Using acronyms as a shorthand for phrases in e-mail, instant messages and chat; for example, BTW for "by the way" and IMHO for "in my humble opinion." The acronyms have turned into a new language called "digispeak," "geekspeak," "Internet speak," "Webspeak" and "IMglish." Following is a list of popular digispeak acronyms.
AFAIK As far as I know. AFK Away from keyboard. A/S/L Age, sex, location. ATM At the moment. AWGTHTGTTA Are we going to have to go through this again. AYT Are you there. BBL Be back later. BFF Best friend forever. BFN Bye for now. BRB Be right back. BTDT Been there, done that. BTW By the way. CUL See you later. DETI Don't even think it. DQMOT Don't quote me on this. EBCAK Error between chair and keyboard. EBKAC Error between keyboard and chair. F2F Face to face. FOAF Friend of a friend. FWIW For what it's worth. FYI For your information. GAL Get a life. GD&R Grinning, ducking and running. GMTA Great minds think alike. HB Hurry back. HHOK Ha, ha, only kidding. IANAL I am not a laywer, but... IAW In accordance with. IMCO In my considered opinion. IMHO In my humble opinion. IMO In my opinion. IOW In other words. JK Just kidding. JOOTT Just one of those things. KK Okay, all right. KPC Keeping parents clueless. LMAO Laughing my ass off. LOL Lots of luck. LMIRL Let's meet in real life. LYLAS Love ya like a sister. MYOB Mind your own business. MWA A kiss (the sound of "mwa.") N2M Not too much. NALOPKT Not a lot of people know this. NIH Not invented here. OIC Oh, I see. OMG Oh my God! OTOH On the other hand. OTP On the phone. PAL Parents are listening. PEBCAK Problem exists between chair and keyboard. PEBKAC Problem exists between keyboard and chair. PIR Parents in room. PITA Pain in the ass. PLBCAK Problem lies between chair and keyboard. PLBKAC Problem lies between keyboard and chair. PMJI Pardon my jumping in. POS Parent over shoulder. PRW Parents are watching. PTG&LI Playing the game and loving it. RL Real life. ROFL Rolling on the floor laughing. STFU Shut the f*** up! SUP What's up? TANSTAAFL There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. TIA Thanks in advance. TMTH Too much to handle. TTFN Ta, ta for now (goodbye). TTT Thought that too. TTYL Talk to you later. TU Thank you. TY Thank you. WFM Works for me. YT You there?
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