Computer and Software Support


Abbreviations 

People are using abbreviations more and more as time goes by thanks to social media and texting. It is hard to keep up with the terms so here is a short list of what the abbreviations mean.

AFK - Away from Keyboard
ASAP - As Soon As Possible
B - be
 BFN - Bye for now
B4N   Bye for now
BAK - Back at keyboard
BBIAF - Be back in a few
BBL - Be Back Later
BBN - Bye Bye Now
BBS - Be Back Soon
BCNU - Be seeing you
BEG - Big Evil Grin
BF - Boy Friend
BFF - Best friend forever
BFFL - Best friends for life
BRB - Be Right Back
BTW - By The Way
BWL - Bursting With Laughter
BYOB - Bring your own Beer or Booze
C - See
C&G - Chuckle and Grin
CID - Crying In Disgrace
COZ - Because/Cousin
CUZ - Because/Cousin
CU - See you
CUL - See you later/Call you later
CSG - Chuckle Snicker Grin
CYA - See You
CYAL8R - See You All Later
DLTBBB - Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite
EG - Evil Grin
EZ - Easy
FYI - For Your Information
G2G - Got to Go
GTG - Get Together
GF - Girl Friend
GFN - Gone For Now
GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike
GTSY - Great To See You
H&K - Hugs and Kiss
HHIS - Hanging Head In Shame
HNY! - Happy New Year
H-VDAY! - Happy Valentines Day
H-MDAY! - Happy Mother's Day
H-4th - Happy 4th of July
H-HAL! - Happy Halloween
HT! - Happy Thanksgiving
HH! - Happy Hanukah
H-BDAY! - Happy Birthday
H-B! - Happy Birthday
H-A! - Happy Anniversary
IDC - I don't care
IDK - I don't know
IMHO -  In my humble/honest opinion
IMNECTHO - In my not-even-close-to-humble opinion
IMNSHO - In my not so humble opinion
IMO - In my opinion
IC - I See
IWALU - I Will Always Love You
IWYWH - I wish you were here
JC - Just chilling
JK - Just kidding
JMO - Just My Opinion
JP - Just playing
JTLYK - Just To Let You Know
JW - Just wondering
K - Okay
KIT - Keep In Touch
KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid
KWIM - Know what I mean?
L8R - Later
LMHO - Laughing My Head Off
LAFFO - Laughing out loud
LHO - Laughing my head off
LMAO - Laugh(ing) my a-s off
LMSO - Laughing my socks off
LOL - Laughs Out Loud
LSHMBH - Laughing So Hard My Belly Hurts
LTS - Laughing to Self
LTNC - Long Time No See
LUWAMH - Love You With All My Heart
LQ2MS - Laughing quietly to myself
LQTS - Laughing quietly to self
LY - Love You
LUV - Love
LYA - Love You Always
MC! - Merry Christmas
MYOB - Mind your own business
N - And
NE1 - Anyone
NM - Not much/Nothing much/Never mind
NMU - Not much, you?
Noob - Newbie
OIC - Oh, I See
OMG - Oh my Gosh
OMFG - Oh my f------ Gosh
PDS - Please Don't Shout
PITA - Pain in the a-s
PLS - Please
PLZ - Please
PMFJI - Pardon Me For Jumpikng In
PlzKThx - Please. Okay? Thanks
PPL - People
QT - Cutie
R - Are
RUOK - Are you Okay?
ROFL - Rolling On Floor Laughing
RTSM - Read The Silly Manual
SETE - Smiling Ear To Ear
SWL - Screaming With Laughter
SYS - See You Soon
TAU - Thinking About Us
TOY - Thinking Of You
TTYT - Talk To You Tomorrow
TTFN - Ta Ta for now
TTYL - Talk to you later
TTYS - Talk to you soon
THNKS - Thanks
THNX - Thanks
THX - Thanks
TTLY - Totally
TY - Thank you
Y - Why
YR - Your/You're
TTYL - Talk To You Later
UW - You're welcome
U - You/How are you?/You do it.
UR - Your/You're
WKND - Weekend
WB - Welcome Back
WTG - Way To Go
WTH - Who The Heck
W/E - Whatever
W8 - Wait
WYSIWYG - What you see is what you get
XLNT - Excellent
YHMDB - You have million dollar booty
ZZZ - Sleeping/Bored/Tired
*g* - Giggle
*H* - Hug
*K* - Kiss
*W* - Wink
1 - One/Won/Want
2 - To/Too
2day - Today
2moro - Tomorrow
2nite - Tonight
4 - For

For information on doing smiley faces in chats, emails and other forms of communication, click here.
 
 For information on doing symbols using the ALT key, click here.

 

 

 

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