Me Alone
LMC - Lost My Connection
LMCOA - Lost My Connection Once Again
LMK - Let Me Know
LoTR - Lord of The Rings
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
LSP - Less Sensitive Person
LTBF - Learn To Be Funny
LTMSH - Laughing 'Til My Sides Hurt
LTNS - Long Time No See
LUSER - Loser USER

M
MAY - Mad About You
MB - Message Board
MCIBTY - My Computer Is Better Than Yours
MFG - More Friendly Garbage
MHBFY - My Heart Bleeds For You
MHDC - My Hard Drive Crashed
MHM - Members Helping Members
MHOTY - My Hat's Off To You
MIL - Mother In Law
ML - More Later
MMIF - My Mouth Is Full
MOF - Matter Of Fact
MORF - Male OR Female
MOS - Member of the Opposite Sex
MOTD - Message Of The Day
MOTOS - Member Of The Opposite Sex
MOTSS - Member Of The Same Sex
MSS - Member of the Same Sex
MTFBWY - May The Force Be With You
MYOB - Mind Your Own Business

N
N/M - Never Mind
NAGI - Not A Good Idea
NBD - No Big Deal
NBTD - Nothing Better To Do
NDM - No Disrespect Meant
NERD - National Establishment for Real Dorks
NHOH - Never Heard Of Her/Him
NICBDAT - Nothing Is Certain But Death And Taxes
NIDWTC - No I Don't Want To Chat
NIH - Not Invented Here
NIMBY - Not In My Back Yard
NINO - Nothing In Nothing Out
NIT - Not In Therapy
NLI - Not Logged In
NMI - No Middle Initial
NMP - Not My Problem
NN - Night Night
NoCeM - No See 'eM
NOOTO - Nothing Out Of The Ordinary
NOYB - None Of Your Business
NP - No Problem
NP - No Picture
NPF - No Problem Found
NQA - No Questions Asked
NRN - No Reply Necessary
NTG - Not Too Good
NTIM - Not That It Matters
NTIMM - Not That It Matters Much
NTL - Never The Less
NYP - Not Your Problem

O
O - Over [to you]
OATUS - On A Totally Unrelated Subject
OAUS - On An Unrelated Subject
OB - OBligatory
OBTW - Oh By The Way
OD - OverDose; Oh Dear
OIC - Oh I See
OMG - Oh My God
ONNA - Oh No Not Again
ONNTA - Oh No Not That/This Again
OO - Over and Out
OOI - Out Of Interest
OOSOOM - Out Of Sight Out Of Mind
OT - Off Topic
OTC - Over The Counter
OTD - Out The Door
OTF - On The Floor
OTL - Out To Lunch
OTOH - On The Other Hand
OTOOH - On The Other Other Hand
OTT - Over The Top
OTTOMH - Off The Top Of My Head
OTW - On The Whole
OW - Oh Well
OWTTE - Or Words To That Effect

P

PCB - Please Call Back
PD - Public Domain
PDA - Public Display of Affection
PEST - Please Excuse Slow Typing
PGP - Pretty Good Privacy
PIMP - Pee In My Pants
PKB - Pot Kettle Black
PLMK - Please Let Me Know
PLMKO - Please Let Me Know Ok
PMBI - Pardon My Butting In
PMETC - Pardon Me ETC
PMFBI - Pardon Me For Butting In
PMFJI - Pardon Me For Jumping In
PMFJIH - Pardon Me For Jumping In Here
PMJI - Pardon My Jumping In
POM - Phase Of the Moon
POS - Parents Over Shoulder
POTS - Plain Old Telephone Service
POV - Point Of View
PPL - PeoPLe
PTB - Power(s) That Be
PTMM - Please Tell Me More
PTMY - Pleased To Meet You
PTMYA - Pleased To Make Your Acquaintance

Q

QED - Quod Erat Demonstrandum; Quite Easily Done
QPQ - Quid Pro Quo

R

RE - REgarding
RFC - Request For Comments
RFD - Request For Discussion
RFM - Reply To Flagged Message
RFT - Request For Thinking
RHIP - Rank Hath Its Privileges
RL - Real Life
RNA - Ring No Answer
ROFFNAR - Rolling On the Floor For No Apparent Reason
ROFL - Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROTBA - Reality On The Blink Again
ROTF - Rolling On The Floor
ROTFL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROTFLAS - Rolling On The Floor Laughing And Snorting
ROTM - Right On The Money
RPG - Role Playing Game
RSN - Real Soon Now
RT - Real Time
RUMF - aRe yoU Male or Female
RUMORF - aRe yoU Male Or Female

S

*S* - *Smile*
SASS - Short Attention Span
SEP - Somebody Else's Problem
SFAIAA - So Far As I Am Aware
SHAM - Stay At Home Mom
SHTSI - Somebody Had To Say It
SIG - Special Interest Group
SIIK - Stuffed If I Know
SIL - Sister In Law
SITD - Still In The Dark
SMO - Serious Mode On
SMOFF - Serious Mode OFF
SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNERT - Snot-Nosed Egotistical Rude Teenager
SNR - Signal To Noise Ratio
SO - Significant Other
SOHB - Sense Of Humour Bypass
SOVS - SomeOne Very Special
ST - Such That; Star Trek
ST-DS9 - Star Trek Deep Space 9
ST-TNG - Star Trek The Next Generation
ST-TOS - Star Trek The Original Series
ST-VOY - Star Trek Voyager
STS - So To Speak
SUAD - Shut Up And Deal
SUB - Sign Up Board
SUFID - Screwing Up Face In Disgust
SUNOILTY - Shut Up No One Is Listening To You
SUYP - Shut Up You Pervert
SW - SoftWare; So What; Says Whom
SWAK - Sealed With A Kiss
SWALK - Sealed With A Loving Kiss
SWDYRTW - Since When Do You Rule The Web
SWMBO - She Who Must Be Obeyed
SWYP - So What's Your Problem
SYLA - See You Later Alligator

T

T&E - Trial And Error
TA - Thanks A lot
TAF - That's All Folks
TAFN - That's All For Now
TANJ - There Ain't No Justice
TAWIS - That Ain't What I said
TBC - To Be Continued
TBE - To Be Expected
TBYB - Try Before You Buy
TC - Telephone Call; Take Care
TCB - Taking Care Of Business
TEHO - To Each His Own
TFTT - Thanks For The Thought
TGAL - Think Globally Act Locally
TGIF - Thank God It's Friday
TGTF - Thank God Tomorrow's Friday
THX - Thanks
TIA - Thanks In Advance
TIC - Tongue In Cheek
TIME - Tears In My Eyes
TIMTOWTDI - There Is More Than One Way To Do It
TINAR - This Is Not A Recommendation
TINWIS - That Is Not What I Said
TLC - Tender Loving Care
TMI - Too Much Information
TNOTVS - There's Nothing On Television So
TNTL - Trying Not To Laugh
TNX - Thanks
TPAE - The Possibilities Are Endless
TPTB - The Powers That Be
TRDMC - Tears Running Down My Cheeks
TTBE - That's To Be Expected
TTBOMK - To The Best Of My Knowledge
TTFN - Ta Ta For Now
TTKSF - Trying To Keep Straight Face
TTL4N - That's The Lot For Now
TTSP - This Too Shall Pass
TTUL - Talk/Type To You Later
TTYL - Talk To You Later
TTYRS - Talk To You Real Soon
TWIAVBP - The World Is A Very Big Place
TWIMC - To Whom It May Concern
TWIS - That's What I Said
TWYAS - That's What You All Say
TWYT - That's What You Think
TYVM - Thank You Very Much

U

U/L - UpLoad
UAE - Unrecoverable Application Error
UL - UpLoad
UOK - yoU OK?
URL - Uniform Resource Locator
URLCM - yoU aRe weLCoMe
USU - Usually
UTC - Under The Counter
UTT - Under The Table
UYKD - Unless You Know Different(ly)

V

<VBG> - Very Big Grin
VH - Virtual Hug
VR - Virtual Reality
VRML - Virtual Reality Modelling Language
VT - Virtual Time

W

W/ - With
W/O - With Out
W8 - Wait
W8ING - Waiting
WAB - What Another Bill
WAEF - When All Else Fails
WAM - Wait a minute
WAN - Wide Area Network
WB - Welcome Back
WCAGA - What Comes Around Goes Around
WDYMBT - What Do You Mean By That
WFM - Works For Me
<WG> - Wicked Grin
WIBNIF - Wouldn't It Be Nice If
WMMOWS - Wash My Mouth Out With Soap
WOA - Work Of Art
WOM - Word Of Mouth
WOS - Wife Over Shoulder
WR - With Respect
WRT - With Respect To
WTAA - What's This All About
WTG - Way To Go!
WTGP - Want To Go Private
WTTRW - Welcome To The Real World
WWW - World Wide Web
WYMM - Will You Marry Me
WYP - What's Your Point
WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get


Y

YAOTM - Yet Another Off-Topic Message
YGGM - Your Guess is as Good as Mine
YGTBK - You've Got To Be Kidding
YHBW - You Have Been Warned
YHL - You Have Lost
YHTBT - You Had To Be There
YIU - Yes I Understand
YM - You Mean
YOYOW - You Own Your Own Words
YR - Yeah Right
YSS - You Suck Severely
YWHOL - Yelling Woo Hoo Out Loud
YWSYLS - You Win Some You Lose Some


Z

ZAM - Z's Are Me
ZAC - Z's Are Calling (time for bed)
ZSTFB - Ze bed Says Time For Bed