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Chat slang originated in online communities. From the early days of online bulletin boards to modern instant messaging programs, online chat circles have continued to foster new chat slang. The following table includes a list of acronyms, abbreviations, and other chat slang terms that are used in online chat.

Slang Term	Meaning	Popularity
411	Information	283
AFAIK	As far as I know	287
AFK	Away from keyboard	174
ATM	At the moment	220
AIM	AOL Instant Messenger	233
b4	Before	100
AOL	America Online	233
BBIAB	Be back in a bit	100
BBL	Be back later	286
BBS	Be back soon	125
IM	Instant message	200
b/c	Because	200
ugh	Disgusted	214
BRB	Be right back	129
AM	Antemeridian	150
BTW	By the way	114
hw	Homework	125
Sry	Sorry	100
haha	Laughing	167
msg	Message	100
pls	Please	133
YOLO	You only live once	158
UR	Your	250
BAE	Before anyone else	150
PM	Postmeridian	150
GTG	Got to go	136
HOAS	Hold on a second	100
IAC	In any case	200
IC	I see	300
Whoa	Expression of surprise	133
IIRC	If I remember correctly	229
Mooch	To freeload	100
IMO	In my opinion	186
J/K	Just kidding	200
L8	Late	100
l8r	Later	220
LMK	Let me know	183
LOL	Laughing out loud	127
MYOB	Mind your own business	100
ne1	Anyone	100
NM	Not much	133
Noob	Newbie	136
OMG	Oh my gosh	100
POS	Parent over shoulder	150
ROTFL	Rolling on the floor laughing	233
fb	Facebook	260
SMH	Shaking my head	159
SOS	Someone over shoulder	229
sup	What's up	100
TBC	To be continued	100
TC	Take care	212
thx	Thanks	114
TIA	Thanks in advance	233
Bro	Brother	129
TTFN	Ta-ta for now	150
TTYL	Talk to you later	145
TY	Thank you	100
Gotcha	I get you	100
sec	Second	100
PC	Personal computer	100
w/	With	100
YWA	You're welcome anyway	279
u	You	100
WB	Write back	200
w/o	Without	100
Y	Why	214
YW	You're welcome	200
ZZZ	Sleeping	150
pwn	To dominate	125
NC	No comment	125
XDD	Laughing especially hard	216
24/7	Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week	150
ROFL	Rolling on the floor laughing	167
MMB	Message me back	100
IKR	I know, right?	208
PHAT	Pretty hot and tempting	250
2	To	114
CTN	Can't talk now	200
143	I love you	212
WAM	Wait a minute	200
BA	Bad a**	200
DYD	Don't you dare	200
meh	Whatever	133
BFFL	Best friend for life	267
DMI	Don't mention it	200
JFGI	Just flippin' Google it	200
cz	Because	133
GOAT	Greatest of all time	114
NITM	Not in the mood	333
BD	Big deal	350
ATW	All the way	200
GMAB	Give me a break	150
QQ	Quick question	300
bc	Because	129
TTL	Time to leave	150
BION	Believe it or not	200
Shorty	A fine female	200
WAS	Wait a second	200
WRUD	What are you doing	367
M/F	Male or female	200
BTDT	Been there, done that	200
PM	Private message	133
CU	See you	150
YGM	You've got mail	200
CUL	See you later	367
GB2W	Get back to work	200
IM	Instant Messenger	267
2mr	Tomorrow	350
sc2	StarCraft 2	150
BG	Big grin	333
LMSO	Laughing my socks off	200
dunno	I don't know	200
l33t	Leet	200
Sack	Bed	200
TSNF	That's so not fair	150
yep	Yes	200
pvt	Private	133
TBR	To be rude	120
BIAB	Back in a bit	200
AF	As f***	133
KK	OK	217
LFTD	Left for the day	300
You win the Internet	You are awesome	200
FTR	For the record	250
G2G	Gotta go	200
OO	Over and out	200
gb	Goodbye	367
h/w	Homework	200
nvr	Never	150
sp	Spelling	200
WDYT	What do you think	200
4ward	Forward	200
A3	Anytime, anywhere, anyone	267
ZOMG	Oh my gosh!	140
HRU	How are you	175
MIA	Missing in action	150
WoW	World of Warcraft	150
mins	Minutes	200
HF	Have fun	200
WITR	Who's in the room	200
prvt	Private	200
*$	Starbucks	200
h8	Hate	300
luv	Love	233
OTTOMH	Off the top of my head	200
555	Laughing	310
gnite	Goodnight	150
LMS	Let me see	250
Keke	Korean laugh	240
Kinda	Kind of	150
AFAIC	As far as I'm concerned	200
TISNF	That is so not fair	200
r	Are	167
IRL	In real life	120
orly	Oh really	200
PRW	Parents are watching	200
Whew	Expression of relief	150
SG	Sounds good	260
IMHO	In my humble opinion	133
OOO	Out of office	111
Hottie	Attractive person	133
NL	Not likely	250
THOT	That hoe over there	200
IOW	In other words	250
Ditto	Same	200
BB	Bye bye	232
GNST	Good night, sleep tight	200
WDYM	What do you mean?	125
KIT	Keep in touch	150
KWIM	Know what I mean	200
nxt	Next	200
LYL	Love you lots	350
admin	Administrator	150
TWIS	That's what I said	200
MMA	Meet me at	200
nm	Nevermind	200
no1	No one	200
FTTB	For the time being	200
nvm	Nevermind	150
OIC	Oh, I see	150
OTOH	On the other hand	200
plz	Please	233
ALOL	Actually laughing out loud	250
sw	Software	200
mysp	MySpace	200
LQTM	Laughing quietly to myself	200
TM	Trademark	250
TAFN	That's all for now	200
f9	Fine	267
str8	Straight	200
xx	Kisses	200
lolz	Laugh out louds	125
GTG	Good to go	329
rdy	Ready	200
XO	Kiss and Hug	320
TBH	To be honest	200
SFF	So freaking funny	200
TBF	To be fair	200
OC	Of course	200
peeps	People	200
RUS	Are you serious?	275
d/c	Disconnected	167
TBCL	To be continued later	200
BTK	Back to keyboard	350
PEBKAC	Problem exists between keyboard and chair	133
LDR	Long distance relationship	150
rnt	Aren't	200
TIC	Tongue in cheek	200
TCB	Taking care of business	200
RU	Are you	200
TTYS	Talk to you soon	240
LMIRL	Let's meet in real life	200
MIRL	Meet in real life	200
gonna	Going to	200
Stoked	Excited	200
TYVM	Thank you very much	200
yup	Yes	150
NGL	Not gonna lie	200
LJK	LOL just kidding	186
Ermahgerd	Oh my gosh	125
hlp	Help	200
WB	Welcome back	133
Woah	Expression of surprise	375
SOHF	Sense of humor failure	250
ya	Yes	200
PMJI	Pardon my jumping in	200
onl	Online	150
Booze	Alcohol	133
Rickroll	To trick someone into watching a Rick Astley music video	120
WRT	With regard to	300
hood	Neighborhood	200
WU	What's up	200
PDA	Public display of affection	275
Digits	Phone number	200
LBR	Let's be real	200
CTM	Chuckle to myself	300
WTH	What the heck	250
Keyboard warrior	A person that posts controversial opinions online	200
IDFWU	I don't f*** with you	167
4U	For you	200
PIO	Pass it on	200
Put on blast	To call out	150
IE	That is	200
pwnd	Owned	125
p911	Parent alert!	300
ltr	Later	200
IGI	I get it	150
tlk	Talk	200
CTC	Call the cell	200
IDU	I don't understand	300
Woot	Woohoo!	133
rly	Really	167
MT	Mistype	220
ILY	I love you	200
MB	My bad	200
OTP	On the phone	350
IMY	I miss you	133
LMA	Leave me alone	200
X	Kiss	340
YT	Your turn	360
2day	Today	200
2nite	Tonight	300
4	For	200
c	See	150
IAB	In a bit	300
ez	Easy	200
ROFLOL	Rolling on the floor laughing out loud	200
hw	Hardware	200
G9	Goodnight	200
2H2H	Too hot to handle	200
2l8	Too late	200
4gm	Forgive me	300
SIG	Silence is golden	300
YABA	Yet another bloody acronym	300
B4N	Bye for now	300
SPROS	Stop, parents reading over shoulder	300
BASOR	Breathing a sigh of relief	350
BCNU	Be seein' you	300
WMAO	Working my a** off	300
NTY	No thank you	433
bstd	Busted	300
STFW	Search the flippin' Web	300
CMIIW	Correct me if I'm wrong	233
CTRN	Can't talk right now	300
cul8r	See you later	400
ID10T	Idiot	200
EOR	End of rant	300
YT	You there?	300
HAN	How about now?	400
txtin	Texting	300
watev	Whatever	300
LLOL	Literally laughing out loud	200
AYWK	As you well know	300
ILY2	I love you too	300
LY	Love ya	300
GAL	Get a life	200
DRK	Don't really know	300
AAF	Always and forever	300
FAH	Funny as heck	400
GOL	Giggle out loud	250
IDR	I don't remember	300
PTO	Pass this on	300
YKI	You know it	300
YBS	You'll be sorry	300
yer	Your	300
hehe	Laughing	250
GM	Good move	200
plox	Please	350
gn	Goodnight	200
TOU	Thinking of you	300
BAMF	Bad a mother f***	280
TMFT	Too much free time	200
H&K	Hugs and kisses	250
TQVM	Thank you very much	200
JLMK	Just let me know	400
L2M	Listening to music	400
BL	Buddy list	267
J/P	Just playing	300
DK	Don't know	400
WUU2	What are you up to	350
KISS	Keep it simple, stupid	300
GFY	Good for you	283
G2GP	Got to go pee	300
ITYF	I think you'll find	300
mngr	Manager	300
LMBO	Laughing my butt off	300
GMV	Got my vote	150
GLWT	Good luck with that	300
OMGN	Oh my gosh noob	300
MIMAS	May I make a suggestion	250
OTB	Off the boat	367
LOLOL	Lots of laugh out louds	250
p/w	Password	300
LOLHK	Lots of love, hugs, and kisses	300
azn	Asian	300
m8	Mate	200
addy	Address	250
me2	Me too	250
TWSS	That's what she said	300
em	E-mail	400
poed	P*ssed off	300
YCCOI	You can count on it	300
BIAM	Back in a minute	300
N2M	Not too much	300
IONO	I don't know	140
NBD	No big deal	317
*$$	Starbucks	300
muah	Kiss	325
NFW	No freakin' way	233
HMSL	Holding my sides laughing	250
GSOH	Great sense of humor	250
L2P	Learn to play	200
DU	Darn you	250
GTR	Got to run	200
NOYB	None of your business	250
NW	No way	300
C&G	Chuckle and grin	300
AML	All my love	200
OT	Other topic	250
PIMP	Peeing in my pants (laughing)	450
HK	Hugs and kisses	400
ofc	Of course	300
grl	Girl	250
BBML	Be back much later	300
SBT	Sorry 'bout that	300
ROTF	Rolling on the floor	250
RUB	Are you back	300
AOC	Available on cell	300
bup	Backup Plan	350
SH	Same here	250
SOL	S*** out of luck	300
AYTMTB	And you're telling me this because	300
SYT	See you tomorrow	300
BDU	Brain dead user	267
AYW	As you wish	300
BIOYA	Blow it out your a**	300
LUB	Love you, bye	300
OML	Oh my Lord	331
s	Smiling	300
GP	Go private	300
T2UL	Talk to you later	400
YGG	You go girl	300
CFV	Call for votes	300
yupz	OK	200
NAC	Not a chance	300
GR&D	Grinning, running, and ducking	300
HH	Holding hands	300
wei	Whatever idiot	300
LWT	Laughing with tears	400
IDC	I don't care	250
AWTY	Are we there yet?	233
GBTW	Get back to work	200
ROTFLMAO	Rolling on the floor laughing my a** off	400
IDTS	I don't think so	300
mng	Manage	300
ROTFLOL	Rolling on the floor laughing out loud	300
FTG	For the group	300
FOAF	Friend of a friend	250
O&O	Over and out	300
AH	At home	300
KSC	Kinda sorta chuckle	200
xit	Exit	200
TTM	Talk to me	300
HORU	How old are you	300
TNT	Till next time	300
PITA	Pain in the a**	260
SNMP	So not my problem	250
chingo	Chat lingo	250
H/O	Hold on	300
OMD	Oh my darn!	250
COC	Code of conduct	275
Pl	Playlist	300
RTF	Return the favor	300
2M2H	Too much to handle	300
ITYS	I told you so	300
WEML	Whatever major loser	250
TLA	Three letter acronym	250
RL	Real life	200
NTMY	Nice to meet you	300
NBJF	No brag, just fact	300
DRC	Don't really care	300
J	Joking	350
SYY	Shut your yapper	350
JC	Just checking	300
DFL	Dead freaking last	350
TWHS	That's what he said	300
Nal	Nationality	300
Yr	Your	300
KOTL	Kiss on the lips	300
Rm	Room	350
Lemeno	Let me know	350
hav	Have	300
9	Parent in room	267
99	Parent has left	200
C2C	Cam to cam	300
UT	You there?	425
YMMD	You made my day	350
laf	Laugh	300
BBT	Be back tomorrow	300
KB	Kiss back	250
K	Kiss	333
KOTC	Kiss on the cheek	300
SINBAD	Single income, no boyfriend, absolutely desperate	300
GR	Gotta Run	400
A/S/L	Age/sex/location	233
NBSP	No bull s*** please	233
WUA	What's up anyway?	350
TBY	Teacher behind you	300
mwa	Kiss	250
bd	Birthday	300
NS	No s***	300
ILAMY	I love and miss you	300
GBFN	Goodbye for now	300
AOYP	Angel on your pillow	300
NG	No good	200
rawr	Roar	200
121	One to one	200
kewl	Cool	167
d8	Date	400
HSIK	How should I know	300
AFAIAC	As far as I am concerned	400
LOI	Laughing on the inside	175
IDT	I don't think	300
OTL	Out to lunch	425
TOL	Thinking of laughing	167
PLMK	Please let me know	200
YM	Your mom	300
RAK	Random act of kindness	300
GOMB	Get off my back	225
AWT	At what time	300
4U2	For you too	300
TTYT	Talk to you tomorrow	250
xlnt	Excellent	250
YSW	Yeah sure whatever	250
NK	No kidding	325
TFB	Too freakin' bad	300
ttly	Totally	300
LOC	Load of crap	300
1ce	Once	300
PDQ	Pretty darn quick	300
C4N	Ciao for now	300
JFK	Just freakin' kidding	300
add	Address	300
b	Be	267
b-day	Birthday	267
LYSM	Love you so much	300
BIL	Boss is listening	300
CID	Consider it done	400
cuz	Because	225
IHY	I hate you	300
CU@	See you around	300
da	The	300
HOPE	Have Only Positive Expectations	300
OMFG	Oh my freaking gosh	200
FU	F*** you	300
STFU	Shut the f*** up	220
OAR	On a roll	350
CME	Checking my e-mail	275
FOB	Fresh off the boat	300
IAM	In a minute	350

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