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Slang terms have become increasingly prevalent on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. The list below includes common slang used in social media. You can also view a list of chat slang terms used specifically on Facebook or Twitter.

Slang Term	Meaning	Popularity
BTW	By the way	114
Don't @ me	Don't mention me in your tweets	100
gf	Girlfriend	100
IC	I see	300
IIRC	If I remember correctly	229
IMO	In my opinion	186
On fleek	Perfect	150
L8	Late	100
l8r	Later	220
LOL	Laughing out loud	127
OMG	Oh my gosh	100
SMH	Shaking my head	159
TC	Take care	212
thx	Thanks	114
TTYL	Talk to you later	145
TY	Thank you	100
Y	Why	214
YW	You're welcome	200
2	To	114
pls	Please	133
AM	Antemeridian	150
PM	Postmeridian	150
IKR	I know, right?	208
FTW	For the win	125
fb	Facebook	260
ICYMI	In case you missed it	200
Tweet	Twitter post	100
Bling	Overly flashy jewelry	180
Bro	Brother	129
TFW	That feeling when	120
LAN	Local Area Network	100
YOLO	You only live once	158
ugh	Disgusted	214
LMS	Like my status	117
Whoa	Expression of surprise	133
Swag	Skills or style	109
Selfie	A picture of yourself	150
yt	YouTube	243
Fake news	Fake news source that pretends to be real	100
143	I love you	212
BD	Big deal	350
BION	Believe it or not	200
Thigh gap	Space between a person's thighs	200
FTR	For the record	250
IMHO	In my humble opinion	133
PP	Profile picture	225
KIT	Keep in touch	150
KWIM	Know what I mean	200
LYL	Love you lots	350
TBR	To be rude	120
NLT	No later than	200
nvm	Nevermind	150
OIC	Oh, I see	150
TBH	To be honest	200
TIC	Tongue in cheek	200
TTYS	Talk to you soon	240
TYVM	Thank you very much	200
Twitterverse	Twitter universe	200
rly	Really	167
Put on blast	To call out	150
TISNF	That is so not fair	200
Slide into your DMs	To send a direct message on Twitter	200
Keyboard warrior	A person that posts controversial opinions online	200
PIO	Pass it on	200
IMY	I miss you	133
FTTB	For the time being	200
WDYT	What do you think	200
IAB	In a bit	300
4ward	Forward	200
HRU	How are you	175
WADR	With all due respect	250
MTF	More to follow	200
MIA	Missing in action	150
mysp	MySpace	200
The struggle is real	Having difficulty doing something	233
LTD	Lovers till death	333
HMU	Hit me up	175
fbo	Facebook official	233
Snapstreak	Snapchat streak	200
DYD	Don't you dare	200
f9	Fine	267
U2U	Up to you	200
GPOY	Gratuitous picture of yourself	200
PTL	Praise the Lord	200
2mr	Tomorrow	350
lolz	Laugh out louds	125
deets	Details	200
lil	Little	200
ATW	All the way	200
XO	Kiss and Hug	320
IG	Instagram	200
CYF	Check your Facebook	200
SFF	So freaking funny	200
IOU	I owe you	150
Movember	Mustache-growing November	220
GTG	Good to go	329
OBO	Or best offer	150
Vine	6 second video	117
GMAB	Give me a break	150
RU	Are you	200
BCBG	Bon Chic Bon Genre	200
gonna	Going to	200
RT	Retweet	200
LLS	Laughing like s***	260
Faceremorse	Remorse after posting on Facebook	167
Unfriend	To remove a friend on Facebook	200
LARP	Live action role-playing	133
NGL	Not gonna lie	200
OOMF	One of my followers	200
Pad	House	200
TSNF	That's so not fair	150
Hot	Beautiful	120
POTUS	President of the United States	190
fav	Favorite	333
TBR	To be real	220
Ermahgerd	Oh my gosh	125
TIL	Today I learned	200
Bestie	Best Friend	150
Creeper	A socially invasive person	117
Hipster	A person who dislikes mainstream culture	137
MCM	Man-crush Monday	150
WCW	Woman-crush Wednesday	200
GIF	Graphics Interchange Format	150
Celine a scene	To add a Celine Dion song to a video for maximum emotional impact	125
obv	Obviously	150
2H2H	Too hot to handle	200
2l8	Too late	200
2U2	To you too	300
4rl	For real	250
Bikini bridge	Space between a bikini bottom and stomach	225
AWOL	Absent while online	200
CMIIW	Correct me if I'm wrong	233
CYL	Catch ya later	300
Mention	A reference to a Twitter username in a tweet	300
DMY	Don't mess yourself	300
EOR	End of rant	300
Insta-lurking	Looking through a person's Instagram pictures	250
POIDH	Pictures or it didn't happen	200
H&K	Hugs and kisses	250
IMAO	In my arrogant opinion	275
Bet	You bet	300
JLMK	Just let me know	400
HIFW	How I felt when	200
LOLOL	Lots of laugh out louds	250
Fleek	Perfect	233
NOYB	None of your business	250
NW	No way	300
PIMP	Peeing in my pants (laughing)	450
IBC	Ice bucket challenge	300
TAY	Thinking about you	300
TCOB	Takin' care of business	300
Viner	Vine user	250
VBG	Very big grin	400
WTG	Way to go	217
YVW	You're very welcome	300
fave	Favorite	300
C&G	Chuckle and grin	300
AML	All my love	200
HK	Hugs and kisses	400
LYSM	Love you so much	300
LPP	Likes per post	300
OLTL	One Life to Live	300
Rinstagram	Real Instagram account	250
SMF	So much fun	300
IMSO	In my sovereign opinion	200
TLDR	Too long, didn't read	200
Covfefe	Coverage	200
BGF	Best guy friend	250
PC4PC	Picture comment for picture comment	300
WEG	Wicked evil grin	250
Clapback	A clever comeback	233
Straight fire	Very cool	300
FOMOF	Fear of missing out on football	250
The gram	Instagram	300
DYK	Did you know	300
issa	It's a	300
FBriend	A Facebook friend	300
IWU	I want you	300
TMAI	Tell me about it	300
TQVM	Thank you very much	200
Tea	Truth	300
L2M	Listening to music	400
YGG	You go girl	300
OOTD	Outfit of the day	200
SFM	So freaking much	300
DU	Darn you	250
WL	Whatta loser	300
LOC	Load of crap	300
C4N	Ciao for now	300
JFK	Just freakin' kidding	300
FOB	Fresh off the boat	300
FIFAWWC	FIFA Women's World Cup	300
IHY	I hate you	300
HOPE	Have Only Positive Expectations	300
SBT	Sorry 'bout that	300
TMFT	Too much free time	200
bup	Backup Plan	350
IDEK	I don't even know	200
OOH	Out of here	300
TMG	That's my girl	200
POTB	Pat on the back	300
IMD	In my dreams	200
YRL	You are lame	300
IA	I agree	300
FAF	Funny as fluff	400
D/C	Don't care	300
PRT	Please Retweet	250
YYSS	Yeah yeah, sure sure	400
GGG	Gotta get a grip	200
Instagram husband	A person who takes pictures of another person for Instagram	300
BFTD	Best friends till death	333
Friendversary	Friendship anniversary	157
FML	F*** my life	256
Finstagram	Fake Instagram account	250
TMDF	To my dearest friend	200
Mannequin challenge	Challenge that involves one or more people freezing in place	350
G9	Genius	300
HMB	Hit me back	250
ADM	Ay dios mio	200
SOTD	Shoe of the day	267
RIP my mentions	I'm going to receive a lot of Twitter notifications	250
Live-tweet	To tweet about something currently taking place	250
YDI	You deserved it	300
FB	Follow back	300
Subtweet	Subliminal tweet	267
bbg	Baby girl	300
4ever	Forever	300
RIP to your mentions	You're going to receive a lot of Twitter notifications	250
NB	Not bad	300
Fire	Awesome	300
Biffles	Best friends for life	300
Nae Nae	Hip-rocking, hand-raising dance move	183
TWSI	That was so ironic	300
Latergram	A picture posted on Instagram later than when it was taken	300
TTYOOTD	Talk to you one of these days	300
Mood	How I'm feeling	300
Facebook friend	A friend on Facebook, but most likely not in real life	300
Twitterstorm	A quick rise of activity about a specific topic on Twitter	300
e1	Everyone	400
AOTY	Album of the year	300
W2G	Way to go	300
AWHFY	Are we having fun yet?	300
AYPI	And your point is?	300
AYSOS	Are you stupid or something?	300
BW	Best wishes	200
CSL	Can't stop laughing	300
Grelfie	Group selfie	250
SPST	Same place, same time	300
GPOYW	Gratuitous picture of yourself Wednesday	200
TAC	That ain't cool	300
Revine	To repost a vine	333
pic	Picture	300
dewd	Dude	300
DemThrones	Game of Thrones	200
oh	Overheard	250
HT	Heard Through	400
MM	Music Monday	200
DM	Direct message	140
Tweetup	Twitter meetup	233
TBR	To be read	250
HML	Hate my life	200
bday	Birthday	250
sux	Sucks	300
Felfie	Family picture	267
TFTA	Thanks for the add	150
bbq	Barbecue	300
BFF4L	Best friends forever for life	300
SAHD	Stay-at-home dad	300
TYLJ	Thank you Lord Jesus	300
Totes	Totally	175
POUS	President of the United States	250
Larping	Live action role-playing	300
Chillax	Chill and relax	200
URTB	You are the best	367
IMPO	In my personal opinion	250
ridic	Ridiculous	300
CSB	Cool story, bro	250
HYFR	Heck ya, freakin' right	250
LML	Laughing mad loud	200
idd	Indeed	300
Planking	Lying face down and straight like a plank	200
PBUH	Peace be upon Him	300
CX	Correction	267
LI	LinkedIn	300
GMAFB	Give me a friggin' break	200
srs	Serious	300
TT	Trending topic	300
TFF	Twitter follower-friend	200
rox	Rocks	400
roxorz	Rocks	300
Tweeps	Twitter peeps	200
TPM	Tweets per minute	300
FOMO	Fear of missing out	217
vlog	Video blog	200
vlogger	Video blogger	300
lk	Like	300
MIRL	Me in real life	300
hun	Honey	200
DBTS	Don't believe that stuff	250
Twittersphere	The world of Twitter	200
favs	Favorites	186
PAP	Post a picture	300
Likers get rate	Anyone who likes this post will get a rate	250
XTL	Cross the line	400
gma	Grandma	200
gpa	Grandpa	300
Retweet offender	A person who constantly retweets on Twitter	250
Brah	Bro	300
Spit	To flirt	300
Poser	Pretender	300
FF	Friends forever	300
Gawd	God	300
Crew	Group of friends	250
TBT	Throwback Thursday	150
PMKI	Pretty much killin' it	275
Doge	Dog	167
Supes	Super	300
Detweet	To delete a tweet	300
Twaddict	Twitter addict	300
Handle	Twitter username	200
RLRT	Real life retweet	300
AMA	Ask me anything	233
Llello	Cocaine	300
Vacay	Vacation	250
SD	Sweet dreams	233
Ghost post	A Facebook comment that was removed	300
Catfish	To assume a false identity	250
DYAC	D*** You Auto Correct	175
Twinsies	Two people who share a common trait	220
S4S	Share for share	250
2DFM	Too dumb for me	450
AAMOF	As a matter of fact	400
BB	Bright blessings	400
DS	Dear son	400
FCOL	For crying out loud	400
Dressgate	Controversy about the colors of a dress	233
FYA	For your amusement	400
GFN	Gone for now	350
tl	Timeline	300
IR8	Irate	400
ITMT	In the meantime	225
JSYK	Just so you know	240
Wealthy selfie	Picture of yourself with a large amount of wealth	400
KIR	Keepin' it real	400
MFW	My face when	233
LYLAB	Love you like a brother	400
LYLAS	Love you like a sister	367
LMFAO	Laughing my freakin' a** off	280
LOL	Lots of love	343
LUM	Love you man	400
NOMB	None of my business	300
TOH	The other half	400
W2F	Way too funny	400
ONYD	Oh no you didn't	400
TMW	That moment when	367
JMO	Just my opinion	400
M02	My two cents	400
DH	Dear hubby	400
DIL	Daughter-in-law	400
MRW	My reaction when	360
WYWH	Wish you were here	250
RATM	Rage Against The Machine	400
TFTF	Thanks for the follow	233
Instagrammer	A person who uses Instagram	283
TSIR	The struggle is real	333
MBFA	Make baseball fun again	350
ICYWTBE	In case you went to bed early	300
Snapchatter	Snapchat user	267
TRS	That really sucks	400
BNO	Boys night out	400
GNO	Girls night out	400
LOML	Love of my life	350
LUGLS	Love you guys like sisters	400
BBW	Be back whenever	400
IAIL	I am in love	250
SAHM	Stay-at-home mom	400
CTO	Check this out	400
IFSFY	I feel sorry for you	300
mishu	Miss you	267
mwahugz	Kisses and hugs	400
OMGD	Oh my gosh, duh	400
gz	Congratulations	400
BBB	Boring beyond belief	400
4n	Foreign	400
SOAB	Son of a b****	400
AHFY	Always here for you	200
458	I love you	400
KOTD	Kicks of the day	350
DFTBA	Don't forget to be awesome	400
CPE	Coolest Person Ever	400
IHU	I hate you	250
TTYN	Talk to you never	350
FBF	Flash Back Friday	267
HLBD	Happy late birthday	400
HPDC	Happy People Don't Complain	400
WTFE	What the frick ever	400
LFTD	Laugh for the day	350
SAT	Sorry about that	400
YRAG	You are a geek	400
LLPOF	Liar liar pants on fire	400
CYFB	Check your Facebook	400
wtv	Whatever	350
DUK	Didn't you know?	400
BMA	Best mates always	400
2C4U	Too cool for you	350
BFFN	Best friend for now	400
ILMM	I love my man	350
PDH	Pretty darn hot	450
CRTLA	Can't remember the three letter acronym	400
finsta	Fake Instagram account	225
rinsta	Real Instagram account	350
TTY	Talk to you	350
@@-o	Tattletale	400
FUSIT	Fouled up situation	400
BCO	Big crush on	317
cu2mr	See you tomorrow	450
GUFN	Grounded until further notice	450
OME	Oh my Edward	400
Cybermob	A group of online users that harasses other users	400
AISI	As I see it	400
ANFSCD	And now for something completely different	400
pl0x	Please	250
ULKGR8	You look great	367
BMGWL	Busting my gut with laughter	400
OTE	Over the edge	333
TTTT	These things take time	400
BUF	Big, ugly, fat	400
BITS	Back in the saddle	350
DUCT	Did you see that?	400
EYC	Excited yet calm	450
FAWC	For anyone who cares	400
FYE	For your entertainment	333
GBY	God bless you	400
OTS	On the scene	400
IFVB	I feel very bad	400
IIR	If I remember	400
IJWTS	I just want to say	400
LNOL	Laughing not out loud	400
KMSL	Killing myself laughing	400
TSS	Toxic Shock Syndrome	325
DITG	Down in the gutter	400
Dweet	Drunk tweet	400
MRT	Modified retweet	400
NTS	Note to self	300
Instagram prime time	Peak hours of Instagram activity	300
us	Ultrasound	400
dc	Daycare	250
BFK	Big fat kiss	450
Larper	Live action role-player	350
mum	Mom	300
ASP	After show party	400
LBVS	Laughing but very serious	367
HMP	Help me, please	400
hmp	Humph	400
LML	Love my life	400
HT	Hat Tip	450
MT	Modified tweet	333
PRT	Partial retweet	350
HBBD	Happy belated birthday	300
rthx	Retweet thanks	400
xbf	Ex-boyfriend	400
xgf	Ex-girlfriend	400
OG	Original gangster	325
Opa	Greek exclamation	400
Tweavesdropping	Eavesdropping on Twitter	375
BYOD	Bring your own device	400
Ginger	Red-head	267
Facestalking	Looking through someone's pictures on Facebook	267
FHO	Friends Hanging Out	400
ELO	Electric Light Orchestra	400
HNY	Happy new year	350
ion	I don't	450
LeBroning	Flopping	156
FOMOH	Fear of missing out on hockey	400
Attwaction	Attraction to a Twitter user	250
chk	Check	400
cld	Could	400
clk	Click	400
cre8	Create	400
Eavestweeting	Eavesdropping on Twitter conversations	400
Mistweet	Tweet mistake	225
Tweetsult	Insulting tweet	217
Tweeple	Twitter people	267
Seltering	Sticking out your rear in a fitness pose	240
FF	Follow Friday	400
Dead	Hilarious	300
FOH	F*** outta here	300
H/T	Hat tip	450
AFDB	A few days back	450
AFDA	A few days ago	300
Swammie	Firearm	400
q	Question	300
BCOY	Big crush on you	350
Shelfie	Picture of objects arranged on a shelf	300
BGF	Best girl friend	400
DGYF	Dang girl, you're fine	175
Spoopy	Spooky and funny	229
feels	Feelings	220
Twollower	Twitter follower	250
HUMM	Hope you miss me	400

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