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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