The following is a list of some common English acronyms/abbreviations/short forms/text talk that are used on the web, in emails, text messages, Instant Messaging (IM), etc.
The acronyms / abbreviations are usually written in upper case (upper case means CAPITAL LETTERS).
RECOMMENDATION FROM RICHARD:
Be very careful when you use these acronyms.
They should not be used for formal and business communications.
They are really for the purpose of text messaging.
Remember, a lot of people don't know what these acronyms mean.
I did not include the acronyms that use bad words or swearing words.
Internet and Texting Acronyms
4YEO FYEO For Your Eyes Only
AAMOF As a Matter of Fact
AFAIK As far as I know
BTW By
the Way
B/C Because
C&P Copy and Paste
CU See
you
DIY Do
it Yourself
EOBD End of Business Day
EOM End
of Message
FAQ Frequently
asked Questions
FKA Formerly
known as
FYI / JFYI (Just) For your Information
HF Have
fun
HTH Hope
this Helps
IDK I
don't know
IMHO In my Humble Opinion
IMO In
my Opinion
IOW/i.e. In
other Words
LOL Laughing
out loud
N/A or N/Av or N/App Not Available / Applicable
NNTR No need to Reply
noob n00b Newbie
NRN No Reply Necessary
OP Original Poster, Original Post
OTOH On the other Hand
POV Point of View
ROTFL Rolling on the Floor Laughing
SFLR Sorry, for late Reply
TBA To be Announced
TBC To be Continued / To be Confirmed
TIA Thanks in Advance
THX TNX Thanks
TQ Thank You
TYVM Thank You Very Much
TYT Take your Time
TTYL Talk to you Later
WRT With Regard to
YMMD You made my Day
Sudeep... Thank you for your comments. I'm glad you find this short list of acronyms helpful.
Laura... Unless you are texting in English, there are not many occasions when you would need to use an acronym. So the good news is 'you don't need to learn the thousands of acronyms that exist' :). Thank you for your comments.
Thanks a lot Richard.
Even I will not use them it is very good to know them. But I do not know maybe sometimes I will use them. However I want to ask English speakers: Why do you kill your language with these words? I like only shortened words which show emotions. For example if something is very funny, we need to use them in order to show our emotions.
Thank you @Richard for your great effort:) Really a great help for me:) I came across so many acronyms just because you posted here as it's difficult to find those all in Google. @Phil mentioned another acronym LMAO and I searched it in Google and by luck I got it but after getting know about it I really LMAO:) I'm sorry I know it's not an acronym to list here but it is funny to know those all:)
Thank you:)
