Internet Lingo Glossary
Ever seen a tweet and just not understood the acronym? Trust us, you're not alone. With Twitter limiting tweets to 140 characters, people have gotten very creative and a whole new language made of acronyms has been created. Now people use them on other social media, texts, chat, and even emails. It's hard to keep up with so we created a list to help you out
AFAIK
As far as I know
/r/
A subreddit on Reddit
2nite
Tonight
AAF
As a friend
AAK
Alive and kicking
ABT
About
ACCT
Account
ACK
Acknowledge
AFAIC
As far as I'm concerned
AFK
Away from keyboard
AIM
AOL Instant messenger
AMA
Ask me anything
ARND
Around
ASAP
As soon as possible
ATTN
Attention
AWK
Awkward
AWOL
Absent without leave
AYSM
Are you s******** me?
AYT
Alright
B/C
Because
B4
Before
BBL
Be back later
BFN
Bye for now
BR
Best regards
BRB
Be right back
BTW
By the way
CC
Carbon Copy
CX
Correction
CYA
See you
DIY
Do it yourself
DM
Direct Message
EM
FB
FCO
For Crying Outloud
FF
Follow Friday
FFS
For F*** Sake
FFT
Food for thought
FML
F*** my life
FSTOW
Felling some type of way
FTL
For the loss
FTW
For the win
FUBAR
F****** up beyond repair
FWD
Forward
FWIW
For what it's worth
FYI
For your information
GTG / G2G
Got to go
HF
Have fun
HT
Hat tip
HTH
Hope that helps
ICYMI
In case you missed it
IDC
I don't care
IDK
I don't know
IIRC
If I recall correctly
IKR
I know right
ILY
I love you
IMHO
In my humble opinion
IMO
In my opinion
IRL
In real life
ITT
In this thread
JK
Just kidding
L8ter
Later
LI
LMAO
Laughing my ass off
LMK
Let me know
LOL
Laughing out loud
MFW
My face when
MT
Modified Tweet
Noob
Newbie
NSFL
Not safe for life
NSFW
Not safe for work
OIC
Oh, I see
OMFG
Oh my f****** god
OMG
Oh my god
OMW
On my way
ORLY
Oh really
OTOH
On the other hand
PLS / PLZ
Please
PWN
Means to conquer or gain ownership
RE
Reply
RLRT
Real life retweet
RT
Retweet
SMH
Shaking my head
SNAFU
Situation normal all f***** up
SOB
Son of a Bitch
SRSLY
Seriously
STFU
Shut the f*** up
SWAG
Awesomeness
TBA
To be announced
TBD
To be determined
TIL
Today I learned
TL
Timeline
TL;DR
Too long; Didn't read
TMB
Tweet me back
TMI
Too much information
Tmrw
Tomorrow
TTYL
Talk to you later
TTYS
Talk to you soon
TY / THX
Thank you
TYVM
Thank you very much
WTF
What the f***
WTH
What the hell
WYWH
Wish you were here
XOXO
Hugs and Kisses
YGTR
You got that right
YMMD
You made my day
YMMV
Your mileage may vary
YOLO
You only live once
YT
Youtube
YW
You're welcome
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