Have you ever wondered what all the abbreviations are that people use in chat rooms? Even experienced chatters sometimes wonder what they are seeing as we come across new acronyms every day. Most acronyms use the first letter of every word in a phrase. This abbreviated form allows for quick typing. Here are some of the most commonly used acronyms. To go to a printable version of these acronyms click here.
| A/S/L | Age/Sex/Location | LOL | Laughing Out Loud |
| AFK | Away From the Keyboard | LTNS | Long Time No See |
| AKA | Also Known As | L8R |
Later |
| ASAP | As Soon As Possible | J/K | Just Kidding |
| ATM | At The Moment | M8 |
Mate |
| B4 | Before | MYOB |
Mind Your Own Business |
| BBIAB | Be Back In A Bit | NM |
Never Mind |
| BBL | Be Back Later | OIC |
Oh I See |
| BBS | Be Back Soon | PITA | Pain In The A$$ |
| BTW | By The Way | PPL/Peeps | People |
| CRS | Can't remember $hit | ROTFL | Rolling On The Floor Laughing |
| CU/CUL | See You/ See You Later | ROTFLMAO | ROTF Laughing My A$$ off |
| CYA | See Ya | TGIF | Thank God It's Friday |
| FYI | For Your Information | THX | Thanks |
| GGP | Gotta Go Pee | TTYL | Talk To You Later |
| GL | Good Luck | TY | Thank You |
| GMTA | Great Minds Think Alike | TYVM | Thank You Very Much |
| GR8 | Great | W8 | Wait |
| GTG | Good To Go/Got To Go | WB | Welcome Back |
| IC | I See | WTF | What The F**k |
| IMHO | In MY Humble Opinion | YVW | You're Very Welcome |
| IRL | In Real Life | YW | You're Welcome |
Here are some not so commonly used acronyms:
?4U
Question for you
FUBAR
fu*ked up beyond repair
2L8
Too
late
HCIT
How
cool is that
AISI
As I
see it
IAC
In
any case
BC
Be
cool
IAG
It’s
all good
BFN
By
for now
IIIO
Intel
inside idiot outside
BD
Big
deal
KISS
Keep
it simple stupid
BTDT
Been
there done that
NEI
Anyone
CID
Consider it done
NOYB
None
of your business
DGT
Don’t
go there
RTFM
Read
the fu*king manual
EOD/EOL
End
of discussion/lecture
WYSIWYG
What
you see is what you get
F2F
Face
to face
Y
Why These acronyms usually describe actions:
<BS>
Big Smile
<LIS>
Laughing in Silence
<BH>
Big Hug
<S>
Smile
<EG>
Evil Grin
<SB>
Smile Back
<G>
Grin
<TIC>
Tongue in Cheek
<GBH>
Great Big Hug
<VEG>
Very Evil Grin
<H>
Hug
<VWS>
Very Wicked Smile
<HB>
Hug Back <VWG>
Very Wicked Grin
<K>
Kiss <VES>
Very Evil Smile
<KB>
Kiss Back
<W>
Wink
<L>
Laugh
<W>
Wicked Grin Emoticons are keyboard symbols like dashes, colons, brackets and others put together to look like a face or an item (like the rose seen here).
:)
Smiling
:'-( Crying
:-)
Smiling With Nose
:-*
Puckering For a Kiss
:-(
Frowning
%-)
Confused but Happy >:-(
Mad/Annoyed
{{{***}}}
Hugs and Kisses
:-D
Laughing
O :)
Angel With Halo
:-o
Shouting
=^.^=
Pussy Cat
:-0
Surprised
(_|_)
Backside or Buttend
;-)
Winking *<:-)(
Santa Claus
}:p
Disgusted
(:::{}:::)
A Bandaid
:-()
Big Mouth
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A Rose To learn more about chat acronyms visit Net Lingo or Chat-O-Rama.
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Comic Characters
Here are some of the most common and not so common ones:
