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.
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@TEOTD |
At The End Of The Day |
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14AA41 |
One for All and All for One |
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2B or not 2B |
To Be Or Not To Be |
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2NITE |
Tonight |
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411 |
info |
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4ever |
Forever |
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86 |
Out Of or Over |
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A/S/L |
Age/Sex/Location |
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AAAAA |
American Association Against Acronym Abuse |
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AAF |
As A Friend |
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AAK |
Asleep At Keyboard |
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AAMOF |
As A Matter Of Fact |
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AAMOI |
As A Matter Of Interest |
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AAR |
At Any Rate |
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AAR8 |
At Any Rate |
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AAS |
Alive And Smiling |
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AATK |
Always At The Keyboard |
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AAYF |
As Always, Your Friend |
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AB |
Ass Backwards |
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ABITHIWTIDB |
A bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush |
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ABT2 |
About To |
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ACD |
Alt Control Delete |
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ACE |
Access Control Entry |
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ACK |
Acknowledgement |
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ADAD |
Another Day Another Dollar |
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ADBB |
All Done Bye Bye |
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ADIH |
Another Day In Hell |
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ADIP |
Another Day In Paradise |
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ADR |
Address |
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AEAP |
As Early As Possible |
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AFAGAY |
A Friend As Good As You |
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AFAHMASP |
A Fool And His Money Are Soon Parted |
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AFAIC |
As Far As I'm Concerned |
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AFAICS |
As Far As I Can See |
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AFAICT |
As far As I can Tell |
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AFAIK |
As Far As I Know |
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AFAIU |
As Far As I Understand |
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AFAIUI |
As Far As I Understand It |
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AFAP |
As Far As Possible |
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AFAYC |
As Far As You're Concerned |
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AFC |
Away From Computer |
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AFIAA |
As Far As I Am Aware |
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AFINIAFI |
A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed |
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AFK |
Away From Keyboard |
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AFZ |
Acronym free zone |
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AGKWE |
And God Knows What Else |
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AIAMU |
And I'm A Monkey's Uncle |
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AIH |
As It Happens |
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AIMB |
As I Mentioned Before |
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AIMP |
Always In My Prayers |
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AISE |
As I Said Earlier |
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AISI |
As I See It |
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AKA or a.k.a. |
Also Known As |
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ALAP |
As Late As Possible |
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ALOL |
Actually Laughing Out Loud |
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ALTG |
Act Locally, Think Globally |
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AMAP |
As Many As Possible |
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AMBW |
All My Best Wishes |
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AML |
All My Love |
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AND |
Any day now |
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ANFAWFOWS |
And Now For A Word From Our Web Sponsor |
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ANFSCD |
And Now For Something Completely Different |
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AOAS |
All Of A Sudden |
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AOB |
Abuse Of Bandwidth |
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AP |
Apple Pie |
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ASAFP |
As Soon As "Friggin" Possible |
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ASAP |
As Soon As Possible |
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ASL |
Age/Sex/Location |
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ASLMH |
Age/Sex/Location/Music/Hobbies |
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ATST |
At The Same Time |
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ATW |
All the Web or Around the Web |
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AWGTHTGTTA |
Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again |
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AWOL |
Absent Without Leave |
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AYK |
As You Know |
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AYSOS |
Are You Stupid Or Something |
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AYTMTB |
And You're Telling Me This Because? |
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B/C |
Because |
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B4 |
Before |
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B4N |
Bye For Now |
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B4U |
Before You |
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B4YKI |
Before You Know It |
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BAG |
Bursting A Gut |
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BAK |
Back At my Keyboard |
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BAU |
Business As Usual |
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BB4N |
Bye-Bye for Now |
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BBBG |
Bye Bye Be Good |
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BBFBBM |
Body By Fisher, Brains By Mattel |
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BBFN |
Bye-Bye for Now |
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BBIAB |
Be Back In A Bit |
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BBIAF |
Be Back In A Few |
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BBIAS |
Be Back In A Sec |
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BBIAW |
Be Back In A While |
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BBL |
Be Back Later |
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BBN |
Bye Bye Now |
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BBSD |
Be Back Soon Darling |
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BBSL |
Be Back Sooner or Later |
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BBT |
Be Back Tomorrow |
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BCBS |
Big Company, Big School |
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BCNU |
Be Seein' You |
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BCOZ |
Because |
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BD |
Big Deal |
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BDC |
Big Dumb Company or Big Dot Com |
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BDN |
Big Damn Number |
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BEOS |
Nudge |
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BFF |
Best Friends Forever |
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BFN |
Bye For Now |
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BHOF |
Bald Headed Old Fart |
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BIF |
Basis In Fact or Before I Forget |
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BIOYN |
Blow it Out Your Nose |
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BITD |
Back In The Day |
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BKA |
Better Known As |
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BM |
Byte Me |
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BNF |
Big Name Fan |
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BR |
Bathroom |
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BRB |
Be Right Back |
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BRT |
Be Right There |
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BS |
Big Smile |
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BSF |
But Seriously, Folks |
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BT |
Byte This |
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BTA |
But Then Again or Before The Attacks |
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BTDT |
Been There Done That |
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BTDTGTS |
Been There, Done That, Got The T-shirt |
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BTHOOM |
Beats The Heck Out Of Me |
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BTW |
By The Way |
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BTWBO |
Be There With Bells On |
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BW |
Best Wishes |
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BWDIK |
But What Do I Know? |
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BWO |
Black, White or Other |
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BYKT |
But you Knew That |
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C/P |
Cross Post |
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CB |
Chat brat |
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CFV |
Call For Vote |
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CIAO |
Goodbye (in Italian) |
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CID |
Consider It Done |
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CIS |
Computer Information Services |
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CMF |
Count My Fingers |
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CMIW |
Correct Me if I'm Wrong |
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COB |
Close Of Business |
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C-P |
Sleepy |
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CRAP |
Cheap Redundant Assorted Products |
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CRAT |
Can't Remember A Thing |
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CRTLA |
Can't Remember the Three-Letter Acronym |
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CSL |
Can't Stop Laughing |
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C-T |
City |
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CTA |
Call To Action |
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CU |
See You |
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CUL |
See You Later |
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CUL8ER |
See You Later |
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CUL8R |
See You Later |
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CUNS |
See You In School! |
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CWYL |
Chat With You Later |
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CY |
Calm Yourself |
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CYA |
Cover Your Ass |
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CYL |
See You Later |
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CYT |
See You Tomorrow |
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DARFC |
Ducking And Running For Cover |
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DBEYR |
Don't Believe Everything You Read |
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DD |
Due Diligence |
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DDD |
Direct Distance Dial |
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DETI |
Don't Even Think It |
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DF |
Dear Friend |
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DGA |
Don't Go Anywhere |
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DGT |
Don't Go There |
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DH |
Dear Hubby or Husband |
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DHYB |
Don't Hold Your Breath |
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DIKU |
Do I Know You |
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DILLIGAD |
Do I Look Like I Give A Damn |
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DIY |
Do It Yourself |
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DKDC |
Don't Know Don't Care |
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DL |
Download |
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DLTM |
Don't Lie To Me |
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DMI |
Don't Mention It |
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DNC |
Does Not Compute |
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DQYDJ |
Don't Quit Your Day Job |
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DRIB |
Don't Read If Busy |
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DUST |
Did You See That? |
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DWYM |
Does What You Mean |
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DYFM |
Dude You Fascinate Me |
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DYJHIW |
Don't You Just Hate it When... |
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E123 |
Easy as One, Two, Three |
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EAK |
Eating at Keyboard |
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EG |
Evil Grin |
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EL |
Evil Laugh |
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EM? |
Excuse Me? |
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EOD |
End Of Day |
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EOM |
End Of Message |
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ESO |
Equipment Smarter than Operator |
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EULA |
End-User License Agreement |
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EWI |
E-mailing While Intoxicated |
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EZ |
Easy |
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F2F |
Face-to-Face |
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FAB |
Features Attributes Benefits |
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FAQ |
Frequently Asked Questions |
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FAWC |
For Anyone Who Cares |
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FBKS |
Failure Between Keyboard and Seat |
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FE |
Fatal Error |
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FF |
Friends Forever |
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FF? |
Fresh Fields and Pastures New |
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FISH |
First in, Still Here |
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FITB |
Fill in the Blanks |
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FOAF |
Friend Of A Friend |
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FOC |
Free of Charge |
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FOFL |
Falling on Floor Laughing |
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FTASB |
Faster Than A Speeding Bullet |
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FTL |
Faster Than Light |
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FTTB |
For The Time Being |
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FUD |
Fear, Uncertainty, and Disinformation |
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FWD |
Forward |
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FWIW |
For What It's Worth |
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FYA |
For Your Amusement |
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FYI |
For Your Information |
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FYM |
For Your Misinformation |
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GA |
Go Ahead |
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GAL |
Get A Life |
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GALGAL |
Give A Little Get A Little |
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GBH |
Great Big Hug |
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GD? |
Grinning, Ducking and Running |
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GG |
Good Game (or) Gotta Go |
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GGN |
Gotta Go Now |
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GIGO |
Garbage In, Garbage Out |
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GIWIST |
Gee, I Wish I'd Said That |
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GL |
Good Luck |
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GLYASDI |
God Loves You And So Do I |
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GMTA |
Great Minds Think Alike |
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GMTFT |
Great Minds Think For Themselves |
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GNBLFY |
Got Nothing But Love For You |
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GOK |
God Only Knows |
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GR? |
Grinning Running And Ducking |
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GR8 |
Great |
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GRRRR |
Growling |
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GSOAS |
Go Sit On A Snake |
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GTG |
Got To Go |
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GTGB |
Got To Go, Bye |
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GTGP |
Got To Go Pee |
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GTH |
Go To Hell |
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GTSY |
Glad To See Ya |
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HAGD |
Have a Great Day |
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HAGO |
Have A Good One |
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HAK |
Hugs And Kisses |
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HAND |
Have a Nice Day |
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HB |
Hurry Back |
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HD |
Hold |
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HF |
Hello, Friend |
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HHO1/2K |
Ha Ha, Only Half Kidding |
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HHOJ |
Ha-Ha, Only Joking |
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HHOK |
Ha Ha, Only Kidding |
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HHOS |
Ha-Ha, Only Being Serious |
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HHTYAY |
Happy Holidays To You And Yours |
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HIH |
Hope It Helps |
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HIOOC |
Help! I'm Out Of Coffee |
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HTH |
Hope This (or That) Helps |
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HUA |
Heads Up Ace |
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HUGZ |
Hugs |
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I 1-D-R |
I Wonder |
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IAC |
In Any Case |
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IAC |
In Any Case |
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IAE |
In Any Event |
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IAITS |
It's All In The Subject |
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IANAC |
I Am Not A Crook |
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IANAE |
I Am Not an Expert |
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IANAL |
I Am Not A Lawyer |
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IAT |
I Am Tired |
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IBRB |
I Will Be Right Back |
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IBT |
In Between Technology |
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IBTD |
I Beg To Differ |
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IC |
In Character |
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ICBW |
I Could Be Wrong |
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ID10T |
Idiot |
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IDGI |
I Don't Get It |
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IDK |
I Don't Know |
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IDKY |
I Don't Know You |
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I-D-L |
Ideal |
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IDM |
It Does Not Matter |
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IDST |
I Didn't Say That |
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IDTS |
I Don't Think So |
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IEF |
It's Esther's Fault |
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IFAB |
I Found A Bug |
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IGGP |
I Gotta Go Pee |
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IGTP |
I Get The Point |
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IHAIM |
I Have Another Instant Message |
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IHNO |
I Have No Opinion |
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IIIO |
Intel Inside, Idiot Outside |
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IIMAD |
If It Makes An(y) Difference |
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IIR |
If I Remember or If I Recall |
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IIRC |
If I Remember Correctly or If I Recall Correctly |
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IIWM |
If It Were Me |
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ILICISCOMK |
I Laughed, I Cried, I Spat/Spilt Coffee/Crumbs/Coke On My Keyboard |
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ILU |
I Love You |
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ILY |
I Love You |
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IM |
Instant Messaging |
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IMHO |
In My Humble Opinion |
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IMNSHO |
In My Not So Humble Opinion |
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IMO |
In My Opinion |
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IMS |
I Am Sorry |
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INMP |
It's Not My Problem |
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INNW |
If Not Now, When |
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INPO |
In No Particular Order |
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IOH |
I'm Outta Here |
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IOW |
In Other Words |
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IRL |
In Real Life |
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ISS |
I Said So |
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ISTM |
It Seems to Me |
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ISTR |
I Seem To Remember |
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ISWYM |
I See What You Mean |
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ITM |
In The Money |
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IUM |
If You Must |
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IYKWIM |
If You Know What I Mean |
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IYKWIMAITYD |
If You Know What I Mean And I Think You Do |
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IYO |
In Your Opinion |
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IYSS |
If You Say So |
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IYSWIM |
If You See What I Mean |
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J/C |
Just Checking |
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J/K |
Just Kidding! |
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J/W |
Just Wondering |
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JAD |
Just Another day |
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JAM |
Just a Minute |
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JK |
Just Kidding |
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JM2C |
Just My 2 Cents |
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JOOTT |
Just One Of Those Things |
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JT |
Just Teasing |
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K |
Okay or All Right |
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KBD |
Keyboard |
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KEWL |
Cool |
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KFY |
Kiss For You |
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KIR |
Keep It Real |
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KISS |
Keep It Simple Stupid |
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KIT |
Keep In Touch |
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KOK |
Knock |
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KOTC |
Kiss On The Cheek |
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KOTL |
Kiss On The Lips |
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KPC |
Keeping Parents Clueless |
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KWIM |
Know What I Mean |
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KYPO |
Keep Your Pants On |
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L8R |
Later |
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LAQ |
Lame Ass Quote |
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LD |
Long Distance |
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LDTTWA |
Let's Do The Time Warp Again |
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LIFO |
Last In First Out |
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LLTA |
Lots And Lots Of Thunderous Applause |
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LMAO |
Laughing My Ass Off |
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LMK |
Let Me Know |
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LOL |
Laughing Out Loud |
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LOLA |
Laugh Out Loud Again |
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LOOL |
Laughing Outrageously Out Loud |
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LOPSOD |
Long On Promises, Short On Delivery |
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LRF |
Little Rubber Feet |
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LTIC |
Laughing 'Til I Cry |
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LTNS |
Long Time No See |
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LWR |
Launch When Ready |
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LYL |
Love Ya Lots |
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LYLAB |
Love You Like a Brother |
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LYLAS |
Love You Like A Sister |
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M8 or M8s |
Mate or Mates |
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MFD |
Multi-Function Device |
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MHBFY |
My Heart Bleeds For You |
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MHOTY |
My Hat's Off To You |
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MIHAP |
May I Have Your Attention Please |
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MKOP |
My Kind Of Place |
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MM |
Market Maker |
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MMHA2U |
My Most Humble Apologies To You |
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MOMPL |
One Moment Please |
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MOO |
Mud, Object-Oriented |
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MOOS |
Member Of The Opposite Sex |
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MorF |
Male or Female? |
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MOSS |
Member Of The Same Sex |
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MOTAS |
Member Of The Appropriate Sex |
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MOTD |
Message Of The Day |
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MOTSS |
Members Of The Same Sex |
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MSG |
Message |
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MTBF |
Mean Time Between Failure |
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MTFBWY |
May The Force Be With You |
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MUBAR |
Messed up Beyond All Recognition |
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MWBRL |
More Will Be Revealed Later |
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MYOB |
Mind Your Own Business |
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N/A |
Not Applicable -or- Not Affiliated |
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N/T |
No Text |
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N1 |
Nice One |
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N2M |
Not To Mention |
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NALOPKT |
Not A Lot of People Know That |
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N-A-Y-L |
In A While |
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NAZ |
Name, Address, Zip (also means Nasdaq) |
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NBD |
No Big Deal |
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NBIF |
No Basis In Fact |
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NCG |
New College Graduate |
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N-E-1 |
Anyone |
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N-E-1 ER |
Anyone Here? |
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NG |
New Game |
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NIM |
No Internal Message |
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NIMBY |
Not In My Back Yard |
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NIMQ |
Not In My Queue |
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NM |
Never Mind or Nothing Much |
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NMP |
Not My Problem |
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NOYB |
None Of Your Business |
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NP |
No Problem |
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NQOCD |
Not Quite Our Class Dear |
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NRG |
Energy |
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NRN |
No Reply Necessary |
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NSFW |
Not Safe For Work |
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NTK |
Nice To Know |
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NTYMI |
Now That You Mention It |
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NUFF |
Enough Said |
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NW |
No Way! |
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NYCFS |
New York City Finger Salute |
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OAUS |
On An Unrelated Subject |
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OBTW |
Oh By The Way |
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OEM |
Original Equipment Manufacturer |
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OIC |
Oh, I see |
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OK |
All Correct |
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OLL |
On-Line Love |
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OMDB |
Over My Dead Body |
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OMG |
Oh My Gosh |
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OMIK |
Open Mouth, Insert Keyboard |
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ONNA |
Oh No, Not Again |
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ONNTA |
Oh No, Not This Again |
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OOC |
Out Of Character |
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OOF |
Out Of Facility |
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OOI |
Out Of Interest |
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OOO |
Out Of Office |
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OOTB |
Out Of The Box -or- Out Of The Blue |
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OOTC |
Obligatory On Topic Comment |
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OS |
Operating System |
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OT |
Off Topic |
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OTOH |
On the Other Hand |
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OTP |
On the Phone |
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OTT |
Over the Top |
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OTTOMH |
Off the Top of my Head |
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OUSU |
Oh, You Shut Up |
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OWTTE |
Or Words To That Effect |
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P? |
Private and Confidential |
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PANS |
Pretty Awesome New Stuff |
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PD |
Public Domain |
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PDQ |
Pretty Darn Quick |
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PEBCAK |
Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard |
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PIMP |
Peeing In My Pants |
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PITA |
Pain In The Ass |
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PLS |
Please |
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PM |
Personal Message |
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PMFJI |
Pardon Me For Jumping In |
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PMIGBOM |
Put Mind In Gear Before Opening Mouth |
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PMJI |
Pardon My Jumping In |
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PO |
Piss Off |
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PONA |
Person Of No Account |
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POOF |
Good-bye |
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POS |
Parent Over Shoulder |
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POV |
Point of View |
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PS |
Post Script |
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PU |
That Stinks |
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P-ZA |
Pizza |
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QL |
Quit Laughing! |
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QS |
Quit Scrolling |
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QT |
Cutie |
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R? |
Research ? |
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R? |
Rest ? |
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RAT |
Remote(ly) Activated Trojan |
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RBAY |
Right Back At Ya |
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RBTL |
Read Between The Lines |
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RE |
Regards or Hello Again |
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RFD |
Request For Discussion |
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RKBA |
Right to Keep and Bear Arms |
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RL |
Real Life |
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RLF |
Real Life Friend |
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RMLB |
Read My Lips Baby |
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RMMM |
Read My Mail Man! |
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RN |
Right Now! |
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ROFL |
Rolling on the Floor Laughing |
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ROTFL |
Rolling On The Floor Laughing |
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ROTFLMAO |
Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off |
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ROTFLOL |
Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud |
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ROTM |
Right On The Money |
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RSN |
Real Soon Now |
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RTBS |
Reason To Be Single |
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RTFAQ |
Read the FAQ File |
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RTK |
Return To Keyboard |
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RTM or RTFM |
Read The Manual - or - Read The Freaking Manual |
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RU |
Are You? |
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RUMORF |
Are You Male Or Female |
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RUOK |
Are you Okay? |
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RUUP4IT |
Are You Up For It |
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RX |
Regards |
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RYO |
Roll Your Own |
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S2R |
Send To Receive |
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S4L |
Spam For Life |
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SBTA |
Sorry, Being Thick Again |
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SCNR |
Sorry, Could Not Resist |
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SED |
Said Enough Darling |
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SEP |
Somebody Else's Problem |
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SF |
Surfer Friendly or Science Fiction |
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SFAIAA |
So Far As I Am Aware |
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SFETE |
Smiling From Ear To Ear |
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SFX |
Sound Effects |
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SITCOMs |
Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage |
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SITD |
Still In The Dark |
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SLIRK |
Smart Little Rich Kid |
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SMAIM |
Send Me An Instant Message |
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SME |
Subject Matter Expert |
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SMEM |
Send Me E-Mail |
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SNAG |
Sensitive New Age Guy |
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SNERT |
Snotty Nosed Egotistical Rotten Teenager |
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SO |
Significant Other (ie., spouse, boy/girlfriend) |
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SOHF |
Sense Of Humor Failure |
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SOP |
Standard Operating Procedure |
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SorG |
Straight or Gay? |
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SRO |
Standing Room Only |
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SSEWBA |
Someday Soon, Everything Will Be Acronyms |
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STR8 |
Straight |
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STYS |
Speak To You Soon |
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SUYF |
Shut Up You Fool |
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SWAG |
SoftWare And Giveaways |
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SWAK |
Sent (or Sealed) With A Kiss |
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SWALK |
Sealed With A Loving Kiss |
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SWDYT |
So What Do You Think? |
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SYS |
See You Soon |
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TAFN |
That Is All for Now |
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TAH |
Take A Hike |
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TANSTAAFL |
There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch |
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TAS |
Taking A Shower |
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TBA |
To Be Advised |
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TBC |
To Be Continued |
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TCB |
The Trouble Came Back! |
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TDM |
Too Darn Many |
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TDTM |
Talk Dirty To Me |
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TEOTWAWKI |
The End Of The World As We Know It |
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TFDS |
That is For Darn Sure |
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TFH |
Thread From Hell |
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TFN |
Thanks For Nothing -or- Til Further Notice |
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TFX |
Traffic |
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TGIF |
Thank God It's Friday |
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THX or TX or THKS |
Thanks |
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TIA |
Thanks In Advance |
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TIAIL |
Think I Am In Love |
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TIC |
Tongue In Cheek |
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TK |
To Come |
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TLA |
Three Letter Acronym |
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TLGO |
The List Goes On |
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TLK-2-U-L-8-R |
Talk to You Later |