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Glossary of text messaging

Abbreviation	Full expression
@	at
1	one
2	to, too
2day	today
2moro	tomorrow
2nite	tonight
3sum	threesome
4	for
AAM	as a matter of fact
AB	ah bless!
AFAIC	as far as I’m concerned
AFAIK	as far as I know
AKA	also known as
ASAP	as soon as possible
ATB	all the best
B	be
BCNU	be seeing you
Bwd	backward
B4	before
BBFN	bye bye for now
BFN	bye for now
BRB	be right back
BTDT	been there done that
BTW	by the way
BYKT	but you knew that
C	see
CMIIW	correct me if I’m wrong
CU	see you
CYA	see ya!
CUL8R	see you later
CW2CU	can’t wait to see you
Doin	doing
EOL	end of lecture
FAQ	frequently asked questions
FITB	fill in the blank
F2T	free to talk
FOAD	f*** off and die
FUBAR	f***ed up beyond all recognition
Fwd	forward
FWIW	for what it’s worth
FYI	for your information
GAL	get a life
Gr8	great
GD&R	grinning, ducking, and running
GG	good game
HAND	have a nice day
H8	hate
HTH	hope this helps
Hot4U	hot for you
IAC	in any case
IAE	in any event
IANAL	I am not a lawyer (but…)
ICCL	I couldn’t care less
ICL	in Christian love
IDK	I don’t know
IYSS	if you say so
IHTFP	I have truly found paradise [or] I hate this f***ing place
IIRC	if I recall correctly
ILUVU	I love you
ILUVUMED	I love you more each day
IMCO	in my considered opinion
IMHO	in my humble opinion
IMNSHO	in my not so humble opinion
IMO	in my opinion
IOW	in other words
ITYFIR	I think you’ll find I’m right
IYKWIM	if you know what I mean
JM2p	just my two pennyworth
KIT	keep in touch
L8	late
L8r	later
Luv	love
LOL	lots of luck [or] laughing out loud
MGB	may God bless
MHOTY	my hat’s off to you
MMD	make my day
MMDP	make my day punk!
Mob	mobile
Msg	message
MYOB	mind your own business
NE	any
NE1	anyone
NH	nice hand
NO1	no one
NRN	no reply necessary
OIC	oh I see!
OTOH	on the other hand
PCM	please call me
PITA	pain in the arse
PLS	please
PPL	people
PS	post script
QL	cool
R	are
RGDS	regards
ROF	rolling on the floor
ROTFL	rolling on the floor laughing
RSN	really soon now
RU	are you?
RUOK	are you OK?
SITD	still in the dark
SIT	stay in touch
SMS	short message service
SOHF	sense of humour failure
SOME1	someone
Stra	stray
SWG	scientific wild guess
SWALK	sealed with a loving kiss
THNQ	thank you
Thx	thanks
TIA	thanks in advance
TIC	tongue in cheek
Ti2GO	time to go
TPTB	the powers that be
TTFN	ta ta for now
TTUL	talk to you later
TWIMC	to whom it may concern
TUVM	thank you very much
U	you
UR	you are
WAN2	want to
WAN2TLK?	want to talk?
W	with
Wknd	weekend
WRT	with respect to
WTTW	word to the wise
WYSIWYG	what you see is what you get
X	kiss
XLNT	excellent
YKWYKD	you know what you can do
YMMV	your milage may vary
YR	your
YTLKIN2ME?	you talking to me?
YWIA	you’re welcome in advance
YYSSW	yeah, yeah, sure, sure, whatever

Abbreviation

Full expression

@

at

1

one

2

to, too

2day

today

2moro

tomorrow

2nite

tonight

3sum

threesome

4

for

AAM

as a matter of fact

AB

ah bless!

AFAIC

as far as I’m concerned

AFAIK

as far as I know

AKA

also known as

ASAP

as soon as possible

ATB

all the best

B

be

BCNU

be seeing you

Bwd

backward

B4

before

BBFN

bye bye for now

BFN

bye for now

BRB

be right back

BTDT

been there done that

BTW

by the way

BYKT

but you knew that

C

see

CMIIW

correct me if I’m wrong

CU

see you

CYA

see ya!

CUL8R

see you later

CW2CU

can’t wait to see you

Doin

doing

EOL

end of lecture

FAQ

frequently asked questions

FITB

fill in the blank

F2T

free to talk

FOAD

f*** off and die

FUBAR

f***ed up beyond all recognition

Fwd

forward

FWIW

for what it’s worth

FYI

for your information

GAL

get a life

Gr8

great

GD&R

grinning, ducking, and running

GG

good game

HAND

have a nice day

H8

hate

HTH

hope this helps

Hot4U

hot for you

IAC

in any case

IAE

in any event

IANAL

I am not a lawyer (but…)

ICCL

I couldn’t care less

ICL

in Christian love

IDK

I don’t know

IYSS

if you say so

IHTFP

I have truly found paradise [or]
I hate this f***ing place

IIRC

if I recall correctly

ILUVU

I love you

ILUVUMED

I love you more each day

IMCO

in my considered opinion

IMHO

in my humble opinion

IMNSHO

in my not so humble opinion

IMO

in my opinion

IOW

in other words

ITYFIR

I think you’ll find I’m right

IYKWIM

if you know what I mean

JM2p

just my two pennyworth

KIT

keep in touch

L8

late

L8r

later

Luv

love

LOL

lots of luck [or] laughing out loud

MGB

may God bless

MHOTY

my hat’s off to you

MMD

make my day

MMDP

make my day punk!

Mob

mobile

Msg

message

MYOB

mind your own business

NE

any

NE1

anyone

NH

nice hand

NO1

no one

NRN

no reply necessary

OIC

oh I see!

OTOH

on the other hand

PCM

please call me

PITA

pain in the arse

PLS

please

PPL

people

PS

post script

QL

cool

R

are

RGDS

regards

ROF

rolling on the floor

ROTFL

rolling on the floor laughing

RSN

really soon now

RU

are you?

RUOK

are you OK?

SITD

still in the dark

SIT

stay in touch

SMS

short message service

SOHF

sense of humour failure

SOME1

someone

Stra

stray

SWG

scientific wild guess

SWALK

sealed with a loving kiss

THNQ

thank you

Thx

thanks

TIA

thanks in advance

TIC

tongue in cheek

Ti2GO

time to go

TPTB

the powers that be

TTFN

ta ta for now

TTUL

talk to you later

TWIMC

to whom it may concern

TUVM

thank you very much

U

you

UR

you are

WAN2

want to

WAN2TLK?

want to talk?

W

with

Wknd

weekend

WRT

with respect to

WTTW

word to the wise

WYSIWYG

what you see is what you get

X

kiss

XLNT

excellent

YKWYKD

you know what you can do

YMMV

your milage may vary

YR

your

YTLKIN2ME?

you talking to me?

YWIA

you’re welcome in advance

YYSSW

yeah, yeah, sure, sure, whatever

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