textspeak

Otherwise known as “chatronynms,” many of these came of age in the IRC era of the 80s.

nym	expansion
<3	i like that comment
<g>	grin
3bs	three beers short
aamof	as a matter of fact
adn	any day now
afaiac	as far as i am concerned
afaict	as far as i can tell
afaik	as far as i know
afair	as far as i remember
afk	away from the keyboard
afpsoagf	a few punches short of a good fight
afssoap	a few sandwiches short of a picnic
aopc	reciting local national motto
asap	as soon as possible
asl pls	age sex location please
athyrio	and the horse you rode in on
atm	at the moment
atp	at this point
aybabtu	all your base are belong to us
b4n	bye for now
bak	back at (my) keyboard
bbfn	bye bye for now
bbiab	be back in a bit
bbiaf	be back in a few
bbl	be back later
bbs	be back shortly
bbs	be back soon
beg	big evil grin
brb	be right back/bathroom break
bta	but then again
btw	by the way
c-c-c-combo breaker	call a halt to repeated posts
cp	coder pig
cq…	looking for…
ctc	care to chat?
cya	see ya
d/c	disconnected
djiad	darnit jim, i’m a doctor
djiad	not my area of expertise
e.g.	exempli gratia
faq	frequently asked questions
fb	fine business
focl	falling off chair laughing
ftw	for the win
fwiw	for what it’s worth
fyi	for your information
ga	good afternoon
gm	good morning
gmta	great minds think alike
gmtaasdo	great minds think alike, and so do ours
gnsdily	good night, sweet dreams, i love you
goybwaroc	get on your big wheel and ride on, cowboy
gtg	got to go
hdj	irretrievably broken (he’s dead, jim)
hth	hope that helps
hybs	christian greeting
hyfj	another christian greeting
iaadbnyd	i am a doctor, but not your doctor
iaalbnyl	i am a lawyer, but not your lawyer
ianad	i am not a doctor
ianaitp	i am not an IT person
ianal	i am not a lawyer
ianyg	i am not your guru (don’t ask me)
iapnad	i’m a programmer, not a doctor
inyitp	i’m not your IT person
ic	i see
ifypfy	i fixed your post for you
iha	i hate acronyms
iirc	if i recall correctly
imho	in my humble opinion
imnsho	in my not so humble opinion
imo	in my opinion
iow	in other words
irl	in real life
isagn	i see a great need
istr	i seem to recall
ito	in terms of
itt	i think that
j/k	just kidding
jk	just kidding
jsia	just say it already
kbn	gimme a minute to break it
kbn	klaatu barada nikto
kbn	stand down, cowboy ^^
kwh	kilroy was here
l8r	later
lahith	(i need that) like a hole in the head
le	later edit
llap	live long and prosper
lmao	laughing my %%% off
lol	laughing out loud
ltns	long time no see
lts	laughing to self
ly	love you
mil	mother-in-law
motd	message of the day
n/a	no attachment
n/m	nevermind
n/p	no problem - np also used
n/t	no text
nhdbof	observing a religious holiday/ritual
nmcnmm	not my circus, not my monkeys
np	no problem
oic	oh, I see
omg	oh, my god
op	original poster
opiahh	op is a hose head
otoh	on the other hand
pal2	peace and long life
ppl	people
re	re hi or re hello
rofl	rolling on floor laughing
roflmao	rolling on floor laughing my arse off
rotfl	rolling on the floor laughing
rtfm	read the *** manual
rtfm	read the full manual
sahm	stay at home mom
sio	spit it out
shlm	jewish greeting
slm	muslim greeting
smmas	sudo make me a sandwich
st	spell that
ta	thanks/again
tafn	that’s all for now
tam	thanks a million
tmi	too much information
tsta	try spelling that again
ttyl	talk (type) to you later
ttys	talk (type) to you soon
ty	thank you thx thanks
w8	wait
wb	welcome back
wc?	are you hungry? (want chinese?)
we	whatever
w/e	whatever
wfm	works for me
wsof	way short of fudge (to give)
wtf	what, the fudge?
wtf	why the face?
wtg	way to go
ww	wire weenie (hardware person)
wx	weather
wysineutwyg	what you see is not entirely unrelated to what you get
wysiwyg	what you see is what you get
wywtci	whatever (you want to call it) [origin of “whatever”?]
ygbkm	you gotta be kidding me
ymmv	your milage may vary
yold	year of our lady of discord