Do you wonder what all those squiggly lines and abbreviated words and letter groupings mean? Don't worry, this list will help you out immensely. And if there is a shortcut word missing, please feel free to email us so we can add it to this list!
Guide To Chat & Mobile Phone Text Shortcuts
These are some chat acronyms that you can use in place of complete sentences to speak with other users. A great tool to use to be known as "Internet savvy" when IM'ing, chat room surfing and using mIRC in it's various forms. Chat room acronyms are also known as keyboard shortcuts and texting speak, and are a fun and quick way to express yourself in chat rooms, instant messenger services and IM'ing and texting using your mobile phone.
NOTE: The shortcut is shown in CAPITAL LETTERS but it is better to type them in lower case letters unless you are YELLING :-@
AFAIK
As far as I know
AKA
Also known as AFK
Away from keyboard AIM
AOL Instant Messenger
ASAP
As soon as possible
A/S/L
Age/Sex/Location
ATB
All The Best
ATM
At The Moment
B
Back (or Be)
B4
Before
B4N
Bye For Now
BAK
Back at keyboard
BBL8R
Be Back Later
BBS
Be back soon
BC
Because
BCNU
Be seeing you
BF
Boy Friend
BFF
Best Friends Forever
BFN
By for now
BG
Big grin
BICBW
But I could be wrong
BIF
Basis in fact
BMG
Be my guest
BRB
Be right back
BTA
But then again
BTW
By the way
BY
Bye (or Goodbye)
CFN
Ciao for now
CID
Consider it done
CM
Call Me
CU
See you
CUL
See you later
D8
Date
DNR
Dinner
DYOH
Do your own homework
DQMOT
Don't quote me on this
EOM
End Of Message
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
FST
Fast
FWIW
For what its worth
FYA
For your amusement
FYU
For your information
GF
Girl Friend
GL
Good luck
GMTA
Great minds think alike
GR8
Great
GRA
Go right ahead
GR&R
Grinning, running, and ducking
GT2GO
Got To Go
GUDLUK
Good Luck
GW
Good work
HHOK
Ha ha only kidding
HHOS
Ha ha only serious
HIO
Hello
HT
Hi there
HTH
Hope this helps
HWRU
How Are You?
IAC
In any case
IAE
In any event
IDK
I don't know
IIRC
If I recall correctly
IM
Instant message
IMO
In my opinion
IMHO
In my humble (or honest) opinion
IMNSHO
In my not-so-humble opinion
IMAO
In my arrogant opinion
IMPOV
In my point of view
IMS
I am sorry
IOW
In other words
JIC
Just in case
JK
Just kidding
JTYLY
Just to let you know
K
Okay
KIS
Keep it simple
KISS
Keep it simple stupid
L8R
Later
LOL
Laughing out loud
MOTD
Message of the day
NBD
No big deal
NBIF
No basis in fact
NE1
Anyone
N E Thing
Any Thing
NP
No problem
NRN
No response necessary
OH
Off hand
OIC
Oh I see
OTOH
On the other hand
OTP
On the phone
PMJI
Pardon my jumping in
PC
Politically Correct (or Personal Computer) OR: Private Chat
PI/PIC/unPC
Politically Incorrect
PLS
Please
PLZ
Please
POC
Point of contact
POV
Point of view
QT
Cutie (or Quiet Time)
RL
Real life
ROFL
Rolling on the floor laughing
RSN
Real soon now
RU OK
Are you okay?
TAFN
That's all for now
TBA
To be announced
TBH
To be honest
THX
Thanks
TIA
Thanks in advance
TIC
Tongue in check
TTFN
Ta-ta for now
TTYL
Talk to you later
TYL
Talk to you later
WB
Welcome back
WFM
Works for me
WTF
What The F--K
WTG
Way to go
WU
What's up?
XINT
Excellent
YMMV
Your mileage may vary
YT
You there?
YW
You're welcome
ZZZ
Bored / Boring
NOTE: the shortcuts below are made with the colon, semi-colon,
parentheses, angle brackets and numbers. In this list the
explanation is above the symbol shortcut.
Emergency
911
Smiling
:)
Smiling
:-)
Smiling, with a nose
:.)
Small-skewed-button-nosed smiley
:->
Ironic / devious smile
:-(
Frowning
:-<
Very sad
>:-(
Upset or annoyed
:-D
Laughing
:-o
Shouting / Shouting loudly
:-O
Puckering for a kiss
:-*
Your lips are sealed
:-x
You have a moustache
:-{
Big mouth (Talked too much)
:-()
Wink
;-)
Wear / Wearing glasses
8-)
Wear / Wearing cool shades
B-)
Wear / Wearing a toupee
{(:-)
I'm a chef / cook
C=:-)
I'm Santa Claus
*<:-)(
A (long stemmed) rose
@>--,---
Love (or hugs) & kisses
xxooxxoo
You are left-handed
(-:
You have been staring at a screen for hours
%-)
You are drunk
:*)
You are a robot
[:]
You are a little girl
8:-)
You are a big girl
:-)-8
You are a vampire
:-[
You are a buck-toothed vampire
:-F
You are a buck-toothed vampire with one tooth missing
:-
You have just made a wry statement
:-7
You just ate something sour
:-*
You drool
:-ss
You have a cold
:-ss)
You are crying
:'-(
Yawning
l-o
Snoring
^o
Dead
X-(
You are so happy s/he is crying
:'-)
You are screaming
:-@
You wear braces
:-#
User has a broken nose
:^)
User is a little kid with propeller beenie
K:P
User is a drunk, devilish chef with a toupee in an updraft with a
moustache and a double chin
C=}>;*{))
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