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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	Popularity
411	Information	283
ASAP	As soon as possible	133
ATM	At the moment	220
SMS	Short Message Service	100
b4	Before	100
ugh	Disgusted	214
sec	Second	100
b/c	Because	200
BRB	Be right back	129
BTW	By the way	114
CYE	Check your email	250
FTW	For the win	125
gf	Girlfriend	100
GTG	Got to go	136
HOAS	Hold on a second	100
IAC	In any case	200
IC	I see	300
IDK	I don't know	122
fb	Facebook	260
IMO	In my opinion	186
J/K	Just kidding	200
L8	Late	100
l8r	Later	220
LMK	Let me know	183
Whoa	Expression of surprise	133
LOL	Laughing out loud	127
VM	Voicemail	150
MYOB	Mind your own business	100
NM	Not much	133
NP	No problem	100
OMG	Oh my gosh	100
SMH	Shaking my head	159
TBC	To be continued	100
TC	Take care	212
haha	Laughing	167
thx	Thanks	114
TIA	Thanks in advance	233
TTFN	Ta-ta for now	150
TTYL	Talk to you later	145
TY	Thank you	100
w/	With	100
W8	Wait	200
WB	Write back	200
w/o	Without	100
WTF	What the f***	154
Y	Why	214
YW	You're welcome	200
ZZZ	Sleeping	150
NC	No comment	125
Selfie	A picture of yourself	150
perv	Pervert	150
Bro	Brother	129
hw	Homework	125
24/7	Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week	150
Sry	Sorry	100
ROFL	Rolling on the floor laughing	167
BAE	Before anyone else	150
MMB	Message me back	100
IKR	I know, right?	208
CTN	Can't talk now	200
PHAT	Pretty hot and tempting	250
2	To	114
msg	Message	100
pls	Please	133
u	You	100
UR	Your	250
OMW	On my way	100
XDD	Laughing especially hard	216
AM	Antemeridian	150
PM	Postmeridian	150
143	I love you	212
gonna	Going to	200
BD	Big deal	350
NITM	Not in the mood	333
bc	Because	129
NSFW	Not safe for work	114
nvr	Never	150
f9	Fine	267
BTDT	Been there, done that	200
ltr	Later	200
COB	Close of business	325
CU	See you	150
HIMYM	How I Met Your Mother	233
CUL	See you later	367
IAB	In a bit	300
AFAIC	As far as I'm concerned	200
AWL	Always with love	200
ea	Each	350
RUS	Are you serious?	275
EOM	End of message	200
gb	Goodbye	367
Kinda	Kind of	150
Woah	Expression of surprise	375
ITR	In the room	200
h8r	Hater	150
TWD	Texting while driving	200
tlk	Talk	200
HF	Have fun	200
cz	Because	133
rly	Really	167
LQTM	Laughing quietly to myself	200
LMA	Leave me alone	200
TTL	Time to leave	150
HMU	Hit me up	175
xx	Kisses	200
BB	Bye bye	232
TAFN	That's all for now	200
onl	Online	150
rdy	Ready	200
KWIM	Know what I mean	200
GNST	Good night, sleep tight	200
KK	OK	217
LYL	Love you lots	350
LJK	LOL just kidding	186
yep	Yes	200
yup	Yes	150
Tix	Tickets	200
CG	Computer Graphics	300
WCW	Woman-crush Wednesday	200
CTM	Chuckle to myself	300
Hottie	Attractive person	133
obv	Obviously	150
MMA	Meet me at	200
n	And	200
gimme	Give me	200
AF	As f***	133
NLT	No later than	200
nm	Nevermind	200
no1	No one	200
Pad	House	200
nvm	Nevermind	150
OIC	Oh, I see	150
OTOH	On the other hand	200
plz	Please	233
str8	Straight	200
ZOMG	Oh my gosh!	140
FTTB	For the time being	200
CTC	Call the cell	200
TTYS	Talk to you soon	240
MTF	More to follow	200
TYVM	Thank you very much	200
ALOL	Actually laughing out loud	250
prvt	Private	200
G9	Goodnight	200
mins	Minutes	200
XO	Kiss and Hug	320
lil	Little	200
CYF	Check your Facebook	200
IOU	I owe you	150
WDYT	What do you think	200
WRT	With regard to	300
WU	What's up	200
PIO	Pass it on	200
WTH	What the heck	250
4U	For you	200
GMAB	Give me a break	150
LMSO	Laughing my socks off	200
RU	Are you	200
LLS	Laughing like s***	260
meh	Whatever	133
WAS	Wait a second	200
MMS	Multimedia Messaging Service	150
WDYM	What do you mean?	125
ya	Yes	200
thru	Through	200
TSNF	That's so not fair	150
dunno	I don't know	200
h/w	Homework	200
LBR	Let's be real	200
SG	Sounds good	260
Rx	Prescription	200
WPM	Words per minute	400
Ermahgerd	Oh my gosh	125
nxt	Next	200
Sexting	Sending sexually explicit messages	200
SOAD	System of a Down	200
hlp	Help	200
THOT	That hoe over there	200
MT	Mistype	220
BA	Bad a**	200
IDU	I don't understand	300
d/c	Disconnected	167
TBR	To be rude	120
MB	My bad	200
TWIS	That's what I said	200
IDFWU	I don't f*** with you	167
X	Kiss	340
2day	Today	200
2nite	Tonight	300
4	For	200
*$	Starbucks	200
c	See	150
CM	Call me	300
IMY	I miss you	133
ez	Easy	200
ROFLOL	Rolling on the floor laughing out loud	200
TCB	Taking care of business	200
BFFL	Best friend for life	267
IM	Instant Messenger	267
YGM	You've got mail	200
LMIRL	Let's meet in real life	200
h8	Hate	300
4ward	Forward	200
luv	Love	233
A3	Anytime, anywhere, anyone	267
HRU	How are you	175
MIA	Missing in action	150
r	Are	167
PRW	Parents are watching	200
DYD	Don't you dare	200
U2U	Up to you	200
lolz	Laugh out louds	125
2mr	Tomorrow	350
deets	Details	200
ATW	All the way	200
PDA	Public display of affection	275
GB2W	Get back to work	200
SFF	So freaking funny	200
IE	That is	200
GTG	Good to go	329
WRUD	What are you doing	367
OC	Of course	200
NL	Not likely	250
OTG	On the ground	200
BG	Big grin	333
LDR	Long distance relationship	150
555	Laughing	310
TBCL	To be continued later	200
DMI	Don't mention it	200
rnt	Aren't	200
ILY	I love you	200
OO	Over and out	200
2H2H	Too hot to handle	200
2l8	Too late	200
2U2	To you too	300
4gm	Forgive me	300
4rl	For real	250
PAH	Parents at home	300
MM	Make me	400
hehe	Laughing	250
LMO	Leave me one	314
BRH	Be right here	300
ROLMBO	Rolling over laughing my butt off	300
4eva	Forever	300
CUS	See you soon	300
CYL	Catch ya later	300
em	E-mail	400
ILYSM	I love you so much	300
AOYP	Angel on your pillow	300
NG	No good	200
POC	Piece of crap	300
d8	Date	400
DMY	Don't mess yourself	300
YRL	You are lame	300
D/C	Don't care	300
TRBL	Terrible	300
NB	Not bad	300
OM	Oh man	300
IWU	I want you	300
CYO	See you online	300
gn	Goodnight	200
LY	Love ya	300
DRK	Don't really know	300
H&K	Hugs and kisses	250
LOLHK	Lots of love, hugs, and kisses	300
ILY2	I love you too	300
laf	Laugh	300
HK	Hugs and kisses	400
YCCOI	You can count on it	300
SINBAD	Single income, no boyfriend, absolutely desperate	300
WD	Well done	300
YKI	You know it	300
TOL	Thinking of laughing	167
AWT	At what time	300
JFK	Just freakin' kidding	300
GTR	Got to run	200
kewl	Cool	167
HU	Hook up	180
SBT	Sorry 'bout that	300
OOH	Out of here	300
IMD	In my dreams	200
ISO	Is seeking other	400
ISTM	It seems to me	400
YDI	You deserved it	300
TWSI	That was so ironic	300
TM	Tell me	300
JLMK	Just let me know	400
FGS	For goodness sake	300
J/P	Just playing	300
BWDIK	But what do I know	300
TQVM	Thank you very much	200
LYLC	Love you like crazy	250
KISS	Keep it simple, stupid	300
4COL	For crying out loud	300
2M2H	Too much to handle	300
AYK	As you know	300
NBD	No big deal	317
NBJF	No brag, just fact	300
NFW	No freakin' way	233
NT	Nice try	167
PIMP	Peeing in my pants (laughing)	450
IONO	I don't know	140
sk8	Skate	300
*$$	Starbucks	300
WUA	What's up anyway?	350
SOL	S*** out of luck	300
SOS	Same old stuff	350
JAS	Just a second	300
SSDD	Same stuff, different day	400
HMSL	Holding my sides laughing	250
STHU	Shut the heck up	300
MOS	Mom over shoulder	300
SWAK	Sealed with a kiss	300
AFAIAC	As far as I am concerned	400
TAY	Thinking about you	300
TCO	Taken care of	300
TDTM	Talk dirty to me	300
TGIF	Thank goodness it's Friday	233
UT	You there?	425
TOH	Typing one-handed	300
tnx	Thanks	167
DND	Do not disturb	212
IA	I agree	300
UR	You are	300
WWI	What was it	300
VBG	Very big grin	400
ADM	Ay dios mio	200
btwn	Between	433
WBP	Write back please	300
DYK	Did you know	300
TTTT	Too tired to talk	233
ATPM	About to pee myself	300
WTG	Way to go	217
YRG	You are good	300
YVW	You're very welcome	300
SBTM	Should be there momentarily	300
lawl	LOL	233
WMAO	Working my a** off	300
CYT	See you tomorrow	300
AYFR	Are you for real?	300
NRN	Not right now	300
L2M	Listening to music	400
NT	No thanks	300
s	Smiling	300
DX	Driving	400
HFC	Holy freaking crap	250
AYTMTB	And you're telling me this because	300
GR&D	Grinning, running, and ducking	300
AYWK	As you well know	300
OMGN	Oh my gosh noob	300
Rm	Room	350
Lemeno	Let me know	350
BASOR	Breathing a sigh of relief	350
RTF	Return the favor	300
NTMY	Nice to meet you	300
CMB	Call me back	300
KB	Kiss back	250
K	Kiss	333
KOTC	Kiss on the cheek	300
WEML	Whatever major loser	250
CTRN	Can't talk right now	300
bd	Birthday	300
LYSM	Love you so much	300
grl	Girl	250
TWHS	That's what he said	300
TWSS	That's what she said	300
KOTL	Kiss on the lips	300
poed	P*ssed off	300
HSIK	How should I know	300
OTL	Out to lunch	425
OLTL	One Life to Live	300
PLMK	Please let me know	200
RAK	Random act of kindness	300
addy	Address	250
FAH	Funny as heck	400
YMMD	You made my day	350
TTYT	Talk to you tomorrow	250
xlnt	Excellent	250
YSW	Yeah sure whatever	250
IDR	I don't remember	300
LAL	Laugh a little	300
ttly	Totally	300
RTFB	Read the flippin' book	300
BRT	Be right there	300
1ce	Once	300
SMF	So much fun	300
TBY	Teacher behind you	300
BBT	Be back tomorrow	300
add	Address	300
PTO	Pass this on	300
b	Be	267
b-day	Birthday	267
CID	Consider it done	400
cuz	Because	225
rawr	Roar	200
CUB	Call you back	350
da	The	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
ILAMY	I love and miss you	300
plox	Please	350
IAM	In a minute	350
T2U	Talk to you	300
fave	Favorite	300
GOMB	Get off my back	225
IDT	I don't think	300
QFE	Question for everyone	300
TM	Trouble maker	300
ILYK	I'll let you know	350
4U2	For you too	300
SWALK	Sealed with a loving kiss	350
IDMB	I'll do my best	350
JW	Just wondering	350
JS	Just saying	320
G2G	Good to go	200
DU	Darn you	250
HOPE	Have Only Positive Expectations	300
ILU	I love you	300
IHY	I hate you	300
IYQ	I like you	400
JIC	Just in case	350
FAF	Funny as fluff	400
mgmt	Management	350
bup	Backup Plan	350
mtg	Meeting	267
IDEK	I don't even know	200
ne	Any	433
TMG	That's my girl	200
TTL	Talk to you later	400
AISB	As I said before	300
YYSS	Yeah yeah, sure sure	400
PL&	Planned	250
2B	To be	300
RUOK	Are you OK?	300
w00t	Joy and excitement	300
soz	I'm sorry	300
spk	Speak	300
FML	F*** my life	256
tel	Telephone	350
LUL	Love you lots	200
TMB	Text me back	200
tx	Thanks	300
2k	Talk	300
w8n	Waiting	300
ITILY	I think I like you	300
wknd	Weekend	300
WOT	Waste of time	400
WRU	Where are you	350
WUD	What are you doing	300
MU	Miss you	300
min	Minute	250
FOTFL	Falling on the floor laughing	300
BS	Bull s***	225
AYPI	And your point is?	300
4ever	Forever	300
SYT	See you tomorrow	300
ICHI	I can't help it	300
Biffles	Best friends for life	300
IAD	It all depends	300
DK	Don't know	400
N2W	Not to worry	300
e1	Everyone	400
WUU2	What are you up to	350
W2G	Way to go	300
AWHFY	Are we having fun yet?	300
YT	You there?	300
GFY	Good for you	283
OTW	On the way	262
IDC	I don't care	250
b/f	Boyfriend	250
g/f	Girlfriend	300
ROTFLMAO	Rolling on the floor laughing my a** off	400
IDTS	I don't think so	300
TTYAW	Talk to you after work	300
SWAS	Said with a smile	300
ROTFLOL	Rolling on the floor laughing out loud	300
A2T	Addicted to texting	300
AH	At home	300
CSL	Can't stop laughing	300
HORU	How old are you	300
GLWT	Good luck with that	300
DQMOT	Don't quote me on this	233
IMS	I am sorry	300
SNMP	So not my problem	250
AYSOS	Are you stupid or something?	300
AAR	At any rate	300
GGOH	Gotta get out of here	300
azn	Asian	300
TAC	That ain't cool	300
EML	Email me later	300
WT	What the	300
IMVU	Instant Messaging Virtual Universe	300
MU@	Meet you at	300
OBTW	Oh, by the way	300
ATST	At the same time	300
WTHWT	What the heck was that?	300
J	Joking	350

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