Giant List Of Chat Abbreviations Used In IM, SMS, Texting And Sexting Communications

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If you’ve spent anytime using digital technology to communicate with people, then you’ve probably seen or used some common chat abbreviations like LOL or OMG.

With hundreds of millions of people texting regularly, it’s no wonder you’ve seen this cryptic looking code! Commonly used wherever people get online, including texting and chat rooms, chat abbreviations help us communicate faster using less typing. There are tons of different technologies where you can use chat abbreviations including IM, SMS, message boards, dating sites, smartphone apps, games, newsgroup postings, chat rooms, blog comments, and social media to name a few.

List Of Chat Abbreviations

Since the early days of the Internet, chat acronyms have been an important part of Internet culture. If you don’t understand some of the more common chat abbreviations, then you better wake it up. If you don’t learn some of these chat abbreviations soon, the next time you get an instant message or SMS, you might not understand it. Worse yet, it might be from your Grandmother.

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CHAT ACRONYMS	COMMON TRANSLATION	ALTERNATE MEANING / JOKE
AAB	Average At Best	Abort at birth
AFAIK	As far as I know	All faries are incredible knitters
AFK	Away from keyboard	Anyone feeling kinky?
AITR	Adult in the room	am i totally retarded?
AKA	Also known as
ASAP	As soon as possible
ASL	Age, sex, location	Anal sex lovers
B4	Before
BAK	Back at keyboard
BARF	Big assed round female	barf?
BBL	Be back later	Big breasted lady
BBS	Be Back Soon	Big bald stud
BBW	Big Bouncing Woman
BCNU	Be seeing you
BDG	Big d**ked guy
BFN	Bye for now	Big F***ing N**ger
BOHIC	Bend over here it comes
BRB	Be right back	British rule Britian
BRBack	Be Right Back
BSOD	Blue Screen of Death, a computer crash.	Big sloppy obease dork
BTBB	Born yo Be Bad
BTDT	Been There Done That	Butt Turds Damn Tasty
BTDT	Been There Done That
BTW	by the way	butts that wiggle
BYOH	Bat you on the head
C2C	C**t to c**t	c**k to c**k
CFV	Call for votes
CRS	Can’t remember s**t
CU	See you	Cornell University
CUL	See you Later
CUL8R	See you later
DN	Dark Net (network of hacked, “Zombie” computers
DYJHIW	Don’t you just hate it when…
DYS?	Do you suck
EG	Evil grin	exempli gratia (Latin for “for example”)
F&R	F**k and Run
F2F	Face to face
FAQ	Frequently Asked Question
FFS	For F***ing Sake
FOAD	F*** off and Die
FUBAR	F***ed up beyond 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
GILF	Girl I’d Like to F**k
gmta	Great minds think alike	gotta make turds again
GR&D	Grinning, running & ducking
gtg	Got to go	going to grease-up
H	Hug
HB	Hug back
HH	Holding hands	hairy hard-on
HHOJ/K	Ha Ha, Only Joking/Kidding
HHOS	Ha Ha, Only Serious
HI-5	high five	H.I.V.
HIWTH	Hate it when that happens
IAE	In any event
IANAL	I am not a lawyer	im anal
IBN	I’m Buck Naked!	I’ve been nutered
IDK	I don’t know
iirc	If I recall correctly	is it really crusty
IMHO	In My Humble Opinion	in my hairy orifice
IMNSHO	In my not so humble opinion	in my not so hairy oriface
IMO	in my opinion	In my orifice
IOM	I Open Mouth (An invitation for cyber or real life oral sex)
IOW	In other words
IRL	In Real Life
IYKWIM	If you know what I mean
J/K	Just kidding	Jacking (As in masturbation)
J/O	Jacking Off
JAM	Just a Minute
JASE	Just another system error
JB	Jail Bate (underage)	Jew Baiter (anti-semite who speaks publicly)
K	ok	kiss
KB	Kiss back
KIS	Keep it simple	kids in sin
KOD	Kiss Of Death
KOF	Keep on Fu**ing
KOTC	Kiss on the cheek
L	laugh
L8R	later
l8ter	later	later
LMAO	Laughing my a** off
LMIRL	Let’s Meet in Real Life
LOL	Laughs Out Loud	Licks on Labia
LYLAB/S	Love You Like A Brother/Sister
MALWARE	MALicious SoftWARE
METH	Crystal methamphetamine
MILF	Mother I’d like to f**k
MORF	Male or female
MOTAS	Members of the appropriate sex
MOTOS	Members of the opposite sex
MOTSS	Members of the same sex
MUD	Multi User Dungeon
N2N	Not Tonight
NFW	No F***ing way
NIFOC	Naked in Front of Computer
NP	No problem	no pants
nrn	No response necessary	need rusty noodles
NRN	No reply necessary
NSN	Need Sex Now
OBER	Old big enormous rod
OBTW	Oh, by the way
OIC	Oh, I see
OMG	Old men’s goodies
OTOH	On the other hand
otp	On the phone	old tiny people
OTT	Over the Top
PD	Public domain
PHAT	Pretty hot and tempting	fat
PITA	Pain in the a**
PLOS	Parents looking over shoulder
PMFJI	Pardon me for jumping in (same as above)
PMJI	Pardon me, Jumping in (when you interrupt a conversation)
POS	Parents over shoulder
POTC	Peck on the cheek
PTL	Praise the Lord
RC	Recular Cut slang for Circumcised.
REHI	Hello again
RFD	Request for discussion
RMHB	Ride me hard baby
rotfl	Rolling on the floor laughing	really old turds float longer
ROTFL	Rolling on the Floor Laughing (also ROFL)
ROTFLMAO	Roll on the floor laughing my a** off
RSN	Real soon now
RTFM	Read The F***ing Manual
RUOK	Are you OK?
S	Smile
SB	Smiles back
SIG	Shorthand for the NAZI salute, Sig Heil
SITD	Still in the dark
SNAFU	Situation normal, all F****ed up
SO	Significant other
SOL	S*** outta luck
SS	Nazi	Sword Swallower (a sexual reference)
STFU	Shut the F*** Up
sup	what’s up?	sipping urine proudly
SW	Shareware
SYD	So’s Your Dad
SYL	See you later
SYM	So’s your Mom
sys	See you soon	stupid? yes stupid
tafn	That’s all for now	talk and fart normally
TARFU	Things are really f***ed up
TGIF	Thank God it’s Friday
TIA	Thanks in advance
TIC	Tongue in cheek
TNX	Thanks
TNX 1.0E6	Thanks a million
TTFN	Ta ta for now	Toupeees that feel natural
TTFN	Ta Ta for Now
ttyl	Talk to you later	tiny terds yelling loudly
TTYL	Talk to You Later
UFIA	Unsolicited Finger in the Anus
UFIP	Unsolicited Finger in the P***y
UFIU	Unsolicited Finger in the Urethra (Not actually possible, but a common Gay fantasy)
VEG	Very evil grin
VES	Very evil smile
VWG	Very wicked grin
VWS	Very wicked smile
W	Wink
WAREZ	Software that’s been stolen, illegal software
WG	Wicked grin
WRT	With regard to (also with respect to)
WTF	What the f**k
WTH	What the hell
WTHDTM	What the hell does that mean
X	Ecstasy
YAH / YAW	You’re a Whore
YKYBOTLW	You know you’ve been on-line too long when…
YR, Y/R	Yeah, Right
yt	You there?	yummy turtles