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Text Messaging Slang

Nearly everyone has a mobile phone these days, so text messaging has become one of the most common mediums for using chat slang. By using acronyms and abbreviations in your text messages, you can save characters and type your messages even faster. Below is a list of slang terms that can help you improve your texting efficiency.

Slang Term	Meaning	Votes
XD	Laughing out loud	300
LOL	Laughing out loud	489
WTF	What the f***	541
SMH	Shaking my head	544
XDD	Laughing especially hard	549
IDK	I don't know	551
TTYL	Talk to you later	557
xbf	Ex-boyfriend	558
b/f	Boyfriend	558
BRB	Be right back	560
NP	No problem	565
IKR	I know, right?	565
OMG	Oh my gosh	567
BTW	By the way	568
gn	Goodnight	569
sus	Suspicious	572
ATM	At the moment	573
BF	Brain fart	573
GTG	Got to go	573
OTW	On the way	573
muah	Kiss	573
bcz	Because	575
KK	OK	575
TY	Thank you	575
bc	Because	577
gf	Girlfriend	577
FFS	For f***'s sake	578
BAE	Before anyone else	578
Y	Why	579
IMO	In my opinion	580
xx	Kisses	580
GN	Get naked	580
TF	The f***	581
TTTT	Too tired to talk	581
nvm	Nevermind	581
2M2H	Too much to handle	581
NT	Nice try	582
Selfie	A picture of yourself	582
WTH	What the heck	582
24/7	Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week	582
Yeet	To throw something out of rage	582
thx	Thanks	583
2	To	583
sec	Second	583
ASAP	As soon as possible	584
IK	I know	584
FML	F*** my life	584
HU	Hook up	584
YW	You're welcome	584
HRU	How are you	584
143	I love you	585
WYD	What you doing?	585
BB	Bye bye	585
addy	Address	585
l8r	Later	585
HMU	Hit me up	585
wut	What	585
mhm	Mm-hmm	585
RN	Right now	585
Wha	What	585
w00t	Joy and excitement	585
NSFW	Not safe for work	585
DM	Do me	585
LMIRL	Let's meet in real life	586
qt	Cutie	586
Hottie	An attractive person	586
FTW	For the win	586
Woah	Expression of surprise	586
HBY	How about you?	586
b4	Before	587
FR	For real	587
NS	No s***	587
LOLOL	Lots of laugh out louds	587
DD	Designated driver	587
ROFLMAO	Rolling on floor, laughing my a** off	587
Bro	Brother	587
HCG	Hardcore Gamer	587
HUD	How you doing?	587
r	Are	587
perv	Pervert	587
WW	Wrong Way	587
IMY	I miss you	588
H&K	Hugs and kisses	588
DAF	Dope as f***	588
d/c	Disconnected	588
TOH	Typing one-handed	588
FWB	Friends with benefits	588
ltr	Later	588
min	Minute	588
TTYT	Talk to you tomorrow	588
2day	Today	588
aight	Alright	588
d	Di**	588
pls	Please	588
ILYSM	I love you so much	588
meh	Whatever	589
tmrw	Tomorrow	589
T2U	Talk to you	589
fb	Facebook	589
THOT	That hoe over there	589
NM	Not much	589
AF	As f***	589
imma	I'm gonna	589
tn	Tonight	589
AYK	As you know	589
ROFL	Rolling on the floor laughing	589
YRP	You are pretty	589
^5	High five	589
asf	As f***	589
WFH	Work from home	589
POC	Piece of crap	589
OMFG	Oh my freaking gosh	589
sorta	Sort of	589
IDFC	I don't freaking care	589
Xanny	Xanax	589
Kinda	Kind of	589
luv	Love	589
msg	Message	589
mtg	Meeting	589
TMB	Text me back	589
u	You	589
CTN	Can't talk now	589
hun	Honey	589
BK	Back	589
WRU	Where are you	589
BTDT	Been there, done that	590
TWIS	That's what I said	590
mins	Minutes	590
WYA	Where you at?	590
hw	Homework	590
hr	Hour	590
CTC	Care to chat?	590
MM	Make me	590
cmon	Come on	590
NL	Not likely	590
lulz	LOL	590
J/K	Just kidding	590
J/P	Just playing	590
L8	Late	590
LMK	Let me know	590
IDEK	I don't even know	590
MIA	Missing in action	590
me2	Me too	590
watev	Whatever	590
OIC	Oh, I see	590
plz	Please	590
SOL	S*** out of luck	590
Bet	You bet	590
TBC	To be continued	590
SU	Shut up	590
4U	For you	590
haha	Laughing	590
lolz	Laugh out louds	590
IHY	I hate you	590
WDYM	What do you mean?	590
Rx	Prescription	590
IMD	In my dreams	590
lil	Little	590
rdy	Ready	590
LYLC	Love you like crazy	590
IMU	I miss you	590
Sry	Sorry	590
b-day	Birthday	590
DQMOT	Don't quote me on this	590
mwa	Kiss	590
FRFR	For real for real	590
acc	Actually	590
LLOL	Literally laughing out loud	590
bday	Birthday	590
TYSM	Thank you so much	590
JS	Just saying	590
FOMO	Fear of missing out	590
IDC	I don't care	590
Adorbs	Adorable	590
HIFW	How I felt when	591
ILY	I love you	591
T2M	Talk to me	591
TTL	Time to leave	591
ITILY	I think I like you	591
HO	Hold on	591
HOAS	Hold on a second	591
IOW	In other words	591
mwah	Kiss	591
JSYK	Just so you know	591
GTR	Got to run	591
LYL	Love you lots	591
SD	Sweet dreams	591
NFW	No freakin' way	591
IWU	I want you	591
AYFKM	Are you freaking kidding me	591
SOS	Same old stuff	591
Whoa	Expression of surprise	591
TGIF	Thank goodness it's Friday	591
TYT	Take your time	591
xgf	Ex-girlfriend	591
W8	Wait	591
WDUW	What do you want	591
CG	Computer Graphics	591
UY	Up yours	591
WTHDTM	What the heck does that mean?	591
TMG	That's my girl	591
PITA	Pain in the a**	591
IOU	I owe you	591
MMB	Message me back	591
AAF	Always and forever	591
IDFWU	I don't f*** with you	591
srsly	Seriously	591
xlnt	Excellent	591
gimme	Give me	591
IWALU	I will always love you	591
cuz	Because	591
WIP	Work in progress	591
IONO	I don't know	591
yep	Yes	591
HML	Hate my life	591
w84m	Wait for me	591
yrs	Years	591
Po-po	Police	591
h8r	Hater	591
rawr	Roar	591
AH	At home	591
obv	Obviously	591
Mack	To flirt	591
2H2H	Too hot to handle	592
BFN	Bye for now	592
BA	Bad a**	592
ADM	Ay dios mio	592
G9	Goodnight	592
DTP	Down to party	592
DBD	Don't be dumb	592
WBY	What about you?	592
gb	Goodbye	592
IAB	In a bit	592
hehe	Laughing	592
A3	Anytime, anywhere, anyone	592
HMB	Hit me back	592
TBR	To be rude	592
IAC	In any case	592
shud	Should	592
bae	Babe	592
WAS	Wait a second	592
HB	Hurry back	592
tnx	Thanks	592
303	Mom	592
yup	Yes	592
wat	What	592
WTG	Way to go	592
2k	Talk	592
Thirsty	Desiring a person	592
feels	Feelings	592
BOL	Best of luck	592
SNMP	So not my problem	592
WAYD	What are you doing	592
XO	Kiss and Hug	592
ROLF	Rolling on laughing floor	592
N/C	No comment	592
g/f	Girlfriend	592
HM	High maintenance	592
GMV	Got my vote	592
b	Be	592
GL	Good looking	592
FU	F*** you	592
STFU	Shut the f*** up	592
DND	Do not disturb	592
TTYLXOX	Talk to you later, hugs and kisses	592
MT	Mistype	592
4sho	For sure	592
nub	Newbie	592
1432	I love you, too	592
WUU2	What are you up to	592
2l8	Too late	593
411	Information	593
HNY	Happy new year	593
b/c	Because	593
Cray	Crazy	593
DW	Don't worry	593
Twinsies	Two people who share a common trait	593
AOTY	Album of the year	593
HIMYM	How I Met Your Mother	593
LLS	Laughing like s***	593
LMFAO	Laughing my freakin' a** off	593
MYOB	Mind your own business	593
IDGAF	I don't give a f***	593
Forevs	Forever	593
sk8	Skate	593
Bai	Bye	593
TTFN	Ta-ta for now	593
sux	Sucks	593
TYVM	Thank you very much	593
LJK	LOL just kidding	593
WRT	With regard to	593
KMAB	Kiss my a, b**	593
lawl	LOL	593
rly	Really	593
Samesies	Same	593
KB	Kiss back	593
Textastrophe	Texting catastrophe	593
bd	Birthday	593
SMHWT	Shaking my head with a tune	593
xit	Exit	593
PDA	Public display of affection	593
GFY	Good for you	593
kewl	Cool	593
WCW	Woman-crush Wednesday	594
BC	Be cool	594
HF	Have fun	594
FOH	F*** outta here	594
WDYT	What do you think	594
cz	Because	594
TC	Take care	594
yo	Hey	594
YRL	You are lame	594
BCO	Big crush on	594
TTY	Talk to you	594
Sexting	Sending sexually explicit messages	594
ATW	All the way	594
yh	Yeah	594
PLMK	Please let me know	594
NFL	Not freakin' likely	594
YSW	Yeah sure whatever	594
NRN	Not right now	594
MTFBWY	May the Force be with you	594
kwl	Cool	594
SMS	Short Message Service	594
RUOK	Are you OK?	594
FYKI	For your kind information	594
SML	So much love	594
welp	Well	595
PJDWYS	Personal joke, don't worry yourself	595
WTFF	What the f*ing f*	595
TQVM	Thank you very much	595
GBTW	Get back to work	595
LLACP	Laughing like a crazy person	595
K3U	I love you	595
MIL	Mother-in-law	595
NTY	No thank you	595
NYE	New Year's Eve	595
NLT	No later than	595
bbg	Baby girl	595
FGSQTC	For gosh's sake quit the crap	595
TTB	That's too bad	595
nvr	Never	595
NC	No comment	595
YGM	You've got mail	595
D/C	Don't care	595
WYWTA	What you wanna talk about?	595
AYFR	Are you for real?	595
BMW	Boy Meets World	595
xan	Xanax	595
ILU	I love you	595
BIPOC	Black, Indigenous, People of Color	595
S2U	Same to you	595
JJ	Just joking	595
Kewt	Cute	596
BU&I	Between you and I	596
AAR	At any rate	596
MB	My bad	596
AYFT	Are you free today?	596
delish	Delicious	596
2B	To be	596
Textmergency	Text emergency	596
IFSFY	I feel sorry for you	596
BFAM	Brother from another mother	596
RUS	Are you serious?	596
SMH	Scratching my head	596
TAY	Thinking about you	596
LYSM	Love you so much	596
frnd	Friend	596
WU	What's up	596
YVW	You're very welcome	596
PMKI	Pretty much killin' it	596
CYM	Check your mail	596
HH	Holding hands	596
AWTY	Are we there yet?	596
JC	Just chilling	596
2B@	To be at	596
26y4u	Too sexy for you	596
HIG	How's it going?	596
Fire	Awesome	596
FOAF	Friend of a friend	596
BFFL	Best friend for life	596
JW	Just wondering	596
F2T	Free to talk	596
W^	What's up	596
FOTFL	Falling on the floor laughing	596
OP	Outta pocket	597
BION	Believe it or not	597
OM	Old man	597
CU	See you	597
CUL	Catch you later	597
MHOTY	My hat's off to you	597
4nr	Foreigner	597
CYF	Check your Facebook	597
HH1/2KO	Ha-ha, half-kidding only	597
T4TU	Thanks for the update	597
SG	Sounds good	597
RYFS	Are you freakin' serious?	597
NSS	No s*** Sherlock	597
ea	Each	597
ima	I'm	597
Totes	Totally	597
ya	You	597
TGFF	Thank God for Friday	597
ps	Postscript	597
HOS	Husband over shoulder	597
*$	Starbucks	597
d8	Date	597
DU	Darn you	597
JP	Just playing	597
SNH	Sarcasm Noted Here	597
onl	Online	597
LUL	Love you lots	597
USAD	You're such a dork	597
CTHU	Cracking the heck up	597
kms	Kill myself	597
POIDH	Pictures or it didn't happen	597
FOMOF	Fear of missing out on football	597
mishu	Miss you	597
ISTG	I swear to God	597
LMO	Leave me one	597
X	Kiss	597
Zooze	Drinking with friends over Zoom	597
KSC	Kinda sorta chuckle	597
c	See	597
ez	Easy	597
dunno	Don't know	597
TOU	Thinking of you	597
quar	Quarantine	597
mgmt	Management	597
TSNF	That's so not fair	597
Dis	This	597
It me	I identify with that	597
Wub	Love	597
UR	Your	597
ya	Yes	597
KNP	OK, no problem	597
AOYP	Angel on your pillow	597
WBU	What 'bout you	597
OML	Oh my Lord	597
OAO	Over and out	597
182	I hate you	597
PM	Postmeridian	597
I8U	I hate you	597
TOL	Thinking of laughing	597
ZOMG	Oh my gosh!	597
2U2	To you too	598
ILU2	I love you too	598
kw	Know	598
HFC	Holy freaking crap	598
AA	Adiós amigo	598
T4LMK	Thanks for letting me know	598
CBA	Can't be ar**d	598
TYFA	Thank you for asking	598
TCFN	Take care for now	598
NOIRL	No one is really laughing	598
grl	Girl	598
ir8	Irate	598
Opa	Greek exclamation	598
LOLAWS	Laughing out loud and with style	598
ITMT	In the meantime	598
awks	Awkward	598
KIR	Keepin' it real	598
kptondl	Keep it on the down low	598
KWIM	Know what I mean	598
RWA	Rich with attitude	598
probs	Probably	598
LML	Laughing mad loud	598
wuh	What	598
TTYS	Talk to you soon	598
TTYVS	Talk to you very soon	598
UR2M	You are too much	598
WAYDRN	What are you doing right now	598
Ermahgerd	Oh my gosh	598
IMA	I might add	598
WAHM	Work-at-home mom	598
HMSL	Holding my sides laughing	598
yeap	Yes	598
FF	Friends forever	598
Presh	Precious	598
BFK	Big fat kiss	598
SMH	Smash my head	598
MTFBWU	May the Force be with you	598
DRK	Don't really know	598
PL&	Planned	598
kl	Kool	598
WEML	Whatever major loser	598
NBJF	No brag, just fact	598
SYLA	See you later alligator	598
tel	Telephone	598
BBT	Be back tomorrow	598
HSMP	Homeschool me please	598
OMW	On my way	598
POTC	Peck on the cheek	598
IDR	I don't remember	598
AFU	All f***ed up	598
BTCHF	Bye, take care, have fun	598
YT	You there?	598
HAGS	Have a great summer	598
IW2BWU	I want to be with you	598
ATTT	Ain't that the truth	598

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