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NetLingo List of Talk Acronyms & Text Shorthand
a.k.a. Internet acronyms, text message jargon, abbreviations, initialisms, cyberslang, leetspeak, SMS code, textese
With hundreds of millions of people texting regularly, it’s no wonder you’ve seen this cryptic looking code! Commonly used wherever people get online — including IMing, SMSing, cell phones, Blackberries, PDAs, Web sites, games, newsgroup postings, in talk rooms, on blogs, or on social media — these abbreviations are used by people around the world to communicate with each other. NetLingo is also tracking a global list of worldwide text terms and international online jargon!
Note: "C" and "S" are used interchangeably for "See" –and– "U" and "Y" are used interchangeably for "You"
! I have a comment
*$ Starbucks
**// it means wink wink, nudge nudge
. Talk to the mitt
02 Your (or my) two cents worth, also seen as m.02
10Q Thank you
1174 Nude club
121 One to one
1337 Elite -or- leet -or- L337
14 it refers to the fourteen words
143 I love you
1432 I Love You Too
14AA41 One for All and All for One
182 I hate you
187 it means murder/ homicide
Nineteen zero mitt
1daful it means wonderful
Two it means to, too, two
20 Location
24/7 Twenty Four Seven, as in all the time
2b To be
2B or not 2B To Be Or Not To Be
2b@ To Be At
2BZ4UQT Too Busy For You Cutey
2B
not2B To be or not to be
2d4 To die for
2day Today
2DLoo Toodle oo
2G2B4G Too Good To Be Forgotten
2G2BT Too Good To Be True
2moro Tomorrow
2nite Tonight
2QT Too Lovely
2U2 To You Too
303 Mom
Four For, Four
404 I haven’t a clue
411 Information
420 Marijuana
459 I love you
4COL For Weeping Out Noisy
4e Forever
4EAE ForEver And Ever
4eva Forever
4ever Forever
4NR Foreigner
4Q F*** You
511 Too much information
53X Lovemaking
5FS five Finger Salute
747 Let’s Fly
8 it means ate, it also refers to oral hook-up
831 I Love You
86 Out of, over, to get rid of, or kicked out
88 Hugs and smooches
8t it means it
9 Parent is watching
99 Parent is no longer watching
::poof:: I’m gone
Let’s Meet For A Joint
LMAO Laughing My Booty Off
LMBAO Laughing My Black Arse Off
LMBPO Laughing My Booty Pop Off
LMFAO Laughing My F***ing Caboose Off
LMHO Laughing My Head Off
LMIRL Let’s Meet In Real Life
LMK Let Me Know
LMKHTWOFY Let Me Know How That Works Out For You
LMOA Left a Message On your Answering machine
LMP Eat My Labia
LMS Like My Status -or- Learning Management System
LMSO Laughing My Socks Off
LMTA Like Minds Think Alike
LMTC Left a Message To Contact
LMTCB Left Message To Call Back
lo it means hello
LOB Lounging On Bed
LOK Lots Of Smooches
LOL Laughing Out Noisy -or- Lots Of Love -or- Living On Lipitor
LOL WUSS Laugh Out Noisy With Unintentional Snort Sound
LOLA Laugh Out Noisy Again
LOLPMP Laugh Out Noisy Pissed My Pants
LOLROTF&ICGU Laughing Out Noisy Rolling On The Floor & I Can’t Get Up
LOLZ Lots Of Laughs
LOMBARD Lots Of Money But A Right Dick
LOML Love Of My Life
LONH Lights On, Nobody Home
LOOL Laughing Shockingly Out Noisy
LOOMM Laughing Out Of My Mind
LOPSOD Long On Promises, Brief On Delivery
LORE Learn Once, Repeat Everywhere
LOU Laughing Over You
LOVE Lots Of Voluntary Effort
LPC Lead Pipe Cinch
LPOS Lazy Chunk Of Sh**
LRF Little Rubber Feet
LSB Life Deep-throats Ball-sac
LSHITIPAL Laughing So Hard I Think I Pissed A Little
LSHMBH Laughing So Hard My Belly Hurts
LSV Language, Lovemaking, Violence
LTF Gobble The Floor
LTHTT Laughing Too Hard To Type
LTIC Laughing ‘Til I Sob
LTIO Laughing Til I Orgasm
LTM Laughing To Myself
LTNS Long Time No See
LTNT Long Time, No Type
LTR Long Term Relationship
LTS Laughing to Self
LTTIC Look The Teacher Is Coming
LuK it means good luck
LULU Locally Undesireable Land Use
lulz laughs or LulzSec
LUMTP Love You More Than Pie
LUMU Love You Miss You
LUMUMI Love You Miss You Mean It
luser loser
LUSM Love You So Much
luv it means love
LWR Launch When Ready
LWU Laughing With You
LWYS Look What You Commenced
LY Love You
LY4E Love You Forever
LYA Love You All
LYB Love You Honey
LYCYLBB Love You, See You Later, Bye Bye
LYKYAMY Love You, Smooch You, Already Miss You
LYL Love You Lots
LYLAB Love You Like a Brother
LYLAS Love You Like A Sister
LYLB Love You Later Bye
LYMI Love You, Mean It
LYSOUAQ Learn Your Sh** Or Up And Abandon
LYSYB Love Ya, See Ya, Bye
LYWAMH Love You With All My Heart
M Mom
M2NY Me Too, Not Yet
M4C Meet for Coffee
M4M Dudes for Studs -or- Masculine for Masculine
m4w fellows for women
M8 or M8s Mate -or- Mates
MA Mature Audience
MAMIL Middle Aged Guys In Lycra
MAYA Most Advanced Yet Accessible
MB Message Board
MBN Must Be Nice
MBRFN Must Be Real F***ing Nice
MCM Man Crush Monday
MD Doctor of Medicine -or- Managing Director
MDR Mort De Rire
MEGO My Eyes Glaze Over
meh Who cares, whatever
MEJR My Eyes Just Flipped
MERP Modestly Enlightened Rich People
MF My Friend
MFD Multi-Function Device
MfG Mit freundlichen Gruessen
MFIC Mother F***er In Charge
MFRC My Fingers Are Crossed
MFWIC Mother F***er Who’s In Charge
MHBFY My Heart Bleeds For You
mhhm uh huh -or- yeah
MHOTY My Hat’s Off To You
MHYF Budge How You Feel
MIA Missing In Activity
MIH Make It Happen
MIHAP May I Have Your Attention Please
MIL Mother-In-Law
Mummy Mother I’d Like to F***
MINS Minutes
MIRL Meet In Real Life
MITIN More Info Than I Needed
MKOP My Kind Of Place
MLA Numerous Letter Acronym
MLAS My Lips Are Sealed
mlm providing the digital middle finger
MM Market Maker -or- Merry Meet
MMHA2U My Most Discreet Apologies To You
mmk mmm ok
MML Made Me Laugh
MMYT Mail Me Your Thoughts
MO Stir On
mob it means mobile
MOF Matter Of Fact
MOFO Mother F***er
MOMPL MOMent PLease
MOO Mud Object-Oriented -or- Matter Of Opinion -or- My Opinion Only
MOOC Massive Open Online Course
MOOS Member Of The Opposite Lovemaking
MOP MOment Please
MorF Masculine or Female
MOS Mom Over Shoulder
MOSS Member(s) Of The Same Hook-up
MOTAS Member Of The Suitable Hook-up
MOTD Message Of The Day
MOTOS Member(s) Of The Opposite Hookup
MOTSS Member(s) Of The Same Hookup
MPFB My Individual F*** Mate
MRA Moving Right Along
MRM Fellows’s Rights Movement
MRPH Mail the Right Place for Help
MSG Message
MSMD Monkey See Monkey Do
MSNUW Mini-Skirt No UnderWear
MSTA Must See To Appreciate
MSTM Makes Sense To Me
MT empty -or- Modified Tweet
MTBF Mean Time Before Failure
MTF More To Go after
MTFBWY May The Force Be With You
MTLA My True Love Always
MTMMFBWY May the Micky Mouse Force Be With You
MTSBWY May The Schwartz Be With You
MTSITN More Than Ships In The Night
MUAH or MWAH The sound of a smooch
MUBAR Messed up Beyond All Recognition
MUSL Missing You Sh** Explosions
MUSM Miss You So Much
MVA Motor Vehicle Accident
MVA no PI Motor Vehicle Accident with no Individual Injury
MVA w/PI Motor Vehicle Accident with Private Injury
mvto it means thank you
MWBRL More Will Be Exposed Later
MWS My Wifey Says
MYL Mind Your Language
MYOB Mind Your Own Business
MYT Meet You There
N No -or- And
N pic Nice picture
N-A-Y-L In A While
N/A Not Applicable -or- Not Affiliated
N/M Nothing Much
N/T No Text
N1 Nice One
N2M Not To Mention -or- Not Too Much
N2MJCHBU Not Too Much Just Chillin, How Bout You?
NA Nice Arse
NAB Not A Blonde
NADT Not A Damn Thing
NAGB Almost Almost A Good Bridge
NAGI Not A Good Idea
NAK Nursing At Keyboard
NALOPKT Not A Lot Of People Know That
NAMAILU Not As Much As I Love You
NASCAR Non-Athletic Sport Centered Around Rednecks
NATC Not A Text Conversation
natch Naturally
NATO No Act, Talk Only
NAVY Never Again Volunteer Yourself
NAZ Name, Address, Zip (also means Nasdaq)
NB Nota Bene
NB4T Not Before Time
NBD No Big Deal
NBFAB Not Bad For A Beginner
NBFABS Not Bad For A Bot Stopper
NBG No Bloody Good
NBIF No Basis In Fact
NBLFY Nothing But Love For You
NBS No Bull Sh**
NC Nice Crib
NCG Fresh College Graduate
ND No Date
NDN Indian
ne Any
ne-wayz anyways
ne1 Anyone
ne14kfc anyone for KFC?
ne1er anyone here?
Ne2H Need To Have
NEET Not presently Engaged in Employment, Education, or Training
NESEC Any 2nd
NEV Neighborhood Electrified Vehicle
NEWS North, East, West, South
NFBSK Not For British School Kids
NFC Not Favorably Considered -or- No F***ing Chance
NFE No F***ing Excuses
NFF No F***ing Fair
NFG Not F***ing Good
NFI No F***ing Idea
NFS Need For Hook-up -or- Network File System
NFW No F***ing Way -or- No Feasible Way
NG Fresh Game
NGB Almost Good Bridge
NGH Not Gonna Happen
NH Nice Arm
NHOH Never Heard Of Him/Her
NI Not Interested
NI4NI An Eye For Any Eye
NICE Nonsense In Crappy Existence
NIDL Not Interested, DisLike
NIFOC Nude In Front Of The Computer
NIGYYSOB Now I’ve Got You, You Son Of a B*tch
NIH Not Invented Here
NIM No Internal Message
NIMBY Not In My Back Yard
NIMJD Not In My Job Description
NIMQ Not In My Queue
NIMY Never In A Million Years
NINO Nothing In, Nothing Out -or- No Input, No Output
NISM Need I Say More
NITL Not In This Lifetime
NIYWFD Not In Your Wildest F***ing Wishes
NJAPF Not Just Another Pretty Face
NLL Nice Little Lady
NLTBRO Not Likely To Be Run Over
NM Never Mind -or- Nothing Much -or Not Much -or- Nice Stir
nm, u not much, you?
NME Enemy
NMH Not Much Here
NMHJC Not Much Here, Just Chilling
NMP Not My Problem -or- Not My President
NMTE Now More Than Ever
NMU Not Much, You?
NN Not Now -or- Need
NNCIMINTFZ Not Now Chief, I’m In The F ***in’ Zone
NNR Need Not React
nnsh night night sweet heart
NNWW Nudge, Nudge, Wink, Wink
NO Not Online
no praw no problem
no1 it means no one
NOA Not Online Anymore
NOFI No OFfence Intended
noob also seen as: n00b -or- nub -or- no0blet
NOS Fresh Old Stock -or- Not Outside Sales
NOY Not Online Yet
NOYB None Of Your Business
NP No Problem -or- Nosy Parents
NQA No Questions Asked
NQOCD Not Fairly Our Class Dear
NR Nice Roll
NRG Energy
NRN No Reply Necessary
NS Nice Set -or- No Display
NSA No Strings Linked
NSB Not Sure But
NSFW Not Safe For Work
NSS No Sh** Sherlock
NSTLC Need Some Tender Loving Care
NTA Not This Again
NTABOM Now That’s A Bunch Of Malarkey
NTB Not Too Bright
NTBN No Text Back Needed
nth nothing
NTIM Not That It Matters
NTIMM Not That It Matters Much
NTK Nice To Know
NTL nonetheless
NTM Not That Much
NTMU Nice To Meet You
NTTAWWT Not That There’s Anything Wrong With That
NTW Not To Worry
NTYMI Now That You Mention It
NUB Fresh person to a site or game
NUFF Enough
NVM NeVer Mind
NVNG Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
NW No Way
NWAL Nerd Without A Life
NWOT Fresh WithOut Tags
NWR Not Work Related
NWT Fresh With Tags
NYC Not Your Concern
NYCFS Fresh York City Finger Salute
O Opponent -or- Over -or- Or
OAO Over And Out
OATUS On A Totally Unrelated Subject
OAUS On An Unrelated Subject
OB Obligatory
OBE Overcome By Events
OBO Or Best Suggest
OBTW Oh By The Way
OBX Old Battle Axe
OC Original Character -or- Own Character
OCD Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
ODTAA One Damn Thing After Another
OF Old Fart
OFAP Old Fart At Play
ofc of course
OG Original Gangsta
OIC Oh, I See
OICU812 Oh I See, You Ate One Too
OIRWIS Oh I Reminisce What I Said
OK okay -or- all correct
OL Old Lady
OLL OnLine Love
OLN OnLine Netiquette
OLO Only Laughed Once
OM Old Man
OMB Oh My Buddha
OMDB Over My Dead Figure
OME Oh My Evolution
OMFG Oh My F***ing God
OMG Oh My God
OMIK Open Mouth, Insert Keyboard
OML Oh My Lord
OMMA Oh My Sore Culo
OMW On My Way -or- Oh My Word
OMWT On My Way Too
ONID Oh No I Didn’t
ONNA Oh No, Not Again
ONNTA Oh No, Not This Again
ONUD Oh No You Didn’t
OO Over and Out
OOAK One Of A Kind
OOC Out Of Character -or- Out Of Control
OOF Out Of Facility
OOI Out Of Interest
OOO Out Of Office -or- Out Of Commission
OOS Out Of Stock
OOT Out Of Touch
OOTB Out Of The Box -or- Out Of The Blue
OOTC Obligatory On Topic Comment
OSIF Oh Sh** I Left behind
OSINTOT Oh Sh** I Never Thought Of That
OST On 2nd Thought
OT Off Topic
OTASOIC Owing To A Slight Oversight In Construction
OTC Over The Counter
OTF On The Floor -or- On The Fone
OTH Off The Hook
OTL Out To Lunch
OTOH On The Other Mitt
OTP On The Phone
OTR On The Road
OTS On The Scene -or- On The Spot -or- Off The Shelf
OTT Over The Top
OTTOMH Off The Top Of My Head
OTW Off The Wall -or- Otherwise
OUSU Oh You Shut Up
ova it means over
OWTTE Or Words To That Effect
OZ Australia
P Fucking partner
P&C Private & Confidential
P-ZA Pizza
P/U Pick Up
P2C2E Process Too Complicated Too Explain
P2U4URAQTP Peace To You For You Are A Cutie Pie
P3r50n it means person
P911 Parent Alert
PA Parent Alert
PAL Parents Are Listening -or- Peace And Love
PANS Pretty Awesome Fresh Stuff
PAW Parents Are Watching
PAX Passengers
PB Potty Break
PBB Parent Behind Back
PBEM Play By EMail
PBIAB Pay Back Is A Bitch
PBJ Peanut Butter and Jelly -or- Pretty Boy Jock
PC Individual Computer -or- Politically Correct
PCM Please Call Me
PCMCIA People Can’t Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
PD Public Domain
PDA Private Digital Assistant -or- Public Display of Affection
PDOMA Pulled Directly Out Of My Booty
PDQ Pretty Darn Quick
PDS Please Don’t Shout
PEBCAC Problem Exists Inbetween Chair And Computer
PEBCAK Problem Exists Inbetween Chair And Keyboard
PEEP People Engaged and Empowered for Peace
peeps people
pen15 it stands for penis
PFA Pulled From Arse -or- Please Find Linked
PFC Pretty F***ing Cold
PFM Unspoiled F***ing Magic
phat Pretty Hot And Tempting
PHB Pointy Haired Boss
PHS Pointy Haired Stupidvisor
PIAPS Pig In A Pant Suit
PIBKAC Problem Is Inbetween Keyboard And Chair
PICNIC Problem In Chair, Not In Computer
PIF Paid In Utter
PIMP Urinating In My Pants
PIMPL Urinating In My Pants Laughing
PIN Person In Need -or- Individual Identification Number
PIR Parent In Room
PITA Agony In The Bum
PITMEMBOAM Peace In The Middle East My Brother Of Another Mother
pix pictures -or- photos
PLO Peace, Love, Out
PLOKTA Press Lots Of Keys To Abort
PLOS Parents Looking Over Shoulder
PLS Please
PLU People Like Us
PLUR Peace, Love, Unity, Respect
PLZ Please
PM Private Message -or- Private Message
PMBI Pardon My Butting In
PMF Pardon My French
PMFJI Pardon Me For Hopping In
PMIGBOM Put Mind In Gear Before Opening Mouth
PMJI Pardon My Hopping In
PML Pissing Myself Laughing
PMP Pissing My Pants
PMSL Pissed MySelf Laughing
PNATMBC Pay No Attention To Man Behind the Curtain
PNATTMBTC Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Curtain
PNCAH Please, No Cursing Permitted Here
PND Possibly Not Undoubtedly -or- Individual Navigation Device
PO Piss Off
po-mo post-modern
POAHF Put On A Glad Face
POAK Passed Out At Keyboard
POETS Piss Off Early Tomorrow’s Saturday
POMS Parent Over My Shoulder
PONA Person Of No Account
POP Photo On Profile, Point Of Purchase/Presence, Post Office Protocol
POS Parent Over Shoulder -or- Lump Of Sh**
POSC Lump Of Sh** Computer
POSSLQ Persons of the Opposite Lovemaking Sharing Living Quarters
POTATO Person Over Thirty Acting Twenty One
POTS Plain Old Telephone System -or- Pat On The Shoulder
POTUS President of the United States
POV Point Of View
PP Private Problem
PPL People -or- Pay-Per-Lead -or- Pay Per Lead
PPPPPPP or 7P Prior Decent Planning Prevents Piss Poor Spectacle
pron porn
PRT Partial ReTweet -or- Party
PRW Parents Are Watching
PS Post Script
PSA Public Service Announcement
PSO Product Superior to Operator
PTH Prime Tanning Hours
PTL Praise The Lord
PTMM Please Tell Me More
PTOYED Please Turn Off Your Electronic Devices
PTP Pardon The Pun
PTPOP Pat The Pissed Off Primate
PU That Stinks
puter computer
PVP Player Versus Player
pw password
PWAS Prayer Wheels Are Spinning
PWCB Person Will Call Back
pwms playing with myself
pwn own
pwnt possessed
PWOMS Parent Watching Over My Shoulder
PWP Plot, What Plot?
PYFB Pay Your F***ing Bill
Q Queue -or- Question
Q2C Quick To Spunk
Q416 it means: Quarter four in 2016
QC Quality Control
QFT Quoted For Truth -or- Abandon F***ing Talking
qix it means quick
QL Abandon Laughing
QLS Reply
QOTD Quote Of The Day
QQ Quick Question -or- Sob More
QS Abandon Scrolling
QT Cutie -or- Quiet
QYB Abandon Your Bitching
r are
r u da? Are you there?
r u goin? Are you going?
r u there? Are you there?
R&D Research & Development
R&R Rest & Entertainment
RAEBNC Read And Loved, But No Comment
RAF Random As F***
RAFO Read And Find Out
RAT Remotely Activated Trojan -or- Remote Access Instrument
RB@Ya Right Back at Ya
RBAY Right Back At You
RBTL Read Inbetween The Lines
RBU Rainbows, Butterflies, Unicorns
RC Remote Control
RCI Rectal Cranial Inversion
RDV Reader’s Digest Version
RE Regards -or- Reply -or- Hello Again
REHI Hi Again
RESO Reservation
RFD Request For Discussion
RFP Request For Proposal
RFR Indeed F***ing Rich
RFS Indeed F***ing Soon
rgds it means regards
RGR Roger
RHIP Rank Has Its Privileges
RHK RoundHouse Kick
RI&W Read It And Weep
RIMJS Indeed I’M Just Telling
RINO Republican In Name Only
RIYL Recommended If You Like
RKBA Right to Keep and Bear Arms
RL Real Life
RLCO Real Life Conference
RLF Real Life Friend
RM Remake
RMB Rings My Bell
RMETTH Rolling My Eyes To The Heavens
RMLB Read My Lips Baby
RMMA Reading My Mind Again
RMMM Read My Mail Man
RN Right Now
RNN Reply Not Necessary
RNY it means rainy
ROFL Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROFLMAO Rolling On Floor Laughing My Booty Off
ROFLMAOASTC Rolling On Floor Laughing My Butt Off And Scaring The Cat
ROFLOL Rolling On Floor Laughing Out Noisy
ROR Raffing Out Roud (in scooby-doo dialect)
ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROTFLMAO Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Booty Off
ROTFLMFAO Rolling On The Floor Laughing My F***ing Butt Off
ROTFLOL Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Noisy
ROTGL Rolling On The Ground Laughing
ROTGLMAO Rolling On The Ground Laughing My Donk Off
ROTM Right On The Money
RPG Role Playing Games
RRQ Come back Receipt reQuested
RRR haR haR haR (instead of LOL)
RSN Real Soon Now
RSVP Repondez S’il Vous Plait
RT Real Time -or- ReTweet
RTB Returning To Base
RTBM Read The Bloody Manual
RTBS Reason To Be Single
RTFAQ Read The FAQ
RTFF Read The F***ing FAQ
RTFM Read The F***ing Manual
RTFQ Read The F***ing Question
RTH Release The Hounds
RTK Comeback To Keyboard
RTM or RTFM Read The Manual -or- Read The F***ing Manual
RTS Read The Screen
RTSM Read The Stupid Manual
RTSS Read The Screen Stupid
RTTSD Right Thing To Say Dude
RTWFQ Read The Entire F***ing Question
RU Are You?
RU/Eighteen Are You Over Legal?
RUFKM Are You F***ing Kidding Me?
RUH Are You Horny?
RUMCYMHMD Are You on Medication Cause You Must Have Missed a Dose
