Widely Used Texting Abbreviations Decoded 4U

Just a few decades ago no one had a cell phone, unless you were a prominent doctor or lawyer; however, nowadays just about everyone from grandparents to 10 year-olds have a cell phone. With the cell phones came a faster somewhat simpler way to be in and stay in contact with friends and family from anywhere you can possibly imagine. Something somewhat newer, which is an added bonus of owning a cell phone, is texting. Everyone knows exactly what I am talking about, you all have done it, it's so easy to do (hopefully not from behind the wheel of a car). Texting is defined as: the use of words that are no longer than a few hundred characters and is usually done between two or more mobile devices.

Now as with any new device, product etc.. there is some learning that must be done for one to take full advantage of the wonders of texting. Have you ever found yourself wondering what all those abbreviations mean, they all mean something, well now is your chance to learn most of the better known ones so you now longer have to scratch your head in wonder every time you get a text message.

The Better Known Abbreviations:

LOL: Laugh Out Loud

ROFL: Rolling on floor laughing.

OMG: Oh my God

TMI: Too much information

IDK: I don't know

BRB: Be right back

WTF: What the F.C.

FYI: For your information

GTG: Got to go

JK: Just Kidding

NP: Either, No Problem or Nosy Parents

B4N: Bye for now

BFF: Best Friends Forever

GR8: Great

ILY: I love you

Some Other Popular But Lesser Known Abbreviations Are:

GF: Girlfriend---BF: Boyfriend

COS: Because

L8R: Later

ZZZZ: Sleeping or bored

OXOX: Hugs and kisses

2MORO: Tomorrow---2NITE: Tonight

BTW: By The Way

TTYL: Talk to you later

TYVM: Thank you very much

WYWH: Wish you were here

BCNU: Be Seeing You

WEG: Wicked Evil Grin

SOL: S.IT out of luck

OIC: Oh I see

AYS: Are you serious

NVM: Nevermind

Y2K: You are too kind

WWYC: Write when you can

URH: You are hot

TMB: Text me back

PLMK: Please let me know

LTG: Like to go---- LTK: like to come

ASFAIC: As far as I am concerned----AFAIK: As far as I know

DQMOT: Don't quote me on this

Here Are Some Of The Lesser Known Yet Still Used Often Enough Abbreviations:

POV: Point of view

STBY: Sucks to be you

RBTL: Read between the lines

LYLAS: Love you like a sister

A3: Anytime anywhere anyplace

NSA: No strings attached

ACK: Acknowledge

NMH: Not much here

AMOF: As a matter of fact

AYDY: Are you done yet

C&G: Chuckle and grin

UFB: Unfreaking believable

YT: You there

?4U: Question for you

Now there are more not mentioned however these are the more widely used and the ones needed to know more often than not in order to understand most text messages. If you can get these ones down and memorized then your texting conversations will come by more easily and eventually you will learn more and more, especially because there seems to be a new one made up every day.

References:

http://www.textingadvice.com

http://www.yahooanswers.com

http://www.webopedia.com