Chat and message board participants often use a colorful language of initials to save keystrokes. Here's a guide to this "Webspeak:"
A/S/L | Age/Sex/Location |
AAK | Asleep At Keyboard |
AFK | Away From Keyboard |
ASAP | As Soon As Possible |
ASL | Age/Sex/Location |
AWOL | Absent Without Leave |
B/F | Boyfriend |
BBIAB | Be Back In A Bit |
BBIAS | Be Back In A Sec |
BBIAW | Be Back In A While |
BBL | Be Back Later |
BOFH | Bad Operator From Heck |
BRB | Be Right Back |
BROIL | Brother-in-law |
BRT | Be Right There |
BTDT | Been There, Done That |
BTW | By The Way |
DQYDJ | Don't Quit Your Day Job |
FUBAR | Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition |
FUD | "Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt" |
FYI | For Your Information |
G or <G> | Grin |
G/F | Girlfriend |
GA | Go Ahead |
GG | Good Game or Good Going |
GJ | Good Job |
GM | Good Move |
GMTA | Great Minds Think Alike |
GR8 | Great |
GRRRR | Growling |
GTG | Got To Go |
GTGP | Got To Go Potty |
GTH | Go To Heck |
HUGZ | Hugs |
IIRC | If I Recall Correctly |
ILY | I Love You |
IM | Instant Message/Messaging |
IMHO | In My Humble Opinion |
IMNSHO | In My Not So Humble Opinion |
JK or J/K | Just Kidding |
KEWL | Cool |
L8R | Later |
LMAO | Laughing My A** Off |
LOL | Laughing Out Loud |
LTNS | Long Time No See |
LYL | Love You Lots |
MOTD | Message Of The Day |
MSG | Message |
NM | Never Mind |
NOYB | None Of Your Business |
NP | No Problem |
OMG | Oh My Gosh |
OTOH | On the Other Hand |
PITA | Pain In The A** |
PLZ | Please |
PMFJIH | Pardon Me For Jumping In Here |
RE or RE's | "Re-Hi," meaning "Hello again" |
RL | Real Life |
ROFL | Rolling on the Floor Laughing |
ROTFL | Rolling On The Floor Laughing |
ROTFLMAO | Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A** Off |
ROTFLOL | Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud |
RTFM | Read The F***ing Manual |
RU | Are You? |
S/M/F/BIL | Sister/Mother/Father/Brother-in-law |
SAHM | Stay At Home Mom |
STFU | Shut The F*** Up |
TANSTAAFL | There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch |
TGIF | Thank Goodness It's Friday |
THX | Thanks |
TIA | Thanks In Advance |
TLA | Three Letter Acronym |
TMI | Too Much Information |
TPTB | The Powers That Be |
TTFN | Ta Ta For Now |
TTYL | Talk To You Later |
TYVM | Thank You Very Much |
U | You |
U-R or UR | You Are |
WB | Welcome Back |
WEG | Wicked Evil Grin |
WG | Wicked Grin |
WTF | What The F***? |
WTG | Way To Go! |
WTH | What the Heck |
XOXO | Hugs and Kisses |
YMMV | Your Mileage May Vary |
YW | You're Welcome |
ZUP? | What's Up? |
(((((name)))) | Hug |