Unless you are completely new to the world of chat and/or online messaging, you've likely seen or used what we call Chat Acronyms in your chat and messaging sessions. Chat Acronyms are words formed from the first letters of a word or phrase. One of the most familiar is LOL or "Laughing Out Loud" but the list of these acronyms is long and growing. Use this reference page to look up some of the more popular ones.
- A -
AFAIK - As Far As I know
AFK - Away From Keyboard
AKA - Also Known As
ASAP - As Soon As Possible
ATYS - Anything You Say
- B -
B4 - Before
BAK - Back At Keyboard
BBIAB - Be Back In A Bit
BBFN - Bye Bye For Now
BBL - Be Back Later
BBS - Be Back Soon
BCNU - Be Seein' You
BRB - Be Right Back
BTW - By The Way
- C -
CU See You
CUL or CUL8R - See You Later
- D -
DIIK - Damned If I Know
DYJHIW - Don't You Just Hate It When
- E -
EG - Evil Grin
- F -
FDROTFL - Falling Down Rolling On The Floor Laughing
FITB - Fill In The Blanks
FOAF - Friend Of A Friend
FOTCL - Falling Off The Chair Laughing
F2F - Face-To-Face
FWIW - For What It's Worth
FYA - For Your Amusement
FYI - For Your Information
- G -
G - Grin
GA - Go Ahead
GBH - Great Big Hug
GIWIST - Gee I Wish I'd Said That
- H -
H - Hug
HB - Hug Back
HH - Ha Ha
- I -
ICOCBW - I Could Of Course Be Wrong
IDK - I Don't Know
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IMO - In My Opinion
IOW - In Other Words
IWBNI - It Would Be Nice If
- J -
J/K - Just Kidding
JAM - Just A Minute
JAS - Just A Second
- K -
K - Kiss
KB - Kiss Back
KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid
KOTC - Kiss On The Cheek
- L -
L8R - Later
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
LTLYB - Love To Love You Baby
- M -
MORF - Male OR Female
MYOB - Mind Your Own Business
- N -
NBD - No Big Deal
NHOH - Never Heard Of Him/Her
NP - No Problem
NRN - No Reply Necessary
- O -
OBTW - Oh By The Way
OIC - Oh I See
OTOH - On The Other Hand
- P -
PITA - Pain In The Ass
PMJI - Pardon My Jumping In
- R -
RL - Real Life
ROTFL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROTFLMAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off
- S -
SUP - What's Up?
S - Smile
SB - Smile Back
SOL - Sh*t Outta Luck
SWEIN - So What Else Is New?
SYL - See You Later
- T -
TAFN - That's All For Now
TIA - Thanks In Advance
TTBOMK - To The Best Of My Knowledge
TTFN - Ta-Ta For Now
TTUL or TTYL - Talk To You Later
TTYS - Talk To You Soon
- U -
UOK? - Are You OK?
- V -
VEG - Very Evil Grin
VES - Very Evil Smile
VWG - Very Wicked Grin
VWS - Very Wicked Smile
- W -
W - Wink
WG - Wicked Grin
WTF - What The F**k
WTH - What The Hell
WTHDTM - What The Hell Does That Mean?
- Y -
YAFIYGI - You Asked For It, You Got It
