Most popular Abbreviations and Acronyms…

We all know them. We all use them, mor or less consciously.  Nowadays, especially popular with teenagers, that is will mostly use  them for texting, that is for some parents make it unreadable… well, but in a regular life, they make things easier and quicker for most of us… Tell me, who does not know or use “LOL”…”BRB”…”TTYL” or “BTW”..? well, let us see, what else is there …

What is the difference between Abbreviations and Acronyms?

• Abbreviations

An abbreviation (from Latin brevi³re → brevis meaning “short”) is a shortened form of a word or phrase used mainly in writing to represent the complete form. It usually has a full-stop at the end.

Examples: Lib. For Library / abbr. for abbreviation / approx. for approximate

• Acronyms

An acronym (from Latin acro- meaning “beginning” + -onym meaning “word, name”) is a pronounceable word formed mostly (but not always) from the initial letters of a descriptive name or title.

Examples: radar = radio detecting and ranging / ASAP = as soon as possible

The term initialism uses a similar method, but the word is pronounced letter by letter. Example: BBC British Broadcasting Corporation or USA United States of America.

And last but not least, there are symbols and/or units of reference, like min for minute or kg for kilogram.

2	4	B	C	I	O	R	U	Y
TO/TOO	FOR	BE	SEE	EYE	OWE	ARE	YOU	WHY

The reason is that these abbreviations are based on the pronunciation of their corresponding letter / digit.

ac·ro·nym

2MORO – Tomorrow

2NTE –   Tonight

4AO – For adults only

4YEO/ FYEO – For Your Eyes Only

AAMOF – As a matter of fact

ACK – Acknowledgment

ADIH – Another day in hell

AEAP – As Early as Possible

AFAIC – As far as I am concerned

AFAICT – As far as I can tell

AFAIK    As far as I know

AFAIR – As far as I remember

AFK – Away from Keyboard

AKA – Also known as

ALAP –   As Late as Possible

ASAP – As soon as possible

AYOR – At your own risk

B/C – Because

B@U – Back at you

B2K BTK – Back to Keyboard

B3 – Blah, Blah, Blah

B4YKI – Before You Know it

BAE – Before anyone else

BBBG – Bye, bye be good

BBIAB – Be Back in A Bit

BBIAS – Be back in a sec

BBL – Be Back Later

BBS – Be Back Soon

BFF – Best Friends, Forever

BM&Y – Between Me and You

BRB – Be Right Back

BRB – Be right Back

BRT – Be right There

BSAAW – Big smile and a wink

BTAM – Be that as it May

BTT – Back to Topic

BTW – By the Way

BUMP – Bring up my post

BWL – Bursting with laughter

C&P – Copy and Paste

C-P – Sleepy

CSL – Cannot stop laughing

CTN –     Cannot talk now

CU –        See you

CUS –     See You Soon

CWOT – Complete Waste of Time

CYS – Check your Settings

CYT – See you tomorrow

DAE – Does anyone else?

DBMIB – Do not bother me I am busy

DGMW – Don’t get me wrong

DIY – Do it yourself

DM – Direct message

DWH – During work hours

E123 – Easy as one, two, three

EM? – Excuse Me?

EMBM – Early morning business meeting

EOBD – End of Business Day

EOD –  End of Day

EOD – End of Discussion

EOM – End of Message

EOT – End of Thread / .. Text / .. Transmission

F2F – Face to Face

FACK –   Full Acknowledge

FAQ – Frequently asked Questions

FB –  Facebook

FC – Fingers Crossed

FIMH – Forever in my heart

FISH – First In, Still Here

FKA – Formerly known as

FOAF – Friend of a Friend

FOMO – Fear of missing out

FTL – For the loss

FTW – For the win

FWIW – For what it is worth

FYI –  For your information

FYI / JFYI – (Just) For your Information

G2G –  Got to go

GAHOY – Get a hold of yourself

GFN – Gone for now

GL – Good luck

GMTA – Great minds think alike

GOAT – The Greatest of Al Time

GOI – Get over it

GR8 – Great

GRAS – Generally recognized as safe

GRATZ – Congratulations

HAK – Hugs and Kisses

HF – Have fun

HTH – Hope this Helps

ICYMI – In case you missed it

IDC – I do not care

IDK – I Don’t Know

IFYP – I feel your pain

IIRC – If I remember correctly

ILU / ILY – I Love You

IMHO – In my Humble Opinion

IMNSHO – In my not so Humble / Honest Opinion

IMO – In My Opinion

IMU – I miss you

IOW – In other Words

IRL – In Real Life

ITT – In this Thread

J/K – Just Kidding

J4F – Just for fun

JC – Just Checking

JIC – Just in case

JK – Just kidding

JSYK – Just so you know

JTLYK – Just to Let You Know

KFY – Kiss for You

KISS – Keep It Simple, Stupid

KMN – Kill Me Now

KPC –     Keeping Parents Clueless

L8R – Later

LMAO – Laughing my a** off

LMK – Let Me Know

LOL –  Laughing out loud

MFW – My face when

MMW – Mark my Words

MoF – Male or Female

MRW – My reaction when

MSG –  Message

MTFBWY – May the Force be with You

MYOB – Mind Your Own Business

N/A – Not Available / Applicable

NAGI – Not a good idea

NaN –    Not a Number

NAZ –     Name, Address, ZIP

NBD – Not big deal

NC – No Comment

NIMBY – Not in my Backyard

NM – Never Mind / Nothing Much

NNTR – No need to Reply

NOOB N00B – Newbie

NOYB – None of your Business

NP – No Problem

NRN – No Reply Necessary

NSFW – Not Safe for Work

NTH – Nice to have

NTIM – Not that it Matters

NVM –   Never Mind

NYOB – None of Your Business

OATUS – On a totally Unrelated Subject

OC – Original content

OFC – Of Course

OIC – Oh, I See

OMDB – Over my dead body

OMG – Oh My God

OMW – On my way

OP – Original poster

OT – Off Topic

OTL – Out to Lunch

OTOH – On the other Hand

OTP – On the Phone

P911 – Parent Alert

PAL – Parents are Listening

PANS – Pretty Awesome New Stuff

PAW – Parents are Watching

PHAT – Pretty, Hot, And Tempting

PIR – Parent in Room

POS – Parents Over Shoulder

POV – Point of View

PPL – People

PROP(S) – Proper Respect / Proper Recognition

PRT – Please retweet

PTB – Please text back

QQ – Crying

QT – Cutie

RBTL – Read between the lines

RN – Right Now

ROFL – Rolling on the Floor Laughing

RSVP –   Repondez s’il vous plait (French: Please reply)

RTFM – Read the fine Manual

RU – Are You

RUOK – Are you OK?

SCNR – Sorry, could not Resist

SEP – Someone else’s Problem

SFLR – Sorry, for late Reply

SFW – Safe for work

SITD – Still in the Dark

SLAP – Sounds like a Plan

SMH – Shaking My Head

SMIM – Send Me an Instant Message

SO – Significant Other

SOML – Story of my life.

SPOC – Single Point of Contact

SRSLY – Seriously

SSDD – Same stuff, different day

TBA – To be Announced

TBC – To be Continued / To be Confirmed

TBH – To be honest

TGIF – Thanks God, its Friday

THX TNX – Thanks

TIA – Thanks in advance

TIL – Today I learned

TIME – Tears in my eyes

TL;DR – Too long; did not read

TMB – Tweet me back

TMI – Too Much Information’s

TNTL – Trying not to laugh

TQ – Thank You

TTYL –  Talk to you later

TYT – Take your Time

TYVM – Thank You Very Much

UR – Your / You are

W00T – Whoomph, there it is; /Hooray

W8 – Wait

WB – Welcome Back

WFM – Works for Me

WRT – With Regard to

WTF – What the f***

WTH – What the Hell / What the Heck

WTPA – Where the party at?

WUZUP – What is up?

WYCM – Will You Call Me?

WYWH – Wish You Were Here

XOXO – Hugs, Kisses, …

YAM – Yet Another Meeting

YGTR – You got that right

YMMD – You made my Day

YMMV – Your mileage may vary

YNK – You never know

YOLO – You Only Live Once

ZZZ – Sleeping, bored, tired