A few years ago we did a post on online acronyms – well the world has changed quite a bit since fall of 2008 and us parents have a whole new language we need to get  "hip" too, and keep up with, as kids change faster than we can spit these days.   So here is your Back to School 2011 Chat Lingo – to english dictionary – you might be disgusted, offended, or humbled either way you NEED to know and we all need to learn how to write an actual letter with hand written spelled out words before our entire dictionary becomes an acronym.

So get out your reading glasses and saddle up – we now have over 500 acronyms to try to make sense of!  HTH!  If you would prefer more info in a downloadable pdf then here is your  Free Report for Parents - _Chat Lingo Guide

 

.02        Your (or my) two cents worth.

10X        Thanks

2MI        Too much information

2U2        To You Too

4COL For Crying Out Loud

420        let's get high

420        got weed?

<chuckle> the speaker chuckles

<frown>    the speaker is frowning

<g>        Grin

<grin> the speaker is grinning

<smile> the one writing the message is smiling

<smirk> the one writing the message is smirking

<wink> the one writing the message is winking

[$X$] No spam !!

JK        Just Kidding

?         I have a question

?RUD What are you doing?

!         I have a comment

A-OLs Administrators On-Line

AAMOF As A Matter Of Fact

ADN Any Day Now

AFAIC As Far As I'm Concerned

AFAIK As Far As I Know

AFAIR As Far As I Remember

AFJ         April Fools Joke

AFK         Away From the Keyboard

AISI         As I See It

ANFAWFOS And Now For A Word From Our Sponsor

ANFSCD And Now For Something Completely Different

AS          Another Subject

ASAP As Soon As Possible

ASAYGT As Soon As You Get This

ASL         Age, Sex, Location

ASLA Age, Sex, Location, Availability

ATSL Along The Same Line

AV        Audio Visual

AV        Anti-Virus

AWC After While, Crocodile

AWGTHTGTTA Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again?

AWHFY Are We Having Fun Yet?

AWTTW A Word To The Wise

AYOR At Your Own Risk

B4N Bye For Now

BAC Bad A**ed Chick

BAK         Back At Keyboard

BBFN Bye Bye For Now

BBIAB Be Back In A Bit

BBIAF Be Back In A Few

BBL         Be Back Later

BBR Burnt Beyond Repair

BC         Because

BCNU Be seein’ you

BEG Big Evil Grin

BF         Boy Friend

BFN Bye For Now

BFD Big Frickin Deal

BFF         Best Friends Forever

BIF    Before I Forget

BION Believe it or not

BOBFOC Body Off Baywatch, Face Off Crimewatch

BOHICA Bend Over, Here It Comes Again

BOT Back On Topic

BRB Be Right Back

BRS Big Red Switch

BTA But Then Again

BTAIM Be That As It May

BTHOM Beats The Hell Outta Me

BTOBD Be There Or Be Dead

BTW By The Way

BWL Bursting With Laughter

BWQ Buzz Word Quotient

BYE Response to BYE?

BYE? Are you ready to say goodbye?

BYKT But You Knew That

BYOB Bring Your Own Bottle

BYOM Bring Your Own Mac

C&G Chuckle and Grin

CADET Can't Add, Doesn't Even Try

CID Crying In Disgrace

CMIIW Correct Me If I’m Wrong

CO Conference or Company

CPP C Plus Plus or C++

CRS Can't Remember Sh**

CSG Chuckle, Snicker, Grin

CU See You

CU2 See You, Too

CUL See you later

CUL8R See You Later

CULA See You Later, Alligator

CWYL Chat With You Later

CYA See Ya or Cover Your Ass

CYAL8R See You All Later

CYOA Cover Your Own Ass

D8 Date

DAC Duck And Cover

DAU Dosen't Add Up

DIIK Damned If I Know

DIKU? Do I Know You?

DILLIGAD Do I Look Like I Give A Darnn?

DIY Do It Yourself

DK Don’t Know

DLTBBB Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite

DNFTT Do Not Feed The Trolls

otgov A government official (from the .gov of government domain names)

DTRT Do The Right Thing

DWIMC Do What I Mean, Correctly

DWIMNWIS Do What I Mean, Not What I Say

EG or <eg> Evil Grin

EOL End of Life

EPIF Epic Failure

ESAD Eat Sh** And Die

ETLA Extended Three Letter Acronym

F2F Face To Face

FCFS First Come, First Served

FISH First In, Still Here

FICAR Forget It, Cut And Run

FITB Fill In The Blank

FOAD F*** off and die

FOAF Friend Of A Friend

FOAG **** Off And Google

FOMC Fell Off My Chair

FS For Sale

FTASB Faster Than A Speeding Bullet

F2F Face to Face

FTF Face To Face

FTL Faster Than Light

FUBAR Fouled Up Beyond All Repair

FUBB Fouled Up Beyond Belief

FUD Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt

FURTB Full Up Ready To Burst

FWIW For What It’s Worth

FYA For Your Amusement

FYI For Your Information

G Grin, or Giggle

G1 Good One

G2G Got to Go

GA Go Ahead

GAL Get A Life

GD&R Grinning, Ducking and Running

GD&RF Grinning, Ducking and Running Fast

GD&WVF Grinning, Ducking, and Walking Very Fast

GDW Grin, Duck and Weave

GF Girl Friend

GFN Gone For Now

GFR Grim File Reaper

GG Good Game

GGP Gotta Go Pee

GIDK Gee I Don't Know

GIWIST Gee, I Wish I’d Said That

GJ Good Job

GL Good Luck

GLGH Good Luck and Good Hunting

GLWTN Guffawing loudly waking up the neighborhood

GMTA Great Minds Think Alike

GNU Good, N' You?

GO Get Out or Get Off

GOYFA Get Off Your Fat Ass

GOWI Get On With It

GR8 Great

GR&D Grinning, Running and Ducking

GTFO Get The F*** Out or Off

GTG Got To Go

GTSY Great To See You

H&K Hugs and Kisses

H4U Hot For You

HAGD Have A Great Day

HAK Hugs And Kisses

HAND Have A Nice Day

HDYLTA How Do You Like Them Apples?

HHIS Hanging Head In Shame

HHOJ Ha Ha Only Joking

HHOK Ha Ha Only Kidding

HHOS Ha Ha Only Serious

HHTYAY Happy Holidays to You and Yours

HNY Happy New Year

HOAS Hang On A Sec (Second)

HOYEW Hanging On Your Every Word

HSIK How Should I Know

HT Hi There

HBASTD Hitting Bottom And Starting To Dig

HTH Hope That Helps!

IAC In Any Case

IAE In Any Event

IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer (but ) A disclaimer which is usually followed by a legal opinion

IAW In Accordance With

IBK Idiot Behind Keyboard

IBTD I Beg To Differ

IC I See

IDK I Don't Know

IDKTMWIM I Don't Know Tell Me What It Means

IDR I Don't Remember

IIABDFI If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It

IIRC If I Remember Correctly

IIWM If It Were Me

IJWTK I Just Want To Know

IJWTS I Just Want To Say

IKWR I Know What's Right

IKWUM I Know What You Mean

IKYABWAI I Know You Are But What Am I?

IMA I Might Add

IMAO In My Arrogant Opinion

IMCO In My Considered Opinion

IME In My Experience

IMHO In My Humble Opinion

IMN2U I'm Into You

IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion

IMO In My Opinion

IMPOV In My Point Of View

IMS In a Manner of Speaking

INPO In No Particular Order

IOH I'm Outta Here

IOHE4U I Only Have Eyes For You

IOW In Other Words

IRL In Real Life

ISS I’m So Sure

ISSYGTI I’m So Sure You Get The Idea!

ISWYM I See What You Mean

ITFA In The Final Analysis

ITSFWI If The Shoe Fits Wear It

IWALU I Will Always Love You

IWBNI It Would Be Nice If

IWTAAQ I Want To Ask A Question

IYFEG Insert Your Favorite Ethnic Group

IYSS If You Say So

IYSWIM If You See What I Mean

J4F Just For Fun

JAM Just A Minute

JAS Just A Second

JC Just Chilling

JFI Just For Information

JIC Just In Case

JK Just Kidding

JMO Just My Opinion

JTLYK Just To Let You Know

JWK Just Wondering

K Okay

KHYF Know How You Feel

KIBO Knowledge In, Bullshit Out

KISS Keep It Simple, Stupid

KIT Keep In Touch

KMA Kiss My Ass

KMIA Kiss My Italian Ass

KPC Keep Parents Clueless

KWIM Know What I Mean?

KWL Cool

KYFC Keep Your Fingers Crossed

L Laugh

L8R Later

LABATYD or LAB&TYD Life's A Bitch And Then You Die

LJBF Let’s Just Be Friends

LLTA Lots and Lots of Thunderous Applause

LMA Leave Me Alone

LMAO Laughing My Ass Off

LMBO Laugh My Butt Off

LMHO Laughing My Head Off

LMK Let Me Know

LMS Let Me See

LOLV Lot's Of LoVe

LOL Lots Of Luck

LOL Laughing Out Loud

LOM Laugh Out Major

LOML Love Of My Life

LQL Laughing Quite Loudly

LSHMBH Laughing So Hard My Belly Hurts

LTHTT Laughing Too Hard To Type

LTM Laughing To Myself

LTNS Long Time No See

LTNT Long Time, No Type

LQTM Laughing Quietly To Myself

LTS Laughing to Self

LUWAMH Love You With All My Heart

LY Love You

LYLAB Love You Like A Brother

LYLAS Love You Like A Sister

LYMY Love You Miss You

M8 Mate

MEGO My Eyes Glaze Over

M/ Heavy Metal Music

MLA Multiple Letter Acronym

MOF Matter Of Fact

MOS Mom Over Shoulder

MOSS Member Of Same Sex

MOTAS Member Of The Appropriate Sex

MOTD Message of the day

MOTOS Member Of The Opposite Sex

MOTSS Member Of The Same Sex

MRA Moving Right Along

MTFBWY May The Force Be With You

MYOB Mind Your Own Business

NAC Not A Clue

NAVY Never Again Voluneer Yourself

NBD No Big Deal

NE14KFC? Anyone for KFC?

NFW No Freakin Way

NFW No Friggin Way

NHOH Never Heard Of Him/Her

NIH Not Invented Here

NIMBY Not In My Back Yard

NINO Nothing In, Nothing Out or No Input, No Output

NITL Not In This Lifetime

NM Never Mind

NOYB None Of Your Business

NP No Problem

NQA No Questions Asked

NRN No Response Necessary

NTIM Not That It Matters

NTIMM Not That It Matters Much

NTW Not To Worry

NTYMI Now That You Mention It

O Over (indicates the end of a communication)

OATUS On A Totally Unrelated Subject

OAUS On An Unrelated Subject

OB Obligatory

OBO Or Best Offer

OBTW Oh, By The Way

OIC Oh, I See

OMFG Oh My Friggin God

OMG Oh My God

ONNA Oh No, Not Again

ONNTA Oh No, Not This Again

ONYD Oh No, You Didn't

OO Over and Out (end of communication)

OOTC Obligatory On-Topic Comment

OST On Second Thought

OTF On the Floor (laughing)

OTFL On the Floor Laughing

OTL Out To Lunch

OTOH On The Other Hand

OTOOH On The Other Other Hand

OTT Over The Top

OTTH On The Third Hand

OTTOMH Off The Top Of My Head

OWTTE Or Words To That Effect

P911 Parent Alert Change Subject

PABG Packing a Big Gun

PCMCIA People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms

PCT Podcasting

PD Public Domain

PDS Please Don't Shout. (typing all in capital letters is rude)

PEBCAK Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard

PITA Pain In The Ass

PLOKTA Press Lots Of Keys To Abort

PMBI Pardon My Butting In

PMF Pardon My French or Pure Freaking Magic

PMFBI Pardon Me For Butting In

PMFJI Pardon Me For Jumping In

PMIGBOM Put Mind In Gear, Before Opening Mouth

PMJI Pardon My Jumping In

PMP Peeing My Pants

PNCAH Please, No Cursing Allowed Here

POC Piece Of Crap

POS Parent Over Shoulder

POS Piece of S**t

POSSLQ Person Of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters

POTUS President of the United States

PPL People

PTMM Please Tell Me More

QT Cutie

R U THERE? Are you there?

RAEBNC Read And Enjoyed, But No Comment

RE Hello again or In Regard To

REHI Hi again

RHIP Rank Has Its Privileges

RL Real Life

RLCO Real Life Conference

ROFL Rolling On Floor Laughing

ROFLAS Rolling On Floor Laughing And Screaming

ROFLMAO Roll On Floor Laughing My Ass Off

ROFLOL Roll On Floor Laughing Out Loud

ROTF Rolling On The Floor

ROI Return on Investment

ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing

ROTFLMAOTID Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off Till I Die

ROTFLOL Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud

ROTFLOLAPMP Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud And Peeing My Pants

ROTFLTIC Rolling On The Floor Laughing Till I Cry

RRQ Return Receipt Request

RSN Real Soon Now

RSVP Respondez S'il Vous Plait – please reply

RTBM Read The Bloody Manual

RTFAQ Read The Frequently Asked Questions

RTFF Read The Freaking FAQ

RTFM Read The F—— Manual

RTM Read The Manual

RTSM Read The Silly Manual

RTWFQ Read The Whole Friggin' Question

RTWT Read The Whole Thing (blog term)

RYFM Read Your Friendly Manual

RYS Read Your Screen

S Smile

SAPFU Surpassing All Previous Foul Ups

SCNR Sorry, Could Not Resist

SEC Wait a second

SETE Smiling Ear To Ear

SFLA Stupid Four Letter Acronym

SICS Sitting In Chair Snickering

SLM See Last Mail

SMOP Small Matter of Programming

SNAFU Situation Normal: All Fouled Up

SO Significant Other

SOB Stressd Out Bigtime

SOL SH** Out Of Luck

SOS Same Old Stuff or Help!

SOW Speaking Of Which

SSDD Same Stuff Different Day

STN Spend The Night

SUFID Screwing Up Face In Disgust

SUL Snooze You Loose

SWAK Sealed With A Kiss

SWIM See What I Mean?

SWL Screaming With Laughter

SYS See You Soon

TAF That's All, Folks!

TAFN That’s All For Now

TAKS That's a knee slapper

TANJ There Ain’t No Justice

TANSTAAFL There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

TARFU Things Are Really Fouled Up

TBD To Be Decided

TBYB Try Before You Buy

TCO Total Cost of Ownership

TDM Too Darn Many

TFS Three Finger Salute (Ctl-Alt-Del)

TFTHAOT Thanks For The Help Ahead Of Time

TFTT Thanks For The Thought

TGAL Think Globally, Act Locally

THX Thanks

TIA Thanks In Advance

TIC Tongue In Cheek

TINWIS That Is Not What I Said

TMI Too Much Information

TNSTAAFL There's No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

TNTL Trying Not To Laugh

TNX Thanks

TNXE6 Thanks A Million

TOBAL There Oughta Be A Law

TOBG This Oughta Be Good

TOMA Take Over My Arse/Ass

TOY Thinking Of You

TPTB The Powers That Be

TRDMC Tears Running Down My Cheeks

TS Totally Stinks

TSR Totally Stupid Rules

TTBOMK To The Best Of My Knowledge

TTFN Ta Ta For Now

TTKSF Trying To Keep a Straight Face

TTUL Talk To You Later

TTTT To Tell The Truth

TTYAWFN Talk To You A While From Now

TTYL Talk To You Later

TTYS Talk To You Soon

TTYT Talk To You Tomorrow

TYCLO Turn Your CAPS LOCK Off (Stop Shouting)

TYVM Thank You Very Much

UOK Are You OK?

UOM You Owe Me

UOMBT You Owe Me Big Time

UR Your, You're (You Are)

WAEF When All Else Fails

WAG Wild Assed Guess

WAYD What Are You Doing?

WB Welcome Back

WDALYIC Who died and left you in charge?

WDYMBT What Do You Mean By That?

WDYT What Do You Think?

WE Whatever

WHT What Happened To

WHT Whatever Happened To

WIBAMU Well, I'll Be A Monkey's Uncle

WIBNI Wouldn’t It Be Nice If

WMMOWS Wash My Mouth Out With Soap

WNOHGB Where No One Has Gone Before

WOA Work Of Art

W00T We Owned the Other Team

WOTAM Waste Of Time And Money

WRT With Regard To, or With Respect To

WRUD What Are You Doing

WT Without Thinking

WTB Want To Buy

WTF What The F***?

WTFIYP What The F*** Is Your Problem?

WTG Way To Go!

WTGP Want To Go Private?

WTH What the heck/hell?

WTMI Way Too Much Information

WTN What then now?

WTN Who then now?

WTTM Without Thinking Too Much

WUM Watch Your Mouth

WWJD What Would Jesus Do?

WWYD What Would You Do?

WYM Watch Your Mouth

XOXOXO Kisses and hugs

YABA Yet Another Bloody Acronym

YAOTM Yet Another Off-Topic Message

YAUN Yet Another Unix Nerd

YBYSA You Bet Your Sweet A**

YGLT You're Gonna Love This

YGTI You Get The Idea?

YGTBK You've Got To Be Kidding

YGWYPF You Get What You Pay For

YIU Yes, I Understand

YIWGP Yes, I Will Go Private

YKYARW You Know You're A Redneck When

YKWIM You know what I mean

YMMV Your Mileage May Vary (or your experience could be different)