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5th
NOV

Common Instant Message Acronyms

Posted by Sunira under internet

I’ve never been able to keep up with all the acronyms found on the internet but here’s a fairly comprehensive compilation of the most common ones!

afaik as far as I know
afaict as far as I can tell
afk away from keyboard
atm at the moment
bbiab be back in a bit
bbiaf be back in a few (minutes)
bbl be back later
bbs be back soon
b/c because
bf boyfriend
bfo blinding flash of the obvious
brb be right back
bsod blue screen of death
btw by the way
ciao Italian for goodbye
ctrn can’t talk right now
cul8r see you later
cya see ya
dhtb don’t have the bandwidth
f2f face to face
fubar f***ed up beyond all recognition
fwiw for what it’s worth
fyi for your information
gmta great minds think alike
iam in a meeting
ianal I am not a lawyer
ihmb I hate my boss
iirc if I recall correctly
imho in my humble opinion
imo in my opinion
iow in other words
irl in real life
<g> grin
*g* grin
gf girlfriend
gmta great minds think alike
gtg got to go
jid jabber identifier
j/k just kidding
k okay
lol laugh out loud
l8r later
msg message
n/m never mind
n/p no problem
oAo over and out!
omg oh my god
oob out of band
otoh on the other hand
oww oops, wrong window!
otp on the phone
pita pain in the ass
pov point of view
pw password
rotfl rolling on the floor laughing
rsn real soon now
rtfm read the friendly manual
slap sounds like a plan
thx thanks
tia thanks in advance
tla three-letter arconym
ttfn ta ta for now
ttyl talk to you later
wb welcome back
wfm works for me
wtf what the f***?!
wtg way to go!
xfer transfer
ymmv your mileage may vary

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