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Abbreviations and Acronyms?

Abbreviations

An abbreviation (from Latin brevi³re → brevis

meaning “short”) is a shortened form of a
word or phrase used mainly in writing to
represent the complete form. It usually has a
full-stop at the end.
Examples: Lib. For Library / abbr. for
abbreviation / approx. for approximate

Acronyms

An acronym (from Latin acro- meaning

“beginning” + -onym meaning “word, name”)
is a pronounceable word formed mostly (but
not always) from the initial letters of a
descriptive name or title.
Examples: radar = radio detecting and
ranging / ASAP = as soon as possible

The term initialism uses a similar method, but

the word is pronounced letter by letter.
Example: BBC British Broadcasting
Corporation or USA United States of America.
And last but not least, there are symbols
and/or units of reference, like min for minute
or kg for kilogram.

50 Popular Internet Acronyms

The Language of Internet: the

following is a list of some
common acronyms that are used
on the web, in E-Mails,... . The
list is far from being complete, it
just contains the abbreviations (new Slang /
shorthands), which I consider most useful.
And they should help to better understand the
meaning of text centered messages. The
acronyms / abbreviations are mostly written in
upper case.

Usage & Meaning

Not all of these short-hands can be assumed to
be understood by the majorities of Internet or E-
Mail users. However, there are some exceptions,
which are fairly safe to use:
2 4 B C I O R U Y
to /
for be see eye owe are you why
too
The reason is that these abbreviations are based
on the pronunciation of their corresponding letter
/ digit.

List of Internet Acronyms

Please note: An acronym (from Greek: -acro =
sharp, pointed; -onym = name) in its pure form
denotes a combination of letters (usually from an
abbreviation) which can be used and
pronounced as a word. For the sake of clarity
and readability, this definition is not always
followed within the 2 lists on this page.

Acronyms A to L
2F4U Too Fast For You
4YEO FYEO For Your Eyes Only

AAMOF As a Matter of Fact

ACK Acknowledgment
AFAIK As far as I know
AFAIR As far as I remember / recall
AFK Away from Keyboard
AKA Also known as

B2K BTK Back to Keyboard

BTT Back to Topic
BTW By the Way
B/C Because

C&P Copy and Paste

CU See you
CYS Check your Settings

DIY Do it Yourself

EOBD End of Business Day

EOD End of Discussion
EOM End of Message
End of Thread / .. Text / ..
EOT
Transmission

FAQ Frequently asked Questions

FACK Full Acknowledge
FKA Formerly known as
FWIW For what it's Worth
FYI / JFYI (Just) For your Information
FTW Fuck the World / For the Win

HF Have fun
HTH Hope this Helps

IDK I don't know

IIRC If I Recall / Remember Correctly
IMHO In my Humble Opinion
IMO In my Opinion
In my not so Humble / Honest
IMNSHO
Opinion
IOW In other Words
ITT In this Thread

LOL Laughing out loud

DGMW Don't get me wrong

Acronyms M to Z
MMW Mark my Words

N/A Not Available / Applicable

NaN Not a Number
NNTR No need to Reply
noob n00b Newbie
NOYB None of your Business
NRN No Reply Necessary

OMG Oh my God
OP Original Poster, Original Post
OT Off Topic
OTOH On the other Hand

Problem exists between

PEBKAC
Keyboard and Chair
POV Point of View

ROTFL Rolling on the Floor Laughing

Repondez s'il vous plait (French:
RSVP
Please reply)
RTFM Read the fine Manual

SCNR Sorry, could not Resist

SFLR Sorry, for late Reply
SPOC Single Point of Contact

TBA To be Announced
To be Continued / To be
TBC
Confirmed
TIA Thanks in Advance
TGIF Thanks God, its Friday
THX TNX Thanks
TQ Thank You
TYVM Thank You Very Much
TYT Take your Time
TTYL Talk to you Later

Whoomp, there it is; Meaning

w00t
"Hooray"
WFM Works for Me
WRT With Regard to
WTH What the Hell / What the Heck
WTF What the Fuck

YMMD You made my Day

YMMV Your Mileage may vary
YAM Yet Another Meeting
ICYMI In Case you missed it

50 Text Messaging (Short Message

Service (=SMS)) and WhatsApp
Abbreviations

If you are a newbie to the Internet

or texting on your mobile phone
you easily get confused by all the
abbreviations, text shortcuts
and acronyms used by more
experienced users. To help you out, this list
contains a compilation of the 50 most
common abbreviations utilized in text
messages, IMs (= Instant Message), social
networks, etc, where people want (or are
required) to use only a few typed characters
to communicate a thought or an idea .

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Please note: even though the acronyms below
are written in ALL CAPS, it is not mandatory to
use the capital letters, and most people tend to
mix upper- and lowercase depending on
personal taste. To use caps for the acronyms
themselves is generally not considered poor
netiquette; however, writing whole words or
sentences in ALL CAPS is usually read as
"shouting", and thus easily considered offensive.

List of Text Messaging & SMS

Abbreviations

Abbreviations A to L
2moro Tomorrow
2nte Tonight

AEAP As Early as Possible

ALAP As Late as Possible
ASAP As Soon as Possible
ASL Age / Sex / Location?

B3 Blah, Blah, Blah

B4YKI Before You Know it
BFF Best Friends, Forever
BM&Y Between Me and You
BRB Be right Back
BRT Be right There
BTAM Be that as it May

C-P Sleepy
CTN Cannot talk now
CUS See You Soon
CWOT Complete Waste of Time
CYT See You Tomorrow

E123 Easy as 1, 2, 3
EM? Excuse Me?
EOD End of Day

F2F Face to Face

FC Fingers Crossed
FOAF Friend of a Friend

GR8 Great

HAK Hugs and Kisses

IDC I Don't Care

IDK I Don't Know
ILU / ILY I Love You
IMU I Miss You
IRL In Real Life

J/K Just Kidding

JC Just Checking
JTLYK Just to Let You Know

KFY Kiss for You

KMN Kill Me Now
KPC Keeping Parents Clueless

L8R Later

Abbreviations M to Z
MoF Male or Female
MTFBWY May the Force be with You
MYOB Mind Your Own Business

N-A-Y-L In a While
NAZ Name, Address, ZIP
NC No Comment
NIMBY Not in my Backyard
NM Never Mind / Nothing Much
NP No Problem
NSFW Not Safe for Work
NTIM Not that it Matters
NVM Never Mind

OATUS On a totally Unrelated Subject

OIC Oh, I See
OMW On My Way
OTL Out to Lunch
OTP On the Phone

P911 Parent Alert

PAL Parents are Listening
PAW Parents are Watching
PIR Parent in Room
POS Parent over Shoulder
Proper Respect / Proper
PROP(S)
Recognition

QT Cutie

RN Right Now
RU Are You

SEP Someone else's Problem

SITD Still in the Dark
SLAP Sounds like a Plan
SMIM Send Me an Instant Message
SO Significant Other

TMI Too Much Information

UR Your / You are

W8 Wait
WB Welcome Back
WYCM Will You Call Me?
WYWH Wish You Were Here

XOXOXOX Hugs, Kisses, ...

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