Since I
always have trouble figuring out what these chat acronyms mean, I
finally decided to gather up as many of them as I could, and put
them all together.
0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L
M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
(Emoticons) (Top) (Home)
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! I've got a comment
? I've got a question (or) please explain
?4U Question for you
2 To (or) too
2DAY Today
2L8 Too late
2MORO Tomorrow
2NITE Tonight
4 For
4ever Forever
4U For you
4GV Forgive
4YEO For your eyes only
A
A-OLS Administrators on-line
A/S/L Age, sex, location
A/S/L/P Age, sex, location, picture?
AAK Asleep at keyboard
AAMOF As a matter of fact
AAMOI As a matter of interest
AAR At any rate
AAS Alive and smiling
ADDY Address
ADN Any day now
AEAP As early as possible
AFAIC As far as I'm concerned
AFAICT As far as I can tell
AFAIK As far as I know
AFAIR As far as I remember
AFC Away From Computer
AFJ April fools joke
AFK Away from keyboard
AFN That's all for now
AFU All f**ked up
AIAMU And I'm a monkey's uncle
AISB As it should be
AISI As I see it
AIUI As I understand It
AKA Also known as
AMBW All my best wishes
AML All my love
AMOF As a matter of fact
AND Any day now
ANFAWFOS And now for a word from our sponsor
ANFSCD And now for something completely different
AOAS All of a sudden
AOB Abuse of bandwidth
AOTA All of the above
AP Apple pie
AS Another subject
ASAFP As soon as "friggin" possible
ASAP As soon as possible
ASCII American Standard Code
for Information Interchange
ASL Age, sex, location
AT At your terminal
ATB All the best
ATM At the moment
ATSL Along the same line
AV Avatar - picture used in chat room to
represent a person in the chat room
AWGTHTGTTA Are we going to have to go through this again?
AWHAFY Are we having any fun yet?
AYOR At your own risk
AYSOS Are you stupid or something
AYST Are you still there
B
B Back (or) be
B/C Because
B/F Boyfriend
B4 Before
B4N Bye for now
B@THPICS4 Be at the pictures for (insert time)
BAC Back at computer
BAD Broken as designed
BAK Back at keyboard
BAU Business as usual
BBB Bye bye baby
BBFBBM Body by Fisher, Brains by Mattel
BBFN Bye bye for now
BBIAB Be back in a bit
BBIAF Be back in a few
BBL Be back later
BBN Bye bye now
BBR Burnt beyond repair
BBS Be back soon (or) bulletin board system
BBSOL Be back sooner or later
BC Because (or) be cool (or) basket case
BCBS Big company, big school
BCNU Be seeing you
BCNUL8R Be see'n you later
BD Big deal
BDC Big dumb company or big dot com
BDN Big damn number
BEG Big evil grin
BF Boy friend
BFD Big f**king deal
BFN Bye for now
BFO Blinding flash of the obvious
<bg> big grin
BG Big grin
BHL8 Be home late
BHOF Bald headed old f*rt
BIF Before I forget
BIL Brother-in-law (or) boss is listening
BION Believe it or not
BITD Back in the day
BITGOD Back in the good old days
BITMT But in the meantime
BM Byte me
BMA Bite my a*s
BMOTA Byte me on the a*s
BNF Big name fan
BO Buffer (or) brain overload
BOC But of course
BOHICA Bend over here it comes again
BOL Best of luck
BOS Big orange switch
BOT Robot (or) back on topic
BR Bathroom
BR Best regards
BRB Be right back
BRH Be right here
BRS Big red switch
BRT Be right there
BS Bullsh*t (or) big smile
BSEG Big sh*t eating grin
BSOD Blue screen of death (PC crash)
BT Byte this
BTA But then again
BTA But then again or before the attacks
BTAIM Be that as it may
BTDT Been there, done that
BTDTGTS Been there, done that, got the T-shirt
BTHOM Beats the h*ll outta me
BTSOOM Beats the sh*t out of me
BTTH Boot to the head
BTW By the way
BTWBO Be there with bells on
BWDIK But what do I know?
BWL Bursting with laughter
BWO Black, white or other
BWQ Buzz word quotient
BYAM Between you and me
BYKT But you know (or) knew that
BYOB Bring your own bottle
BYOH Bat you onna head
BYORL Bring your own rocket launcher
C
C See (or) cool
C & G Chuckle and grin
C/P Cross post
C4N Ciao for now
CE Creative editing
CFD Call for discussion
CFM Confirm
CFV Call for voting
CIAO Ciao (pronounced "chow")
Hello or Goodbye in Italian
CIBM Could it be magic?
CID Consider it done (or) crying in disgrace
CIS Compuserve information service
CLI Command line interface
CM Call me
CMF Count my fingers
CMH Cross my heart
CMIIW Correct me if I'm wrong
CMON Come on
CNP Continued in next post
CO Conference (or) company
COB Close of business
CP Chat post (or) copy protection
CPP C++ or C+ programing language
CRAFT Can't remember a f**king thing
CRAP Cheap redundant assorted products
CRAWS Can't remember anything worth a sh*t
CRS Can't remember sh*t
CSG Chuckle, snicker, grin
CSL Can't stop laughing
CTC Choking the chicken
CTRN Can't talk right now
CTS Consider the source
CU See you
CU2 See you, too
CU8R Catch you later
CU@ See you at
CUA See you around (or) commonly used acronyms
(or)common user access
CUCME See you see me (video conference)
CUD Could
CUL See you later (or) catch you later
CUL8R See you later
CULA See you later, alligator
CUS See you soon
CW2CU Can't wait to see you
CWOT Complete waste of time
CWYL Chat with you later
CY Calm yourself
CYA See ya
CYA See ya (or) cover your a*s.
CYAL8R See you all later.
CYO See you online
D
D&C Duck and cover
d/c Disconnects
D/L Download
d/l Download
D8 Date
DAMIFINO D*mn if I know
DARFC Ducking and running for cover
DBA Doing business as
DBEYR Don't believe everything you read
DD Due diligence
DDD Direct distance dial
DDSOS Different day, same old sh*t
DEGT Don't even go there
DETI Don't even think it
DETLA Double extended three letter abbreviation
DFL Dead f**king last
DGT Don't go there
DHTB Don't have the bandwidth
DHYB Don't hold your breath
DIIK D*mn if I know
DIKU? Do I know you?
DILLIGAD Do I look like I give a d*mn?
DILLIGAF Does it look like I give a f**k
DILLIGAS Do I look like I give a sh*t
DIS Did I say
DIY Do it yourself
DK Don't know
DKDC Don't know don't care
DL Download
DLTBBB Don't let the bed bugs bite
DLTM Don't lie to me
DNR Dinner
DOTGOV Government official
(from the .gov domain names)
DQMOT Don't quote me on this
DQYDJ Don't quit your day job
DRIB Don't read if busy
DSTR8 D*mn straight
DTP Desktop publishing
DTRT Do the right thing
DTS Don't think so
DU Don't understand
DUCT Did you see that?
DUCWIC Do you see what I see
DWIMC Do what I mean, correctly
DWIMNWIS Do what I mean, not what I say
DWL Dying With Laughter
DWYM Does what you mean
DYHWIH Do you hear what I hear
DYJHIW Don't you just hate it when...
DYK Did you know
DYSTSOTT Did you see the size of that thing
E
<eg> Evil grin
E2EG Ear to ear grin
EAK Eating at keyboard
EBKAC Error between keyboard and chair
EG Evil grin
EM E-mail
EMA E-mail address
EMFBI Excuse me for butting in
EMFJI Excuse me for jumping in
EMSG E-mail message
EMTA Evil minds think alike
EOD End of discussion (or) end of day
EOL End of lecture
EOM End of message
EOT End of thread (or)
transmission (don't reply to this message)
ESO Equipment smarter than operator
ETLA Extended three letter acronym
EWI E-mailing while intoxicated
EZ Easy
F
F Female
F2F Face to face
F2T Free to talk
FAB Features attributes benefits
FAI Frequently argued issue
FAIK As far as I know
FAQ Frequently asked Question(s)
FBKS Failure between keyboard and seat
FBOW For better or worse
FC Fingers crossed
FCFS First come, first served
FCOL For crying out loud!
FE Fatal error
FF&PN Fresh fields and pastures new
FHOF Freeware hall of fame
FIIK F**k if I know
FIIOH Forget it, I'm outta here
FIL Father-in-law
FISH First in, still here
FITB Fill in the blank
FLA Four letter acronym
FMTYEWTK Far more than you ever want to know
FO F**k off
FOAD F**k off and Die
FOAF Friend of a friend
FOB Fresh off the boat
FOCL Falling off the chair laughing
FOF Friend of a friend
FOFL Fall on the floor laughing
FOMCL Fell off my chair laughing
FOOMCL Fell out of my chair laughing
FRED F**king ridiculous electronic device
FRT For real though
FS For sale
FTASB Faster than a speeding bullet
FTF Face-to-face
FTL Faster than light
FTS F**k this sh*t
FTTB For the time being
FTTT From time to time
FU F**k you
FUBAR F**ked up (or) fouled up beyond all repair
FUBB Fouled up beyond belief
FUD Fear, uncertainty, and doubt or disinformation
FURTB Full up ready to burst
FWIW For what it's worth
FYA For your action (or) amusement
FYA&E For your amusement and edification
FYI For your Information
FYIFV F**k you I'm fully vested
FYIV F**k you, I'm vested
FYKI For your kind information
FYM For your misinformation
FYYSOS F**k you, you sack of sh*t
G
<g> Grin
G Grin
G/F Girl friend
G2G Got to go
G2R Got to run
GA Go ahead
GAFIA Get away from it all
GAL Get a life
GALGAL Give a little, get a little
GAS Greetings and salutations
GB Goodbye
GBH Great big hug
GBH&K Great big hug & kiss
GBTW Get back to work
GD&ARF Grinning, ducking and running fast!
GD&ARVVF Grinning, ducking and running very very fast!
GD&AW Grinning, ducking and weaving
GD&R Grinning, ducking and running
GD&RF Grinning, ducking and running fast
GD&RVVF Grinning, ducking and running very very fast!
GD&W Grinning, ducking and weaving
GD&WVF Grinning, ducking, and weaving very fast
GDW Grin, duck and weave
GF Girl friend
GFC Going for coffee
GFETE Grinning from ear to ear
GFI Go for it
GFN Gone for now
GFR Grim file reaper
GG Gotta go (or) good game (or) good going
GGN Gotta go now
GGOH Gotta get out of here
GGP Gotta go pee
GIAR Give it a rest
GIGO Garbage in, garbage out
GIWIST Gee, I wish I'd said that
GJ Good job
GL Good luck
GL/HF Good luck, have fun
GLGH Good luck and good hunting
GLLA Great lovers love alike
GLYASDI God loves you and so do i
GM Good morning (or) Good move/match
(or) Got milk?
GMBO Giggling my butt off
GMTA Great minds think alike
GMV Got my vote
GN Good night
GNBLFY Got nothing but love for you
GOL Giggling out loud
GOWI Get on with it
GR Gotta run
GR&D Grinning running & ducking
GR8 Great
GRAD Grinning running & ducking
GRMBL Grumble
GRRRR Growling
GRUIT Get real you impudent thing
GSOAS Go sit on a snake
GTBOS Glad to be of service
GTG Got to go
GTGB Got to go, bye
GTGP Got to go pee
GTH Go to h*ll
GTP Got to pee
GTRM Going to read mail
GTSY Great to see you
GUI Graphical user interface
GYPO Get your pants off
H
{{{hug}}} Give someone a hug
<h> Hug
H&K Hug and kiss
H&K Hugs and kisses
HAB Hot Asian babe
HABU Have a better 'un
HAG1 Have a good one
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 Hug back
HD Hold
HF Have fun
HGAC Hasn't (or) haven't got a clue
HH Holding hands
HHIS Hanging head in shame.
HHO1/2K Ha ha, only half kidding
HHOJ Ha ha, only joking
HHOK Ha ha, only kidding
HHOS Ha Ha, only serious
HHTYAY Happy holidays to you and yours.
HIG How's it going?
HIOOC Help! I'm out of coffee
HIWTH Hate it when that happens
HNG Horny net geek
HOAS Hold on a second
HOHA Hollywood hacker
HOYEW Hanging on your every word
HRT2HRT Heart to heart
HRU How are you?
HSIK How should I know?
HTH Hope this helps
{{{hug}}} Give someone a hug
HUYA Head up your a*s
HV Have
I
IAC In any case
IAE In any event
IAGW In a good way
IAITS It's all in the subject
IAM In a meeting
IANAC I am not a crook
IANAD I am not a doctor
IANAL I am not a lawyer
IAO I am outtahere
IAT I am tired
IAW In accordance with
IB I'm back
IBCNU I'll be seeing your
IBK Idiot behind keyboard
IBN I'm buck naked
IBT In between technology
IBTD I beg to differ
IC I see
IC In character
ICBW I could be wrong (or) It could be worse
ICUR I see you are
ID10T Idiot
IDBI I don't believe it
IDC I don't care
IDGAF I don't give a f**k
IDGI I don't get it
IDK I don't know
IDKY I don't know you
IDN I don't know
IDST I didn't say that
IDTS I don't think so
IDTT I'll drink to that
IEF It's esther's fault
IFAB I found a bug
IFU I f**ked up
IG2R I got to run
IGGP I gotta go pee
IGP I gotta pee
IGTP I get the point
IHA I hate acronyms
IHMB I hate my boss
IIABDFI If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
IIIO Intel inside, idiot outside
IIMAD If it makes any difference
IINM If I'm not mistaken
IIR If I recall
IIRC If I remember correctly
IITYWIMIWHTKY If I tell you what it
means, I will have to kill you
IIWM If it were me
IJWTK I just want to know
IJWTS I just want to say
IK I know
IKWUM I know what you mean
ILBL8 I'll be late
ILF I'll look forward
ILICISCOMK I laughed, I cried, I spilled coffee
on my keyboard
ILU I love you
ILY I love you
IM Instant message
IMA I might add
IMAO In my arrogant opinion
IMBO In my biased opinion
IMCO In my considered opinion
IME In my experience
IMHO In my humble opinion
IMNERHO In my not even remotely humble opinion
IMNSHO In my not so humble opinion
IMO In my opinion
IMOBO In my own biased opinion
IMPE In my previous/personal experience
IMPOV In my point of view
IMVHO In my very humble opinion
INAL I'm not a lawyer
INMP It's not my problem
INPO In no particular order
IOH I'm out of here
IOTTMCO Intuitively obvious to the most
casual observer
IOW In other words
IRC Internet relay chat
IRL In real life
IRMC I rest my case
IRSTBO It really s*cks the big one
IS I'm sorry
ISDN It still does nothing
ISP Internet Service Provider
ISS I'm so sure
ISTM It seems to me
ISTR I seem to recall
ISWYM I see what you mean
ITFA In the final analysis
ITM In the money
ITRW In the real world
ITSFWI If the shoe fits wear it
IUSS If you say so
IWALU I will always love you
IWALY I will always love you
IWBNI It would be nice if
IYFEG Insert your favorite ethnic group
IYKWIM If you know what I mean
IYKWIMAITYD If you know what I mean and I think you do
IYO In your opinion
IYSS If you say so
IYSWIM If you see what I mean
J
J/K Just kidding
JAC Just a sec
JAFO Just another f**king onlooker
JAM Just a minute
JAS Just a second
JASE Just another system error
J/C Just checking
JFI Just for information
JIC Just in case
JIK Just in case
JJ Just joking
JJA Just joking around
JK Just kidding
JMO Just my opinion
JMHO Just my humble opinion
JOOTT Just one of those things
JP Just playing
JSNM Just stark naked magic
JTLUK Just to let you know
JTLYK Just to let you know
JTYWTK Just thought you wanted to know
JVNP Just venting, nothing personal
JW Just wondering
J/W Just wondering
JYYC Just yanking your chain
K
<k> Kiss
KB Kiss back
KFY Kiss for you
KHYF Know how you feel
KIBO Knowledge in, bullsh*t out
KISS Keep it simple, stupid
K Okay, alright
KIT Keep in touch
KK Okay, Okay
KMA Kiss my a*s
KMB Kiss my butt
KMRIA Kiss my royal Irish arse
KMYF Kiss me you fool
KOC Kiss on the cheek
KOL Kiss on the lips
KOTC Kiss on the cheek
KOTL Kiss on the lips
KWIM Know what I mean?
KYFC Keep your fingers crossed
KYPO Keep your pants on
L
L Laughing
L8 Late
L8R Later
L8R G8R Later gator
L8TR Later
LABATYD Life's a bitch and then you die
LALOTA Lots and lots of thunderous applause
LAQ Lame a*s quote
LART Loser attitude readjustment tool
LD Long distance (or) later dude
LDR Long distance relationship
LDTTWA Let's do the time warp again
LG Lovely greetings
LHM Lord help me
LHU Lord help us
LI Laughing inside
LIFO Last in first out
LIS Laughing in silence (or) Lost in space
LJBF Let's just be friends
LLTA Lots and lots of thunderous applause
LLTA Lots and lots of thunderous applause
LMAO Laughing my a*s off
LMBO Laughing my butt off
LMHO Laughing my head off
LMK Let me know
LMKOAP Let me know of any problems
LOL Laughing out loud
LOOL Laughing outrageously outloud
LOPSOD Long on promises, short on delivery
LRF Little rubber feet
LSHHTCMS Laughed so hard had to change my shorts
LSHMBB Laughing so hard my belly (is) bouncing
LSHMBB Laughing so hard my belly is bouncing
LSHMBH Laughing so hard my belly hurts
LTHTT Laughing too hard to type
LTIC Laughing 'til I cry
LTM Laughing to myself
LTNC Long time, no see
LTNS Long time, no see
LTNT Long time, no type
LTR Long term relationship
LTS Laughing to self
LULAB Love you like a brother
LULAS Love you like a sister
LUV Love
LUWAMH Love you with all my heart
LY Love you
LYK Let you know
LYL Love you lots
LYLAB Love you like a brother
LYLAS Love you like a sister
M
M Male
M or F Male or female
M$ Microsoft
M8 Mate
MaB Maybe
MB Maybe
MBRSD Embarrassed
MCIBTU My computer is better than yours
me 2 Me too
MFD Multi-function device
MFG More friendly garbage
MHBFY My heart bleeds for you
MHOTY My hat's off to you
MIL Mother-in-law
MLA Multiple letter acronym
MM Market maker
MOF Matter of fact
MOO Mud, object-oriented
MOOF Modem offline
MorF Male or female
MOSS Member of the same sex
MOTAS Member of the appropriate sex
MOTD Message of the day
MOTOS Member of the opposite sex
MOTSS Member of the same sex
M$ Microsoft
MSG Message
MTCW My two cents worth
MTFBWY May the force be with you
MUG New user of a chat program
MUSM Miss you so much
MWA A kiss
MWBRL More will be revealed later
MYOB Mind your own business
N
n00b Newbie
N1 Nice one
N2M Not too much
N/A Not applicable -or- not affiliated
NAK Nursing at keyboard
NAP Not a problem
NAVY Never again voluneer yourself.
NAZ Name, address, zip (also means nasdaq)
NBD No big deal
NBFD No big f**king deal
NBIF No basis in fact
NC No comment
NCG New college graduate
NE Any
NE1 Anyone
NERD National establishment for real dork
NETHING Anything
NETUA Nobody ever tells us anything
NEWAY Anyway
NFI No f**king idea
NFM No futher message
NFW No f**king way
NG New game
NHOH Never heard of him or her
NIFOC Naked in front of the computer
NIFOK Naked in front of the keyboard
NIM No internal message
NIMBY Not in my backyard
NIMQ Not in my queue
NINO Nothing in, nothing out
NLT No later than
NM Never mind (or) nothing much
NMH Not much here
NMJC Nothing much, just chillin'
NMP Not my problem
NO1 No one
n00b Newbie (the '00's are two zeros, not 'ohs')
NOYB None of your business
NP No problem
NQA No questions asked
NQOCD Not quite our class dear
NRG Energy
NRN No reply necessary (or) Not right now
NSS No sh*t, Sherlock
N/T No text
NT No thanks
NTA Non-Technical Acronym
NTIM Not that it matters
NTIMM Not that it matters much
NTL Nevertheless
NTW Not to worry
NTYMI Now that you mention it
NW No way
NYCFS New York City finger salute
NYCTMI Now you come to mention it
O
O Over (end of a communication)
OATUS On a totally unrelated subject
OAURS On an unrelated subject
OAUS On an unrelated subject
OB Obligatory
OBO Or best offer
OBTW Oh by the way
OEM Original equipment manufacturer
OF Old f*rt
OI Operator indisposed
OIC Oh, I see
OJ Only joking
OL Old lady (wife)
OLL Online love
OM Oh my
OMDB Over my dead body
OMG Oh my God (or) goodness
OMIK Open mouth insert keyboard
OMIK Open mouth, insert keyboard
ONAW Oh no! another wedgie
ONNA Oh no not again
ONNTA Oh no, not this again
OO Over and out (end of communication)
OOC Out of character
OOH Out of here
OOI Out of interest
OOTB Out of the box (brand new)
OOTC Obligatory on topic comment
OOTD One of these days
OS Operating system
OSU Oh, shut up
OT Off topic (or) Other topic
OTB Off to bed
OTC Over the counter
OTE Over the edge
OTF On the floor (or) on the phone
OTFL On the floor laughing
OTL Out to lunch
OTOH On the other hand
OTOMH Off the top of my head
OTP On the phone
OTR Off the rack
OTT Over the top
OTTH On the third hand
OTTOMH Off the top of my head
OTW On the way (or) On the whole (or) Off to work
OWTTE Or words to that effect
OZ Australia
OZZIE Australian
P Q
P911 My parents are in the room
PABG Packing a big gun
PANS Pretty awesome new stuff
PCM Please call me
PCMCIA People can't memorize computer
industry acronyms
PD Public domain
PDA Public display of affection
PDOA Public display of affection
PDOMA Pulled directly out of my a*s
PDQ Pretty darn quick
PDS Please don't shout
PDSTM Please don't shout the message
PEBCAK Problem exists between chair and keyboard
PEBKAC Problem exists between keyboard and chair
peeps People
PIBKAC Problem is between keyboard and chair
PIMP Peeing in my pants
PITA Pain in the a*s
PLMK Please let me know
PLOKTA Press lots of keys to abort
PLS Please
PLSE Please elaborate
PLZ Please
PM Private message
PMBI Pardon my butting in
PMF Pardon my french (or) pure f**king magic.
PMFBI Pardon me for butting in
PMFI Pardon me for interrupting
PMFJI Pardon me for jumping in
PMFJIB Pardon me for jumping in but
PMINBOM Put mind in gear, before opening mouth
PMJI Pardon my jumping in
PMP Peed my pants
PNCAH Please no cursing allowed here
PO Piss off
POAHF Put on a happy face
POOF Leaving the room - goodbye
POS Parent over shoulder (or) point of
sale (or) piece of sh*t
POSSLQ Person of opposite sex sharing living quarters
POTC Peck on the cheek
POTS Parents over the shoulder (or)
Plain old telephone service
POV Point of view
PPL People
PPP Petty pet peeve
PROLLY Probably
PS Post Script
PSY Please stop yelling
PTB Powers that be
PTL Praise the Lord
PTMM Please tell me more
PTUM Please tell us more
PU That stinks
PXT Please explain that
QIK Quick
QL Quit laughing
QSL Reply
QSO Conversation
QT Cutie (or) quiet
R
R Are
R&D Research & development
R&R Rest & relaxation
RAEBNC Read and enjoyed, but no comment
RAOK Random act of kindess
RBAY Right back at ya
RBTL Read between the lines
RE In regard to (or) hello again
REHI Hi again (re-Hi)
RFC Request for comments
RFD Request for discussion
RFR Really f*#king rich
RFS Really f*#king soon
RGDS Regards
RHIP Rank has its privileges
RINGL8 Running late
RKBA Right to keep and bear arms
RL Real life
RLCO Real life conference
RLF Real life friend
RM Ready made
RME Rolling my eyes
RML Read my lips
RMLB Read my lips baby
RMMM Read my mail man!
RN Right now!
ROF Rolling on the floor
ROFL Rolling on the floor laughing
ROFLAS Rolling on floor laughing and screaming
ROFLMAO Rolling on the floor laughing my a*s off
ROFLUTS Rolling on the floor laughing unable to speak
ROFLWMP Rolling on the floor wetting my pants
ROTF Rolling on the floor
ROTFL Rolling on the floor laughing
ROTFLAMAO Rolling on the floor laughing my a*s off
(also known as "Rot Flame Oh")
ROTFLMAO Rolling on the floor laughing my a*s off
ROTFLMBO Rolling on the floor laughing my butt off
ROTFLOL Rolling on the floor laughing out loud
ROTFLOLPMP Rolling on the floor laughing out
loud and pe*ing in my pants
ROTFLTIC Rolling on the floor laughing till I cry
ROTM Right on the money
RPG Role playing games
RRQ Return receipt request
RSN Real soon now
RSVP Please reply (respondez s'il vous plait)
RT Real time
RTBM Read the bl***y manual
RTBS Reason to be single
RTDox Read the documentation
RTF Read The FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
RTFAQ Read the frequently asked questions
RTFF Read the f**king faq
RTFFAQ Read the f**king faq
RTFM Read the f**king manual (or) message
RTK Return to keyboard
RTM Read the manual (or) message
RTSM Read the stupid manual
RTWFQ Read the whole f**king question
RU Are you?
RU32NITE Are you free tonight?
RUCMNG Are you coming?
RUOK Are you OK?
RYFIM Read your f**king information manual
RYFM Read your friendly (or) f**king manual
RYS Read your screen
S
(sp?) Unsure of spelling
S Smiling (or) smile
S2R Send to receive
S4L Spam for life
SAHM Stay At Home Mom
SAPFU Surpassing all previous foul ups
SB Smiles back
SBT Strange but true
SBTA Sorry, being thick again
SCNR Sorry, could not resist
SE2E Smiling ear to ear
SEC Wait just a second
SED Said enough darling
SEG Sh*t eating grin
SEP Someone else's problem
SETE Smiling ear to ear
SF Surfer friendly
SFAIAA So far as I am aware
SFETE Smiling from ear to ear
SFLA Stupid four letter acronym
SH Same here
SHID Slaps head in disgust
SHTSI Somebody had to say it
SICNR Sorry, I could not resist
SICS Sitting in chair snickering
SIG Special interest group
SIG2R Sorry, I've got to run
SIL Sister-in-law
SITCOMs Single income, two
children, oppressive mortgage
SITD Still in the dark
SLAP Sounds like a plan
SLIRK Smart little rich kid
SLM See last mail
SMHID Scratching my head in disbelief
SMO Serious mode on
SMOFF Serious mode off
SMON Serious mode on
SMOP Small matter of programming
SMS Short message service
SN Screen name (or) So nyah
SNAFU Situation normal, all fouled up
SNERT Snotty nosed egotistical rotten teenager
SO Significant other
SOHF Sense of humor failure
SOL Sh*t out of luck (or) sooner or later
SOMY Sick of me yet?
SOP Standard operating procedure
SorG Straight or gay?
SOS Help!, (or) "Same old sh*t"
SOTA State of the art
SOTMG Short of time, must go
SOW Speaking of which
(sp?) Unsure of spelling
SPK Speak
SPST Same place, same time
SRY Sorry
SSDD Same stuff, different day
ST Super tired
STATS Age/gender/location check
STFU Shut the f**k Up
STFW Surf (or) search the f**king web
STM Spank the monkey
STR8 Straight
STW Surf the web (or) search the web
STYS Speak to you soon
SUFID Screwing up face in disgust
SUITM See you in the morning
SUL See you later
SUP What's up?
SUYF Shut up you fool
SW Shareware (or) so what? (or) says who?
SWAG Scientific wild a*s guess
SWAG Stupid wild a*s guess
SWAK Sealed with a kiss
SWALK Sealed with a loving kiss
SWDYT So what do you think?
SWHT Sweetheart
SWIM See what I mean?
SWL Screaming with laughter
SWWCFI So what, who cares, f**k it
SY Sincerely yours
SYL See you later
SYS See you soon (or) system
SysOP System operator
T
T2G Time to go
TA Thanks again
TAF That's all, folks!
TAFL Take a flying leap
TAFN That's all for now
TAFT That's a frightening thought
TAH Take a hike
TAM Tomorrow a.m.
TANJ There ain't no justice
TANSTAAFL There ain't no such thing as a free lunch
TARFU Things are really fouled up
TBYB Try before you buy
TC Take care (or) telephone call
TCB Taking care of business
TCO Taken care of
TCS Take care sweetheart
TDM Too d*mn many
TDTM Talk dirty to me
TEOTWAWKI The end of the world as we know it
TFH Thread from h*ll
TFN Thanks for nothing
TFS (ctl-alt-del)-three finger salute
TFTHAOT Thanks for the help ahead of time
TFTT Thanks for the thought (or) tip
TGAL Think globally, act locally
TGAL Think globally, act locally
TGIF Thank God it's Friday
THNQ Thank you
THX Thanks
TIA Thanks in advance
TIAD Tomorrow is another day
TIAIL Think I am in love
TIC Tongue in cheek
TID Thread is deteriorating (Off Topic)
TINALO That is not a legal opinion
TINAR This is not a recommendation
TINJ There is no justice
TINWIS That is not what I said
TKS Thanks
TLA Three letter acronym
TLGO The list goes on
TLK2UL8R Talk to you later
TM Text message
TMA Take my advice (or) Too many acronyms
TMFA Too many f**king acronyms
TMI Too much information
TMK To my knowledge
TMTOWTDI There's more than one way to do it
TMWFI Take my word for it
TNSTAAFL There's no such thing as a free lunch
TNT Till next time
TNTL Trying not to laugh
TNX Thanks
TNX 1.0E6 Thanks a million
TOBAL There oughta be a law.
TOBG This oughta be good
TOJ Tears of joy
TOS Terms of service
TOY Thinking of you
TPC The phone company
TPM Tomorrow p.m.
TPTB The powers that be
TRDMC Tears running down my cheeks.
TS Tough sh*t
TSFY Tough sh*t for you
TSR Totally stupid rules (or)
terminate and stay resident (program)
TSWC Tell someone who cares
TT Ta ta (or) take that
TT4N Ta-ta for now
TTBOMK To the best of my knowledge
TTFN Ta-ta for now
TTKSF Trying to keep a straight face
TTL4N That's the lot for now
TTM To the moderator
TTT That's the truth (or) That's the ticket
TTTT These things take time
TTUL Talk to you later
TTUT Talk to you tomorrow.
TTWIG That's the way it goes
TTYL Talk to you later
TTYL8R Talk to you later
TTYRS Talk to you real soon
TTYS Talk to you soon
TU Thank you
TUC The Ultimate Chatlist!
TWHAB This won't hurt a bit
TWIMC To whom it may concern
TWIU That's what I understand
TX Thanks
TY Thank you
TYCLO Turn your caps lock off (and stop shouting)
TYT Take your time
TYVM Thank you very much
U
U You
UAE Unrecoverable application error
UCE Unsolicited commerical e-mail
UGTBK You've got to be kidding
UKTR You know that's right
UL Upload
u/l Upload
unPC Unpolitically correct
UOK Are you OK?
UR You are (or) your
URL Universal Resource Locator
URW You are welcome
URYY4M You are too wise for me
US You suck
UV Unpleasant visual
UW You are welcome
UY Up yours
V
<vbg> very big grin
VBG Very big grin
VBSEG Very big sh*t eating grin
VC Venture capital
VEG Very evil grin
VES Very evil smile
VFM Value for money
VM Voice mail
VRBS Virtual reality bull sh*t
VWG Very wicked grin
VWS Very wicked smile
W
<w> Wink
W8 Wait
W84M Wait for me
W8AM Wait a minute
WAEF When all else fails
WAG Wild a*s guess
WAHM Work At Home Mom
WAI What an idiot
WAM Wait a minute
WAMBAM Web application meets brick and mortar
WAN2 Want to
WAN2TLK Want to talk
WATRUDOINLTR What are you doing later?
WAYF Where are you from?
WB Welcome back
WC Welcome
WCA Who cares anyway
WDALYIC Who died and left you in charge?
WDYMBT What do you mean by that?
WDYS What did you say?
WDYT What do you think?
WE Whatever
WEG Wicked evil grin
WEU What's eating you?
WFM Works for me
WG Wicked grin
WGAFF Who gives a flying f**k
WHAK With hugs and kisses
WIBAMU Well I'll be a monkey's uncle
WIBNI Wouldn't it be nice if
WIFTAN Waste of f**king time and money
WIIFM What's in it for me?
WIIWD What it is we do
WILBI Wouldn't it be lovely if
WIT Wordsmith in training
WITFITS What in the f**k is this sh*t
WL Will
WMMOWS Wash my mouth out with soap
WMRS Write me real soon
WNDITWB We never did it this way before
WNOHGB Where no one has gone before
WOA Work of art
WOB Waste of bandwidth
WOG Wise old guy
WOMBAT Waste of money, brains and time
WOT Waste of time
WOTAM Waste of time and money
WRK Work
WRT With regard to
WT Without thinking
WT? What the...?? (or) Who the...??
WTB Want to buy
WTF What (or) who (or) where the f**k
WTFDIK What the f**k do I know?
WTFO What the f**k! Over!
WTFRU Who the f**k are you
WTFWT What the f**k was that
WTG Way to go!
WTGP? Want to go private?
WTH What the heck? (or) what the h*ll?
WTHDTM What the h*ll does that mean
WTMI Way too much information
WTMTOYH Way too much time on your hands
WTSDS Where the sun don't shine
WTTM Without thinking too much
WU What's up?
WUCIWUG What you see is what you get
WUF? Where are you from?
WWDWIIWD When we do what it is we do
WWJD What would Jesus do?
WWW World-wide web
WWYC Write when you can
WYGISWYPF What you get is what you pay for
WYGIWYPF What you get is what you pay for
WYP What's your problem?
WYRN What's your real name?
WYS Whatever you say
WYSIAYG What you see is all you get
WYSITWIRL What you see is totally
worthless in real life
WYSIWYG What you see Is what you get
WYSLPG What you see looks pretty good
WYT Whatever you think
WYWH Wish you were here
X Y Z
XLNT Excellent
XOXOXO Kisses and hugs
Y Why (or) yawning
Y2K Year 2000
YA Yet another
YAA Yet another acronym
YABA Yet another bl**dy acronym
YABSA Yet another bl**dy stupid acronym
YACC Yet another calendar company
YAFIYGI You ask for it, you get it
YAOTM Yet another off-topic message
YAUN Yet another Unix nerd
YBS You'll be sorry
YCHT You can have them
YGBK You gotta be kidding
YGBKM You gotta be kidding me
YGBSM You gotta be sh*tting me
YGIAGAM Your guess is as good as mine
YGLT You're gonna love this
YGTI You get the idea?
YGWYPF You get what you pay for
YHBT You have been trolled
YIU Yes, I understand
YIWGP Yes, I will go private
YKYBHTLW You know you've been hacking to long when...
YKYBOTLW You know you've been on-line too long when...
YKYHB?TLW You know you have been (?-fill in blank)
too long when
YL Young lady
YM You mean (or) young man
YMMV Your mileage may vary
YMMVG Your mileage may vary greatly
YNK You never know
YOYO You're on your own
YR Your (or) Yea, right. (Being sacastic)
*ys* You stinker
YSYD Yeah, sure you do
YTTT You telling the truth?
YVW You're very welcome
YW You're welcome (or) young woman
YWIA You're welcome in advance
YYSSW Yeah, yeah; sure, sure; whatever
ZZZ You're boring the heck out of me
Emoticons
:) or :-) happy
:-)) very happy
:( or :-( unhappy
;) or ;-) wink
:-D laughing
:-> hey (or) sarcastic
:'-) crying with joy
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:-( frowning, sad
:( sad
:-< very sad
:-c very unhappy
:-C very, very unhappy
&-| tearful
:' crying
:'-( crying and sad
:'-) Crying/Happy
:-| grim
:[ really low
:-[ pouting
:-ll angry
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;-) wink; just kidding
;-> sly wink
:-T keeping a straight face
:^D "I like it!"
8-] "Wow!"
:-o "Wow!" or "Shouting"
^5 high five
^ thumbs up
(::()::) bandaid (offer of help or support)
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:*) clowning around (or) drunk smiling face
:-{#} from a person with braces
:-7 user after a wry statement
:-w speak with forked tongue
:-r bleahh (sticking tongue out)
:-? licking your lips
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:-@ screaming
8-) wearing glasses
:-& tongue tied
() hug
:-x my lips are sealed
>:-( angry, mean
O:-) angel
:-p sticking out tongue (or) tongue in cheek
B-) wearing shades
:-D laughing
:-() talking to much
[:-) wearing a wig
:<> Amazed
:-, Hmmmm...,smirking
:-* kiss
:-X big kiss
<3 Love Heart
%-) confused
:o Ooooh,shocked
d8:) Cool Guy
:'-( Crying
:e Disappointed
:-).... Drooling face
:-O Surprised/shocked
&:-) From a person with curly hair
#:-) From a person with matted hair
|-) Getting tired, asleep
[-o yawning
[^O sleeping
{{name}} Hugs
{{{Name of Person}}} Hugging person
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