"Internet Acronyms & Abbreviations"

Internet Acronyms


An acronym (from Greek: -acro = sharp, pointed; -onym = name) denotes a combination of letters (usually from an abbreviation) which can be used and pronounced as a word. 

Examples: radar = radio detecting and ranging / ASAP = as soon as posible
 

The term initialism uses a similar method, but the word is pronounced letter by letter.

Example: BBC British Broadcasting Corporation or USA United States of America.


And last but not least, there are symbols and/or units of reference, like min for minute or kg for kilogram.

Usage & Meaning

These abbreviations are based on the pronunciation of their corresponding letter / digit.


2   ->  to / too 

4   ->  for 

B   ->   be

C   -> see

I   ->   eye 

O   ->   owe

R   ->   are

U   ->   you

Y   ->   why

MOST POPULAR INTERNET ACRONYMS:



2F4U          Too Fast For You

4YEO FYEO          For Your Eyes Only

AAMOF          As a Matter of Fact

AFAIK          As far as I know

AFAIR          As far as I remember / recall

AFK         Away from Keyboard

AKA          Also known as

B2K BTK         Back to Keyboard

BTT         Back to Topic

BTW         By the Way

B/C          Because

C&P         Copy and Paste

CU           See you

DIY          Do it Yourself

EOBD          End of Business Day

EOD          End of Discussion

EOM          End of Message

FAQ          Frequently asked Questions

FKA           Formerly known as

FWIW          For what it's Worth

FYI / JFYI          (Just) For your Information

HF          Have fun

HTH         Hope this Helps

IDK          I don't know

IIRC          If I Recall / Remember Correctly

IMHO          In my Humble Opinion

IMO          In my Opinion

IMNSHO          In my not so Humble / Honest Opinion

IOW          In other Words

LOL          Laughing out loud

DGMW          Don't get me wrong

MMW          Mark my Words 

N/A         Not Available / Applicable

NaN         Not a Number

NNTR          No need to Reply

NOYB          None of your Business

NRN          No Reply Necessary

OMG          Oh my God

OT          Off Topic

OTOH          On the other Hand

POV          Point of View

ROTFL          Rolling on the Floor Laughing

RSVP          Repondez s'il vous plait (French: Please reply)

SCNR          Sorry, could not Resist

SFLR          Sorry, for late Reply

TBA          To be Announced

TBC          To be Continued / To be Confirmed

TIA          Thanks in Advance

TGIF          Thanks God, its Friday

THX TNX          Thanks

TQ/TY          Thank You

TYVM          Thank You Very Much

TYT          Take your Time

TTYL          Talk to you Later

WRT          With Regard to

WTH          What the Hell / What the Heck

WTF          What the F***

YMMD          You made my Day

ICYMI         In Case you missed it

Abbreviations

An abbreviation (from Latin brevi³re → brevis meaning “short”) is a shortened form of a word or phrase used mainly in writing to represent the complete form.
It usually has a full-stop at the end.

Examples: Lib. For Library / abbr. for abbreviation / approx. for approximate

This list contains a compilation of the most common abbreviations in text messages, IMs (= Instant Message), social networks, etc, where people want (or are required) to use only a few typed characters to communicate a thought or an idea . 



2moro          Tomorrow

2nite          Tonight

AEAP          As Early as Possible

ALAP          As Late as Possible

ASAP          As Soon as Possible

ASL          Age / Sex / Location?

B3          Blah, Blah, Blah

B4YKI          Before You Know it

BFF          Best Friends, Forever

BM&Y         Between Me and You

BRB          Be right Back 

BRT          Be right There 

CTN          Cannot talk now

CUS          See You Soon

CWOT          Complete Waste of Time

CYT          See You Tomorrow

E123          Easy as 1, 2, 3

EM?          Excuse Me?

EOD          End of Day 

F2F          Face to Face

FC          Fingers Crossed

FOAF          Friend of a Friend

GR8          Great

HAK          Hugs and Kisses

IDC          I Don't Care

IDK          I Don't Know

ILU / ILY          I Love You

IMU          I Miss You

IRL          In Real Life 

J/K          Just Kidding

JC          Just Checking

JTLYK          Just to Let You Know

KFY          Kiss for You

KMN         Kill Me Now

L8R          Later

MoF          Male or Female

MTFBWY          May the Force be with You

MYOB          Mind Your Own Business 

N-A-Y-L          In a While

NAZ          Name, Address, ZIP

NC          No Comment

NM          Never Mind / Nothing Much

NP          No Problem

NTIM          Not that it Matters

NVM          Never Mind

OIC          Oh, I See

OTL          Out to Lunch

OTP          On the Phone

RN          Right Now

RU         Are You

SEP          Someone else's Problem

SITD          Still in the Dark


SLAP          Sounds like a Plan

SMIM          Send Me an Instant Message

TMI          Too Much Information

UR          Your / You are

W8          Wait

WB          Welcome Back


WYWH         Wish You Were Here

XOXOXOX          Hugs, Kisses

Now... DO IT YOURSELF:

- Must go now CUS Pete

- Document FYI // Private file 4YEO

- Please, consult our FAQ before calling.

- HB2Y Tom Ur a GR8 M8 Xoxo

- CTN PIR I'll call U asap

- Don't share Ur POV Obey EOD Big Joe.









BONUS TRACK:

"Born Slippy" - by UNDERWORLD

Meet Karl Hyde, the voice and the songwriter behind the London based group Underworld.


The quality that has made Underworld so distinct on the British dance-music scene is that, unlike most dance bands, they write their own lyrics.


For them words are no less important than tunes.
In 1996, the group became internationally recognized, when their song " Born Slippy" was used as the lead track in Danny Boyle's award-winning film 'Trainspotting'.

Find out from Karl Hyde himself what the song is about and how the lyrics were written.

Drive boy dog boy
Dirty numb angel boy
In the doorway boy
She was a lipstick boy
She was a beautiful boy
And tears boy
And all in your innerspace boy
You had
hands girl boy
and steel boy
You had chemicals boy
I've grown so close to you
Boy and you just groan boy
She said comeover comeover
She smiled at you boy.

Drive boy dog boy
Dirty numb angel boy
In the doorway boy
She was a lipstick boy
She was a beautiful boy
And tears boy
And all in your innerspace boy
You had
hands girl boy
and steel boy
You had chemicals boy
I've grown so close to you
Boy and you just groan boy
She said comeover comeover
She smiled at you boy.


Let your feelings slip boy
But never your mask boy
Random blonde bio high density rhythm
Blonde boy blonde country blonde high density
You are my drug boy
You're real boy
Speak to me and boy dog
Dirty numb cracking boy
You get wet boy
Big big time boy
Acid bear boy
Babes and babes and babes and babes and babes
And remembering nothing boy
You like my tin horn boy and get
Wet like an angel
Derail

You got a velvet mouth
You're so succulent and beautiful
Shimmering and dirty
Wonderful and hot times
On your telephone line
And god and everything
On your telephone
And in walk an angel

And look at me your mom
Squatting pissed in a tube-hole at Tottenham Court Road
I just come out of the ship
Talking to the most
Blonde I ever met
Shouting:        Lager lager lager lager
Shouting:        Lager lager lager lager
Shouting...      Lager lager lager
Shouting:        Mega mega white thing
Mega mega white thing         Mega mega white thing
Mega mega

Shouting lager lager lager lager
Mega mega white thing
Mega mega white thing
So many things to see and do
In the tube hole true
Blonde going back to Romford
Mega mega mega going back to Romford
Hi mom are you having fun
And now are you on your way
To a new tension
headache

Find out how Karl writes his lyrics. Learn about his feelings for urban culture and find out what his song 'Born Slippy' is all about.

OK Karl, tell us how you write your songs.
These words are first-take a lot of the time. I fill notebooks with writing, I write every day. And I'll open up some pages in the notebook and I'll see these things, these words in front of me - and I go, 'Yeah, OK, this is this, I want to sing this'.

Where do you get the inspiration for your lyrics from, Karl?
For me, there is an inherent beauty in the city. I see the city as a very very beautiful place. Even the underside of it. There's a beauty even in the kind of... the forceful presentation of something. As long as it's meant with no malice or anger or violence, there's a beauty in its energy.

What is 'Born Slippy' - a dream? A dream come true? Or is it your view of reality?
In the simplest form, it's me walking through the streets of Soho trying to get back home to Romford in Essex. I was referring to myself reduced to a piece of meat, due to the fact that I'd drunk too much. The bigger story is that I'm fascinated by the kind of snapshots that one retains when you've had a couple of drinks. These kind of very precise snapshots one has of a little piece of street, or of a rubbish bin, or of a tape-recorder... I'm talking about being like a hoover, hoovering up all the images and the sounds and the smells of the city. Because after all it's cities that would inspire me.

What exactly does the word 'babe' mean here? Not 'a child', it seems...
What I'm referring to there is a kind of a male idea of a stereotype. This kind of like, 'Ah, babes, oh, she's a real babe' - meaning a kind of real derogatory term... For a woman, yeah. And that's not having a go at women. That's having a go at men.

Why did you choose to use the word 'boy' to describe a man - not 'chap' or 'lad'?
Because I think men are boys. Most of us haven't grown up, you know, most of us are still struggling with taking responsibility. It's like, 'I don't want responsibility tonight, tonight I want to lose control' ... And so, it's boy again.

In the song, the word lager gets repeated 16 times! Did you mean it to be a 'lager anthem'?
The lyrics are quite ironic. At first it was kind of upsetting that it was used like a 'lager anthem', which was the antithesis of the way it was written. It was a piece of irony.
The first time we played it live, people raised their lager cans and I was horrified because I was still deep into alcoholism. It was never meant to be a drinking anthem; it was a cry for help. Now I don't mind.
Why Born Slippy? It was a greyhound we won money on.

Did you get all that? Well, here's a chance for you to check if you know exactly what some of the words and expressions Karl used mean.

1: If something is first-take, it means..

-you take it before you take anything else

-you leave it unchanged, unedited, the way you first saw or perceived it

-you take it for the first time

2: If you are referring to yourself…

-you are talking about yourself

-you are talking to yourself

-you are asking yourself

3: A snapshot is…

-someone who shoots their gun in a sharp way

-a quick attempt to do something

-a photographic image of a situation or place

4: You are having a go at someone if you are…

-walking towards them

-critisizing them or arguing with them

-leaving their company








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