Commonly Used Online Acronyms

When I was reviewing LDS Mingle, I played around in the chat rooms quite a bit to get a feel for how they worked.  One of the things that I quickly discovered during my initial days there is that there is an entire language that goes along with being in an online chat room.  Many phrases are shortened down into abbreviations and acronyms. For instance when entering a chat room from which you’ve been absent for a few days, you might see this potential greeting:

“Hey, Dad! LTNS! GTSY!  What’s been happening?  Give us the 411!”

Huh, say what?  Is that English?  The answer is yes, sort of.

Deciphered it says:

“Hey, Dad!  Long Time No See!  Great (or Good) to see you!  What’s been happening?  Give us all the details.”

These acronyms and abbrevations are not only used in chat rooms, you will see them on Twitter, in text messages and they are making their way into emails as well.  The LDS Singles in the chat rooms on LDS Mingle are very friendly and were very willing to decipher acronyms for anyone who didn’t quite understand what is being said.   However, it is a pain to have to constantly ask.  Some of the acronyms are going to be familiar.  There are those, however, who are going to feel like Tom Hanks’ character in “Sleepless in Seattle” who had no clue what his son was trying to say when the boy (or his friend) spoke in acronyms.  So, I thought in the spirit of helpfulness, I’d share with you a list of some commonly used acronyms to help as you make your foray into online chatting.  If you’d like to print this out to use as a reference when you are online, here is a pdf file of these commonly used online acronyms. 

AMBW!  HTH!

Remember: We’re LDS!  We’re single!  And, we’re all in this together!

 
List of Commonly Used Online Acronyms

411  – Information
AAOF – As a matter of fact
ADN – Any day now
AFK  – Away from keyboard
AISI  – As I see it
AMBW  – All my best wishes
ASL – Age, sex, location (also A/S/L)
ATST  – At the same time
B4    – Before
B4N  – Bye for now
BBIAF – Be back in a few
BBL  – Be back later
BBN  – Bye-bye now
B/C – because
BRB – Be right back
BS    – Big Smile
BTW  – By the way
CID  – Consider it done
CSL  – Can’t stop laughing
CTS – Changing the subject
CUL8R – See you later
CWYL  – Chat with you later
DGT  – Don’t go there
DHYB  – Don’t hold your breath
DIKU – Do I know you?
DKDC  – Don’t know, don’t care
EG    – Evil Grin
EOM  – End of message
F2F – Face to face
FCOL – For crying out loud
FOAF  – Friend of a friend
FTTB  – For the time being
FWIW  – For what it’s worth
FYEO – For your eyes only
FYI  – For your information
GAL  – Get a life
GBY – God Bless you
GL    – Good Luck
GMTA – Great minds think alike
GR8  – Great
GTG  – Got to go
GTSY  – Glad to see ya
HAGO  – Have a good one
HAK  – Hugs and Kisses
HB    – Hurry Back
HHOK  – Ha, ha only kidding
HTH  – Hope this helps
IAE  – In any event
IDC – I don’t care
IDGW – In a good way
IDK  – I don’t know
ILY  – I love you
IMHO – In my honest opinion
IMO  – In my opinion
IRL  – In real life
IYSS  – If you say so
J/W  – Just wondering
J/K  – Just Kidding
KIT  – Keep in touch
KWIM  – Know what I mean
L8R – Later
LD    – Long distance
LMBO  – Laughing my butt off
LMK  – Let me know
LOL  – Laughing out loud
LTIC  – Laughing ’til I cry
LTNS  – Long time no see
LYL  – Love ya lots
M8    – Mate
MRS  – Meet real soon
MWBRL – More will be revealed later
MYOB  – Mind your own business
N2M – Not too much
NBD  – No big deal
NOYB  – None of your business
NP    – No problem
OBTW – Oh, by the way
OIC  – Oh I see
ONNA  – Oh no, not again
OOC  – Out of Character
OT    – Off topic
OTOH  – On the other hand
PLZ – Please
POV  – Point of view
RBTL  – Read between the lines
RN    – Right now
ROFL  – Rolling on the floor, laughing
ROFLMBO – Rolling on the floor, laughing my butt off
ROTFL – Rolling on the floor laughing
SF    – Super friendly
STBY – Sucks to be your
STYS  – Speak to you soon
SWDYT – So what do you think
TAH  – Take a hike
THX – Thanks
TIAIL – Think I am in love
TIC  – Tongue in cheek
TM    – Trust me
TMI  – Too much information
TTFN – Ta ta for now
TTYL  – Talk to you later
TYVM  – Thank you very much
URAQT – You are a cutie!
VM    – Voice mail
WE    – Whatever
WG    – Wicked grin
WTG – Way to go
WYRN  – What’s your real name
WYSIWYG – What you see is what you get
YAFI  – You asked for it
YDKM  – You don’t know me
YNK  – You never know
? – huh?
*G* – grin
*H* – hug
*K* – kiss
*S* – smile
*W* – wink