Common Acronyms Used in Chat

Acroynms are used across every industry, in all walks of life. The world of texting and instant messaging has given rise to a whole new series of acroynms. Check these out and see if you can deciper what they mean. 1. AFK Away From Keyboard 2. BRB Be Right Back 3. BBIAB Be Back In A Bit 4. BBL Be Back Later 5. TTFN Ta Ta For Now 6. BBS Be Back Soon 7. BTW By The Way 8. HAGN Have A Good Night 9. KISS Keep It Simple Stupid 10. KIT Keep In Touch 11. EG Evil Grin 12. BEG Big Evil Grin 13. NYOB None of Your Business 14. OMG Oh My God 15. PM Private Message 16. POS Parents Over Shoulder 17. TTYL Talk To You Later 18. LTNS Long Time No See 19. SSDD Same Sh$% Different Day 20. IDK- I don't know

Common Acronyms Used in Military/Government

Understanding what is being said in a government or official setting can be difficult. Here are 20 common acroynms used in government and military settings. 1. AWOL Absent Without Leave 2. JROTC Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps 3. MIA Missing In Action 4. POW Prisoner of War 5. DAFB Dover Air Force Base 6. SWAT Special Weapons And Tactics 7. Navy SEALs Navy Sea Air Land forces 8. APB All Points Bulletin 9. FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation 10. OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration 11. CIA Central Intelligence Agency 12. NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration 13. USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republic 14. USA United States of America 15. NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement 16. DelDOT Delaware Department of Transportation 17. DMV Division of Motor Vehicles

18. CPS Child Protective Services 19. RNC Republican National Committee 20. CSI Crime Scene Investigation

Common Acronyms Used in Appreciation

When you want to say the right thing or express your love and appreciation but you are in a hurry, these twenty acronyms can get your point across in just a few letters. 1. LOL Laughing Out Loud 2. LYLAB Love You Like A Brother 3. LYLAS Love You Like A Sister 4. GMTA Great Minds Think Alike 5. ROFL Rolling On Floor Laughing 6. LMAO- Laughing my a$s off 7. TY Thank You 8. TYVM Thank You Very Much 9. YW Your Welcome 10. NP No Problem 11. WTG Way To Go 12. PHAT Pretty, Hot, And Tempting 13. BF Boyfriend 14. GF Girlfriend 15. GJ Good Job 16. SWAK Sealed With A Kiss 17. BF Best Friend 18. BFF Best Friends Forever 19. BFFL Best Friends For Life 20. Gr8- Great

Common Informative Acronyms

Sometimes an acronym can be very useful at giving you advice or essential information. Informative acronyms are used in the medical field, but they certainly aren't exclusive to health-related subjects, as this list shows. 1. DOA Dead On Arrival 2. AIDS - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome 3. HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus 4. DARE Drug Abuse Resistance Education 5. ADD Attention Deficit Disorder 6. ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder 7. DOB Date Of Birth 8. OTC Over The Counter 9. CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 10. ASAP As Soon As Possible 11. FYI For Your Information 12. EST Eastern Standard Time 13. PST Pacific Standard Time

14. CST Central Standard Time 15. PPV Pay Per View 16. SSN Social Security Number 17. JIT Just In Time 18. ADL- Activities of Daily Living 19. AMA- Against Medical Advice 20. MD- Medical Doctor

Common Acronyms Used in Industry

Acronyms are often used in the business world, to idenitfy a business or to create shorthand communication between co-workers. 1. AKA Also Known As 2. DBA Doing Business As 3. DND Do Not Disturb 4. MBA Masters of Business Administration 5. OT Overtime 6. POS Point Of Service 7. DAEMON Disk And Execution Monitor 8. HR Human Resources 9. POP Post Office Protocol 10. TNT Tuner Network Television 11. TBC To Be Continued 12. TBN Trinity Broadcasting Network 13. ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network 14. CBS Columbia Broadcasting System 15. MTV Music Television 16. NBC National Broadcasting Company 17. ABS Anti-lock Breaking System 18. ABC American Broadcasting Company 19. PBS Public Broadcasting Service 20. UFO Unidentified Flying Object

Common Acronyms Used as Identity

Some acronyms identify who you are. 1. NFL National Football League 2. AFL American Football League 3. NBA National Basketball Association 4. NHL National Hockey League 5. AA Alcoholics Anonymous 6. AARP American Association of Retired Persons 7. MADD Mothers Against Drunk Driving 8. PGA Professional Golfers Association 9. SWM Single White Male 10. SWF Single White Female 11. APA American Psychological Association

12. MLA Modern Language Association 13. ACS American Cancer Society 14. AMA American Medical Association 15. ADA American Dental Association 16. FLAG Foreign Language Association of Georgia 17. PAWS Progressive Animal Welfare Society 18. WWE World Wrestling Entertainment 19. SPCA Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 20. AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science

Abbreviations, Initialisms and Acronyms

An abbreviation is made when you take a word or words and shorten them. Examples are: St. for street, lb. for pound, and min. for minute. Special abbreviations are acronyms and initialisms. Initialisms are simply the first letter of the important words in the name of something, like IBM, CBS, or CNN. They do not form another word. Most chat abbreviations are initialisms. Some initialisms are acronyms. Acronyms are abbreviations using the first letter of each word, or each important word. In an acronym, the letters form another word, like NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), WHO (World Health Organization) or NASA (National Aeronautics Space Administration). Most chat abbreviations are not acronyms because the letters do not make a word. In summary, initialisms and acronyms are abbreviations. Initialisms use the first letter of each word in the phrase. Acronyms are special initialisms because the initials make up a new word.

Chat Abbreviations
It makes sense that people who want to save time and save wear and tear on their fingertips and thumbs would invent a few chat abbreviations. But there are many more than a few. Following are some examples of abbreviations that are used in chatting, texting, and emails.
Chat Abbreviations and Acronyms

This first group is some of the more common abbreviations about things in general:

@ At 2G2BT Too Good To Be True 2moro Tomorrow 2nite Tonight 4ever Forever ADBB All Done Bye Bye

AFC Away From Computer ASAP As Soon As Possible B4 Before B4N Bye For Now BC Because bcoz because BTDT Been There Done That c ya see ya CM Call Me CUL8R See You Later DISTO Did I Say That Outloud? G4I Go For It gratz Congratulations GTG Got To Go J2LYK Just To Let You Know KISS Keep It Simple Stupid OMG Oh My God peeps people PLS Please PLZ Please sk8r skater soz Sorry T@YL Talk At You Later THX Thanks TMI Too Much Information TTYL Talk To You Later or Type To You Later TTYT Talk To You Tomorrow

The next group of abbreviations let the other party know a parent is watching.

9 Parent is watching MOS Mom Over Shoulder PIR Parent In Room POMS Parent Over My Shoulder PRW Parents Are Watching

The following abbreviations concern feelings. These are G-rated.

<3 heart sweet<3 sweetheart BFF Best Friends Forever FF Friends Forever H&K Hugs and Kisses HUGZ Hugs I <3 U I Love You i h8 it i hate it XOXO Hugs and Kisses

Lastly, there are so many abbreviations that refer to laughing that they also needed their own group.

ALOL Actually Laughing Out Loud CSL Can't Stop Laughing CSN Chuckle, Snicker, Grin GOL Giggling Out Loud FOFL Falling on Floor Laughing LOL Laughing Out Loud -or- Lots of Love ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing ROTFLOL Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud

Modern Communications
Speaking with someone through emails, chats, and texts has dramatically changed the way people communicate. You rarely see anyone anymore without a phone, and it is usually in their hand. In fact, this instant communication is getting out of hand, pardon the pun. Some states have enacted new laws to ban cell phone use while driving. Cell phone use is banned while driving in California, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Washington, District of Columbia, and the Virgin Islands. The District of Columbia and 28 states limit cell phone use for new drivers. D.C. and 18 states do not allow school bus drivers to use a cell phone when there are passengers on the bus. D.C., Guam, and 30 states ban texting for everyone who drives. Eight other states ban texting for new drivers and two ban texting for school bus drivers. Some states have distracted driving bans so many are adding cell phone use to the list of distractions. More laws will probably be forthcoming as the dangers of cell phone use while driving becomes more apparent.