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Common Acronyms

This is by no means a complete collection of computer short-hand, as people are making up new acronyms every day. So if you see someone use an acronym you can't figure out, ask what it means. I promise, you won't be the only one who wanted to know!

AFK

Away From Keyboard

ADN

Any Day Now

B4N

Bye For Now

BAK

Back At Keyboard

BBL

Be Back Later

BBS

Bulletin Board System

BTDT

Been There, Done That

<BG>

Big Grin

BHOPW

Banging Head On Padded Wall

BIL

Brother-In-Law

BRB

Be Right Back

BTW

By The Way

<BWG>

Big Wide Grin

C&P

Cut or Copy AND Paste

CU

See You

CUL8R

See You Later

CYA

Cover Your "backside"

DD

Dear Daughter

DH

Dear/Darned Husband

DS

Dear Son

DW

Dear Wife

DYHIW

Don't You Hate It When...

<EG>

Evil Grin

FIL

Father-In-Law

FWIW

For What It's Worth

FYI

For Your Information

<G>

Grin

GAL

Get A Life

<gd&r>

Grinning, Ducking And Running

GMTA

Great Minds Think Alike

<ICWH>

Insert Cuss Word Here

ILY/ILU

I Love You

IMHO

In My Humble Opinion

IMNSHO

In My Not So Humble Opinion

IOW

In Other Words

IRL

In Real Life

IYKWIM

If You Know What I Mean

j/k

Just Kidding

k

O.K.

KWIM

Know What I Mean?

L8R

Later

LMAO

Laughing My "backside" Off

LOL

Laughing Out Loud

MIL

Mother-In-Law

NP

No Problem

OIC

Oh, I See.

OMG

Oh My Gosh/G-d

PITA

Pain In The "backside"

PTL

Praise The Lord

PU

That stinks

ROFL

Rolling On Floor Laughing

ROTF

Rolling On The Floor

ROFLMAO

Rolling On Floor Laughing My "backside" Off

ROFLTIPMP

Rolling On Floor Laughing Til I Peed My Pants

SAHD

Stay At Home Dad

SAHM

Stay At Home Mom

SIL

Sister-In-Law

SO

Significant Other

SWIM

See What I Mean?

TAFN

That's All For Now

TGIF

Thank G-d It's Friday

TIA

Thanks In Advance

TIC

Tongue In Cheek

TMI

Too Much Information

TTFN

Ta-Ta For Now

TTYL

Talk To You Later

WAHD

Work At Home Dad

WAHM

Work At Home Mom

WB

Welcome Back

WFM

Works For Me

WTG

Way To Go

YK

You Know?

YO

Years Old (as in: 2 years old)


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