What does "POS" mean? How about "LGH"? Don't know? LOL.
Whether you're a teacher, caregiver or parent, you might want to find out what kids are saying to each other online. Do you know what YOUR kids are writing to each other?
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Acroynms are commonly used wherever people get online-- including IMing, SMSing, cell phones, Blackberries, PDAs, Web sites, games, newsgroup postings, chat rooms and on blogs.
These abbreviations are used by people to communicate with each other...
While it does seem amazing that there are more than 1,000 text messaging abbreviations, it is important to remember that different chat abbreviations are used by different groups of people when communicating online.
Some of the below chat abbreviations may be familiar to you, while others may be foreign because they are used by a group of people with different online interests.
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COMMON TEXT MESSAGE ACRONYMS: For the sake of not offending anyone, some 'words' have been substituted with others, as well as *** taking the place of some letters.
ACRONYM DEFINITION
- 121 One-to-one (private chat initiation)
- 1CE Once
- 1DR I wonder
- 2 "to"
- 2MI Too much information
- 2G2BT Too good to be true
- 2MOR Tomorrow
- 2NTE Tonight
- 4 For
- 411 Meaning 'information'
- 404 I don't know
- 420 Lets get high
- 420 Marijuana
- 6Y Sexy
- 7K Sick
- 8 Oral Sex
- 9 Parent is watching
- ABT About
- ABT2 About to
- AFAIK As far as I know
- AFK Away from keyboard
- AH At home
- AITR Adult in the room
- AKA Also known as
- AML All my love
- ASAP As soon as possible
- ASL or
A/S/L Age/Sex/Location
- ATM At the moment
- AYOR At your own risk
- AYSOS Are you stupid or something?
- AYS Are you serious?
- AYT Are you there?
- AYTMTB And you're telling me this because
- AYV Are you vertical?
- B Back
- BA Bad *a*
- B4 Before
- BBL Be back later
- BBS Be back soon
- BC Because or COZ--Because
- BG Big grin
- BMG Be my guest
- BRB Be right back
- B4N Bye for now
- B/F Boyfriend
- BFF Best friends forever
- BIBO Beer in, beer out
- BM Bite me
- BME Based on my experience
- BM&Y Between me and you
- BOL Best of luck
- BOLO Be on the look out
- BOOMS Bored out of my skull
- BTDT Been there, done that
- BTW By the way
- BWL Bursting with laughter
- BYOB Bring your own beer (or bottle)
- BAY Back at ya
- CICYH Can I copy your homework?
- CRBT Crying really big tears
- CRS Can't remember stuff
- CUL See you later
- CU See you
- CU2 See you
- CUA See you around
- D46? Down for sex?
- DA Meaning "The"
- DF Don't even go there
- DGAF Don't give a *freak*
- DGTG Don't go there girlfriend
- E Ecstasy
- EG Evil Grin
- ES Erase screen
- EZ Easy
- F2F Face to face
- F2P Free to play (online gaming)
- FAF Funny as *freak*
- FBF Fat boy food (e.g. pizza, burgers, fries)
- FITB Fill in the blank
- FWIT For what it’s worth
- FYEO For your eyes only
- FYI For your information
- GG Gotta go
- GTG Got to go
- G2G Got to go
- GL Good Luck
- GNOC Get naked on cam
- GRA Go right ahead
- GMTA Great minds thing alike
- GR8 Great
- HAND Have a nice day
- H Hi there
- H8 Hate
- H8TTU Hate to be you
- HAU How about you?
- H&K Hugs & kisses
- HTH Hope this helps
- HW Homework
- IAC In any case
- IC I see
- IDK I don't know
- ICEDI I can't even discuss it
- ICFILWU I could fall in love with you
- IDC I don't care
IDTS I don't think so
- IDUNNO I don't know
- IG2R I got to run
- IGHT I got high tonight
- IIRC If I recall correctly
- ILY I love you
- IM Instant messaging
- IMO In my opinion
- IMHO In my humble opinion
- IMS I am sorry
- IOS In other words
- ISLY I still love you
- JIC Just in Case
- JK Just Kidding
- JTLYK Just to let you know
- K Okay
- KISS Keep it simple, stupid
- KIT Keep in touch
- KOC Kiss on cheek
- KOL Kiss on lips
- KOTC Kiss on the cheek
- KOTL Kiss on the lips
- KNIM Know what I mean?
- KPC Keeping parents clueless
- L8R Later
- LGH Lets get high
- LH6 Lets have sex
- LHSX Lets have sex
- LMAO Laughing my a** off
- LOL Laughing out loud
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- M Message
- MEHH Meaning a "sigh" or sighing
- MFI Mad for it
- MIRL Meet in real life
- MLM Meaning give the middle finger
- MOS Mom over shoulder
- MUSM Miss you so much
- MYO Mind your own (business)
- MYOB Mind your own business
- n00b Newbie
- N1 Nice one
- N2M Nothing too much
- NADT Not a darn thing
- NBD No big deal
- NE Any
- NFW No *freaking* way
- NM Not much/never mind
- NW No way
- OIC Oh I see
- OJ Only joking
- OL Old lady
- OM Old man
- OMG Oh my gosh!
- O4U Only for you
- OTP On the phone
- OTOH On the other hand
- OMW On my way
- PLZ or PLS Please
- P911 Parents coming into room alert
- PAW Parents are watching
- POS Parent over shoulder
- PRT Party
- PRW People/parents are watching
- PSOS Parent standing over shoulder
- RME Rolling my eyes
- ROTFL Rolling on the floor laughing
- RUOK? Are you okay?
- RU Are you?
- RUMOF Are you male or female?
- RX Meaning drugs or prescriptions
- RYS Read your screen
- RYS Are you single?
- SETE Smiling Ear-to-Ear
- SFAIK So far as I know
- SH Same here
- SH^ Shut up
- SOS Sibling over shoulder
- SOS Meaning "help"
- SOT Short of time
- SOTMG Short of time, must go
- SOWM Someone with me
- SRSLY Seriously
- SPST Same place, same time
- SPTO Spoke to
- SQ Square
- SRY Sorry
- SS So sorry
- SSDD Same stuff, different day
- SSIF So stupid it's funny
- SSINF So stupid it's not funny
- SYL See you later
- SYS See you soon
- TAFN That’s all for now
- TBH To be honest
- TIA Thanks in advance
- TL Too long
- TMB Text me back
- TOU Thinking of you
- TOY Thinking of you
- THX Thanks
- THNX Thanks
- TMI Too much information
- TMTH Too much to handle
- TTFN Ta ta for now
- TTYL Talk to you later
- U You
- ^URS Up yours
- UCMU You crack me up
- UDI Unidentified drinking injury (bruise, scratch, ache, etc.)
- UOK (Are) You ok?
- UR Your / You're
- VBS Very big smile
- VEG Very evil grin
- VFF Very freaking funny
- VIP Very important person
- VM Voice mail
- VSF Very sad face
- W@ What?
- W/ With
- W8 Wait
- WAH Working at home
- WB Welcome back
- WE Whatever
- W/E Whatever
- WH5 Who, what, when, where, why
- WU? What’s Up?
- WTF What the F***
- WFM Works for me
- WK Week
- WKE Week end
- WRK Work
- WRU@ Where are you at?
- WRUD What are you doing?
- X-1-10 Meaning "Exciting"
- XME Excuse Me
- XOXO Hugs and kisses
- XLNT Excellent
- Y Why
- YT? You there?
- YW You’re welcome
- YYSSW Yeah, yeah, sure, sure, whatever
- Z Zero
- Z Meaning "Said"
- ZZZ Tired or bored
- ? Huh? or Question
- ?4U I have a question for you
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