Common Internet Abbreviations
@@ ~ Rolling Eyes
A/S/L/P ~ Age, Sex, Location, Picture
AF ~ Aunt Flo / Menstruation
AFAIC ~ As Far As I'm Concerned
AFK ~ Away From Keyboard
AKA ~ Also Known As
ASAP ~ As Soon As Possible
B/C ~ Because
B4 ~ Before
BAK ~ Back At Keyboard
BBL ~ Be Back Later
BF ~ Best Friend or Boyfriend or Breastfeed
BFF ~ Best Friends Forever
BIL ~ Brother-In-Law
BKA ~ Better Known As
BRB ~ Be Right Back
BTDT ~ Been There Done That
BTW ~ By The Way
CUL ~ See You Later
CWIM ~ See What I Mean
DD ~ Dear Daughter
DF ~ Dear Friend or Dear Fiancé
DH ~ Dear Husband
DL ~ Download or Dead Link
DS ~ Dear Son
DW ~ Dear Wife
EDD ~ Expected Due Date, Expected Date of Delivery
FF ~ Friends Forever
FIL ~ Father-In-Law
FT ~ Full-Time
FTR ~ For The Record
FWD ~ Forward
FWIW ~ For What It's Worth
FYI ~ For Your Information
GAP ~ Got A Picture
GAS ~ Got A Second
GF ~ Girlfriend
GFI ~ Go For It
GL ~ Good Luck
GMAB ~ Give Me A Break
GTG ~ Got To Go
HIH ~ Hope It Helps
HTH ~ Hope This Helps
HWGA ~ Here We Go Again
IAC ~ In Any Case
IL ~ In-Laws
IMAO ~ In My Arrogant Opinion
IMHO ~ In My Humble Opinion
IMO ~ In My Opinion
IRL ~ In Real Life
IYQ ~ I Like You
J/J ~ Just Joking
J/K ~ Just Kidding
JMO ~ Just My Opinion
KWIM ~ Know What I Mean
L8R ~ Later
LDR ~ Long Distance Relationship
LMBO ~ Laughing My Butt Off
LOL ~ Laugh Out Loud
LOS ~ Looking Over Shoulder
LTR ~ Long Term Relationship
LY ~ Love You
MBN ~ Must Be Nice
MIL ~ Mother-In-Law
MYOB ~ Mind Your Own Business
OMG ~ Oh My God
PIR ~ Parent In Room
PKB ~ Please Keep Bumped
PM ~ Personal Message
POV ~ Point Of View
PT ~ Part-Time
ROTFL ~ Rolling On The Floor Laughing
SAHD ~ Stay-At-Home Dad
SAHM ~ Stay-At-Home Mom
SAHP ~ Stay-At-Home Parent
SIL ~ Sister-In-Law
SO ~ Significant Other
SYS ~ See You Soon
T2YL ~ Talk To You Later
TOY ~ Thinking Of You
TTC ~ Trying to Conceive
TTYL ~ Talk To You Later
TY ~ Thank You
W/ ~ With
W/O ~ Without
WAH ~ Work At Home
WB ~ Welcome Back
WYWH ~ Wish You Were Here
YMMV ~ Your Mileage May Vary
YW ~ Your Welcome
Use these internet abbreviations and acronyms to adapt to life in the online era.
Published by Ms. Wettin
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4 Comments
Post a CommentGreat article. I have always wondering what some of those meant!
I was going to mention NAK too! :) I love this article though, there are a lot that I didn't know (I am such a dork :p ). Thanks for the list!! Oh ya, DP - Dear Partner is another one. 8)
That was really cute, it was Internet abbreviations from a mom perspective. I liked it.
You forgot 'NAK' - Nursing At Keyboard. Good article. :)