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The List of Chat Acronyms & Text Message Shorthand With more than 82 million people texting regularly, it's no wonder you've seen this cryptic looking code!

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Commonly used wherever people get online -- including IMing, SMSing, cell phones, Blackberries, PDAs, Web sites, games, newsgroup postings, in chat rooms, on blogs -- these abbreviations are used by people to communicate with each other. The actual definition of an acronym and text shorthand is here.


Note: "C" and "S" are used interchangeably for "See" --and-- "U" and "Y" are used interchangeably for "You"

• !I have a comment
• *$Starbucks
• ,!!!!talk to the hand
• 02Your (or my) two cents worth, also seen as m.02
• 10Qthank you
• 1174Nude club
• 121One to one
• 1337Elite -or- leet -or- L337
• 143I love you
• 1432I Love You Too
• 14AA41One for All and All for One
• 182I hate you
• 190 hand
• 20Location
• 2B or not 2BTo Be Or Not To Be
• 2b@To Be At
• 2BZ4UQTToo Busy For You Cutey
• 2G2B4GToo Good To Be Forgotten
• 2G2BTToo Good To Be True
• 2moroTomorrow
• 2niteTonight
• 2U2To You Too
• 303Mom
• 404I haven't a clue
• 411Information
• 420Marijuana
• 459I love you
• 4COLFor Crying Out Loud
• 4EAEForEver And Ever
• 4evaforever
• 4everForever
• 4NRForeigner
• 4QF*** You
• 511Too much information
• 53XSex
• 5FS5 Finger Salute
• 8Oral sex
• 831I Love You
• 86Out of, over, to get rid of, or kicked out
• 9Parent is watching
• 99Parent is no longer watching
• ::poof::i'm gone
• <3heart
• ?I have a question
• ?^hook up?
• @+At Plus
• @TEOTDAt The End Of The Day
• A/S/L/PAge/Sex/Location/Picture
• A3Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime
• AAAAAAmerican Association Against Acronym Abuse
• AAFAs A Friend -or- Always And Forever
• AAKAsleep At Keyboard
• AAMOFAs A Matter Of Fact
• AAMOIAs A Matter Of Interest
• AARAt Any Rate
• AAR8At Any Rate
• AASAlive And Smiling
• AATKAlways At The Keyboard
• AAYFAs Always, Your Friend
• ABAss Backwards
• ab/abtabout
• ABITHIWTITBA Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush
• ABT2About To
• ACDAlt Control Delete
• ACEAccess Control Entry
• ACKAcknowledgement
• ACORNA Completely Obsessive Really Nutty person
• ADADAnother Day Another Dollar
• ADBBAll Done Bye Bye
• addyaddress
• ADIHAnother Day In Hell
• ADIPAnother Day In Paradise
• ADNAdvanced Digital Network -or- Any Day Now
• ADRAddress
• ADVDAdvised
• AEAPAs Early As Possible
• AFAGAYA Friend As Good As You
• AFAHMASPA Fool And His Money Are Soon Parted
• AFAICAs Far As I'm Concerned
• AFAICSAs Far As I Can See
• AFAICTAs Far As I Can Tell
• AFAIKAs Far As I Know
• AFAIRAs Far As I Remember
• AFAIUAs Far As I Understand
• AFAIUIAs Far As I Understand It
• AFAPAs Far As Possible
• AFAYCAs Far As You're Concerned
• AFCAway From Computer
• AFDNAny F***ing Day Now
• AFGOAnother F***ing Growth Opportunity
• AFIAAAs Far As I Am Aware
• AFINIAFIA Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed
• AFJApril Fools Joke
• AFKAway From Keyboard -or- A Free Kill
• AFPOEA Fresh Pair Of Eyes
• AFTAbout F***ing Time
• AFZAcronym Free Zone
• AGBAlmost Good Bridge
• AGKWEAnd God Knows What Else
• AIAMUAnd I'm A Monkey's Uncle
• aightall right
• AIHAs It Happens
• AIMBAs I Mentioned Before
• AIMPAlways In My Prayers
• AISBAs I Said Before
• AISEAs I Said Earlier
• AISIAs I See It
• AITRAdult In The Room
• AKA or a.k.a.Also Known As
• ALAPAs Late As Possible
• alconAll Concerned
• ALOLActually Laughing Out Loud
• ALOTBSOLAlways Look On The Bright Side Of Life
• ALTGAct Locally, Think Globally
• AMAPAs Many As Possible -or- As Much As Possible
• AMBWAll My Best Wishes
• AMFAdios Mother F***er
• AMLAll My Love
• AMRMTYFTSAll My Roommates Thank You For The Show
• ANFAWFOSAnd Now For A Word From Our Sponsor
• ANFSCDAnd Now For Something Completely Different
• ANGBAlmost Nearly Good Bridge
• AOASAll Of A Sudden
• AOBAbuse Of Bandwidth
• AONApropos Of Nothing
• AORAgency On Record
• APApple Pie
• ARAction Required
• ASApe Sh** -or- Another Subject
• ASAFPAs Soon As F***ing Possible
• ASAMOFAs A Matter Of Fact
• ASAPAs Soon As Possible
• ASAYGTAs Soon As You Get This
• ASLAge/Sex/Location
• ASLMHAge/Sex/Location/Music/Hobbies
• ATABAin't That A Bitch
• ATCAny Two Cards
• ATMAt The Moment -or- Asynchronous Transfer Mode -or- Automated Teller Machine
• ATSLAlong The Same Line
• ATSTAt The Same Time
• ATWAll The Web -or- Around The Web -or- All The Way
• ATWDAgree That We Disagree
• AUNTAnd U Know This
• AUNTMAnd U Know This Man
• AWCAfter While, Crocodile
• AWGTHTGTTAAre We Going To Have To Go Through This Again
• AWHFYAre We Having Fun Yet?
• AWLTPAvoiding Work Like The Plague
• AWNIACAll We Need Is Another Chair
• AWOLAbsent Without Leave
• AWTTWA Word To The Wise
• AYCAren't You Clever -or- Aren't You Cheeky
• AYCEAll You Can Eat
• AYKAs You Know
• AYORAt Your Own Risk
• AYSOSAre You Stupid Or Something
• AYTMTBAnd You're Telling Me This Because
• AYVAre You Vertical?

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• B&F Back and Forth
• B/C Because
• B4 Before
• B4N Bye For Now
• B4U Before You
• B4YKI Before You Know It
• BABY Being Annoyed By You
• BAC Bad Ass Chick
• BAGBusting A Gut -or- Big Ass Grin
• BAKBack At Keyboard
• BAMFBad Ass Mother F***er
• bananacode word for penis
• BARBBuy Abroad but Rent in Britain
• BAUBusiness As Usual
• BBBe Back -or- Buzzard Breath
• BB4NBye Bye for Now
• BBAMFICBig Bad Ass Mother F***er In Charge
• BBBBye Bye Babe -or- Boring Beyond Belief
• BBBGBye Bye Be Good
• BBFBBMBody By Fisher, Brains By Mattel
• BBFNBye Bye for Now
• BBIABBe Back In A Bit
• BBIAFBe Back In A Few
• BBIASBe Back In A Sec
• BBIAWBe Back In A While
• BBLBe Back Later
• BBMFICBig Bad Mother F***er In Charge
• BBRBurnt Beyond Repair
• BBSBe Back Soon -or Bulletin Board Service
• BBSDBe Back Soon Darling
• BBSLBe Back Sooner or Later
• BBTBe Back Tomorrow
• BBWBig Beautiful Woman
• BCBecause
• BCBGBon Chic Bon Genre -or- Belle Cu Belle Geulle
• BCBSBig Company, Big School
• BCNUBe Seeing You
• bcozbecause
• BDBig Deal -or- Baby Dance -or- Brain Drain
• BDBI5MBusy Daydreaming Back In 5 Minutes
• BDCBig Dumb Company -or- Big Dot Com
• BDNBig Damn Number
• BEGBig Evil Grin
• beosNudge
• BFBoyfriend -or- Best Friend
• BFDBig F***ing Deal
• BFEBum F*** Egypt
• BFFBest Friends Forever
• BFFNBest Friends For Now
• BFFTTEBest Friends Forever Til The End
• BFNBye For Now
• BFRBig F***ing Rock
• BGBe Good
• BHAGBig Hairy Audacious Goal
• BHGBig Hearted Guy -or- Big Hearted Girl
• BHIMBGOBloody Hell, I Must Be Getting Old
• BHOFBald Headed Old Fart
• BIBusiness Intelligence
• BI5Back In Five
• BIBIBye Bye
• BIBOBeer In, Beer Out
• BIFBasis In Fact -or- Before I Forget
• BILBrother-In-Law -or- Boss Is Listening
• BIOBring It On
• BIOIYABreak It Off In Your Ass
• BIONBelieve It Or Not
• BIOYEBlow It Out Your Ear
• BIOYIOPBlow It Out Your I/O Port
• BIOYNBlow it Out Your Nose
• BITCHBasically In The Clear Homey
• BITDBack In The Day
• BITFOBBring It The F*** On, Bitch
• BJBlow Job
• BKABetter Known As
• BLBelly Laughing
• BLBBLBBack Like Bull, Brain Like Bird
• BlkbryBlackberry
• BMByte Me
• BMFBad Mother F***er
• BMGWLBusting My Gut With Laughter
• BMOCBig Man On Campus
• BMOFBite Me Old Fart
• BMOTAByte Me On The Ass
• BMSBaby Making Sex
• BNDNBeen Nowhere Done Nothing
• BNFBig Name Fan
• BOBug Off -or- Body Odor
• BOBBattery Operated Boyfriend
• BOBFOCBody Off Baywatch, Face Off Crimewatch
• BOCTAAEBut Of Course There Are Always Exceptions
• BOFHcustard Operator From Hell
• BOHICABend Over Here It Comes Again
• BONBelieve it Or Not
• bookit means cool
• BOTECBack Of The Envelope Calculation
• BOTOHBut On The Other Hand
• BPLMBig Person Little Mind
• BRBathroom
• BRBBe Right Back
• BRICBrazil, Russia, India, China
• BRTBe Right There
• BSBig Smile -or- Bull Sh** -or- Brain Strain
• BSAAWBig Smile And A Wink
• BSBD&NEBook Smart, Brain Dead & No Experience
• BSEGBig Sh** Eating Grin
• BSFBut Seriously, Folks
• BSODBlue Screen of Death
• BTByte This
• BTABut Then Again -or- Before The Attacks
• BTDBored To Death
• BTDTBeen There Done That
• BTDTGTSBeen There, Done That, Got The T-shirt
• BTFOBack The F*** Off -or- Bend The F*** Over
• BTHOOMBeats The Heck Out Of Me
• BTNBetter Than Nothing
• BTOIYABe There Or It's Your Ass
• BTSOOMBeats The Sh** Out Of Me
• BTTTBack To The Top -or- Bump To The Top
• BTWBy The Way
• BTWBOBe There With Bells On
• BTWITIAILWUBy The Way I Think I Am In Love With You
• BUFFBig Ugly Fat F***
• buhbyebye
• BWBest Wishes
• BWDIKBut What Do I Know
• BWLBursting With Laughter
• BWOBlack, White or Other
• BWTMBut Wait, There's More
• BYKTBut You Knew That
• BYOABring Your Own Advil
• BYOBBring Your Own Bottle -or- Bring Your Own Beer
• BYOWBuild Your Own Website -or- Bring Your Own Wine
• BZBusy

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The List of Chat Acronyms & Text Message Shorthand

Acronyms have always been an integral part of computer culture, and they have since spawned a new language on the Internet. Commonly thought of as a series of letters that make up a 'word' there is a distinction between acronyms and shorthand.

Online enthusiasts, primarily millennials, are learning that shorthand are in fact called acronyms, but this is incorrect. The difference between acronyms and shorthand is that with acronyms, you pronounce the letters as a new word (for example, 'FUBAR' is pronounced 'foo-bar' and 'RADAR' is pronounced 'ray-dar'). In contrast, shorthand pronunciations are like an initialism (a set of initials) in which you say the letters one-by-one (for example, 'ESP' is an initialism for 'extra sensory perception' whereas 'esp. is an abbreviation for especially). The online practice is to refer to shorthand, initialisms, or abbreviations as acronyms.

The majority of the expressions you see above are not acronyms, but rather shorthand used while text messaging or IMing. BTW: If you ever see someone TYPING AN ENTIRE SENTENCE IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS that means SHOUTING! It is not proper netiquette to TYPE IN ALL CAPS (even in email), in fact, it's annoying. People with limited eyesight may use all caps to see the words better, but otherwise, TURN THE CAPS LOCK OFF, unless you're using an acronym or shorthand.

Got a favorite one you don't see here? Suggest an acronym or shorthand!