The Letter Game


Chat rooms can be  sometimes terribly confusing places.  Especially for the newcomer.  All those letters!  And, then those weird symbols like :-)  well, we'll get to the symbols another day.  Right now, lets concentrate on the alphabet.

The internet may be instant, but it takes so darned long to type the words (especially for those people chatting with one hand).  So, abbreviations were invented.  Over the years the list grew as people invented new shortcuts.

What we have is a new language, a sort of shorthand for chat.

Here's the list and what they mean:

 
Acronym

Definition

TUC The Ultimate Chatlist!
AFK Away from keyboard
AKA Also know as
AOL America On Line
ASAP As soon as possible
ATM At the moment
B4 Before
BAK Back at keyboard
BBL Be back later
BCNU Be seeing you
BFH Big f---ing hammer
BFN Bye for now
BRB Be right back
BTSOOM Beats the s--- out of me
BTTH Boot to the head
BTW By the way
BYOH Bat you onna head
CFV Call for votes
CU See you
CUL See you later
CUL8R See you later
DFL Dead f---ing last
DYJHIW Don't you just hate it when...
eg Evil grin
ETLA Extended three letter acronym
F2F Face to face (also meeting in person)
FAQ Frequently asked questions
FUBAR F---ed up beyone all recognition
FWIW For what it's worth
FYA For your amusement
FYI For your information
g Grin
GA Go ahead
gbh Great back hug
gbh&k Great back hug & kiss
gr&d Grinning, running & ducking
h Hug
hb Hug back
hh Holding hands
HHOJ Ha ha only joking
HHOK Ha ha only kidding
HHOS Ha ha only serious
HIWTH Hate it when that happens
IAE In any event
IANAL I am not a lawyer
IDK I don't know
IMHO In my humble opinion
IMnerHO In my not even remotely humble opinion
IMnsHO In my not so humble opinion
IMO In my opinion
IOW In other words
IRL In real life
IYKWIM If you know what I mean
JASE Just another system error
J/K Just kidding (can also stand for joking)
k Kiss
kb Kiss back
kotc Kiss on the cheek
l8r Later
l Laugh
li Laughing inside
lis Laughing in silence
lmao Laughing my ass off
lmbo Laughing my butt off
lol Laugh out loud
MORF Male or female
MOTAS Members of the appropriate sex
MOTOS Members of the opposite sex
MOTSS Members of the same sex
NFW No f---ing way
NIFOC Naked/Nekkid in front of computer
NRN No reply necessary
OBTW Oh, by the way
OIC Oh I see
OT Off topic
OTOH On the other hand
OTTH On the third hand
PD Public domain
PITA Pain in the ass
PMJI Pardon me, Jumping in (when you interrupt a conversation)
PMFJI Pardon me for jumping in (same as above)
potc Peck on the cheek
POETS Piss of early tomorrows Saturday
rehi Hello again
RFD Request for discussion
rofl Roll on the floor laughing
rotfl Roll on the floor laughing
rotflmao Roll on the floor laughing my ass off
RSN Real soon now
RTFM Read the f---ing manual
SITD Still in the dark
s Smile
sb Smiles back
SHIT Sure happy it's Thursday
SNAFU Situation normal, all f---ed up
SO Significant other
SOL S--- outta luck
SOS Same old s--- (or stuff)
SSDD Same s--- different day
SW Shareware
SWWCFI So what, who cares, f--- it
SYL See you later
TANSTAAFL There ain't no such thing as a free lunch
TARFU Things are really f---ed up
TGIF Thank God it's Friday
TIA Thanks in advance
tic Tongue in cheek
TID Thread is deteriating (OT)
TLA Three letter acronym
TNX 1.0E6 Thanks a million
TNX Thanks
TTFN Ta-ta for now
TTYL Talk to you later
veg Very evil grin
ves Very evil smile
vwg Very wicked grin
vws Very wicked smile
w Wink
wg Wicked grin
WRT With regard to (also with respect to)
WTH What the hell
WTHDTM What the hell does that mean
WYSIWYG What you see is what you get
YKYBHTLW You know you've been hacking to long when...
YMMV Your mileage may vary
YMMVG Your mileage may vary greatly