Net Lingo
(Chat, E-Mail, and Web Acronyms)
Numbers & Characters Meaning
? I have a question
? I don't understand what you mean
?4U I have a question for you
@TEOTD At the end of the day
.02 My (or your) two cents worth
2G2BT Too good to be true
2MI Too much information
2MOR Tomorrow
A
A3 Anytime, anywhere, anyplace
AAF As a matter of fact
AAK Asleep at keyboard
AAMOF As a matter of fact
AFC Away from computer
AFAIK As far as I know
AFK Away from keyboard
AISB As I said before
AISI As I see it
AML All my love
AOTA All of the above
ASAP As soon as possible
AYDY Are you done yet?
AYEC At your earliest convenience
AYOR At your own risk
AYSOS Are you stupid or something?
AYT Are you there?
B
B Back
B/F Boyfriend
B/G Background (personal information request)
B4 Before
B4N Bye for now
BAY Back at ya
BB Be back
BBIAM Be back in a minute
BBIAS Be back in a sec
BBL Be back later
BBN Bye, bye now
BBS Be back soon
BBT Be back tomorrow
BC Because
BCNU Be seeing you
BCOS Because
BD Big deal
BF Boyfriend
BFAW Best friend at work
BF Best friend
BFF Best friends forever
BFFL Best friends for life
BFN Bye for now
BG Big grin
BIF Before I forget
BION Believe it or not
BLNT Better luck next time
BM Bite me
BM&Y Between me and you
BOL Best of luck
BRB Be right back
BRD Bored
BRT Be right there
BTA But then again
BTDT Been there, done that
BTW By the way
BWL Bursting with laughter
C
C&G Chuckle & grin
CB Coffee break
CID Consider it done
CLAB Crying like a baby
CM Call me
CMIIW Correct me if I'm wrong
CSL Can't stop laughing
CTC Care to chat?
CU See you
CUL See you later
CULA See you later alligator
CWOT Complete waste of time
CYE Check your e-mail
D
DF Don't even go there
DKDC Don't know, don't care
DQMOT Don't quote me on this
DTS Don't think so
E
E1 Everyone
EBKAC Error between keyboard and chair
EMA E-mail address
F
FBM Fine by me
FC Fingers crossed
FISH First in, still here
FITB Fill in the blank
FOMC Falling off my chair
FOMCL Falling off my chair laughing
FRT For real though
FYI For your information
G
G Grin
G Giggle
G/F Girlfriend
G2CU Good to see you
G2G Got to go
G2R Got to run
G9 Genius
GA Go ahead
GAL Get a life
GB Goodbye
GBU God bless you
GFI Go for it
GF Girl friend
GFN Gone for now
GG Gotta Go
GIAR Give it a rest
GIGO Garbage in, garbage out
GJ Good job
GL Good luck
GL/HF Good luck, have fun
GMTA Great minds think alike
GN Good night
GNSD Good night, sweet dreams
GOI Get over it
GOL Giggling out loud
GR8 Great
GRATZ Congratulations
GRL Girl
GTG Got to go
H
HAU How about you?
H&K Hugs & kisses
H2CUS Hope to see you soon
HAND Have a nice day
HB Hurry back
HF Have fun
HOAS Hold on a second
HRU How are you?
HTH Hope this helps
I
IAC In any case
IAE In any event
IANAL I am not a lawyer
IB I'm back
IC I see
ICAM I couldn't agree more
ICBW It could be worse
ICEDI I can't even discuss it
IDK I don't know
IDTS I don't think so
IDUNNO I don't know
IG2R I got to run
IGN I (I've) got nothing
IIRC If I remember correctly
IK I know
IMHO In my humble opinion
IMO In my opinion
IMS I am sorry
IMSB I am so bored
IMU I miss u (you)
INAL I'm not a lawyer
IOMH In over my head
IOW In other words
IRL In real life
IRMC I rest my case
ITYK I thought you knew
IUSS If you say so
IYKWIM If you know what I mean
IYO In your opinion
IYSS If you say so
J
JAM Just a minute
JFF Just for fun
JIC Just in case
JJA Just joking around
JK Just kidding
JMO Just my opinion
JP Just playing
JTLYK Just to let you know
JW Just wondering
K
KISS Keep it simple, stupid
KIT Keep in touch
KNIM Know what I mean?
L
L8R Later
L8RG8R Later, gator
LD Later, dude / Long distance
LEMENO Let me know
LHO Laughing head off
LMK Let me know
LOL Laughing out loud
LOL Lots of love
LOLH Laughing out loud hysterically
LOLO Lots of love
LTNS Long time no see
M
MNC Mother nature calls
MTF More to follow
MTFBWU May the force be with you
MYOB Mind your own business
N
n00b Newbie
N1 Nice one
NBD No big deal
NLT No later than
NM Nothing much / Never mind
NO1 No one
NOYB None of your business
NP No problem
NRN No response/reply necessary
NT Nice try
NVM Never mind
NW No way
O
OIC Oh, I see
OL Old lady
OM Old man
OMW On my way
ONL Online
OO Over and out
OOC Out of character
OOH Out of here
OOTD One of these days
OP On phone
ORLY Oh really?
OTL Out to lunch
OTOH On the other hand
OTT Over the top
OTTOMH Off the top of my head
OTW Off to work
P
PCM Please call me
PLMK Please let me know
PLS Please
PLU People like us
PLZ Please
POAHF Put on a happy face
POV Point of view
PTMM Please tell me more
PXT Please explain that
PU That stinks!
Q
QIK Quick
QL Quit laughing
QQ (qq) Meaning "crying eyes"
QT Cutie
R
RL Real life
RLY Really
RME Rolling my eyes
RMLB Read my lips baby
ROTFL Rolling on the floor laughing
RSN Real soon now
RU Are you?
RUOK Are you okay?
S
SBT Sorry 'bout that
SC Stay cool
SETE Smiling Ear-to-Ear
SH Same here
SHID Slapping head in disgust
SICNR Sorry, I could not resist
SIG2R Sorry, I‘ve got to run
SIT Stay in touch
SLAP Sounds like a plan
SMHID Scratching my head in disbelief
SOMY Sick of me yet?
SOT Short of time
SOTMG Short of time, must go
SRSLY Seriously
SPST Same place, same time
SRY Sorry
SS So sorry
SSDD Same stuff, different day
SSIF So stupid it's funny
SSINF So stupid it's not funny
ST&D Stop texting and drive
SUL See you later
SUP What's up?
SWAK Sent (or sealed) with a kiss
SYL See you later
SYS See you soon
T
T+ Think positive
TA Thanks a lot
TAFN That's all for now
TAM Tomorrow a.m.
TAU Thinking about u (you)
TBC To be continued
TBD To be determined
TBH To be honest
TC Take care
TCB Take care of business
TCOY Take care of yourself
THX Thanks
THNX Thanks
THNQ Thank-you
TIA Thanks in advance
TIAD Tomorrow is another day
TILIS Tell it like it is
TLK2UL8R Talk to you later
TMB Text me back
TMI Too much information
TMOT Trust me on this
TMWFI Take my word for it
TNSTAAFL There's no such thing as a free lunch
TNT Til next time
TOJ Tears of joy
TOY Thinking of you
TPM Tomorrow p.m.
TPTB The powers that be
TSNF That's so not fair
TSTB The sooner, the better
TTFN Ta ta for now
TTLY Totally
TTTT These things take time
TTYAFN Talk to you awhile from now
TTYL Talk to you later
TTYS Talk to you soon
TY Thank you
TYS Told you so
TYT Take your time
TYSO Thank you so much
TYVM Thank you very much
U
UFN Until further notice
UGTBK You've got to be kidding
UKTR You know that's right
UR Your / You're
UV Unpleasant visual
UW You're welcome
V
VFM Value for money
VGC Very good condition
VIP Very important person
VM Voice mail
VN Very nice
VRY Very
VSF Very sad face
W
W/ With
W3 WWW (Web address)
WAM Wait a minute
WAN2TLK Want to talk
WAWA Where are we at?
W/B Write back
WB Welcome back
WBS Write back soon
WC Welcome
WC Who cares
WCA Who cares anyway
W/E Whatever
W/END Weekend
WE Whatever
WH5 Who, what, when, where, why
WIBNI Wouldn't it be nice if
WDALYIC Who died and left you in charge
WDYK What do you know?
WDYT What do you think?
WIIFM What's in it for me?
WISP Winning is so pleasurable
WITP What is the point?
WITW What in the world
WIU Wrap it up
WK Week
WKD Weekend
WRT With regard to
W/O Without
WOMBAT Waste of money, brains and time
WRK Work
WRUD What are you doing?
WTB Wanted to buy
WTG Way to go
WU? What's up?
WUCIWUG What you see is what you get
WWJD What would Jesus do?
WWNC Will wonders never cease
WWYC Write when you can
WYCM Will you call me?
WYD What (are) you doing?
WYGAM When you get a minute
WYHAM When you have a minute
WYLEI When you least expect it
WYSIWYG What you see is what you get
X
X Kiss
XOXOXO Hugs & Kisses
XLNT Excellent
Y
Y? Why?
Y2K You're too kind
YA Your
YARLY Ya, really?
YBS You'll be sorry
YCLIU You can look it up
YCMU You crack me up
YGTBKM You've got to be kidding me
YGG You go girl
YIU Yes, I understand
YKWYCD You know what you can do
YNK You never know
YR Your
YR Yeah right
YT You there?
YTG You're the greatest
YW You're welcome
Z
Z Z's are calling (meaning going to bed/sleep)
ZOT Zero tolerance
ZUP Meaning "What's up?"
ZZZZ Sleeping (or bored)
Emoticons: (symbols used to display feeling)Note: For these little things called "emoticons" Often the idea is to turn your head sideways, and it makes a picture on a lot of the smiley faces. ;-) for example where the ; (semi-colon) are the eyes, the - is the nose, and the ) is the mouth. Also, you see some people use the hyphen (-) to show the nose, while others will show the same expression without the nose. Example: ;-) and ;) signify the same thing.
| *s*, *S*, <s>, = smile | *g*, <g> = grin | xoxo = hugs and kisses | huggggggsssss = hugs |
| *w*, <w> = wink | *g*, = giggles | *k*, *K* = kiss | ;-)~~~~~~~~ = giving someone the raspberries. |
| (((((person))))) = giving them a virtual hug. | \~/ = glass with a drink. (usually booze) | ^5 = high five | ?^ = What's Up? |
| \_/? = a cup of tea | [_]> + Cup of coffee | @@@ = Cookies | @--/-- = a rose |
| :-) .. smile | ;-) ... wink | <:-| ... curious | :~) ... cute |
| :-( ... sad | 8-) ... wears glasses | :-} ... embarrassed | :-/ ... perplexed, confused |
| :,-( ..or ;`-( .... to cry | :-< ... pouting | >:-( ... angry | 0:-) ... angel |
| :-| ... bored or no opinion | :-> ... grin/mischievous | | -) ... dreaming | :-O ... shouting, or shocked |
| :-o ... talking, or surprised | >:-|| ... mad / angry | :-D ... big grin or laugh | =:-O ... scared |
| :-x ... keeping mouth shut | :o) ... smiles (w/nose) | :-))))))) ... lots of smiles | ;-P ...
sticking tongue out :P ... sticking tongue out |
| # 8 - ) ... nerd, or or person with glasses and crew cut. | &-( ... crying | !:-) .. I have an idea | ;-{ ) ... person with a mustache |
| ;-)~ ... sexy tongue - or drunk | ;~) ... being cute | c["] ... coffee mug | [_]> ... another cup or mug |
| :-> ... grin/mischievous | <:-| ... curious | |-| ... sound asleep | :-x .. I'm keeping my mouth shut |
| Another few side notes: |
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| 0 can be O or
vice versa, (the letter and the number are often interchangeable) 1 = won or one, (1dr = wonder) 2 = too, to, or two, 3 = the letter E, (so 's33 U' means See you) 4 = for, four, or a prefix of suffix of 'fore. (b4 = before, 4warned = forewarned), 8 is usually either a pair of eyes, glasses, or ate, although it gets used a lot for making pictures, 9 is a good thing (he was dressed to the 9s means he was all dressed up), B = be, C = see, (IC means I see) G = gee, K = OK, (so k, or kk means I'm OK) M = am, N = in, O = oh, R = Are, U = You, g = grin, s = smile, |
Computer Acronyms Web, Network, and Internet terms and acronyms Beginners chat terms Computer slang, jargon, and terms. |