English internet slang / The texting shorthand dictionary

0–9

1337 - From the word Leet, derived from the word elite
14AA41 - One for All and All for One
2 - too, or to
2B or not 2B - To Be Or Not To Be
2NITE - Tonight
4 - For
411 - it means: info
4ever - Forever
86 - Out Of or Over
10q - Thank you
10x - Thanks

A

A C? - AH! SI?
AAF - As A Friend
AAK - Asleep At Keyboard
AAMOF - As A Matter Of Fact
AAMOI - As A Matter Of Interest
AAR - At Any Rate
AAR8 - At Any Rate
AAS - Alive And Smiling
AATK - Always At The Keyboard
AAYF - As Always, Your Friend
AB - *** Backwards
ABITHIWTIDB - A bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush
ABT2 - About To
ACD - Alt Control Delete
ACE - Access Control Entry
ACK - Acknowledgement
ADAD - Another Day Another Dollar
ADBB - All Done Bye Bye
ADIH - Another Day In Hell
ADIP - Another Day in Paradise
ADR - Address
AEAP - As Early As Possible
AFAGAY - A Friend As Good As You
AFAHMASP - A Fool And His Money Are Soon Parted
AFAIC - As Far As I'm Concerned
AFAICR - As far as I can recall / remember
AFAICS - As far as I can see
AFAICT - As far as I can tell
AFAIK - As far as I know
AFAIR - As far as I remember
AFAIU - As Far As I Understand
AFAIUI - As Far As I Understand It
AFAP - As Far As Possible
AFAYC - As Far As You're Concerned
AFC - Away From Computer
AFDN - Any F***ing Day Now
AFIAA - As Far As I Am Aware
AFINIAFI - A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed
AFK - Away from keyboard
AFZ - Acronym free zone
AGKWE - And God Knows What Else
AIAMU - And I'm A Monkey's Uncle
AIH - As It Happens
AIMB - As I Mentioned Before
AIMP - Always In My Prayers
AISE - As I Said Earlier
AISI - As I See It
AKA or a.k.a. - Also Known As
ALAP - As Late As Possible
ALOL - Actually laughing out loud
ALTG - Act Locally, Think Globally
AMAP - As Many As Possible
AMBW - All My Best Wishes
AML - All My Love
AND - Any day now
ANFAWFOWS - And Now For A Word Word From Our Web Sponsor
ANFSCD - And Now For Something Completely Different
AOAS - All Of A Sudden
AOB - Abuse Of Bandwidth
AP - Apple Pie
ASAFP - As Soon As "Friggin" Possible
ASAP - As soon as possible
ASL or A/S/L - Age / sex / location
ASLMH - Age/Sex/Location/Music/Hobbies
ASLP or A/S/L/P - Age, sex, location, picture
ATEOTD - At The End of the Day
ATM - At the moment
ATST - At The Same Time
ATW - All the Web or Around the Web
AWGTHTGTTA - Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again
AWGTHTGTTSA - Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Sh** Again
AWOL - Absent Without (Official) Leave
AYBABTU (also abbreviated as AYB): all your base are belong to us (from the video game Zero Wing)
AYK - As You Know
AYSOS - Are You Stupid Or Something
AYTMTB - And You're Telling Me This Because?

B

B/C - Because
B2B - Business to Business
B2C - Business to Customer
B4 - Before
B4N - Bye For Now
B4U - Before You
B4YKI - Before You Know It
BAG - Bursting A Gut
BAK - Back At my Keyboard
BAU - Business As Usual
BB4N - Bye-Bye for Now
BBBG - Bye Bye Be Good
BBFBBM - Body By Fisher, Brains By Mattel
BBFN - Bye-Bye for Now
BBIAB - Be back in a bit
BBIAF - Be Back In A Few
BBIAS - Be Back In A Sec
BBIAW - Be Back In A While
BBL - Be Back Later
BBN - Bye Bye Now
BBQ - Barbecue. While not Internet slang in itself, it is often combined with other initialisms as a point of satire, absurdity, or a non-sequitur. For example OMG WTF BBQ.
BBL/BBS - Be back later / shortly / soon
BBSD - Be Back Soon Darling
BBSL - Be Back Sooner or Later
BBT - Be Back Tomorrow
BCBS - Big Company, Big School
BCNU - Be seein' you
BCOZ - Because
BD - Big Deal
BDC - Big Dumb Company or Big Dot Com
BDN - Big Damn Number
BEOS - Nudge
BF - Boy Friends
BFD - Big F***ing Deal
BFF - Best Friends Forever
BFN - Bye For Now
BHAG - Big Hairy Audacious Goal
BHOF - Bald Headed Old Fart
BIF - Basis In Fact or Before I Forget
BIOYN - Blow it Out Your Nose
BITD - Back In The Day
BKA - Better Known As
blog - Also known as web log or an online journal
BM - Byte Me
BMOTA - Byte Me On The ***
BNF - Big Name Fan
BOFH - Bastard operator from hell
BOHICA - Bend Over Here It Comes Again
bot - Any type of automated software in chatrooms and web-cataloging software
BR - Bathroom
BRB - Be right back
BRT - Be Right There
BS - Big Smile
BSF - But Seriously, Folks
BSOD - Blue Screen of Death
BT - Byte This
BTA - But Then Again or Before The Attacks
BTDT - Been there done that
BTDTGTS - Been There, Done That, Got The T-shirt
BTHOOM - Beats The Heck Out Of Me
BTSOOM - Beats The Sh** Out Of Me
BTW: By the way
BTWBO - Be There With Bells On
bump: Increment (for example, C's ++ operator.) or a backronym for "Bring Up My Post"
BW - Best Wishes
BWDIK - But What Do I Know?
BWO - Black, White or Other
BYKT - But you Knew That

C

C/P - Cross Post
CB - Chat brat
CFV - Call For Vote
CIAO - Goodbye (in Italian)
CID - Consider It Done
CIS - CompuServe Information Service
CMF - Count My Fingers
CMIIW - Correct me if I'm wrong.
COB - Close Of Business
CofS - Church of Scientology
C-P - Sleepy
CRAFT - Can't Remember A F***ing Thing
CRAP - Cheap Redundant Assorted Products
crapplet: A poorly written computer application
CRAT - Can't Remember A Thing
crawl - To retrieve a web page along with the hyperlinks that reference it
CRAWS - Can't Remember Anything Worth A Sh**
CRTLA - Can't Remember the Three-Letter Acronym
CSL - Can't Stop Laughing
C-T - City
CTA - Call To Action
CTC - Choking The Chicken
CU - See you (later)
CUL - See You Later
CUL8ER - See You Later
CUL8R - See You Later
CUNS - See You In School!
CWYL - Chat With You Later
CY - Calm Yourself
CYA - See ya OR Cover Your Ass
cyber- (prefix): A term used to connect the subsequent word loosely to the world of computers or the Internet or sex over a computer
cyberspace: Virtual reality, the Internet, the World Wide Web, and other kinds of computer systems. Science fiction author William Gibson popularized the term in his novel Neuromancer. Gibson used the word to describe a virtual world of computer networks that his cyberpunk heroes 'jacked into'
CYL - See You Later
CYT - See You Tomorrow

D

DARFC - Ducking And Running For Cover
DBEYR - Don't Believe Everything You Read
DD - Due Diligence
DDD - Direct Distance Dial
DETI - Don't Even Think It
DF - Dear Friend
DFTT - Don't feed the trolls
DGA - Don't Go Anywhere
DGAF - Don't give a fuck
DGT - Don't Go There
DH - Dear Hubby or Husband
DHYB - Don't Hold Your Breath
DIAF - Die in a fire
DIKU - Do I Know You
DILLIGAF/D/S - Does it look like I give a flip / fuck / damn / shit
DIY - Do It Yourself
DKDC - Don't Know Don't Care
D/L - Download
DLTM - Don't Lie To Me
DMI - Don't Mention It
DNC - Does Not Compute
DND - Do not disturb
DOA - Dead on arrival. Refers to hardware that is broken on delivery.
DQYDJ - Don't Quit Your Day Job
DRIB - Don't Read If Busy
DUST - Did You See That?
DWYM - Does What You Mean
DYFM - Dude You Fascinate Me
DYJHIW - Don't You Just Hate it When...
DYOFDW - Do Your Own F***ing Dirty Work
DYSTSOTT - Did You See The Size Of That Thing

E

E123 - Easy as One, Two, Three
EAK - Eating at Keyboard
EG - Evil Grin
EL - Evil Laugh
EM? - Excuse Me?
EOD - End Of Day
EOF - End of File
EOM - End of Message
EOL - End of Life (device or hardware that is at the end of its product life cycle) OR End of Line.
EQ - EverQuest
ETA - Estimated time of arrival
ESO - Equipment Smarter than Operator
EULA - End-User License Agreement
EWI - E-mailing While Intoxicated
EZ - Easy

F

F2F - Face-to-Face
F9 - Fine
FAB - Features Attributes Benefits
FAQ - Frequently Asked Question(s)
FAQL - Frequently Asked Questions List
FAWC - For Anyone Who Cares
FBKS - Failure Between Keyboard and Seat
FE - Fatal Error
FF - Friends Forever
FF&PN - Fresh Fields and Pastures New
FFS - For f***'s sake
FISH - First in, Still Here
FITB - Fill in the Blanks
flamer - Someone who makes inflammatory, abusive or directly offensive comments. Similar to, but not quite the same as an Internet troll.
FMCDH - From My Cold Dead Hands
FML - F*** my life.
FO - F*** Off
FOAD - F*** off and die
FOAF - Friend of a friend
FOC - Free of Charge
FOFL - Falling on Floor Laughing
FRED - F***ing Ridiculous Electronic Device
FS - Fido SMS
FTASB - Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
FTFY - Fixed that for you
FTL - For the loss
FTL - Faster Than Light
FTM - Fido Text Message
FTTB - For The Time Being
FTW - For the win
FTW? - F*** the what? (reversal of WTF?, implies increased confusion)
FU - F*** you
FUBAR - F***ed up beyond all recognition / repair (from military slang; pronounced "foo-bar")
FUBB - F***ed Up Beyond Belief
FUD - Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (the purposeful spread of misinformation / Disinformation)
FUD - Fear, Uncertainty, and
FUM - F***ed Up Mess
FWD - Forward
FWIW - For what it's worth
FYA - For Your Amusement
FYI - For Your Information
FYIFV - F*** You I'm Fully Vested
FYM - For Your Misinformation

G

GA - Go Ahead
GAL - Get A Life
GALGAL - Give A Little Get A Little
GBH - Great Big Hug
GBTW - Get back to work
GD&R - Grinning, Ducking and Running
GF - Great/good fight / Girl Friends
GFU - Good for you
GFY - Go fuck yourself
GG - Good game, used at or near the conclusion of a gaming match
GG - Gotta Go
GGN - Gotta Go Now
GGS - Good games
GIGO - Garbage In, Garbage Out
GIWIST - Gee, I Wish I'd Said That
GJ - Good job, often used in online gaming when a teammate performs an act benefitting his team, such as killing an opponent or enabling that kill
GL - Good luck, used before commencing a game
GLYASDI - God Loves You And So Do I
GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike
GMTFT - Great Minds Think For Themselves
GNBLFY - Got Nothing But Love For You
Godwin's law - Dictates that the longer a thread, the more likely someone will post a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler
GOK - God Only Knows
GR&D - Grinning Running And Ducking
GR8 - Great
gratz - Congratulations
GRRRR - it means Growling
GSOAS - Go Sit On A Snake
GTFO - Get the f*** out
GTG or G2G: 'Got to go' or 'Good to go'
GTGB - Got To Go, Bye
GTGP - Got To Go Pee
GTH - Go To Hell
GR: Good Race
GTSY - Glad To See Ya
GYPO - Get Your Pants Off

H

HAGD - Have a Great Day
HAGO - Have A Good One
HAK - Hugs And Kisses
HAND - Have a Nice Day
handle - Name used in online chat, (AKA nick(name), alias, screen/user name)
HB - Hurry Back
HD - Hold
HF - Hello, Friend
HF - Have fun
haxor or H4x0r (1337) - Hacker
HHO1/2K - Ha Ha, Only Half Kidding
HHOJ - Ha-Ha, Only Joking
HHOK - Ha Ha, Only Kidding
HHOS - Ha-Ha, Only Being Serious
HHTYAY - Happy Holidays To You And Yours
HIH - Hope It Helps
HIOOC - Help! I'm Out Of Coffee
hit: A request made to the web server, (noun) the results of an Internet search, (verb) loading a Web page. Hits are not equivalent to visitors of a webpage.
home page: The website's introduction page, starting point, and guide. The technical term is "index"
HOHA - HOllywood HAcker
hot list: A collection of publicly available URLs (World Wide Web site addresses), sometimes available as text files.
HTH - Hope This (or That) Helps
HUA - Heads Up Ace
HUGZ - Hugs
HUYA - Head Up Your A**

I

I 1-D-R - I Wonder
IAC - Hn Any Case
IAC - In Any Case
IAE - In Any Event
IAITS - It's All In The Subject
IANAC - I Am Not A Crook
IANAE - I Am Not an Expert
IANAL - I Am Not A Lawyer
IAT - I Am Tired
IBRB - I Will Be Right Back
IBT - In Between Technology
IBTD - I Beg To Differ
IBTL - In before the lock
IC - In Character
ICBW - I Could Be Wrong
ID10T - Idiot
IDGAF - I Don't Give A F***
IDGI - I Don't Get It
IDK - I Don't Know
IDKY - I Don't Know You
I-D-L - Ideal
IDM - It Does Not Matter
IDST - I Didn't Say That
IDTS - I Don't Think So
IEF - It's Esther's Fault
IFAB - I Found A Bug
IFU - I F***ed Up
IGGP - I Gotta Go Pee
IGTP - I Get The Point
IHAIM - I Have Another Instant Message
IHNO - I Have No Opinion
IHT - I had to
IHTFP - I Have Truly Found Paradise or I Hate This F***ing Place
IIIO - Intel Inside, Idiot Outside
IIMAD - If It Makes An(y) Difference
IIR - If I Remember or If I Recall
IIRC - If I Remember Correctly or If I Recall Correctly
IIWM - If It Were Me
ILICISCOMK - I Laughed, I Cried, I Spat/Spilt Coffee/Crumbs/Coke On My Keyboard
ILU - I Love You
ILY - I Love You
IM - Instant Messaging
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO - In My Opinion
IMS - I Am Sorry
INMP - It's Not My Problem
INNW - If Not Now, When
INPO - In No Particular Order
IOH - I'm Outta Here
IONO - I don't know
IOW - In Other Words
IIRC - If I recall / remember correctly
IIUC - If I understand correctly
ILY - I love you
IMO - In my opinion
IMHO - In my humble / honest opinion
IMNSHO - In my not so humble opinion
IMAO - In my arrogant opinion
information superhighway - The Internet (AKA: I-way, infobahn)
IOW - In other words
IRC - Internet Relay Chat
IRL - In Real Life
ISS - I Said So
ISTM - It Seems to Me
ISTR - I Seem To Remember
ISWYM - I See What You Mean
ITM - In The Money
ITYM - I Think You Mean
IUM - If You Must
IWSN- I want sex now
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/C - Just Checking
J/K - Just Kidding!
J/W - Just Wondering
JAD - Just Another day
JAFO - Just Another F***ing Onlooker
jaggy - aliased computer graphics
JAM - Just a Minute
JAS - Just a sec
JFTR - Just for the record
JK or j/k - Just kidding, or joke
JM2C - Just My 2 Cents
JOOTT - Just One Of Those Things
JT - Just Teasing

K

K or kk - Okay or All Right
KBD - Keyboard
KEWL - Cool
KFY - Kiss For You
KIR - Keep It Real
KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid
KIT - Keep In Touch
KMA - Kiss My ***
KMRIA - Kiss My Royal Irish Arse
KOK - Knock
KOS - Kill on Sight
KOTC - Kiss On The Cheek
KOTL - Kiss On The Lips
KPC - Keeping Parents Clueless
KTHX - OK, thanks
kthxbye - OK, thanks, goodbye, used either to cut short a conversation or to express displeasure with being cut short
KWIM - Know What I Mean
KYPO - Keep Your Pants On

L

L8R - Later, L8R also sometimes abbreviated as L8ER is commonly used in chat rooms and other text based communications as a way of saying good bye.
lag - Slang term for slow Internet speeds or high Internet latency; Lag is sometimes due to a server problem, but more frequently due to the connection between client and server. A slow or intermittent connection may often be referred to as laggy
lamer - A know-nothing, one who is lame.
LAQ - Lame *** Quote
LD - Long Distance
LDTTWA - Let's Do The Time Warp Again
leet: Often spelled as l33t or 1337. It originally meant elite
LFG - Looking for group
LFM - Looking for more
LIFO - Last In First Out
LLTA - Lots And Lots Of Thunderous Applause
LMAO - Laughing My *** Off
LMFAO - Laughing my fucking *** off
LMIRL - Let's meet in real life.
LMK - Let Me Know
LOL - Laughing Out Loud / laugh out loud -or- Lots of Luck (or Love)
LOLA - Laugh Out Loud Again
LOOL - Laughing Outragously Out Loud
LOPSOD - Long On Promises, Short On Delivery
LRF - Little Rubber Feet
LSV - Language, Sex, Violence
LTIC - Laughing 'Til I Cry
LTNS - Long Time No See
lulz: corruption of LOL
lurker: Someone who frequents a Usenet group without participating in discussions
LWR - Launch When Ready
LYL - Love Ya Lots
LYLAB - Love You Like a Brother
LYLAS - Love You Like A Sister

M

M8 or M8s - Mate or Mates
MA - Mature Audience
MFD - Multi-Function Device
MfG - Mit freundlichen Gruessen
MFW - My face when (Usually accompanied by an image)
MHBFY - My Heart Bleeds For You
MHOTY - My Hat's Off To You
MIHAP - May I Have Your Attention Please
MILF - Mother I'd Like to F***
MKOP - My Kind Of Place
MM - Market Maker
MMHA2U - My Most Humble Apologies To You
MMO - Massive Multi-player Online [game]
MMORPG - MMO + RPG (Massive Multi-player Online Role-Playing Game). The most frequent genre of MMO.
MOMPL - One Moment Please
MOO - Mud, Object-Oriented
MOOS - Member Of The Opposite Sex
MorF - Male or Female?
MOSS - Member Of The Same Sex
MOTAS - Member Of The Appropriate Sex
MOTD - Message Of The Day
MOTSS - Members Of The Same Sex
MSG - Message
MTBF - Mean Time Between Failure
MTFBWY - May The Force Be With You
MUBAR - Messed up Beyond All Recognition
MUD - Multi-User Dungeon
MUSH - Multi-User Shared Hallucination
MWBRL - More Will Be Revealed Later
MYOB - Mind Your Own Business

N

N/A - Not Applicable -or- Not Affiliated
N/T - No Text
N1 - Nice one, used mostly often in gaming
N2M - Not To Mention
NAK - Nursing At Keyboard
NALOPKT - Not A Lot of People Know That
N-A-Y-L - In A While
NAZ - Name, Address, Zip (also means Nasdaq)
NBD - No Big Deal
NBIF - No Basis In Fact
NCG - New College Graduate
NE1 - "Anyone"
N-E-1 - Anyone
N-E-1 ER - Anyone Here?
newbie, newb, n00b - An inexperienced user of a system or game, or an annoying person. Usually a derogatory term for someone inexperienced at a game.
NFI - No F***ing Idea
NFW - No F***ing Way
NG - New Game
NGL - Not gonna lie
NIFOC - Nude In Front Of The Computer
NIM - No Internal Message
NIMBY - Not In My Back Yard
NIMQ - Not In My Queue
NM - Never Mind or Nothing Much
NM - (Sometimes written N/M) Not much, Never mind or no message, used on message boards or in e-mails to indicate that everything is already said in the subject line.
NMP - Not My Problem
n0rp - Alternate form of pr0n, intentional misspelling of porn
NOYB - None Of Your Business
NP - No Problem
NQOCD - Not Quite Our Class Dear
NRG - Energy
NRN - No Reply Necessary
NS - Nice shot. Used in online gaming.
NSFW - Not Safe For Work
NSOH - No sense of humor.
NSFW: Not safe for work. Warning about content that may get the viewer in trouble with his employer or co-workers.
NTK - Nice To Know
NTYMI - Now That You Mention It
NUFF - Enough Said
NVM, NVMD, or nm - Nevermind, not much
NW - No Way!
NYCFS - New York City Finger Saluet

O

O RLY - Oh really?
OAUS - On An Unrelated Subject
OBTW - Oh By The Way
OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer
OIC - Oh, I see
OFN - Old freaking news
OK - All Correct
OLL - On-Line Love
OMDB - Over My Dead Body
OMG - Oh My Gosh / God
OMFG - Oh my f***ing god
OMGWTF - Oh my God what the f***
OMIK - Open Mouth, Insert Keyboard
OMW - On my way or Oh my word
ONNA - Oh No, Not Again
ONNTA - Oh No, Not This Again
ONOZ - Oh, no
OOC - Out Of Character
OOF - Out Of Facility
OOI - Out Of Interest
OOO - Out Of Office
OOTB - Out Of The Box -or- Out Of The Blue
OOTC - Obligatory On Topic Comment
OP - Original poster / Operator / Outpost
OS - Operating System
OT - Off Tnpic
OTB - Off to bed
OTOH - On the Other Hand
OTP - On the Phone or One true pairing or On The Piss
OTT - Over the Top
OTTOMH - Off the Top of my Head
OUSU - Oh, You Shut Up
OWTTE - Or Words To That Effect
OZ - stands for: Australia

P

P2P - Peer to peer, or pay to play
P&C - Private and Confidential
PANS - Pretty Awesome New Stuff
PAW - Parents are watching
PD - Public Domain
PDOMA - Pulled Directly Out Of My ***
PDQ - Pretty Darn Quick
PEBCAK / PEBKAC - Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard
PIMP - Peeing In My Pants
PITA - Pain In The ***
PL - Powerleveling, used in online games.
PLMK - Please let me know
PLS - Please
PM - Personal Message
PMFJI - Pardon Me For Jumping In
PMIGBOM - Put Mind In Gear Before Opening Mouth
PMJI - Pardon My Jumping In
PMSL - Pissing myself laughing
PO - Piss Off
PONA - Person Of No Account
POOF - Good-bye
POS - Parent Over Shoulder or Piece of sh*t
POTS - Plain old telephone service
POV - Point of View
PPL - People
pr0n - Intentional misspelling of porn
PS - Post Script
PTKFGS - Punch the Keys For God's Sake
PU - That Stinks
PW - Persistent World (gaming)
pwned - Intentional misspelling of owned
P-ZA - Pizza

Q

QFT - Quoted for truthiness—either to show satire or agreement with something satiric.
QL - Quit Laughing!
QS - Quit Scrolling
QT - Cutie --> My Initial Name...ahahahah XD
QWP - (texting) Quit Whining, Please. (gaming) equip v / equipment n.

R

R & D - Research & Development
R & R - Rest & Relaxation
RAT - Remote(ly) Activated Trojan
RBAY - Right Back At Ya
RBTL - Read Between The Lines
RE - Regards or Hello Again
rehi (or merely re) - Hello again
RFD - Request For Discussion
RFR - Really F*#king Rich
RFS - Really F*#king Soon
RKBA - Right to Keep and Bear Arms
RL - Real Life
RLF - Real Life Friend
RMLB - Read My Lips Baby
RMMM - Read My Mail Man!
RMS - Ride me sideways
RN - Right Now!
ROFL/ROTFL - Rolling on (the) Floor Laughing
ROFLMAO/ROTFLMAO - Rolling on (the) Floor Laughing My *** Off
ROFLMAOWPIMP/ROTFLMAOWPIMP - Rolling on (the) floor laughing my ass off while peeing in my pants
ROFLOL/ROTFLOL - Rolling on (the) Floor Laughing Out Loud
ROTM - Right On The Money
RSN - Real Soon Now (used sarcastically)
RTBS - Reason To Be Single
RTFAQ - Read the FAQ File
RTFB - Read the f***ing binary (or book)
RTFM - Read The F***ing Manual
RTFS - Read the f***ing source
RTFM/RTM - Read the (f***ing/fine) manual or reboot the (f***ing) machine
RTK - Return To Keyboard
RTM or RTFM - Read The Manual - or - Read The F*#king Manual
RU - Are You?
RUMORF - Are You Male Or Female
RUOK - Are you Okay?
RUUP4IT - Are You Up For It
RX - Regards
RYO - Roll Your Own

S

S2R - Send To Receive
S4L - Spam For Life
SBTA - Sorry, Being Thick Again
SBUG - Small Bald Unaudacious Goal
SCNR - Sorry, Could Not Resist
SED - Said Enough Darling
SEP - Somebody Else's Problem
SF - Surfer Friendly or Science Fiction
SFAIAA - So Far As I Am Aware
SFETE - Smiling From Ear To Ear
SFW - Safe for Work, see NSFW
SFX - Sound Effects
SH - Sh** Happens
SITCOMs - Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage
SITD - Still In The Dark
sk8/sk8r/sk8er - skate/skater
SLIRK - Smart Little Rich Kid
SMAIM - Send Me An Instant Message
SME - Subject Matter Expert
SMEM - Send Me E-Mail
SMH - Shaking my head
smiley - Another name for emoticons
SNAFU - Situation Normal, All F***ed / Fouled Up
SNAG - Sensitive New Age Guy
snail mail - Normal paper mail service
SNERT - Snotty Nosed Egotistical Rotten Teenager
SO - Significant Other (ie., spouse, boy/girlfriend)
SOHF - Sense Of Humor Failure
SOL - Sh** Out of Luck
SOP - Standard Operating Procedure
SorG - Straight or Gay?
SOS - Someone (watching) Over Shoulder
spider - The program behind a search engine
SRO - Standing Room Only
SSDD - Same Sh** Different Day
SSEWBA - Someday Soon, Everything Will Be Acronyms
STFU - Shut The F*** Up
STFW - Search the F***ing Web
STM - Spank The Monkey
STR8 - Straight
STYS - Speak To You Soon
SUYF - Shut Up You Fool
SWAG - Scientific Wild *** Guess -and- SoftWare And Giveaways
SWAK - Sent (or Sealed) With A Kiss
SWALK - Sealed With A Loving Kiss
SWDYT - So What Do You Think?
SYS - See You Soon

T

TAFN - That Is All for Now
TAH - Take A Hike
TANSTAAFL - There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch, a quote originally attributed to Robert Heinlein
TARFU - Things Are Really F***ed Up
TAS - Taking A Shower
TBA - To Be Advised
TBC - To Be Continued
TBF - Time Between Failures
TBH - To Be Honest
TCB - The Trouble Came Back!
TDM - Too Darn Many
TDTM - Talk Dirty To Me
TEOTWAWKI - The End Of The World As We Know It
TFDS - That is For Darn Sure
TFH - Thread From Hell
TFN - Thanks For Nothing -or- Til Further Notice
TFX - Traffic
TG - That's great
TGIF - Thank God It's Friday
THX/THNX, TNX or TX - Thanks
TIA - Thanks In Advance
TIAIL - Think I Am In Love
TIC - Tongue In Cheek
TIL - Today I Learned
TIMWTK - This inquiring mind wants to know
TINC - There Is No Cabal, a term discouraging conspiracy theories
TINS - There is no spoon
TK - To Come
TLA - Three Letter Acronym
TL;DR - Too Long; Didn't Read
TLGO - The List Goes On
TLK-2-U-L-8-R - Talk to You Later
TM - Trust Me
TMI - Too Much Information
TMTOWTDI - There's More Than One Way To Do It
TNA - Temporarily Not Available
TNC - Tongue In Cheek
TNX - Thanks
TOM - Tomorrow
toobs - Internets (refering to the Internet as a series of tubes)
TOS - Terms of service
TOT - Tons of Time
TP - Team Player
TPC - The Phone Company
TPTB - The Powers That Be
TSR - Totally Stuck in RAM
TTBOMK - To the best of my knowledge
TTFN - Ta Ta For Now
TTG - Time to Go
TTS - Text to Speech
TTT - That's The Ticket -or- To The Top
TTUL - Talk to You Later
TTYL - Talk To You Later (also spelled TTUL, T2UL or T2YL)
TTYN - Talk to you never
TTYS - Talk to you soon
TVN - Thank You Very Much
tweedler - One who has deep love for all computer related technology and gadgets
TWHAB - This Won't Hurt A Bit
TWIMC - To Whom it may Concern
TWIWI - That Was Interesting, Wasn't It?
TXS - Thanks
TY - Thank You
TYT - Take your time
TYVM - Thank You Very Much

U

U - You
U2 - You Too?
UGO - You got Owned
U-L - You Will
unPC - unPolitically Correct
UPOD - Under Promise Over Deliver
U-R - You Are
U-R W-S - You Are Wise
UTFSE - Use the f***ing search engine
URS - You Really Suck
URYY4M - You Are Too Wise For Me

V

VBG - Very Big Grin
VBS - Very Big Smile
VC - Venture Capital
VEG - Very Evil Grin
VFM - Value For Money
VM - Voice Mail
VRBS - Virtual Reality Bull Sh*t
VSF - Very Sad Face

W

W8 - Wait
w00t, w00T or WOOT - First two express exuberance, the last is a backronym for the term "We Own the Other Team".
W/ or W/O - With or without
WAD - Without A Doubt
WAG - Wild *** Guess
WAI - What An Idiot
WAMBAM - Web Application Meets Brick And Mortar
WB - Welcome Back or Write Back
WBS - Write Back Soon
WC - Who Cares?
WCA - Who Cares Anyway
WDYS - What Did You Say?
WDYT - What Do You Think?
WE - Whatever
W/E - Whatever or Weekend
WEG - Wicked Evil Grin
WF - Way Fun
WFM - Works For Me
WG - Wicked Grin
WGAFF - Who Gives A Flying F***
WIIFM - What's In It For Me?
WISP - Winning Is So Pleasureable
WIT - Wordsmith In Training
WITFITS - What in the F*** is this Sh**
WNOHGB - Were No One Has Gone Before
WOG - Wise Old Guy
WOMBAT - Waste Of Money, Brains And Time
WRT - With Regard To or With Respect To
WT - Without Thinking
WTB - Want To Buy
WTF - What The F***
WTG - Way To Go!
WTH - What the Heck / Hell
WTS - Want to Sell
WTSDS - Where The Sun Don't Shine
WTT - Want to trade
WTTM - Without Thinking To Much
WU? - What is Up
WUF? - Where are You From?
WUG? - What you got?
WUBU2 - What (have) you been up to?
WUU2 - What (are) you up to?
WWY? - Where Were You?
WX - Weather
WYCM? - Will You Call Me?
WYP - What's Your Problem?
WYRN - What's Your Real Name?
WYS - Whatever You Say
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

X-I-10 - Exciting
XME - Excuse Me
XOXO - Hugs and Kisses

Y

YA - Yet Another
YA yaya - Yet Another Ya-Ya (as in yo-yo)
YACC - Yet Another Calendar Company
YAFIYGI - You Asked For It You Got It
YAGNI - You Ain't Gonna Need It.
YAGTOH - you are going to own him.
YCT - Your Comment To
YDKM - You Don't Know Me
YEC - Young Earth Creationism
YGBK - You Gotta Be Kiddin'
YGM - You've Got Mail.
YHBT - You have been trolled.
YHM - You Have Mail
YIC - Yours In Christ
YKW? - You Know What?
YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary
YNK - You Never Know
YOYO - You're On Your Own
YR - Yeah Right
YSYD - Yeah, Sure You Do
YTMND: You're The Man Now, Dog
YTTT - You Telling The Truth?
YW - You are Welcome
YWIA - You're Welcome In Advance
YYSSW - Yeah Yeah Sure Sure Whatever

Z

ZOMG - An intentional misspelling of the acronym shorthand for "Oh My God" and pronounced "Zoh My God" This version is mainly used in jest or to ridicule people who use abbreviations like OMG and OMFG
ZZZ - Sleeping, Bored, Tired

Others

<3 - Love / Heart
@TEOTD - At The End Of The Day

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Other terms relating to 'laughing':

:L - Laughing
ALOL - Actually Laughing Out Loud
BAGL - Bust A Gut Laughing
CREASING - Laughing
CSL - Can't stop laughing
FOCL - Falling Off Chair Laughing
FOFL - Falling On Floor Laughing
FOMCL - Falling Off My Chair Laughing
HAFL - Heart Attack From Laughing
IAL - I Ain't Laughing / I Actually Laughed
ICSL - I Couldn't/Can't Stop Laughing
KML - Killing Myself Laughing
KMSL - Killing Myself Laughing
L2MS - Laughing To Myself
LAL - Laughing A Lot/Little
LALB - Laughing A Little Bit
LATM - Laughing At The Moment
LAU - Laughing At You
LBMO - Laughing My Butt Off
LBS - Laughing But Serious
LBVS - Laughing But Very Serious
LHAO - Laughing His/Her Ass Off
LHH - Laughing Hella Hard
LI - Laughing Inside
LIMB - Laughing In My Brain
LIMH - Laughing In My Head
LIMM - Laughing In My Mind
LIRL - Laughing In Real Life
LIS - Laughing In Silence
LLAB - Laughing Like A Bitch
LLAMF - Laughing Like A Mother F***er
LLC - Limited Liability Company / Laughing Like Crazy
LLF - Laughing Like F***
LLH - Laughing Like Hell
LLS - Laughing Like S**t
LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off
LMBAO - Laughing My Black Ass Off
LMBO - Laughing My Butt Off
LMFO - Laughing My Face Off
LMHO - Laughing My Head Off
LMNO - Leave My Name Out / Laughing My Nuts Off
LMSO - Laughing My Socks Off
LMTO - Laughing My Tits Off
LOFL - Laughing Out F***ing Loud
LOI - Laughing On the Inside
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
LOLING - The act of laughing out loud
LOLOL - Lots Of Laughing Out Loud
LOMA - Laughing Out My Ass
LOOL - Laughing Outlandishly Out Loud
LOTI - Laughing On The Inside
LOVL - Laughing Out Very Loud
LQI - Laughing Quietly Inside
LQTM - Laughing Quietly To Myself
LQTMS - Laughing Quietly To Myself
LQTY - Laughing Quietly To Yourself
LRL - Laughing Really Loud
LSFH - Laughing So F***ing Hard
LSH - Laughing So Hard
LSHIC - Laughing So Hard I'm Crying
LSHMBH - Laughing So Hard My Belly Hurts
LSMIH - Laughing So Much It Hurts
LSTM - Laughing Silently To Myself
LTM - Laughing To Myself
LTMQ - Laughing To Myself Quietly
LTMS - Laughing To Myself
LWP - Laughing With Passion
LYAO - Laughing Your Ass Off
NLM - No Laughing Matter
NOZ - Nitrous oxide (laughing gas)
OTFL - On The Floor Laughing
PIMPL - Pee In My Pants Laughing
PIMPLE - Pissing In My Pants Laughing Ecstatically / Small spot
PML - Pissing Myself Laughing
PMPL - Peeing My Pants Laughing
PMSL - Pissing myself laughing
PSML - Pissing Myself Laughing
QL - Cool / Quietly Laughing
RAWL - Roll Around While Laughing
ROFFL - Rolling On F***ing Floor Laughing
ROFL - Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROFLMAO - Rolling On Floor, Laughing My Ass Off
ROFLMBO - Rolling On the Floor Laughing My Butt Off
ROFLOL - Rolling On Floor, Laughing Out Loud
ROLF - Rolling On Laughing Floor
ROTF - Rolling On The Floor (laughing is implied)
ROTFL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROTFLMAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off
ROTFLMFAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My F***ing Ass Off
ROTFLOL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud
ROTGL - Rolling On The Ground Laughing
SLOL - Seriously Laughing Out Loud
TLOL - Truly Laughing Out Loud
TOL - Thinking Out Loud / Thinking Of Laughing


Other terms relating to 'f***ing':

2FF - Too F***ing Funny
AFD - All F***ing Day
AFDN - Any F***ing Day Now
AFGO - Another F***ing Growth Opportunity
AFT - About F***ing Time
ASAFP - As Soon As F***ing Possible
AYFKM - Are You F***ing Kidding Me?
AYFS - Are You F***ing Serious
BFC - Big F***ing Can (of 32 oz.Monster energy drink)
BFD - Big F***ing Deal
BFFF - Best F***ing Friends Forever
BFFFL - Best Friend Forever For Life / Best F***ing Friends For Life
BFG - Big Friendly Giant / Big F***ing Gun
BFS - Bull F***ing S**t
BFU - Butt F***ing Ugly
BTFW - By The F***ing Way
CBFA - Can't Be F***ing Arsed
CBFB - Can't Be F***ing Bothered
CRAFT - Can't Remember A F***ing Thing
DFC - Don't F***ing Care
DFKDFC - Don't F***ing Know, Don't F***ing Care
DFL - Dead F***ing Last
DHAFC - Don't Have A F***ing Clue
DNFD - Do Not F***ing Disturb
EFFIN - F***ing
F & A - Forever and After / F***ing Asshole
F***ING A - F***ing Affirmative
FA - Fat Admirer / F*** All / F***ing Awesome
FB - Facebook / F*** Buddy / F***ing Bitch
FBS - F***ing Bulls**t
FFT - Fan F***ing Tastic
FGI - F***ing Google It
FIDIOT - F***ing Idiot
FITCH - F***ing bitch
FLIPPING - Mild version of F***ing
FLOVE - F***ing Love
FMFL - F*** My F***ing Life
FMMFL - F*** My Mother F***ing Life
FN - F***ing
F'N - F***ing
FNG - F***ing New Guy
FPMSL - F***ing Pissed Myself Lauging
FRIGGIN - Replacement word for F***ing
FSS - F***ing Super Sweet
FTFA - From The F***ing Article
FTFL - For The F***ing Lose
FTFW - For The F***ing Win
FTMFW - For The Mother F***ing Win
FUG - F***ing Ugly
FUGLY - F***ing Ugly
FYFI - For Your F***ing Information
FYYFF - F*** You, You F***ing F***
GAFL - Get A F***ing Life
GAFMO - Get A F***ing Move On
GFD - God F***ing Damnit
GFDI - God F***ing Damn It
GFG - Good F***ing Game
GFGI - Go F***ing Google It
GFL - Good F***ing Luck
GFS - Good F***ing Story
GMAFB - Give Me A F***ing Break
GTFH - Go To F***ing Hell
HFS - Holy F***ing S**t
IDFC - I Don't F***ing Care
IDFGAS - I Don't F***ing Give A S**t
IDFK - I Don't F***ing Know
IFC - In F***ing Control
IFHML - I F***ing Hate My Life
IFHY - I F***ing Hate You
IFLU - I F***ing Love You
IFLY - I F***ing Love You
IHNFC - I Have No F***ing Clue
ILUSFM - I Love You So F***ing Much
ILYSFM - I Love You So F***ing Much
IMFA - In My F***ing Ass
IMFAO - In My F***ing Arrogant Opinion
IMFO - In My F***ing Opinion
IMYSFM - I Miss You So F***ing Much
JAFO - Just Another F***ing Observer
JFC - Jesus F***ing Christ
JFDI - Just F***ing Do It
JFGI - Just F***ing Google It
JFWY - Just F***ing With You
KMFA - Kiss My F***ing Ass
KMFT - Kiss My F***ing Teeth
LFD - Long F***ing Day
LOFL - Laughing Out F***ing Loud
LSFH - Laughing So F***ing Hard
LYSFM - Love You So F***ing Much
MFB - Mother F***ing Bitch
MFN - Mother Freaking, Mother F***ing
MMFCL - Much Mother F***ing Clown Love
MMFWCL - Much Mother F***ing Wicked Clown Love
MYFB - Mind Your F***ing Business
MYOFB - Mind Your Own F***ing Business
NAFTA - Nother Afternoon F***ing That Ass / North American Free Trade Agreement
NFC - No F***ing Clue / No Fat Chicks
NFD - No F***ing Doubt
NFG - No F***ing Good
NFP - No F***ing Problem
NITFM - Not In The F***ing Mood
NOYFB - None Of Your F***ing Business
NVFM - Never F***ing Mind
OFP - Own F***ing Program
OFW - Oh F***ing Well
OMFW - Oh My F***ing Word
OMMFG - Oh My Mother F***ing God
PFM - Please Forgive Me / Pure F***ing Magic
QFMFT - Quoted for Mother F***ing Truth
QTF - Quoted For Truth - Quit F***ing Talking
RFN - Right F***ing Now
RMFT - Roll Mother F***ing Tide
ROFFL - Rolling On F***ing Floor Laughing
ROTFLMFAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My F***ing Ass Off
RTFA - Read the F***ing Article
RTFF - Read The F***ing FAQ
RTFQ - Read The F***ing Question
RTFS - Read The F***ing Source
RUFKM - Are You F***ing Kidding Me
SFB - So F***ing Bored / S**t For Brains
SFF - So F***ing Funny
SFM - So F***ing Much
SMFD - Suck My F***ing Dick
SMFH - Shaking My F***ing Head
SMMFH - Shaking My Mother F***ing Head
SOFA KING - So F***ing
STFG - Search The F***ing Google
STFW - Search the F***ing Web / So The F*** What
SYFM - Shut Your F***ing Mouth
TBFH - To Be F***ing Honest
TFB - Too F***ing Bad
TFBS - That's F***ing Bull S**t
TFF - Too F***ing Funny
TFFS - That's For F***ing Sure
TFG - Thank F***ing God
TFN - Till Further Notice / Total F***ing Nightmare
TIFS - This Is F***ing Stupid
TMFD - Too Much F***ing Drama
TMFI - Too Much F***ing Information
TWOFT - Total Waste Of F***ing Time
UFB - Un F***ing Believable
UFI - You F***ing Idiot
UNF - Universal Noise of F***ing
UTFG - Use The F***ing Google
WFC - Who F***ing Cares?
WFO - Wide F***ing Open
WOFTAM - Waste Of F***ing Time And Money
WTFF - What The F***ing F***
WTFH - What The F***ing Hell?
WTFS - What The F***ing S**t
WYFP - What's Your F***ing Problem
YFF - You F***ing F***
YFP - Your F***ing Problem