In the world of texting and people wanting to communicate faster the world of abbreviations and acronyms have appeared. Well I don’t know about you but I remember when I first seen these – I was clueless – so thought this would make an interesting post – so here goes.
Most of you already have seen LOL (laughing out loud) at one time or the other but here are some that you might have seen, might want to use and impress people that you know them
| AFK | Away from Keyboard | ASAP | As Soon as Possible |
| AKA | Also known as | ASL | Age / Sex / Location? |
| BTW | By the Way | B3 | Blah, Blah, Blah |
| B/C | Because | B4YKI | Before You Know it |
| C&P | Copy and Paste | BRB | Be right Back |
| CU | See you | CTN | Cannot talk now |
| DIY | Do it Yourself | CUS | See You Soon |
| FAQ | Frequently asked Questions | GR8 | Great |
| FWIW | For what it’s Worth | IDC | I Don’t Care |
| FYI / JFYI | (Just) For your Information | IDK | I Don’t Know |
| IDK | I don’t know | ILU / ILY | I Love You |
| IMHO | In my Humble Opinion | J/K | Just Kidding |
| IMO | In my Opinion | JTLYK | Just to Let You Know |
| IOW | In other Words | L8R | Later |
| N/A | Not Available / Applicable | MYOB | Mind Your Own Business |
| NOYB | None of your Business | NAZ | Name, Address, ZIP |
| NRN | No Reply Necessary | NC | No Comment |
| OMG | Oh my God | NM | Never Mind / Nothing Much |
| POV | Point of View | NP | No Problem |
| ROTFL | Rolling on the Floor Laughing | NVM | Never Mind |
| TBA | To be Announced | OIC | Oh, I See |
| TBC | To be Continued / To be Confirmed | OTL | Out to Lunch |
| TGIF | Thanks God, its Friday | SLAP | Sounds like a Plan |
| THX TNX | Thanks | SO | Significant Other |
| TYVM | Thank You Very Much | TMI | Too Much Information |
| TTYL | Talk to you Later | W8 | Wait |
| WFM | Works for Me | WB | Welcome Back |
| WTH | What the Hell / What the Heck | WYWH | Wish You Were Here |
| YMMD | You made my Day | XOXOXOX | Hugs, Kisses, … |
Now this is a small sample of the ones that I have run across or use – there are many, many more out there and believe me your kids know them. So hope that this helps when you run into some of these Abbreviations and Acronyms in some of the Skype rooms.
Please leave comments with some that you use or have heard that is not on the list – I would love to learn more.
memories – funny ad frustrating if you remember the Hotmail texts you used to get. Turned you into a full time interpreter and still OTl – could not resist LOL
Great post Nancy. Do we really talk like that :
l8r!
Fran
Thanks for the comment and yea scary that we talk like that – this is not bad – you should see what my granddaughter comes up with lol
OTI? That wasn’t in the list! Now I’ll have to find out what that one is.Funny, but when I started texting, I was wondering why everyone kept dropping Little Old Ladies into the conversations. 😀
Oh, that reminds me – emoticons/emojis are a part of it too!
It’s all good and well but, I think using the acronyms and abbreviations in speech is taking it just a little too far. It would be great if the young ones would learn more of their language (especially English, since it’s one of the most difficult to master) before replacing it with letters!
Anyway, some of the abbreviations came from business (ASAP) and I recognize some ot the others from military/aeronautical radio messaging (thx). So they didn’t all just appear out of the air when texting started. (FYI) 😀
II wonder when someone writes a BOOK with all these abbreviations in ti in place of good old fashioned words…
OMG!
Well I took it meant OTI (On the internet) but when I looked it up – says there are 21 definitions for it so guess take your pick lol
AND yes the emoticons/emojis are fun also – just think most kids now adays are talking like this
GR8 Post Nancy,
SRY, IMO the POV is Not to Use TMI ASAP B/C B4YKI it starts to SLAP to DIY. Sorry I am ROTFL.
YIMYD
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh that was awesome – love it now that is an example of how people are talking these days PERFECT
Thanks Nancy! I need to study those and put them in a safe place. I don’t know them all, but know some of them.
Oh I know the first time I seen them I was so confused but am getting use to them – once in awhile I run in to one that I have to look up OTI and thank God for Google I would be lost without it lol
I just remember at first was hard to remember. A dictionary like you had above would of been a great help and used quite alot.
Oh I agree Presley – when I first started seeing them I was totally lost and there has been sooooo many added