Online Acronyms

You see them everywhere – lol, lmao, brb, bbl

Acronyms are accepted as shortcuts to words or messages. lol would be ‘Laugh Out Loud’, brb would be ‘Be Right Back’. Notice the first letter of each word is being used. bbl is ‘Be Back Later.

You can find quite a varied list of generally accepted online acronyms here:

Forum & Chat AcronymsA – C
2L8 Too Late
2U To You
4U For You
AAMOF As A Matter Of Fact
ADN Any Day Now
AFAIK As Far As I Know
AFAIC As Far As I’m Concerned
AFK Away From Keyboard
AGAN As Good As New
AISI As I See It
AKA Also Known As
AOAS All Of A Sudden
ASAP As Soon As Possible
ATST At The Same Time
AWA As Well As
B4 Before
B4N Before Now
BAC By Any Chance or Back At Computer
BBIAB Be Back In A Bit
BBIAF Be Back In A Few
BBL Be Back Later
BBN Bye Bye Now
BBS Be Back Soon
B/C Because
BCNU Be Seeing You
BF or B/F Boyfriend
BFD Big Friggin (or *censored*) Deal
BFN Bye For NOw
BL Belly Laugh
BOT Back On Topic
BRB Be Right Back
BTA But Then Again
BTDT Been There Done That
BTW By The Way
BTWBO Be There With Bells On
BYAM Between You And Me
BYTM Better You Than Me
CID Consider It Done
CIO Check It Out
CMIIW Correct Me If I’m Wrong
CRBT Crying Real Big Tears
CU See You
CUL See You Later
CMI Count Me In
CMO Count Me Out
CWYL Chat With You Later
Forum & Chat AcronymsD – H
DGT Don’t Go There
DH Darling Husband
DKDC Don’t Know, Don’t Care
D/L or DL Download
DW Darling (or Dear or Darn) Wife
DS Dear Son
DD Dear Daughter
EG Evil Grin
EOD End Of Discussion
EOR End Of Rant
ES Enough Said
FAQ Frequently Asked Question
FITB Fill In The Blank
F2F Face To Face
FC Fingers Crossed
FCOL For Crying Out Loud
FOAF Friend Of A Friend
FOFL Falling On Floor Laughing
FOMCL Fell Off My Chair Laughing
FTTB For The Time Being
FUBAR Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition
FWIW For What It’s Worth
FYI For Your Information
G or *G* Grin
G2G Got To Go
GAL Get A Life
GF or G/F Girlfriend
GFN Gone For Now
GL Good Luck
GMAB Give Me A Break
GMTA Great Minds Think Alike
GTG Got To Go
GTSY Glad To See You
H&K Hug And Kiss
HAND Have A Nice Day
HB Hurry Back
HCIT How Cool Is That
HF Have Fun
HIIK Heck If I Know
HOAS Hold On A Second
HT Hi There
HTH Hope This Helps
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Forum & Chat AcronymsI – O
IAC In Any Case
IAG It’s All Good
IBTD I Beg To Differ
IC I See
IDGI I Don’t Get It
IKWUM I Know What You Mean
IOW In Other Words
IYKWIM If You Know What I Mean
IMO In My Opinion
IMHO In My Humble (or Honest) Opinion
IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion
IOW In Other Words
IRL In Real Life
ITA I Totally Agree
IM Instant Message
JFYI Just For Your Information
JK or J/K Just Kidding
JM2C Just My Two Cents
JMO Just My Opinion
JMS Just Making Sure
JW Just Wondering
K Okay
KISS Keep It Simple Stupid
KIT Keep In Touch
KWIM Know What I Mean
L or *L* Laugh
L8R Later
LOL Laughing Out Loud
LMAO Laughing My A$$ Off
LMK Let Me Know
MorF Male or Female?
MHO My Humble (or Honest) Opinion
MTF More To Follow
N2M Not Too Much
NBD No Big Deal
NM Never Mind
NN2R No Need To Reply
OIC Oh I See
OMG Oh My Goodness
OMIK Open Mouth, Insert Keyboard
ONNA Oh No, Not Again!
OT Off Topic (or Other Topic)
OTOH On The Other Hand
Forum & Chat AcronymsP – Z
PITA Pain In The A$$
PM Private Message
POV Point Of View
PTB Powers That Be
RBTL Read Between The Lines
RE Regarding
RL or R/L Real Life
ROFL Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROFLMAO Rolling On Floor Laughing My A$$ Off
RU Are You?
S or *S* Smile
SO Significant Other
SOL Sh** Out Of Luck
SOT Short Of Time
SSIA Subject Says It All
STO Sticking Tongue Out
SWL Screaming With Laughter
SYS See You Soon
TAFN That’s All For Now
TGIF Thank God It’s Friday
TIA Thanks In Advance
TMI Too Much Information
TNT Till Next Time
TNX Thanks
TTFN Ta Ta For Now
TTYL Talk To You Later
TY Thank You
UR Your or You’re
W8AM Wait A Minute
WB Welcome Back
WDIK What Do I Know
WEG Wicked Evil Grin
WFM Works For Me
WTG Way To Go
WTF What The F***
WTH What The Heck
WYS Whatever You Say
YGTBK You’ve Got To Be Kidding
YMMV Your Mileage May Vary
YOYO You’re On Your Own
YSR Yeah…Sure…Right
YW You’re Welcome
YWIA You’re Welcome In Advance

There are many, many more acronyms used around the net, these are just a sample. When you come across an acronym that someone has used, and you can’t figure out what they mean (keeping in mind the first letter of each word rule), ask them! Most surfers don’t mind clarifying their message.

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