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Comprehensive IM Shorthand List
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@TEOTD [TOP] At The End Of The Day
14AA41
One for All and All for One
2B or not 2B
To Be Or Not To Be
2NITE
Tonight
411
it means: info
4ever
Forever
86
Out Of or Over
A/S/L [TOP]
Age/Sex/Location
AAAAA
American Association Against Acronym Abuse
AAF
As A Friend
AAK
Asleep At Keyboard
AAMOF
As A Matter Of Fact
AAMOI
As A Matter Of Interest
AAR
At Any Rate
AAR8
At Any Rate
AAS
Alive And Smiling
AATK
Always At The Keyboard
AAYF
As Always, Your Friend
AB
Ass Backwards
ABITHIWTIDB
A bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush
ABT2
About To
ACD
Alt Control Delete
ACE
Access Control Entry
ACK
Acknowledgement
ADAD
Another Day Another Dollar
ADBB
All Done Bye Bye
ADIH
Another Day In Hell
ADIP
Another Day In Paradise
ADR
Address
AEAP
As Early As Possible
AFAGAY
A Friend As Good As You
AFAHMASP
A Fool And His Money Are Soon Parted
AFAIC
As Far As I'm Concerned
AFAICS
As Far As I Can See
AFAICT
As far As I can Tell
AFAIK
As Far As I Know
AFAIU
As Far As I Understand
AFAIUI
As Far As I Understand It
AFAP
As Far As Possible
AFAYC
As Far As You're Concerned
AFC
Away From Computer
AFDN
Any F***ing Day Now
AFIAA
As Far As I Am Aware
AFINIAFI
A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed
AFK
Away From Keyboard
AFZ
Acronym free zone
AGKWE
And God Knows What Else
AIAMU
And I'm A Monkey's Uncle
AIH
As It Happens
AIMB
As I Mentioned Before
AIMP
Always In My Prayers
AISE
As I Said Earlier
AISI
As I See It
AKA or a.k.a.
Also Known As
ALAP
As Late As Possible
ALOL
Actually Laughing Out Loud
ALTG
Act Locally, Think Globally
AMAP
As Many As Possible
AMBW
All My Best Wishes
AML
All My Love
AND
Any day now
ANFAWFOWS
And Now For A Word Word From Our Web Sponsor
ANFSCD
And Now For Something Completely Different
AOAS
All Of A Sudden
AOB
Abuse Of Bandwidth
AP
Apple Pie
ASAFP
As Soon As "Friggin" Possible
ASAP
As Soon As Possible
ASL
Age/Sex/Location
ASLMH
Age/Sex/Location/Music/Hobbies
ATST
At The Same Time
ATW
All the Web or Around the Web
AWGTHTGTTA
Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again
AWGTHTGTTSA
Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Sh** Again
AWOL
Absent Without Leave
AYK
As You Know
AYSOS
Are You Stupid Or Something
AYTMTB
And You're Telling Me This Because?
B/C [TOP]
Because
B4
Before
B4N
Bye For Now
B4U
Before You
B4YKI
Before You Know It
BAG
Bursting A Gut
BAK
Back At my Keyboard
BAU
Business As Usual
BB4N
Bye-Bye for Now
BBBG
Bye Bye Be Good
BBFBBM
Body By Fisher, Brains By Mattel
BBFN
Bye-Bye for Now
BBIAB
Be Back In A Bit
BBIAF
Be Back In A Few
BBIAS
Be Back In A Sec
BBIAW
Be Back In A While
BBL
Be Back Later
BBN
Bye Bye Now
BBSD
Be Back Soon Darling
BBSL
Be Back Sooner or Later
BBT
Be Back Tomorrow
BCBS
Big Company, Big School
BCNU
Be Seein' You
BCOZ
Because
BD
Big Deal
BDC
Big Dumb Company or Big Dot Com
BDN
Big Damn Number
BEOS
Nudge
BFD
Big F***ing Deal
BFF
Best Friends Forever
BFN
Bye For Now
BHOF
Bald Headed Old Fart
BIF
Basis In Fact or Before I Forget
BIOYN
Blow it Out Your Nose
BITD
Back In The Day
BKA
Better Known As
BM
Byte Me
BMOTA
Byte Me On The Ass
BNF
Big Name Fan
BOHICA
Bend Over Here It Comes Again
BR
Bathroom
BRB
Be Right Back
BRT
Be Right There
BS
Big Smile
BSF
But Seriously, Folks
BT
Byte This
BTA
But Then Again or Before The Attacks
BTDT
Been There Done That
BTDTGTS
Been There, Done That, Got The T-shirt
BTHOOM
Beats The Heck Out Of Me
BTSOOM
Beats The Sh** Out Of Me
BTW
By The Way
BTWBO
Be There With Bells On
BW
Best Wishes
BWDIK
But What Do I Know?
BWO
Black, White or Other
BYKT
But you Knew That
C/P [TOP]
Cross Post
CB
Chat brat
CFV
Call For Vote
CIAO
Goodbye (in Italian)
CID
Consider It Done
CIS
CompuServe Information Service
CMF
Count My Fingers
CMIW
Correct Me if I'm Wrong
COB
Close Of Business
CofS
Church of Scientology
C-P
Sleepy
CRAFT
Can't Remember A F***ing Thing
CRAP
Cheap Redundant Assorted Products
CRAT
Can't Remember A Thing
CRAWS
Can't Remember Anything Worth A Sh**
CRTLA
Can't Remember the Three-Letter Acronym
CSL
Can't Stop Laughing
C-T
City
CTC
Choking The Chicken
CU
See You
CUL
See You Later
CUL8ER
See You Later
CUL8R
See You Later
CUNS
See You In School!
CWYL
Chat With You Later
CY
Calm Yourself
CYA
Cover Your Ass
CYL
See You Later
CYT
See You Tomorrow
DARFC [TOP]
Ducking And Running For Cover
DBEYR
Don't Believe Everything You Read
DD
Due Diligence
DDD
Direct Distance Dial
DETI
Don't Even Think It
DF
Dear Friend
DGA
Don't Go Anywhere
DGT
Don't Go There
DH
Dear Hubby or Husband
DHYB
Don't Hold Your Breath
DIKU
Do I Know You
DILLIGAD
Do I Look Like I Give A Damn
DILLIGAS
Do I Look Like I Give A Sh**
DIY
Do It Yourself
DKDC
Don't Know Don't Care
DL
Download
DLTM
Don't Lie To Me
DMI
Don't Mention It
DNC
Does Not Compute
DQYDJ
Don't Quit Your Day Job
DRIB
Don't Read If Busy
DUST
Did You See That?
DWYM
Does What You Mean
DYJHIW
Don't You Just Hate it When...
DYOFDW
Do Your Own F***ing Dirty Work
DYSTSOTT
Did You See The Size Of That Thing
E123 [TOP]
Easy as One, Two, Three
EAK
Eating at Keyboard
EG
Evil Grin
EL
Evil Laugh
EM?
Excuse Me?
EOD
End Of Day
EOM
End Of Message
ESO
Equipment Smarter than Operator
EULA
End-User License Agreement
EWI
E-mailing While Intoxicated
EZ
Easy
F2F [TOP]
Face-to-Face
FAB
Features Attributes Benefits
FAQL
Frequently Asked Questions List
FAWC
For Anyone Who Cares
FBKS
Failure Between Keyboard and Seat
FE
Fatal Error
FF
Friends Forever
FF&PN
Fresh Fields and Pastures New
FISH
First in, Still Here
FITB
Fill in the Blanks
FO
F*** Off
FOAF
Friend Of A Friend
FOC
Free of Charge
FOFL
Falling on Floor Laughing
FRED
F*#king Ridiculous Electronic Device
FTASB
Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
FTL
Faster Than Light
FTTB
For The Time Being
FUBAR
F***ed Up Beyond All Recognition
FUBB
F***ed Up Beyond Belief
FUD
Fear, Uncertainty, and Disinformation
FWD
Forward
FWIW
For What It's Worth
FYA
For Your Amusement
FYI
For Your Information
FYIFV
F*#k You I'm Fully Vested
FYM
For Your Misinformation
GA [TOP]
Go Ahead
GAL
Get A Life
GALGAL
Give A Little Get A Little
GBH
Great Big Hug
GD&R
Grinning, Ducking and Running
GG
Good Game (or) Gotta Go
GGN
Gotta Go Now
GIGO
Garbage In, Garbage Out
GIWIST
Gee, I Wish I'd Said That
GL
Good Luck
GLYASDI
God Loves You And So Do I
GMTA
Great Minds Think Alike
GMTFT
Great Minds Think For Themselves
GNBLFY
Got Nothing But Love For You
GOK
God Only Knows
GR&D
Grinning Running And Ducking
GR8
Great
GRRRR
it means Growling
GSOAS
Go Sit On A Snake
GTG
Got To Go
GTGB
Got To Go, Bye
GTGP
Got To Go Pee
GTH
Go To Hell
GTSY
Glad To See Ya
GYPO
Get Your Pants Off
HAGD [TOP]
Have a Great Day
HAGO
Have A Good One
HAK
Hugs And Kisses
HAND
Have a Nice Day
HB
Hurry Back
HD
Hold
HF
Hello, Friend
HHO1/2K
Ha Ha, Only Half Kidding
HHOJ
Ha-Ha, Only Joking
HHOK
Ha Ha, Only Kidding
HHOS
Ha-Ha, Only Being Serious
HHTYAY
Happy Holidays To You And Yours
HIH
Hope It Helps
HIOOC
Help! I'm Out Of Coffee
HOHA
HOllywood HAcker
HTH
Hope This (or That) Helps
HUA
Heads Up Ace
HUGZ
Hugs
HUYA
Head Up Your A**
I 1-D-R [TOP]
I Wonder
IAC
In Any Case
IAC
In Any Case
IAE
In Any Event
IAITS
It's All In The Subject
IANAC
I Am Not A Crook
IANAE
I Am Not an Expert
IANAL
I Am Not A Lawyer
IAT
I Am Tired
IBRB
I Will Be Right Back
IBT
In Between Technology
IBTD
I Beg To Differ
IC
In Character
ICBW
I Could Be Wrong
ID10T
Idiot
IDGAF
I Don't Give A F***
IDGI
I Don't Get It
IDK
I Don't Know
IDKY
I Don't Know You
I-D-L
Ideal
IDM
It Does Not Matter
IDST
I Didn't Say That
IDTS
I Don't Think So
IEF
It's Esther's Fault
IFAB
I Found A Bug
IFU
I F***ed Up
IGGP
I Gotta Go Pee
IGTP
I Get The Point
IHAIM
I Have Another Instant Message
IHNO
I Have No Opinion
IHTFP
I Have Truly Found Paradise or I Hate This F***in Place
IIIO
Intel Inside, Idiot Outside
IIMAD
If It Makes An(y) Difference
IIR
If I Remember or If I Recall
IIRC
If I Remember Correctly or If I Recall Correctly
IIWM
If It Were Me
ILICISCOMK
I Laughed, I Cried, I Spat/Spilt Coffee/Crumbs/Coke On My Keyboard
ILU
I Love You
ILY
I Love You
IM
Instant Messaging
IMHO
In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO
In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO
In My Opinion
IMS
I Am Sorry
INMP
It's Not My Problem
INNW
If Not Now, When
INPO
In No Particular Order
IOH
I'm Outta Here
IOW
In Other Words
IRL
In Real Life
ISS
I Said So
ISTM
It Seems to Me
ISTR
I Seem To Remember
ISWYM
I See What You Mean
ITM
In The Money
IUM
If You Must
IYKWIM
If You Know What I Mean
IYKWIMAITYD
If You Know What I Mean And I Think You Do
IYO
In Your Opinion
IYSS
If You Say So
IYSWIM
If You See What I Mean
J/C [TOP]
Just Checking
J/K
Just Kidding!
J/W
Just Wondering
JAD
Just Another day
JAFO
Just Another F***ing Onlooker
JAM
Just a Minute
JK
Just Kidding
JM2C
Just My 2 Cents
JOOTT
Just One Of Those Things
JT