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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	465
LOL	Laughing out loud	526
SMH	Shaking my head	547
XDD	Laughing especially hard	551
BRB	Be right back	565
WTF	What the f***	567
IKR	I know, right?	571
BTW	By the way	573
BF	Brain fart	575
gn	Goodnight	575
TTYL	Talk to you later	577
GN	Get naked	579
OTW	On the way	579
b/f	Boyfriend	580
BAE	Before anyone else	581
GTG	Got to go	582
bcz	Because	583
OMG	Oh my gosh	583
NP	No problem	584
IDK	I don't know	584
IMO	In my opinion	584
muah	Kiss	585
24/7	Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week	585
Selfie	A picture of yourself	585
FML	F*** my life	586
BB	Bye bye	586
2	To	587
HMU	Hit me up	587
gf	Girlfriend	587
nvm	Nevermind	587
TTTT	Too tired to talk	587
ASAP	As soon as possible	587
xbf	Ex-boyfriend	587
xx	Kisses	588
FFS	For f***'s sake	588
WYD	What you doing?	588
HRU	How are you	588
Bro	Brother	588
Wha	What	588
HUD	How you doing?	588
TF	The f***	588
2M2H	Too much to handle	588
Y	Why	588
NSFW	Not safe for work	588
b4	Before	588
addy	Address	589
sec	Second	589
bc	Because	589
aight	Alright	589
2day	Today	589
DAF	Dope as f***	589
FOMO	Fear of missing out	589
Hottie	Attractive person	589
thx	Thanks	589
LMIRL	Let's meet in real life	589
FR	For real	589
H&K	Hugs and kisses	589
DM	Do me	589
mhm	Mm-hmm	589
luv	Love	590
RN	Right now	590
WTH	What the heck	590
SD	Sweet dreams	590
perv	Pervert	590
msg	Message	590
J/K	Just kidding	590
BTDT	Been there, done that	590
NM	Not much	590
pls	Please	590
WYA	Where you at?	590
min	Minute	590
l8r	Later	590
LMK	Let me know	590
NT	Nice try	590
asf	As f***	590
d/c	Disconnected	590
WW	Wrong Way	590
KK	OK	590
OMFG	Oh my freaking gosh	590
haha	Laughing	590
TY	Thank you	591
UY	Up yours	591
YW	You're welcome	591
mtg	Meeting	591
mwa	Kiss	591
tmrw	Tomorrow	591
IDC	I don't care	591
NFW	No freakin' way	591
TC	Take care	591
IWU	I want you	591
FTW	For the win	591
ROFL	Rolling on the floor laughing	591
IDEK	I don't even know	591
IWALU	I will always love you	591
WIP	Work in progress	591
w00t	Joy and excitement	591
wut	What	591
HML	Hate my life	591
Adorbs	Adorable	591
OIC	Oh, I see	591
imma	I'm gonna	591
AF	As f***	591
IMD	In my dreams	591
IK	I know	591
AH	At home	591
tnx	Thanks	591
THOT	That hoe over there	591
plz	Please	591
HBY	How about you?	591
TMB	Text me back	591
IOW	In other words	591
TTYT	Talk to you tomorrow	591
ATM	At the moment	591
MIA	Missing in action	591
lulz	LOL	592
POC	Piece of crap	592
MT	Mistype	592
HIFW	How I felt when	592
SOS	Same old stuff	592
hw	Homework	592
TTL	Time to leave	592
HOAS	Hold on a second	592
ILY	I love you	592
ADM	Ay dios mio	592
W8	Wait	592
GL	Good looking	592
GMV	Got my vote	592
IONO	I don't know	592
bae	Babe	592
N/C	No comment	592
r	Are	592
meh	Whatever	592
143	I love you	592
IDFWU	I don't f*** with you	592
h8r	Hater	592
2H2H	Too hot to handle	592
WFH	Work from home	592
AAF	Always and forever	592
LLOL	Literally laughing out loud	592
CTN	Can't talk now	592
rdy	Ready	592
DBD	Don't be dumb	592
WUU2	What are you up to	592
FGSQTC	For gosh's sake quit the crap	592
HM	High maintenance	592
HU	Hook up	592
hehe	Laughing	593
TYT	Take your time	593
TBR	To be rude	593
DND	Do not disturb	593
MYOB	Mind your own business	593
Rx	Prescription	593
IAC	In any case	593
LJK	LOL just kidding	593
cmon	Come on	593
Cray	Crazy	593
JS	Just saying	593
TQVM	Thank you very much	593
WAYD	What are you doing	593
ROLF	Rolling on laughing floor	593
mwah	Kiss	593
Textastrophe	Texting catastrophe	593
nub	Newbie	593
u	You	593
BA	Bad a**	594
YSW	Yeah sure whatever	594
yep	Yes	594
gimme	Give me	594
NRN	Not right now	594
yup	Yes	594
IDGAF	I don't give a f***	594
SMHWT	Shaking my head with a tune	594
Twinsies	Two people who share a common trait	594
Bet	You bet	594
FYKI	For your kind information	594
kewl	Cool	594
rly	Really	594
POIDH	Pictures or it didn't happen	594
feels	Feelings	594
acc	Actually	594
LLS	Laughing like s***	594
Yeet	To throw something out of rage	594
2l8	Too late	594
YRL	You are lame	594
Mack	To flirt	594
WRT	With regard to	594
Fire	Awesome	594
FOMOF	Fear of missing out on football	594
TTFN	Ta-ta for now	594
WTG	Way to go	594
2k	Talk	594
kwl	Cool	594
MMB	Message me back	594
CBA	Can't be ar**d	595
STFU	Shut the f*** up	595
LOLOL	Lots of laugh out louds	595
SNMP	So not my problem	595
rawr	Roar	595
Po-po	Police	595
KB	Kiss back	595
HNY	Happy new year	595
RYFS	Are you freakin' serious?	595
YRP	You are pretty	595
4U	For you	595
IMY	I miss you	595
T2M	Talk to me	595
IAB	In a bit	595
NFL	Not freakin' likely	595
HO	Hold on	595
WYWTA	What you wanna talk about?	595
MTFBWY	May the Force be with you	595
DTP	Down to party	595
HMB	Hit me back	595
JSYK	Just so you know	595
KSC	Kinda sorta chuckle	595
4sho	For sure	595
srsly	Seriously	595
GTR	Got to run	595
lolz	Laugh out louds	595
A3	Anytime, anywhere, anyone	595
HIMYM	How I Met Your Mother	595
BMW	Boy Meets World	595
PDA	Public display of affection	595
mins	Minutes	595
b	Be	595
WCW	Woman-crush Wednesday	595
Whoa	Expression of surprise	595
TGIF	Thank goodness it's Friday	595
cz	Because	595
TMG	That's my girl	595
ZOMG	Oh my gosh!	595
Woah	Expression of surprise	595
BOL	Best of luck	595
bday	Birthday	595
cuz	Because	595
SMH	Scratching my head	595
AYK	As you know	595
303	Mom	595
sux	Sucks	595
LMFAO	Laughing my freakin' a** off	595
WDYT	What do you think	595
Totes	Totally	595
HB	Hurry back	595
xgf	Ex-girlfriend	595
xlnt	Excellent	595
Zooze	Drinking with friends over Zoom	596
2B@	To be at	596
S2U	Same to you	596
TWD	Texting while driving	596
WDYM	What do you mean?	596
DD	Designated driver	596
GFY	Good for you	596
lawl	LOL	596
sorta	Sort of	596
HH1/2KO	Ha-ha, half-kidding only	596
yrs	Years	596
Samesies	Same	596
ILYSM	I love you so much	596
J/P	Just playing	596
ITILY	I think I like you	596
bd	Birthday	596
4nr	Foreigner	596
obv	Obviously	596
NLT	No later than	596
Sry	Sorry	596
TBC	To be continued	596
Thirsty	Desiring a person	596
g/f	Girlfriend	596
xit	Exit	596
bn	Been	596
INR	I know right	596
TOH	Typing one-handed	596
TOL	Thinking of laughing	596
welp	Well	596
AOYP	Angel on your pillow	596
fb	Facebook	596
Textmergency	Text emergency	596
IHY	I hate you	596
ya	You	597
D/C	Don't care	597
YVW	You're very welcome	597
CYF	Check your Facebook	597
FF	Friends forever	597
onl	Online	597
GOMB	Get off my back	597
KNP	OK, no problem	597
MF	Mother f***er	597
GBTW	Get back to work	597
me2	Me too	597
CTC	Care to chat?	597
fn	Fine	597
KOTC	Kiss on the cheek	597
SNH	Sarcasm Noted Here	597
BCO	Big crush on	597
ps	Postscript	597
b/c	Because	597
PITA	Pain in the a**	597
BFFL	Best friend for life	597
DW	Don't worry	597
26y4u	Too sexy for you	597
2B	To be	597
HFC	Holy freaking crap	597
KMAB	Kiss my a, b**	597
FOAF	Friend of a friend	597
TTYLXOX	Talk to you later, hugs and kisses	597
TAY	Thinking about you	597
hun	Honey	597
DQMOT	Don't quote me on this	597
Dis	This	597
delish	Delicious	597
OMW	On my way	597
SG	Sounds good	597
OTW	Off to work	597
NTY	No thank you	597
IOU	I owe you	597
I8U	I hate you	597
T2U	Talk to you	597
lil	Little	597
DYAC	D*** You Auto Correct	597
perf	Perfect	597
PM	Postmeridian	597
gb	Goodbye	597
L8	Late	597
RUOK	Are you OK?	597
b-day	Birthday	597
1432	I love you too	597
NL	Not likely	597
NBJF	No brag, just fact	597
SBTM	Should be there momentarily	597
JW	Just wondering	597
ITR	In the room	597
Forevs	Forever	597
PMKI	Pretty much killin' it	597
MB	My bad	597
WDUW	What do you want	597
QFE	Question for everyone	597
BFAM	Brother from another mother	597
LYSM	Love you so much	597
AWTY	Are we there yet?	597
IDFC	I don't freaking care	597
grl	Girl	597
RUS	Are you serious?	597
ISTG	I swear to God	597
411	Information	597
HCG	Hardcore Gamer	597
AYFR	Are you for real?	597
Kewt	Cute	597
LMA	Leave me alone	597
LUL	Love you lots	597
wuh	What	597
TTY	Talk to you	597
Kinda	Kind of	597
watev	Whatever	597
TSNF	That's so not fair	597
WBY	What about you?	597
MM	Make me	597
RUB	Are you back	597
WU	What's up	597
ez	Easy	597
yupz	OK	597
AOTY	Album of the year	597
IA	I agree	597
thnq	Thank you	597
IWY	I want you	597
G9	Goodnight	597
hr	Hour	597
IMU	I miss you	597
sk8	Skate	597
LYLC	Love you like crazy	597
TTB	That's too bad	597
AAR	At any rate	597
FU	F*** you	597
HAND	Have a nice day	598
HMSL	Holding my sides laughing	598
WYWH	Wish you were here	598
AFAICS	As far as I can see	598
WTHDTM	What the heck does that mean?	598
SOL	S*** out of luck	598
BD	Big deal	598
WTFNF	What the f**n f*	598
YT	You there?	598
224	Today, tomorrow, forever	598
BFFM	Best friends forevermore	598
mgmt	Management	598
ITMT	In the meantime	598
ltr	Later	598
NYE	New Year's Eve	598
yo	Hi	598
luzr	Loser	598
JJ	Just joking	598
SMS	Short Message Service	598
T4TU	Thanks for the update	598
MTFBWU	May the Force be with you	598
quar	Quarantine	598
H2CUS	Hope to see you soon	598
FRFR	For real for real	598
CG	Computer Graphics	598
HHVF	Ha-ha, very funny	598
wtv	Whatever	598
Ermahgerd	Oh my gosh	598
DKDC	Don't know, don't care	598
TCFN	Take care for now	598
NSS	No s*** Sherlock	598
DTP	Disturbing the peace	598
WRU	Where are you	598
OAO	Over and out	598
SFW	Safe for work	598
chingo	Chat lingo	598
DBBSWF	Dream boat body, shipwreck face	598
CF	Cluster f***	598
awks	Awkward	598
NBD	No big deal	598
OMD	Oh my da**!	598
ea	Each	598
Presh	Precious	598
CRD	Caucasian Rhythm Disorder	598
def	Definitely	598
JOMO	Joy of missing out	598
IMA	I might add	598
DRK	Don't really know	598
ROTFLMAO	Rolling on the floor laughing my a** off	598
PL&	Planned	598
mo	More	598
CTHU	Cracking the heck up	598
LFTI	Looking forward to it	598
Wig	Incredible	598
FICCL	Frankly, I couldn't care less	598
TSIR	The struggle is real	598
LAL	Laugh a little	598
fit	Outfit	598
USAD	You're such a dork	598
wat	What	598
WEML	Whatever major loser	598
GMAB	Give me a break	598
AYFT	Are you free today?	598
no1	No one	598
Biffles	Best friends for life	598
KK	Kiss kiss	598
GBH	Great big hug	598
BS	Bull s***	598
kl	Kool	598
HWU	Hey, what's up?	598
mmk	OK	598
BU&I	Between you and I	598
SOOF	Swear on our friendship	598
VM	Voicemail	598
c	See	598
LDR	Long distance relationship	598
NC	No comment	598
ATW	All the way	598
soz	I'm sorry	598
GOWI	Get on with it	598
EOM	End of message	598
USB	You sexy b****	598
G2G	Good to go	598
LML	Laughing mad loud	598
TYFA	Thank you for asking	598
ILU2	I love you too	598
F2T	Free to talk	598
SGTM	Sounds good to me	598
JC	Just chilling	598
YGM	You've got mail	598
4q	F*** you	598
TWIS	That's what I said	598
2U2	To you too	598
HYG	Here you go	598
nvr	Never	598
AA	Adiós amigo	598
Tix	Tickets	598
BYKTA	But you knew that already	598
K3U	I love you	598
tel	Telephone	598
Wub	Love	598
TGFF	Thank God for Friday	598
PJDWYS	Personal joke, don't worry yourself	598
mishu	Miss you	598
JFK	Just freakin' kidding	598
HAGS	Have a great summer	598
4rl	For real	598
CYL	Catch ya later	598
W^	What's up	598
LA	Laughing a lot	598
OML	Oh my Lord	598
HA	Hello again	598
SIL	Son-in-law	598
sh^	Shut up	598
SML	So much love	598
NG	No good	598
LMO	Leave me one	598
TRBL	Terrible	598
AWLTP	Avoiding work like the plague	598
FOH	F*** outta here	598
IR8	Irate	598
*$	Starbucks	598
TTMN	Talk to me now	598
ALOL	Actually laughing out loud	598
TTYVS	Talk to you very soon	598
ALAP	As late as possible	598
AFAIC	As far as I'm concerned	598
TMB	Tag me back	598

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