Common English Abbreviations and Acronyms including email, chat and text messaging:
- aka: also known as
- Asst.: assortment
- AAK: Alive and Kicking
- AAP: Always a Pleasure
- AAR: At Any Rate
- AFAIK: As Far As I Know
- AFK: Away from Keyboard
- AML: All My Love
- AOTA: All Of The Above
- ASAP: As Soon As Possible
- ATM: At The Moment
- AWHFY: Are We Having Fun Yet?
- AYPI: And Your Point Is?
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- B4: Before
- b/c: because
- BTW: by the way
- B4N/BFN: Bye For Now
- B/F: Boyfriend
- BBL: Be Back Later
- BBIAF: Be Back in a Few
- BCNU: Be Seein’ You
- BEG: Big Evil Grin
- BFF: Best Friend Forever
- BG: Big Grin
- BRB: Be Right Back
- BRT: Be Right There
- BTDT: Been There Done That
- BION: Believe It Or Not
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- C/o: Care of
- CR8: Create
- CU: See You
- cd.: could
- Ch.: chapter
- ct.: contrast
- ctrl.: control
- CUL8R: See You Later
- CYE: Check Your Email
- DIKU?: Do I Know You?
- DQMOT: Don’t Quote Me On This
- diy: do it yourself
- DUR?: Do You Remember?
- Def.: Definitely
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- e.g.: exempli gratia (for example)
- et al.: et alii (and everyone else)
- etc.: et Cetera (and so forth)
- E & O E: Errors And Omissions Excepted
- E/A: Extra time Allowed
- EY: Empty
- ETA: Estimated Time of Arrival
- FYA: For Your Amusement
- FYI: For Your Information
- fifo: first in first out
- filo: first in last out
- fwd: forwarded
- FYA: for your attention
- F2F: Face To Face
- G/F: Girlfriend
- GAL: Get A Life
- Gm.: Gram
- GR8: Great
- gigo: garbage in garbage out
- GTG / G2G: Got To Go
- GSOH: Good Sense of Humour
- HTH: Hope This (That) Helps
- HH: His Or Highness
- hr.: hour
- ht.: height
- IAE: In Any Event
- i.e.: id est (that is, that means)
- IC: I See
- ICWUM: I See What You Mean
- IYKWIM: If You Know What I Mean
- IDC: I Don’t Care
- IMNSHO: In My Not So Humble Opinion
- ILY / ILU: I Love You
- IRL: In Real Life
- IOU: I Owe You
- IDK: I Don’t Know
- IMHO: In My Honest Opinion
- J4F: Just For Fun
- JK: Just Kidding
- KISS: Keep it Short and Simple
- L8R: Later
- LOL: Laughing Out Loud / Lots of Love
- L/L: Local Line
- lifo: last in first out
- lilo: last in last out
- LMK: Let Me Know
- LTNS: Long Time No See
- MOF: Male or Female
- MHOTY: My Hat’s Off To You
- MPH: miles per hour
- MTFBWU: May The Force Be With You
- no(s): number(s)
- NR: Not Received
- NB: Nota bene; note well, or take notice
- NV: Non-Vegetarian
- k / ok: okay
- p.: page
- pp.: paginae (pages)
- para.: paragraph
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- pc(s): piece(s)
- pls.: please
- ppl.: people
- PC: Politically Correct
- PMFJI: Pardon Me For Jumping In
- PCM: Please Call Me
- qtr.: quarter
- re.: res (with reference to / regarding)
- rep.: representative
- RSVP: respondez s’il vous plait (please reply)
- ROTFL: Rolling On The Floor Laughing
- ROFL: Rolling On the Floor Laughing
- SITD: Still In The Dark (Still don’t understand)
- SMTOE: Sets My Teeth On Edge (annoys you a lot)
- SNAFU: Situation normal all effed up
- sec.: second
- T+: Think Positive
- TAF: That’s All Folks
- TAFN: That’s All For Now
- THX: Thanks
- TIA: Thanks In Advance
- TIC: Tongue In Cheek = say something that appears to be serious, but isn’t
- TGIF: Thank goodness it’s Friday
- TLC: Tender Loving Care
- TM2T: Too Much To Type
- TTFN: Ta Ta For Now
- T2UL / TTYL: Talk To You Later
- TMI: Too Much Information
- TTTT: To Tell The Truth
- TV: Television
- tmrw: Tomorrow
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- unPC: unPolitically Correct
- vs: against
- WB: Welcome Back
- WEG: Wicked Evil Grin
- WUF?: Where are You From?
- wd: would
- wysiwyg: What You See Is What You Get
- X!: Typical Woman
- XOXO: Hugs and Kisses
- Y!: Typical Man
- Y?: Why?
- ZZZZ: Sleeping / Bored
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