Most Common IM Chat Acronyms and Emoticons
August 11th, 2009Guest Post by Srikanth
Looking for common chat acronyms, smileys and emoticons? Micro-blogging and text messaging are the hottest trends now a days with the up come of websites like Twitter, Facebook, etc., which allows you to post short messages limited in number of characters. To make the most of the available characters, using short forms of words, acronyms and emoticons is a brilliant idea and most of the people use these short forms in chatting and IM’s.
While you are chatting online using an instant messenger or via SMS you need to work out your fingers really fast on the keyboard to keep up with the chat. By using short forms and symbols this task is really easy but most of the users do not know the meaning or which short forms to use. Online gamers also use these short forms to stay in contact with their friends.
SMS & Chat: Acronyms, Smileys, Emoticons
Herein are the most used short forms and symbols in chatting.
| Starting with the numbers: | |
| 121 | - One-to-one |
| 143 | - I love you |
| 2G2BT | - Too good to be true |
| 2MI | - Too much information |
| 2NTE | - Tonight |
| 4 | - for |
| 9 | - Parent is watching |
| Special characters | |
| ? | - I have a question/ I don’t understand what you mean |
| ?4U | - I have a question for you |
| ;S | - Gentle warning, like “Hmm? what did you say?” |
| ^^ | - Meaning read line or message above |
| ^5 | - high five |
| <3 | - Meaning sideways heart (love, friendship) |
| <33 | - Meaning heart or love (more 3s is a bigger heart) |
| <s> | - smile |
| <w> | - wink |
| *g* | - giggles |
| @-/- | - a rose |
| :-) | - smile |
| <:-| | - curious |
| :~) | - cute |
| :-} | - embarrassed |
| :,-( or ;’-( | - to cry |
| >:-( | - angry |
| :-O | - shouting, or shocked |
| ;-P | - sticking tongue out |
| :-( | - sad |
| Short Forms / Acronyms |
|
| A3 | - Anytime, anywhere, anyplace |
| AA | - As above |
| AAP | - Always a pleasure |
| ACK | - Acknowledge |
| ACPT | - Accept |
| AND | - any day now |
| AFK | - Away from keyboard |
| AH | - At home |
| ASAP | - As Soon As Possible |
| ASL | - Age/Sex/Location |
| AT | - At your terminal |
| B | - Back |
| B2W | - Back to work |
| B4 | - before |
| BBL | - be back later |
| BF | - boyfriend or best friend |
| BFN | - bye for now |
| BTW | - by the way |
| BDAY | - Birthday |
| BOL | - Best of luck |
| BRB | - Be right back |
| CAM | - Camera |
| CM | - Call me |
| CSL | - Can’t stop laughing |
| CU | - See you |
| DH | - Dear |
| D/L | - Download |
| DM | - Direct message |
| DUR | - Do you remember? |
| E1 | - Everyone |
| EMA | - E-mail address |
| EZ | - Easy |
| F2F | - Face to face |
| FW | - Forward |
| G | - Grin, Giggle |
| GN | - Good night |
| HF | - Have fun |
| HRU | - How are you? |
| I2 | - I too (me too) |
| IB | - I’m back |
| IC | - I see |
| IK | - I know |
| ILY | - I love you |
| IM | - Instant message |
| IMS | - I am sorry |
| JW | - Just wondering |
| JK | - Just Kidding |
| KB | - Keyboard |
| L2G | - Like to go? |
| LOL | - Laughing out loud |
| LOTI | - Laughing on the inside |
| LVM | - Left voice mail |
| N1 | - Nice one |
| NE1 | - Anyone |
| NT | - Nice try |
| NVM | - Never mind |
| NVR | - Never |
| OOH | - Out of here |
| PCM | - Please call me |
| PIC | - Picture |
| PLS or PLZ | - Please |
| PM | - Private Message |
| POS | - Parent over shoulder |
| PZA | - Pizza |
| RU | - Are you? |
| RX | - Regards |
| S2S | - Sorry to say |
| SC | - Stay cool |
| SH^ | - Shut up |
| SIT | - Stay in touch |
| SOS | - Meaning help |
| SS | - So sorry |
| STW | - Search the Web |
| SUP | - What’s up? |
| SYS | - See you soon |
| THX | - Thanks |
| TY | - Thank you |
| U | - You |
| UL | - Upload |
| UNA | - Use no acronyms |
| UR | - Your / you’re |
| VIP | - Very important person |
| VRY | - Very |
| W@ | - What? |
| W3 | - WWW |
| WAS | - Wait a second |
| W/B | - Write back |
| WB | - Welcome back |
| WC | - Welcome, Who cares |
| WKD | - Weekend |
| WU | - What’s up? |
| WUF | - Where are you from? |
| XD | - really hard laugh |
| XLNT | - Excellent |
| Y? | - Why? |
| YR | - Yeah right |
| YW | - You’re welcome |
| Z | - Zero |
| ZUP | - What’s up? |
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Now I know exactly why Gen Y can’t write in English.
Great post and people will find this very useful but i prefer to write properly and avoid as much of the small jargon as i can.
kind regards
sam
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Wow, I’ve never use such a short cut or short form there. That’s a lot!
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