List of Acronyms
Acronyms and text shorthand are abbreviations for words and phrases. These are popular in emails, instant messages, newsgroups, chat rooms, forums, and blog postings. Acronyms are
formed from the first letters of a series of words, which are pronounced as a new word. (For
example, the acronym for Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus is SCUBA and is
pronounced “skoo-bah.”) Text shorthand is a set of initials in which you say the individual
letters one by one. (For example, PBJ is the initialism for Peanut Butter and Jelly, pronounced
“P-B-J.”) Computer users commonly refer to both forms of abbreviations as acronyms. Do
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14A&A41 One for All and All for One
2B or not 2B
To Be or Not To Be
2BZ4UQT Too Busy For You Cutie
2G2B4G
Too Good To Be Forgotten
2G2BT
Too Good To Be True
2NITE
Tonight
404
I Haven't A Clue
411
Info
4ever
Forever
4NR
Foreigner
4U
For You
AAK
Asleep At Keyboard
AAMOF
As A Matter Of Fact
AAR8
At Any Rate
AATK
Always At The Keyboard
AAYF
As Always, Your Friend
ABT2
About To
ACD
Alt Control Delete
ACK
Acknowledgement
ADBB
All Done Bye Bye
ADR
Address
AFAIK
As Far As I Know
AFAP
As Far As Possible
AFC
Away From Computer
AFK
Away From Keyboard
AIMP
Always In My Prayers
AISI
As I See It
AKA
Also Known As
ALOTBS
Always Look On The Bright Side
ANFSCD
And Now For Something Completely Different
ASAMOF
As A Matter Of Fact
ASAP
As Soon As Possible
ATST
At The Same Time
AWOL
Absent Without Leave
AYC
Aren't You Clever
AYCE
All You Can Eat
AYK
As You Know
B/C
Because
B4
Before
B4N
Bye For Now
B4U
Before You
B4YKI
Before You Know It
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BAK
BAU
BB
BB4N
BBB
BBBG
BBFN
BBIAB
BBIAF
BBIAS
BBIAW
BBL
BBN
BBSL
BBT
BCNU
BCOZ
BFF
BFN
BI5M
BIBI
BIF
BNDN
BR
BRB
BRT
BSF
BTDT
BTTT
BTW
BW
BWDIK
BWO
BYKT
C
C/S
C4N
CAAC
CBB
CFV
CNP
COB
COS
CRB
CU
CUL8R
CWYL
CYA
CYM
CYO
CYT
DBA
DF
DGA
DHYB
DIRFT
DIY
Back At Keyboard
Business As Usual
Be Back
Bye-Bye for Now
Boring Beyond Belief
Bye Bye Be Good
Bye-Bye for Now
Be Back In A Bit
Be Back In A Few
Be Back In A Sec
Be Back In A While
Be Back Later
Bye Bye Now
Be Back Sooner or Later
Be Back Tomorrow
Be Seein' You
Because
Best Friends Forever
Bye For Now
Back In Five Minutes
Bye Bye
Before I Forget
Been Nowhere Done Nothing
Bathroom
Be Right Back
Be Right There
But Seriously, Folks
Been There Done That
Back To The Top / Bump To The Top
By The Way
Best Wishes
But What Do I Know
Black, White or Other
But you Knew That
See
Change of Subject
Ciao For Now
Cool As A Cucumber
Can't Be Bothered
Call For Vote
Continued in Next Post
Close Of Business
Change Of Subject
Come Right Back
See You
See You Later
Chat With You Later
See Ya
Check Your Mail
See You Online
See You Tomorrow
Doing Business As
Dear Friend
Don't Go Anywhere
Don't Hold Your Breath
Do It Right the First Time
Do It Yourself
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DKDC
DL
DLTBBB
DNC
DOE
DQMOT
DRIB
DTRT
DWB
DWBH
DYJHIW
E123
EAK
EM
EML
EMSG
EOM
EOT
ETA
EVRE1
EZ
F2F
FAQ
FAWC
FDGB
FE
FF
FITB
FOAF
FOC
FOFL
FOMCL
FSR
FTASB
FTR
FTTB
FWD
FWIW
FYA
FYI
GAL
GAP
GAS
GFN
GFTD
GG
GGN
GI
GIGO
GIWIST
GL
GLYASDI
GM
GMAB
GMTA
GMTFT
GOI
Don't Know, Don't Care
Download / Dead Link
Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite
Does Not Compute
Depends On Experience
Don't Quote Me On This
Don't Read If Busy
Do The Right Thing
Don't Write Back
Don't Worry Be Happy
Don't You Just Hate It When...
Easy as One, Two, Three
Eating at Keyboard
Excuse Me
Email Me Later
E-Mail Message
End Of Message
End Of Thread
Estimated Time of Arrival / Edited To Add
Every One
Easy
Face-to-Face
Frequently Asked Questions
For Anyone Who Cares
Fall Down Go Boom
Fatal Error
Friends Forever
Fill In The Blanks
Friend Of A Friend
Free of Charge
Falling on Floor Laughing
Falling Off My Chair Laughing
For Some Reason
Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
For The Record
For The Time Being
Forward
For What It's Worth
For Your Amusement
For Your Information
Get A Life
Got A Pic
Got A Second
Gone For Now
Gone For The Day
Good Game / Gotta Go
Gotta Go Now
Google It
Garbage In, Garbage Out
Gee, I Wish I'd Said That
Good Luck / Get Lost
God Loves You And So Do I
Good Morning
Give Me A Break
Great Minds Think Alike
Great Minds Think For Themselves
Get Over It
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GOK
God Only Knows
GOL
Giggling Out Loud
GOYHH
Get Off Your High Horse
GR8
Great
GRATZ
Congratulations
GRRRR
Growling
GTG
Got To Go
GTGB
Got To Go, Bye
GWS
Get Well Soon
H/O
Hold On
H/P
Hold Please
H4XX0R
Hacker / To Be Hacked
HAGD
Have a Great Day
HAGN
Have A Good Night
HAGO
Have A Good One
HAK
Hugs And Kisses
HAND
Have a Nice Day
HB
Hurry Back
HF
Hello Friend / Have Fun / Have Faith
HHOK
Ha Ha, Only Kidding
HIG
How's It Going
HIH
Hope It Helps
HOIC
Hold On, I'm Coming
HSIK
How Should I Know
HT
Hi There
HTH
Hope This (or That) Helps
HTNOTH
Hit The Nail On The Head
HUGZ
Hugs
HWGA
Here We Go Again
I1DR
I Wonder
IASAP4U I Always Say A Prayer For You
IAW
I Agree With
IBIWISI I'll Believe It When I See It
IBTD
I Beg To Differ
ICBW
I Could Be Wrong
ICYC
In Case You're Curious / In Case You Care
IDC
I Don't Care
IDGI
I Don't Get It
IDK
I Don't Know
IDM
It Doesn’t Matter
IDST
I Didn't Say That
IDTS
I Don't Think So
IFAB
I Found A Bug
IGTP
I Get The Point
IHNO
I Have No Opinion
IHU
I Hear You
IIR
If I Remember or If I Recall
IIRC
If I Remember Correctly or If I Recall Correctly
IIWM
If It Were Me
IKALOPLT I Know A Lot Of People Like That
ILMURLABITIMMHAC
I Like Making Up Ridiculously Long Acronyms Because
I Think It Makes Me Hip And Cool
IM
Instant Message
IMHO
In My Humble Opinion
IMO
In My Opinion
IMS
I Am Sorry
INMP
It's Not My Problem
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INPO
IOH
IOU
IOW
IRL
ISH
ISS
ISTM
ISTR
ISWYM
IYKWIM
IYSS
J/C
J/J
J/K
J/P
J/W
J2LYK
J4T
J5M
JAM
JAS
JK
JM2C
JMO
JOOTT
JSYK
JT
JTLYK
JTOU
K
KBD
KISS
KIT
KMP
KUTGW
KWIM
L8R
LD
LFTI
LMK
LOL
LTIC
LTNS
MGT
MIA
MLAS
MSG
MSMD
MTF
MTFBWY
MTG
MYOB
N/A
N/M
N1
N2M
In No Particular Order
I'm Outta Here
I owe you
In other Words
In Real Life
Insert Sarcasm Here
I Said So
It Seems to Me
I Seem To Remember
I See What You Mean
If You Know What I Mean
If You Say So
Just Checking
Just Joking
Just Kidding
Just Playing
Just Wondering
Just To Let You Know
Just For Today
Just Five Minutes
Just a Minute
Just a Sec
Just Kidding
Just My 2 Cents
Just My Opinion
Just One Of Those Things
Just So You Know
Just Teasing
Just To Let You Know
Just Thinking Of You
OK
Keyboard
Keep It Simple Stupid
Keep In Touch
Keep Me Posted
Keep Up The Good Work
Know What I Mean
Later
Long Distance / Later Dude
Looking Forward To It
Let Me Know
Laughing Out Loud / Lots of Luck (or Love)
Laughing 'Til I Cry
Long Time No See
Management
Missing In Action
My Lips Are Sealed
Message
Monkey See Monkey Do
More To Follow
May The Force Be With You
Meeting
Mind Your Own Business
Not Applicable / Not Affiliated
Nothing Much
Nice One
Not To Mention / Not Too Much
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NAYL
NBD
NDN
NE
NE1
NESEC
NG
NIMBY
NIMY
NM
NMP
NOFI
NOYB
NP
NRG
NRN
NTK
NUB
NUFF
NW
OAO
OBTW
OIC
OICU812
OK
ONO
OOAK
OOC
OOTB
OT
OTC
OTL
OTOH
OTP
OTW
P&C
P2C2E
PC
PD
PIF
PIN
PLS
PNATMBC
POAHF
POOF
POV
PP
PS
PTP
PU
PZA
QC
QL
QOTD
QQ
QT
R&D
In A While
No Big Deal
Indian
Any
Anyone
Any Second
New Game
Not In My Back Yard
Never In A Million Years
Never Mind / Nothing Much
Not My Problem
No Offense Intended
None Of Your Business
No Problem
Energy
No Reply Necessary
Nice To Know
New person to site or game
Enough Said
No Way
Over And Out
Oh By The Way
Oh, I See
Oh I see you ate one too
All Correct
Oh No
One Of A Kind
Out Of Character / Out Of Control
Out Of The Box / Out Of The Blue
Off Topic
Over The Counter
Out To Lunch
On The Other Hand
On The Phone
Off The Wall
Private and Confidential
Process Too Complicated Too Explain
Personal Computer / Politically Correct
Public Domain
Paid In Full
Person In Need
Please
Pay No Attention To Man Behind the Curtain
Put On A Happy Face
Good-bye, also seen as ::poof::
Point of View
People
Post Script
Pardon The Pun
That Stinks
Pizza
Quality Control
Quit Laughing
Quote Of The Day
Quick Question
Cutie
Research & Development
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R&R
Rest & Relaxation
RB@Y
Right Back at Ya
RBTL
Read Between The Lines
RC
Remote Control
RGR
Roger
RKBA
Right to Keep and Bear Arms
RL
Real Life
RN
Right Now
ROFL
Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROR
Raffing Out Roud (in Scooby-Doo dialect)
ROTFL
Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROTFLOL Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud
ROTM
Right On The Money
RPG
Role Playing Games
RRR
haR haR haR (instead of LOL)
RSN
Real Soon Now
RT
Real Time
RTFAQ
Read the FAQ File
RTK
Return To Keyboard
RU
Are You?
RUOK
Are You OK?
RX
Regards
S2R
Send To Receive
S4L
Spam For Life
SAHM
Stay At Home Mom
SCNR
Sorry, Could Not Resist
SF
Science Fiction
SFX
Sound Effects / Stage Effects
SIC
Spelling Is Correct
SIT
Stay In Touch
SK8R
Skater
SLAP
Sounds Like A Plan
SLAW
Sounds Like A Winner
SLT
Something Like That
SMH
Shaking My Head
SOH
Sense Of Humor
SOP
Standard Operating Procedure
SOT
Short On Time
SOTMG
Short On Time, Must Go
SPAM
Stupid Pointless Annoying Messages
SRO
Standing Room Only
STR8
Straight
STW
Search the Web / Surf the Web
SUP
What's Up?
SWAK
Sent (or Sealed) With A Kiss
SWIS
See What I'm Saying
SWMBO
She Who Must Be Obeyed
T@YL
Talk At You Later
TA
Thanks Again
TAFN
That's All For Now
TAH
Take A Hike
TANSTAAFL
There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TBA
To Be Announced
TBC
To Be Continued
TBH
To Be Honest
TC
Take Care
TCOY
Take Care Of Yourself
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TFX
THX
TLC
TNA
TNT
TNX
TOY
TTFN
TTYL
TXT
U
U2
UG2BK
unPC
UR
URAQT
VCDA
VGN
VM
W/O
WAYD
WAYN
WB
WBS
WC
WDYS
WDYT
WE
WFM
WIM
WIT
WITW
WNOHGB
WOG
WOMBAT
WTG
WWJD
WWY
WX
WYCM
WYP
WYS
WYSIWYG
WYWH
XLNT
XME
XOXO
XQZT
YGBK
YHM
YIC
YKW
YNK
YOYO
YR
YW
ZZZ
Traffic
Thanks
Tender Loving Care
Temporarily Not Available
Till Next Time
Thanks
Thinking Of You
Ta Ta For Now
Talk to You Later / Type to You Later
Text
You
You Too
You've Got To Be Kidding
unPolitically Correct
You Are
You Are a Cutie
Via Con Dios, Amigo
Vegan / Vegetarian
Voice Mail
Without
What Are You Doing
Where Are You Now
Welcome Back / Write Back
Write Back Soon
Who Cares
What Did You Say
What Do You Think
Whatever
Works For Me
Woe Is Me
Wordsmith In Training
What In The World
Where No One Has Gone Before
Wise Old Guy
Waste Of Money, Brains and Time
Way To Go
What Would Jesus Do
Where Were You
Weather
Will You Call Me
What's Your Problem
Whatever You Say
What You See Is What You Get
Wish You Were Here
Excellent
Excuse Me
Hugs and Kisses
Exquisite
You’ve Gotta Be Kidding
You Have Mail
Yours In Christ
You Know What
You Never Know
You're On Your Own
Yeah Right
You're Welcome
Sleeping / Bored / Tired
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