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

Email

FB

Facebook

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

Linkedin

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