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Comprehensive IM Shorthand List
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
@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
Just Teasing
K [TOP]
Okay or All Right
KBD
Keyboard
KEWL
Cool
KFY
Kiss For You
KIR
Keep It Real
KISS
Keep It Simple Stupid
KIT
Keep In Touch
KMA
Kiss My Ass
KMRIA
Kiss My Royal Irish Arse
KOK
Knock
KOTC
Kiss On The Cheek
KOTL
Kiss On The Lips
KWIM
Know What I Mean
KYPO
Keep Your Pants On
L8R [TOP]
Later
LAQ
Lame Ass Quote
LD
Long Distance
LDTTWA
Let's Do The Time Warp Again
LIFO
Last In First Out
LLTA
Lots And Lots Of Thunderous Applause
LMAO
Laughing My Ass Off
LMK
Let Me Know
LOL
Laughing Out Loud -or- Lots of Luck (or Love)
LOLA
Laugh Out Loud Again
LOOL
Laughing Outragously Out Loud
LOPSOD
Long On Promises, Short On Delivery
LRF
Little Rubber Feet
LTIC
Laughing 'Til I Cry
LTNS
Long Time No See
LWR
Launch When Ready
LYL
Love Ya Lots
LYLAB
Love You Like a Brother
LYLAS
Love You Like A Sister
M8 or M8s [TOP]
Mate or Mates
MFD
Multi-Function Device
MfG
Mit freundlichen Gruessen
MHBFY
My Heart Bleeds For You
MHOTY
My Hat's Off To You
MIHAP
May I Have Your Attention Please
MILF
Mother I'd Like to F***
MKOP
My Kind Of Place
MM
Market Maker
MMHA2U
My Most Humble Apologies To You
MOMPL
One Moment Please
MOO
Mud, Object-Oriented
MOOS
Member Of The Opposite Sex
MorF
Male or Female?
MOSS
Member Of The Same Sex
MOTAS
Member Of The Appropriate Sex
MOTD
Message Of The Day
MOTSS
Members Of The Same Sex
MSG
Message
MTBF
Mean Time Between Failure
MTFBWY
May The Force Be With You
MUBAR
Messed up Beyond All Recognition
MWBRL
More Will Be Revealed Later
MYOB
Mind Your Own Business
N/A [TOP]
Not Applicable -or- Not Affiliated
N/T
No Text
N1
Nice One
N2M
Not To Mention
NAK
Nursing At Keyboard
NALOPKT
Not A Lot of People Know That
N-A-Y-L
In A While
NAZ
Name, Address, Zip (also means Nasdaq)
NBD
No Big Deal
NBIF
No Basis In Fact
NCG
New College Graduate
N-E-1
Anyone
N-E-1 ER
Anyone Here?
NFI
No F***ing Idea
NFW
No F***ing Way
NG
New Game
NIFOC
Nude In Front Of The Computer
NIM
No Internal Message
NIMBY
Not In My Back Yard
NIMQ
Not In My Queue
NM
Never Mind or Nothing Much
NMP
Not My Problem
NOYB
None Of Your Business
NP
No Problem
NQOCD
Not Quite Our Class Dear
NRG
Energy
NRN
No Reply Necessary
NTK
Nice To Know
NTYMI
Now That You Mention It
NUFF
Enough Said
NW
No Way!
NYCFS
New York City Finger Saluet
OAUS [TOP]
On An Unrelated Subject
OBTW
Oh By The Way
OEM
Original Equipment Manufacturer
OIC
Oh, I see
OK
All Correct
OLL
On-Line Love
OMDB
Over My Dead Body
OMG
Oh My Gosh
OMIK
Open Mouth, Insert Keyboard
ONNA
Oh No, Not Again
ONNTA
Oh No, Not This Again
OOC
Out Of Character
OOF
Out Of Facility
OOI
Out Of Interest
OOO
Out Of Office
OOTB
Out Of The Box -or- Out Of The Blue
OOTC
Obligatory On Topic Comment
OS
Operating System
OT
Off Topic
OTOH
On the Other Hand
OTP
On the Phone
OTT
Over the Top
OTTOMH
Off the Top of my Head
OUSU
Oh, You Shut Up
OWTTE
Or Words To That Effect
OZ
stands for: Australia
P&C [TOP]
Private and Confidential
PANS
Pretty Awesome New Stuff
PD
Public Domain
PDOMA
Pulled Directly Out Of My Ass
PDQ
Pretty Darn Quick
PEBCAK
Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard
PIMP
Peeing In My Pants
PITA
Pain In The Ass
PLS
Please
PM
Personal Message
PMFJI
Pardon Me For Jumping In
PMIGBOM
Put Mind In Gear Before Opening Mouth
PMJI
Pardon My Jumping In
PO
Piss Off
PONA
Person Of No Account
POOF
Good-bye
POS
Parent Over Shoulder
POV
Point of View
PS
Post Script
PU
That Stinks
P-ZA
Pizza
QL [TOP]
Quit Laughing!
QS
Quit Scrolling
QT
Cutie
R&D [TOP]
Research & Development
R&R
Rest & Relaxation
RAT
Remote(ly) Activated Trojan
RBAY
Right Back At Ya
RBTL
Read Between The Lines
RE
Regards or Hello Again
RFD
Request For Discussion
RFR
Really F*#king Rich
RFS
Really F*#king Soon
RKBA
Right to Keep and Bear Arms
RL
Real Life
RLF
Real Life Friend
RMLB
Read My Lips Baby
RMMM
Read My Mail Man!
RN
Right Now!
ROFL
Rolling on the Floor Laughing
ROTFL
Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROTFLMAO
Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off
ROTFLOL
Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud
ROTM
Right On The Money
RSN
Real Soon Now
RTBS
Reason To Be Single
RTFAQ
Read the FAQ File
RTFM
Read The F***ing Manual
RTK
Return To Keyboard
RTM or RTFM
Read The Manual - or - Read The F*#king Manual
RU
Are You?
RUMORF
Are You Male Or Female
RUOK
Are you Okay?
RUUP4IT
Are You Up For It
RX
Regards
RYO
Roll Your Own
S2R [TOP]
Send To Receive
S4L
Spam For Life
SBTA
Sorry, Being Thick Again
SCNR
Sorry, Could Not Resist
SED
Said Enough Darling
SF
Surfer Friendly or Science Fiction
SFAIAA
So Far As I Am Aware
SFETE
Smiling From Ear To Ear
SH
Sh** Happens
SITCOMs
Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage
SITD
Still In The Dark
SLIRK
Smart Little Rich Kid
SMAIM
Send Me An Instant Message
SME
Subject Matter Expert
SMEM
Send Me E-Mail
SNAFU
Situation Normal, All F***ed Up
SNAG
Sensitive New Age Guy
SNERT
Snotty Nosed Egotistical Rotten Teenager
SO
Significant Other (ie., spouse, boy/girlfriend)
SOHF
Sense Of Humor Failure
SOL
Sh** Out of Luck
SOP
Standard Operating Procedure
SorG
Straight or Gay?
SRO
Standing Room Only
SSDD
Same Sh** Different Day
SSEWBA
Someday Soon, Everything Will Be Acronyms
STFU
Shut The F*** Up
STM
Spank The Monkey
STR8
Straight
STYS
Speak To You Soon
SUYF
Shut Up You Fool
SWAG
Scientific Wild Ass Guess
SWAK
Sent (or Sealed) With A Kiss
SWALK
Sealed With A Loving Kiss
SWDYT
So What Do You Think?
SYS
See You Soon
TAFN [TOP]
That Is All for Now
TAH
Take A Hike
TANSTAAFL
There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TARFU
Things Are Really F***ed Up
TAS
Taking A Shower
TBA
To Be Advised
TBC
To Be Continued
TCB
The Trouble Came Back!
TDM
Too Darn Many
TDTM
Talk Dirty To Me
TEOTWAWKI
The End Of The World As We Know It
TFDS
That is For Darn Sure
TFH
Thread From Hell
TFN
Thanks For Nothing -or- Til Further Notice
TGIF
Thank God it Is Friday
THX or TX or THKS
Thanks
TIA
Thanks In Advance
TIAIL
Think I Am In Love
TIC
Tongue In Cheek
TLA
Three Letter Acronym
TLGO
The List Goes On
TLK-2-U-L-8-R
Talk to You Later
TM
Trust Me
TMI
Too Much Information
TMTOWTDI
There's More Than One Way To Do It
TNA
Temporarily Not Available
TNC
Tongue In Cheek
TNX
Thanks
TOM
Tomorrow
TOT
Tons of Time
TP
Team Player
TPC
The Phone Company
TPTB
The Powers That Be
TSR
Totally Stuck in RAM
TTFN
Ta Ta For Now
TTG
Time to Go
TTS
Text to Speech
TTT
That's The Ticket -or- To The Top
TTUL
Talk to You Later
TTYL
Talk To You Later
TVN
Thank You Very Much
TWHAB
This Won't Hurt A Bit
TWIMC
To Whom it may Concern
TXS
Thanks
TY
Thank You
TYVM
Thank You Very Much
U [TOP]
You
U2
You Too?
U-L
You Will
unPC
unPolitically Correct
U-R
You Are
U-R W-S
You Are Wise
URYY4M
You Are Too Wise For Me
VBG [TOP]
Very Big Grin
VBS
Very Big Smile
VC
Venture Capital
VEG
Very Evil Grin
VFM
Value For Money
VM
Voice Mail
VRBS
Virtual Reality Bull Sh*t
VSF
Very Sad Face
W/O [TOP]
Without
WAD
Without A Doubt
WAG
Wild Ass Guess
WAI
What An Idiot
WAMBAM
Web Application Meets Brick And Mortar
WB
Welcome Back or Write Back
WBS
Write Back Soon
WC
Who Cares?
WCA
Who Cares Anyway
WDYS
What Did You Say?
WDYT
What Do You Think?
WE
Whatever
WEG
Wicked Evil Grin
WF
Way Fun
WFM
Works For Me
WG
Wicked Grin
WGAFF
Who Gives A Flying F***
WIIFM
What's In It For Me?
WISP
Winning Is So Pleasureable
WIT
Wordsmith In Training
WITFITS
What in the F*** is this Sh**
WNOHGB
Were No One Has Gone Before
WOG
Wise Old Guy
WOMBAT
Waste Of Money, Brains And Time
WRT
With Regard To or With Respect To
WT
Without Thinking
WTB
Want To Buy
WTF
What The F***
WTG
Way To Go!
WTH
What the Heck
WTSDS
Where The Sun Don't Shine
WTTM
Without Thinking To Much
WU?
What is Up
WUF?
Where are You From?
WWY?
Where Were You?
WYCM?
Will You Call Me?
WYP
What's Your Problem?
WYRN
What's Your Real Name?
WYS
Whatever You Say
WYSIWYG
What You See Is What You Get
WYSLPG
What You See Looks Pretty Good
WYT
Whatever You Think
WYWH
Wish You Were Here
X-I-10 [TOP]
Exciting
XME
Excuuuuse Me
XOXO
Hugs and Kisses
YA [TOP]
Yet Another
YA yaya
Yet Another Ya-Ya (as in yo-yo)
YACC
Yet Another Calendar Company
YAFIYGI
You Asked For It You Got It
YCT
Your Comment To
YDKM
You Don't Know Me
YGBK
You Gotta Be Kiddin'
YHM
You have mail
YIC
Yours In Christ
YKW?
You Know What?
YMMV
Your Mileage May Vary
YNK
You Never Know
YOYO
You're On Your Own
YR
Yeah Right
YSYD
Yeah, Sure You Do
YTTT
You Telling The Truth?
YW
You are Welcome
YWIA
You're Welcome In Advance
YYSSW
Yeah Yeah Sure Sure Whatever
ZZZ [TOP]
Sleeping, Bored, Tired
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