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Here is list of acronyms which can be used in chat conversations, it is not a complete list but it is one if the largest we know of.  There are many common acronyms which have been left out due to their vulgar nature. If you have questions about a particular acronym, we suggest searching for it using any number of search engines.

 

@TEOTD

At The End Of The Day

14AA41

One for All and All for One

2B or not 2B

To Be Or Not To Be

2NITE

Tonight

411

info

4ever

Forever

86

Out Of or Over

A/S/L

Age/Sex/Location

AAAAA

American Association Against Acronym Abuse

AAF

As A Friend

AAK

Asleep At Keyboard

AAMOF

As A Matter Of Fact

AAMOI

As A Matter Of Interest

AAR

At Any Rate

AAR8

At Any Rate

AAS

Alive And Smiling

AATK

Always At The Keyboard

AAYF

As Always, Your Friend

AB

Ass Backwards

ABITHIWTIDB

A bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush

ABT2

About To

ACD

Alt Control Delete

ACE

Access Control Entry

ACK

Acknowledgement

ADAD

Another Day Another Dollar

ADBB

All Done Bye Bye

ADIH

Another Day In Hell

ADIP

Another Day In Paradise

ADR

Address

AEAP

As Early As Possible

AFAGAY

A Friend As Good As You

AFAHMASP

A Fool And His Money Are Soon Parted

AFAIC

As Far As I'm Concerned

AFAICS

As Far As I Can See

AFAICT

As far As I can Tell

AFAIK

As Far As I Know

AFAIU

As Far As I Understand

AFAIUI

As Far As I Understand It

AFAP

As Far As Possible

AFAYC

As Far As You're Concerned

AFC

Away From Computer

AFIAA

As Far As I Am Aware

AFINIAFI

A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed

AFK

Away From Keyboard

AFZ

Acronym free zone

AGKWE

And God Knows What Else

AIAMU

And I'm A Monkey's Uncle

AIH

As It Happens

AIMB

As I Mentioned Before

AIMP

Always In My Prayers

AISE

As I Said Earlier

AISI

As I See It

AKA or a.k.a.

Also Known As

ALAP

As Late As Possible

ALOL

Actually Laughing Out Loud

ALTG

Act Locally, Think Globally

AMAP

As Many As Possible

AMBW

All My Best Wishes

AML

All My Love

AND

Any day now

ANFAWFOWS

And Now For A Word From Our Web Sponsor

ANFSCD

And Now For Something Completely Different

AOAS

All Of A Sudden

AOB

Abuse Of Bandwidth

AP

Apple Pie

ASAFP

As Soon As "Friggin" Possible

ASAP

As Soon As Possible

ASL

Age/Sex/Location

ASLMH

Age/Sex/Location/Music/Hobbies

ATST

At The Same Time

ATW

All the Web or Around the Web

AWGTHTGTTA

Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again

AWOL

Absent Without Leave

AYK

As You Know

AYSOS

Are You Stupid Or Something

AYTMTB

And You're Telling Me This Because?

B/C

Because

B4

Before

B4N

Bye For Now

B4U

Before You

B4YKI

Before You Know It

BAG

Bursting A Gut

BAK

Back At my Keyboard

BAU

Business As Usual

BB4N

Bye-Bye for Now

BBBG

Bye Bye Be Good

BBFBBM

Body By Fisher, Brains By Mattel

BBFN

Bye-Bye for Now

BBIAB

Be Back In A Bit

BBIAF

Be Back In A Few

BBIAS

Be Back In A Sec

BBIAW

Be Back In A While

BBL

Be Back Later

BBN

Bye Bye Now

BBSD

Be Back Soon Darling

BBSL

Be Back Sooner or Later

BBT

Be Back Tomorrow

BCBS

Big Company, Big School

BCNU

Be Seein' You

BCOZ

Because

BD

Big Deal

BDC

Big Dumb Company or Big Dot Com

BDN

Big Damn Number

BEOS

Nudge

BFF

Best Friends Forever

BFN

Bye For Now

BHOF

Bald Headed Old Fart

BIF

Basis In Fact or Before I Forget

BIOYN

Blow it Out Your Nose

BITD

Back In The Day

BKA

Better Known As

BM

Byte Me

BNF

Big Name Fan

BR

Bathroom

BRB

Be Right Back

BRT

Be Right There

BS

Big Smile

BSF

But Seriously, Folks

BT

Byte This

BTA

But Then Again or Before The Attacks

BTDT

Been There Done That

BTDTGTS

Been There, Done That, Got The T-shirt

BTHOOM

Beats The Heck Out Of Me

BTW

By The Way

BTWBO

Be There With Bells On

BW

Best Wishes

BWDIK

But What Do I Know?

BWO

Black, White or Other

BYKT

But you Knew That

C/P

Cross Post

CB

Chat brat

CFV

Call For Vote

CIAO

Goodbye (in Italian)

CID

Consider It Done

CIS

Computer Information Services

CMF

Count My Fingers

CMIW

Correct Me if I'm Wrong

COB

Close Of Business

C-P

Sleepy

CRAP

Cheap Redundant Assorted Products

CRAT

Can't Remember A Thing

CRTLA

Can't Remember the Three-Letter Acronym

CSL

Can't Stop Laughing

C-T

City

CTA

Call To Action

CU

See You

CUL

See You Later

CUL8ER

See You Later

CUL8R

See You Later

CUNS

See You In School!

CWYL

Chat With You Later

CY

Calm Yourself

CYA

Cover Your Ass

CYL

See You Later

CYT

See You Tomorrow

DARFC

Ducking And Running For Cover

DBEYR

Don't Believe Everything You Read

DD

Due Diligence

DDD

Direct Distance Dial

DETI

Don't Even Think It

DF

Dear Friend

DGA

Don't Go Anywhere

DGT

Don't Go There

DH

Dear Hubby or Husband

DHYB

Don't Hold Your Breath

DIKU

Do I Know You

DILLIGAD

Do I Look Like I Give A Damn

DIY

Do It Yourself

DKDC

Don't Know Don't Care

DL

Download

DLTM

Don't Lie To Me

DMI

Don't Mention It

DNC

Does Not Compute

DQYDJ

Don't Quit Your Day Job

DRIB

Don't Read If Busy

DUST

Did You See That?

DWYM

Does What You Mean

DYFM

Dude You Fascinate Me

DYJHIW

Don't You Just Hate it When...

E123

Easy as One, Two, Three

EAK

Eating at Keyboard

EG

Evil Grin

EL

Evil Laugh

EM?

Excuse Me?

EOD

End Of Day

EOM

End Of Message

ESO

Equipment Smarter than Operator

EULA

End-User License Agreement

EWI

E-mailing While Intoxicated

EZ

Easy

F2F

Face-to-Face

FAB

Features Attributes Benefits

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

FAWC

For Anyone Who Cares

FBKS

Failure Between Keyboard and Seat

FE

Fatal Error

FF

Friends Forever

FF?

Fresh Fields and Pastures New

FISH

First in, Still Here

FITB

Fill in the Blanks

FOAF

Friend Of A Friend

FOC

Free of Charge

FOFL

Falling on Floor Laughing

FTASB

Faster Than A Speeding Bullet

FTL

Faster Than Light

FTTB

For The Time Being

FUD

Fear, Uncertainty, and Disinformation

FWD

Forward

FWIW

For What It's Worth

FYA

For Your Amusement

FYI

For Your Information

FYM

For Your Misinformation

GA

Go Ahead

GAL

Get A Life

GALGAL

Give A Little Get A Little

GBH

Great Big Hug

GD?

Grinning, Ducking and Running

GG

Good Game (or) Gotta Go

GGN

Gotta Go Now

GIGO

Garbage In, Garbage Out

GIWIST

Gee, I Wish I'd Said That

GL

Good Luck

GLYASDI

God Loves You And So Do I

GMTA

Great Minds Think Alike

GMTFT

Great Minds Think For Themselves

GNBLFY

Got Nothing But Love For You

GOK

God Only Knows

GR?

Grinning Running And Ducking

GR8

Great

GRRRR

Growling

GSOAS

Go Sit On A Snake

GTG

Got To Go

GTGB

Got To Go, Bye

GTGP

Got To Go Pee

GTH

Go To Hell

GTSY

Glad To See Ya

HAGD

Have a Great Day

HAGO

Have A Good One

HAK

Hugs And Kisses

HAND

Have a Nice Day

HB

Hurry Back

HD

Hold

HF

Hello, Friend

HHO1/2K

Ha Ha, Only Half Kidding

HHOJ

Ha-Ha, Only Joking

HHOK

Ha Ha, Only Kidding

HHOS

Ha-Ha, Only Being Serious

HHTYAY

Happy Holidays To You And Yours

HIH

Hope It Helps

HIOOC

Help! I'm Out Of Coffee

HTH

Hope This (or That) Helps

HUA

Heads Up Ace

HUGZ

Hugs

I 1-D-R

I Wonder

IAC

In Any Case

IAC

In Any Case

IAE

In Any Event

IAITS

It's All In The Subject

IANAC

I Am Not A Crook

IANAE

I Am Not an Expert

IANAL

I Am Not A Lawyer

IAT

I Am Tired

IBRB

I Will Be Right Back

IBT

In Between Technology

IBTD

I Beg To Differ

IC

In Character

ICBW

I Could Be Wrong

ID10T

Idiot

IDGI

I Don't Get It

IDK

I Don't Know

IDKY

I Don't Know You

I-D-L

Ideal

IDM

It Does Not Matter

IDST

I Didn't Say That

IDTS

I Don't Think So

IEF

It's Esther's Fault

IFAB

I Found A Bug

IGGP

I Gotta Go Pee

IGTP

I Get The Point

IHAIM

I Have Another Instant Message

IHNO

I Have No Opinion

IIIO

Intel Inside, Idiot Outside

IIMAD

If It Makes An(y) Difference

IIR

If I Remember or If I Recall

IIRC

If I Remember Correctly or If I Recall Correctly

IIWM

If It Were Me

ILICISCOMK

I Laughed, I Cried, I Spat/Spilt Coffee/Crumbs/Coke On My Keyboard

ILU

I Love You

ILY

I Love You

IM

Instant Messaging

IMHO

In My Humble Opinion

IMNSHO

In My Not So Humble Opinion

IMO

In My Opinion

IMS

I Am Sorry

INMP

It's Not My Problem

INNW

If Not Now, When

INPO

In No Particular Order

IOH

I'm Outta Here

IOW

In Other Words

IRL

In Real Life

ISS

I Said So

ISTM

It Seems to Me

ISTR

I Seem To Remember

ISWYM

I See What You Mean

ITM

In The Money

IUM

If You Must

IYKWIM

If You Know What I Mean

IYKWIMAITYD

If You Know What I Mean And I Think You Do

IYO

In Your Opinion

IYSS

If You Say So

IYSWIM

If You See What I Mean

J/C

Just Checking

J/K

Just Kidding!

J/W

Just Wondering

JAD

Just Another day

JAM

Just a Minute

JK

Just Kidding

JM2C

Just My 2 Cents

JOOTT

Just One Of Those Things

JT

Just Teasing

K

Okay or All Right

KBD

Keyboard

KEWL

Cool

KFY

Kiss For You

KIR

Keep It Real

KISS

Keep It Simple Stupid

KIT

Keep In Touch

KOK

Knock

KOTC

Kiss On The Cheek

KOTL

Kiss On The Lips

KPC

Keeping Parents Clueless

KWIM

Know What I Mean

KYPO

Keep Your Pants On

L8R

Later

LAQ

Lame Ass Quote

LD

Long Distance

LDTTWA

Let's Do The Time Warp Again

LIFO

Last In First Out

LLTA

Lots And Lots Of Thunderous Applause

LMAO

Laughing My Ass Off

LMK

Let Me Know

LOL

Laughing Out Loud

LOLA

Laugh Out Loud Again

LOOL

Laughing Outrageously Out Loud

LOPSOD

Long On Promises, Short On Delivery

LRF

Little Rubber Feet

LTIC

Laughing 'Til I Cry

LTNS

Long Time No See

LWR

Launch When Ready

LYL

Love Ya Lots

LYLAB

Love You Like a Brother

LYLAS

Love You Like A Sister

M8 or M8s

Mate or Mates

MFD

Multi-Function Device

MHBFY

My Heart Bleeds For You

MHOTY

My Hat's Off To You

MIHAP

May I Have Your Attention Please

MKOP

My Kind Of Place

MM

Market Maker

MMHA2U

My Most Humble Apologies To You

MOMPL

One Moment Please

MOO

Mud, Object-Oriented

MOOS

Member Of The Opposite Sex

MorF

Male or Female?

MOSS

Member Of The Same Sex

MOTAS

Member Of The Appropriate Sex

MOTD

Message Of The Day

MOTSS

Members Of The Same Sex

MSG

Message

MTBF

Mean Time Between Failure

MTFBWY

May The Force Be With You

MUBAR

Messed up Beyond All Recognition

MWBRL

More Will Be Revealed Later

MYOB

Mind Your Own Business

N/A

Not Applicable -or- Not Affiliated

N/T

No Text

N1

Nice One

N2M

Not To Mention

NALOPKT

Not A Lot of People Know That

N-A-Y-L

In A While

NAZ

Name, Address, Zip (also means Nasdaq)

NBD

No Big Deal

NBIF

No Basis In Fact

NCG

New College Graduate

N-E-1

Anyone

N-E-1 ER

Anyone Here?

NG

New Game

NIM

No Internal Message

NIMBY

Not In My Back Yard

NIMQ

Not In My Queue

NM

Never Mind or Nothing Much

NMP

Not My Problem

NOYB

None Of Your Business

NP

No Problem

NQOCD

Not Quite Our Class Dear

NRG

Energy

NRN

No Reply Necessary

NSFW

Not Safe For Work

NTK

Nice To Know

NTYMI

Now That You Mention It

NUFF

Enough Said

NW

No Way!

NYCFS

New York City Finger Salute

OAUS

On An Unrelated Subject

OBTW

Oh By The Way

OEM

Original Equipment Manufacturer

OIC

Oh, I see

OK

All Correct

OLL

On-Line Love

OMDB

Over My Dead Body

OMG

Oh My Gosh

OMIK

Open Mouth, Insert Keyboard

ONNA

Oh No, Not Again

ONNTA

Oh No, Not This Again

OOC

Out Of Character

OOF

Out Of Facility

OOI

Out Of Interest

OOO

Out Of Office

OOTB

Out Of The Box -or- Out Of The Blue

OOTC

Obligatory On Topic Comment

OS

Operating System

OT

Off Topic

OTOH

On the Other Hand

OTP

On the Phone

OTT

Over the Top

OTTOMH

Off the Top of my Head

OUSU

Oh, You Shut Up

OWTTE

Or Words To That Effect

P?

Private and Confidential

PANS

Pretty Awesome New Stuff

PD

Public Domain

PDQ

Pretty Darn Quick

PEBCAK

Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard

PIMP

Peeing In My Pants

PITA

Pain In The Ass

PLS

Please

PM

Personal Message

PMFJI

Pardon Me For Jumping In

PMIGBOM

Put Mind In Gear Before Opening Mouth

PMJI

Pardon My Jumping In

PO

Piss Off

PONA

Person Of No Account

POOF

Good-bye

POS

Parent Over Shoulder

POV

Point of View

PS

Post Script

PU

That Stinks

P-ZA

Pizza

QL

Quit Laughing!

QS

Quit Scrolling

QT

Cutie

R?

Research ?

R?

Rest ?

RAT

Remote(ly) Activated Trojan

RBAY

Right Back At Ya

RBTL

Read Between The Lines

RE

Regards or Hello Again

RFD

Request For Discussion

RKBA

Right to Keep and Bear Arms

RL

Real Life

RLF

Real Life Friend

RMLB

Read My Lips Baby

RMMM

Read My Mail Man!

RN

Right Now!

ROFL

Rolling on the Floor Laughing

ROTFL

Rolling On The Floor Laughing

ROTFLMAO

Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off

ROTFLOL

Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud

ROTM

Right On The Money

RSN

Real Soon Now

RTBS

Reason To Be Single

RTFAQ

Read the FAQ File

RTK

Return To Keyboard

RTM or RTFM

Read The Manual - or - Read The Freaking Manual

RU

Are You?

RUMORF

Are You Male Or Female

RUOK

Are you Okay?

RUUP4IT

Are You Up For It

RX

Regards

RYO

Roll Your Own

S2R

Send To Receive

S4L

Spam For Life

SBTA

Sorry, Being Thick Again

SCNR

Sorry, Could Not Resist

SED

Said Enough Darling

SEP

Somebody Else's Problem

SF

Surfer Friendly or Science Fiction

SFAIAA

So Far As I Am Aware

SFETE

Smiling From Ear To Ear

SFX

Sound Effects

SITCOMs

Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage

SITD

Still In The Dark

SLIRK

Smart Little Rich Kid

SMAIM

Send Me An Instant Message

SME

Subject Matter Expert

SMEM

Send Me E-Mail

SNAG

Sensitive New Age Guy

SNERT

Snotty Nosed Egotistical Rotten Teenager

SO

Significant Other (ie., spouse, boy/girlfriend)

SOHF

Sense Of Humor Failure

SOP

Standard Operating Procedure

SorG

Straight or Gay?

SRO

Standing Room Only

SSEWBA

Someday Soon, Everything Will Be Acronyms

STR8

Straight

STYS

Speak To You Soon

SUYF

Shut Up You Fool

SWAG

SoftWare And Giveaways

SWAK

Sent (or Sealed) With A Kiss

SWALK

Sealed With A Loving Kiss

SWDYT

So What Do You Think?

SYS

See You Soon

TAFN

That Is All for Now

TAH

Take A Hike

TANSTAAFL

There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

TAS

Taking A Shower

TBA

To Be Advised

TBC

To Be Continued

TCB

The Trouble Came Back!

TDM

Too Darn Many

TDTM

Talk Dirty To Me

TEOTWAWKI

The End Of The World As We Know It

TFDS

That is For Darn Sure

TFH

Thread From Hell

TFN

Thanks For Nothing -or- Til Further Notice

TFX

Traffic

TGIF

Thank God It's Friday

THX or TX or THKS

Thanks

TIA

Thanks In Advance

TIAIL

Think I Am In Love

TIC

Tongue In Cheek

TK

To Come

TLA

Three Letter Acronym

TLGO

The List Goes On

TLK-2-U-L-8-R

Talk to You Later