100 colloquialisms
General Colloquialisms
1. Wanna – Want to
2. Gonna – Going to
3. Gotta – Got to
4. Kinda – Kind of
5. Sorta – Sort of
6. Dunno – Don’t know
7. Coulda – Could have
8. Shoulda – Should have
9. Woulda – Would have
10. Ain’t – Am not / Is not / Are not
11. Lemme – Let me
12. Gimme – Give me
13. Y’all – You all
14. I’ma – I am going to
15. C’mon – Come on
16. Outta – Out of
17. Lotta – A lot of
18. ‘Bout – About
19. ‘Til – Until
20. G’day – Good day
21. Whatcha – What are you
22. Gotta – Got to
23. How’s it goin’ – How is it going?
24. Ya – You / Yes
25. Sup – What’s up?
26. Oughta – Ought to
27. Couldn’t’ve – Could not have
28. Wouldn’t’ve – Would not have
29. Shouldn’t’ve – Should not have
30. Where’d – Where did
31. They’re – They are
32. You’re – You are
33. We’re – We are
34. I’ve – I have
35. We’ve – We have
36. I’ll – I will
37. They’ll – They will
38. We’ll – We will
39. It’ll – It will
40. Aren’t – Are not
41. Isn’t – Is not
42. Wasn’t – Was not
43. Weren’t – Were not
44. Ain’t – Am not / Are not
Common Slang-Based Abbreviations
45. LOL – Laughing out loud
46. OMG – Oh my God
47. BRB – Be right back
48. IDK – I don’t know
49. IMO – In my opinion
50. FYI – For your information
51. TTYL – Talk to you later
52. TBH – To be honest
53. NVM – Never mind
54. JK – Just kidding
55. ILY – I love you
56. IDC – I don’t care
57. RN – Right now
58. YOLO – You only live once
59. SMH – Shaking my head
60. LMK – Let me know
61. BFF – Best friends forever
62. TMI – Too much information
63. DM – Direct message
64. FAQ – Frequently asked questions
65. BTW – By the way
66. ASAP – As soon as possible
67. AKA – Also known as
68. PPL – People
69. THX – Thanks
70. EZ – Easy
71. CYA – See you (later)
72. OMW – On my way
73. HRU – How are you?
74. TYS – Thank you so much
75. G2G – Got to go
76. TTYS – Talk to you soon
77. ROFL – Rolling on the floor laughing
78. FTW – For the win
79. IDT – I don’t think
80. AFK – Away from keyboard
Casual and Everyday Shortenings
81. Bro – Brother
82. Sis – Sister
83. ‘Cause – Because
84. Em – Them
85. Fam – Family
86. Ya’ll – You all
87. Biz – Business
88. Prolly – Probably
89. Ya – Yes
90. Yep – Yes
91. Nope – No
92. D’ya – Do you
93. Doncha – Don’t you
94. Watcha – What are you
95. O’er – Over
96. Inn’t – Isn’t it
97. Wassup – What’s up?
98. Gotcha – Got you
99. Huh? – What? / Excuse me?
100. Nah – No
