Instant Messaging
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LeetSpeak
Instant Messaging Abbreviations
- 5 - wait a few minutes to speak, a parent (or guardian) is in the room
- 55 - coast is clear, we can talk about anything
- AFC - Average Frustrated Chump
- AFK - Away From Keyboard
- ASAP - As Soon As Possible
- ASL or A/S/L - What's your Age, Sex and Location?
- ASLP or A/S/L/P - Age, Sex, Location, Picture
- BBL8R - Be Back later
- b/c - because
- BF - Boyfriend
- BFF - Best Friend Forver
- BFO - Blinding Flash of Obvious
- BRB - Be Right Back
- BTW - By The Way
- CLM - Career Limiting Move - badmouthing a teacher, the boss or supervisor while they can hear you, or hear about the event
- CTN - Can't Talk Now
- CYA (C-ya) - See You Later
- DD - Designated Driver
- FFA - Free For All - Free online for anybody (usually message board spammers)
Old meaning: A wild fight
- FOAF - Friend Of A Friend
- FWIW - For What It’s Worth
- G2G - Got To Go
- GF - Girlfriend
- HHOK - Ha ha, only kidding
- IDK -I Don't Know
- ILU, ILY (ily, ilu) - I Love You
- IM - Instant Message
- IMAO - In My Arrogant Opinion
- IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
- IRL - In Real Life (offline, NOT on the computer)
- JK - Just Kidding
- L8R - Later (I'll talk to you later)
- lamer - A know-nothing, one who is lame.
- LMA - Leave Me Alone
- LMIRL - Let's Meet In Real Life
- LOL - Laughing On Line OT Laugh Out Loud
- LQ - Laughing Quietly because someone is in the room
- LYLAS - Love You Like A Sister
- MOATM - Music On At The Moment
- NFBSK - Not for British School Kids (disturbing material)
- NM - Not Much
- NOOB - newbie, someone new and inexperienced
- NSFW - Not Safe For Work (usually pornographic material, but also disturbing)
- NVM - never mind
- OMG - Oh My God! (Oh My Gosh)
- PAW - Parents Are Watching
- PDA - Public Display of Affection
- PHAT - Pretty Hot And Tempting
- PM - Private Message
- POP - Parent is On Prowl, can't speak freely
- POS - Parent Over my Shoulder, so watch what you say
- PUA - Pick Up Artist
- ROTFL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing
- RSVP (French) - Repondez S'il Vous-Plait. "Respond if it pleases you."
- RTFM - Read The F...... Manual (edited)
- SN - screen name
- SOS - Sibling Over Shoulder, watch what you say
- STFU - Shut the F... up! (edited)
- THX - Thanks
- TLF - True Love Forver
- TMI - Too Much Information (like thinking about your parents kissing, getting 'hot", etc)
- TTFN - TaTa For Now
- TTYL - Talk To You Later
- TY-Thank You
- w/ - with
- WE (w/e) - What Ever
- WTF - What the F... (edited)
- WTG - Way To Go
- WTH - What the H...(edited)
- WYSIWYG (wizzy-wig) - What You See Is What You Get
- WYWH - Wish You Were Here
- Y - Yawning (getting bored)
- YGM - You Got Mail (telling someone you just mailed something
- Emoticons
- (::[ ]::) - Emoticon for a bandaid - an offer of comfort
- :-P - Emoticon that means you're being sassy or sticking out your tongue
- 8-) - Emoticon showing you're wearing glasses - or acting smart
- Leet/L33t /1337 :: These refer to "elite" -- a subculture form of English where nonalphabet characters are substituted for letters. Here are some examples:
- K3wl - cool
- p@wn3d/pwn/pwnd - owned - to beat or dominate an opponent.
- teh suck -- the suck - as in it's not good
- r0x0r - rock - something was good or cool
- w00t! - an interjections showing joy or excitement
- squee - a sound of excitement
- More at Wiktionary: Internet Slang
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