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Web forums, bulletin boards, online discussions, or whatever else you want to call them — are a common place to use slang. Knowing common acronyms and abbreviations used in online forums can help you understand other postings and avoid miscommunication. The following table contains a list of slang terms commonly used in web forums.

Slang Term	Meaning	Votes
Noob	Newbie	494
IDK	I don't know	502
VR	Virtual reality	503
xp	Experience	523
PC	Personal computer	534
TY	Thank you	545
OMG	Oh my gosh	550
n00b	A new or inexperienced user	553
Y	Why	554
PS4	PlayStation 4	554
FFF	Flat foreign female	555
BTW	By the way	559
Trolling	Posting offensive comments	559
YW	You're welcome	565
LAN	Local Area Network	568
POV	Point of view	570
TLDR	Too long, didn't read	570
thx	Thanks	571
Chungus	A cute, chunky creature	571
TBH	To be honest	575
mod	Moderator	576
IMO	In my opinion	577
go brrr	Solve a problem	577
TMNT	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	579
Jebaited	Deceived	580
Alphabet mafia	LGBTQIA+ people	580
PS	PlayStation	581
Ditto	Same	582
RIP	Rest in peace	585
CCG	Collectible card game	585
N64	Nintendo 64	585
FOMO	Fear of missing out	585
GOAT	Greatest of all time	585
IMHO	In my humble opinion	586
COC	Code of conduct	586
LGS	Local game store	586
Dunk on	Make fun of	586
CMIIW	Correct me if I'm wrong	587
YMMV	Your mileage may vary	587
IAP	In-app purchase	587
Paper hands	To sell a stock at the first sign of trouble	587
MCYT	Minecraft YouTuber	587
GAL	Get a life	588
PM	Private message	588
Troll	A person who posts offensive comments	588
IOW	In other words	589
MT	Mistype	589
IMHO	In my honest opinion	589
cata	Cataclysm	589
imba	Imbalanced	589
TCG	Trading card game	589
POTUS	President of the United States	589
Stonks	Questionable or meaningless financial gains	589
Tune up	Beat up	589
STFD	Sit the f*** down	590
PS3	PlayStation 3	590
CSB	Cool story, bro	590
vlog	Video blog	590
SWYP	So what's your problem	590
WIP	Work in progress	590
Lady boner	Female feeling of sexual arousal	590
ul	Upload	591
NBSP	No bull s*** please	591
OTS	Off the subject	591
ICYMI	In case you missed it	591
fb	Feedback	591
Planking	Lying face down and straight like a plank	591
WCG	World Cyber Games	591
YWA	You're welcome anyway	591
TIL	Today I learned	591
U mad bro	Are you mad?	591
Flaming	Angering other Internet users	591
irl	A real-life person	591
BION	Believe it or not	592
IAC	In any case	592
OT	Off topic	592
WYWH	Wish you were here	592
GMV	Got my vote	592
WDYT	What do you think	592
NDS	Nintendo DS	592
PC	Politically correct	592
IIRC	If I remember correctly	593
m	Male	593
WRT	With regard to	593
IMA	I might add	593
FOC	Free of charge	593
OTP	One true pairing	593
TTTT	To tell the truth	593
CG	Computer Graphics	593
SA	Sexual assault	593
Based	Agree	593
WBU	What 'bout you	594
TRS	That really sucks	594
AFAIC	As far as I'm concerned	594
YRL	You are lame	594
TBF	To be fair	594
Threadjacking	Steering a discussion away from the original topic	594
WYWTA	What you wanna talk about?	594
Gobbo	Goblin	594
PnP	Party and Play	594
Redditor	A Reddit user	594
OT3	One true threesome	594
Zaddy	A composed, fashionable, and attractive man	594
Cinnamon roll	A kind, gentle person	594
LOTR	Lord of the Rings	595
IAWTC	I agree with the comment	595
TFTI	Thanks for the information	595
OP	Original poster	595
OOMF	One of my followers	595
Chonk	An overweight animal	595
DD	Due diligence	595
Himbo	A naive, musclebound male	595
Doomer	A person who focuses on negative possibilities	595
Snapback culture	Pressure on new moms to snap back to their pre-pregnancy bodies	595
Book hangover	Remaining attached to a book you just finished	595
FCOL	For crying out loud	596
HTH	Hope this helps	596
IMAO	In my arrogant opinion	596
IME	In my experience	596
IRT	In regards to	596
N/A	Not applicable	596
LSS	Long story short	596
SFY	Speak for yourself	596
sic	Spelling incorrect	596
OOTD	Outfit of the day	596
FTFY	Fixed that for you	596
SAT	Scholastic Aptitude Test	596
B&W	Black and white	596
HPT	Home pregnancy test	596
wags	Wives and girlfriends	596
PBUH	Peace be upon Him	596
ICWYM	I see what you mean	596
SCOTUS	Supreme Court of the United States	596
Put on blast	To call out	596
Cape	To defend someone's actions, often undeservedly	596
F	A Twitch stream has accidentally disconnected	596
J-Pow	Jerome Powell	596
Crypto Mom	SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce	596
Amogus	Among Us	596
AFAICT	As far as I can tell	597
f	Female	597
IAG	It's all good	597
RTFM	Read the flippin' manual	597
IMIO	In my infallible opinion	597
PEBKAC	Problem exists between keyboard and chair	597
PIOG	Posted in other groups	597
WAHM	Work-at-home mom	597
IGI	I get it	597
GSOH	Great sense of humor	597
WADR	With all due respect	597
TBE	To be edited	597
TBD	To be determined	597
NFI	No further information	597
BCBG	Bon Chic Bon Genre	597
LMGTFY	Let me Google that for you	597
DNFTT	Do not feed the trolls	597
SAHD	Stay-at-home dad	597
GMAFB	Give me a friggin' break	597
q	Coupon	597
inb4	In before	597
DBTS	Don't believe that stuff	597
admin	Administrator	597
SSIA	Subject says it all	597
Winternity	Eternal winter	597
DAE	Does anyone else	597
CONUS	Contiguous United States	597
Copypasta	A block of text that is often copied and pasted online	597
Brigading	When one online community harasses another	597
Headcanon	A fan's unverified beliefs about a story	597
Y/N	Your name	597
HNM	Happy new month	597
AITA	Am I the a**hole	597
FAANG	Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google	597
WATCH	Walmart, Amazon, Target, Costco, Home Depot	597
NC	No Contact	597
OOTL	Out of the loop	597
Tendies	Chicken tenders	597
Diamond hands	To hold a stock through losses	597
OTL	One true love	597
Bloomer	A well-adjusted 20-something	597
Gloomer	An apathetic 20-something	597
Nocoiner	A person who owns no cryptocurrency	597
Baka	Fool	597
Gatekeep	To police who has access to an identity or community	597
CAFO	Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation	597
BOLO	Be on the lookout	597
S-tier	Top rank	597
Helicopter mom	An overly involved mom	597
Sussy baka	Suspicious fool	597
Algospeak	Slang used to bypass content filters	597
FTR	For the record	598
OT	Other topic	598
TOH	The other half	598
TMA	Take my advice	598
WDUMBT	What do you mean by that?	598
PEBCAK	Problem exists between chair and keyboard	598
WW	Wrong Window	598
POTC	Pirates of the Caribbean	598
HBU	How 'bout you	598
QFT	Quoted for truth	598
ID10T	Idiot	598
RTFB	Read the flippin' book	598
GTF	Gone too far	598
QFE	Question for everyone	598
PC4PC	Picture comment for picture comment	598
PSOG	Pure stroke of genius	598
FH	Future husband	598
BDU	Brain dead user	598
NSS	No s*** Sherlock	598
TISU	This is so unfair	598
MIMAS	May I make a suggestion	598
AFAIAC	As far as I am concerned	598
hw	Hardware	598
sw	Software	598
IA	I agree	598
JFGI	Just flippin' Google it	598
SERP	Search engine results page	598
pl0x	Please	598
PYHOOYA	Pull your head out of your a**	598
SMH	Scratching my head	598
BBS	Bulletin board system	598
EOF	End of file	598
IJWTS	I just want to say	598
IMPOV	In my point of view	598
B&F	Back and forth	598
JFI	Just for information	598
VOD	Video on demand	598
anon	Anonymous	598
WAH	Work at home	598
IMBO	In my biased opinion	598
PS2	PlayStation 2	598
GI	Glycemic Index	598
WDIT	Why do I try	598
IMPO	In my personal opinion	598
HYFR	Heck ya, freakin' right	598
FF	Fast forward	598
B1G1	Buy one, get one	598
PR	Public relations	598
SAE	Stamped addressed envelope	598
TBTG	Thanks be to God	598
TTTE	Thomas the Tank Engine	598
MRA	Men's rights activist	598
azz	A**	598
SEO	Search engine optimization	598
PIBKAC	Problem is between keyboard and chair	598
PICNIC	Problem in chair, not in computer	598
SPD	Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction	598
Pleb	An unsophisticated person	598
Techlexic	Unable to comprehend technology	598
CIO	Cry it out	598
Derail	To take a discussion off topic	598
SOTD	Shoe of the day	598
T4TU	Thanks for the update	598
It me	I identify with that	598
Quarantini	A quarantine-times cocktail	598
TIFU	Today I F***ed Up	598
TSFW	Totally safe for work	598
PNSFW	Probably not safe for work	598
YSK	You should know	598
LPT	Life Pro Tip	598
Algo	Algorithm	598
Quant	Quantitative analyst	598
NBLM	Non-binary loving men	598
WCGW	What could go wrong	598
Wojak	A Microsoft Paint-created Internet character	598
Sock puppet account	A fake online identity	598
At home	A worse version of something	598
CU	Credit union	598
Hot Vax Summer	Summer 2021	598
Banger	An awesome, energetic piece of media	598
Volcel	Voluntary celibate	598
OF	OnlyFans	598
RPF	Real person fiction	598
Slash	Same-sex romance fan fiction	598
HBCU	Historically black colleges and universities	598
TW	Trigger warning	598
Smol	Small and cute	598
Virtual restaurant	Delivery-only restaurant	598
ED	Eating disorder	598
OTD	Of the day	598
Waifu	A fictional female that a real person has a crush on	598
Seggs	Sex	598
Secks	Sex	598
Becky	A basic white girl	598
Kyle	A basic white boy	598
YA	Young Adult	598
NGMI	Not gonna make it	598
Husbando	A fictional man that a real person has a crush on	598
Shadowban	To secretly censor a social media user's content	598
AA	As above	599
AIUI	As I understand it	599
ATSL	Along the same lines	599
BOT	Back on topic	599
DBEYR	Don't believe everything you read	599
EOL	End of lecture	599
GMTA	Great minds think alike	599
IB2D	I beg to differ	599
IMHARO	In my humble and respectful opinion	599
IMNSHO	In my not so humble opinion	599
ISTM	It seems to me	599
POS	Power of suggestion	599
RFC	Request for comment	599
RTFA	Read the flippin' article	599
TTBOMK	To the best of my knowledge	599
TUT	Totally unique thought	599
YWIA	You're welcome in advance	599
CFV	Call for votes	599
DYJHIW	Don't you just hate it when	599
WYSIWYG	What you see is what you get	599
DH	Dear hubby	599
DIL	Daughter-in-law	599
IMNSVHO	In my not so very humble opinion	599
M$	Microsoft	599
TOW	The one with	599
RATM	Rage Against The Machine	599
DU	Don't understand	599
OLTL	One Life to Live	599
git	Get over it	599
QQ	Quick question	599
IMSO	In my sovereign opinion	599
BFR	Big freakin' rock	599
SRO	Standing room only	599
MIB	Men in Black	599
CTO	Check this out	599
ITYF	I think you'll find	599
WRT	With respect to	599
HPDC	Happy People Don't Complain	599
TMFT	Too much free time	599
MTF	More to follow	599
DTRT	Do the right thing	599
BOTD	Benefit of the doubt	599
icc	Icecrown Citadel	599
BFN	Big fat negative	599
TPTB	The powers that be	599
BWQ	Buzzword quotient	599
CAD	Control-alt-delete	599
CTS	Change the subject	599
HIH	Hope it helps	599
IJWTK	I just want to know	599
PEBCAC	Problem exists between chair and computer	599
UX	User Interface	599
4sale	For sale	599
AON	As of now	599
BFP	Big fat positive	599
DF	Dear fiance	599
Freebie	A free item or service	599
h4x0r	Hacker	599
L4D2	Left for Dead 2	599
OTS	Open two-seater	599
HMP	Help me, please	599
HMP	Half marathon pace	599
CX	Correction	599
BOGO	Buy one, get one	599
MSRP	Manufacturer's suggested retail price	599
OOP	Out of pocket	599
WYB	When you buy	599
RMA	Return Merchandise Authorization	599
TARFU	Things are really fouled up	599
TBQH	To be quite honest	599
ToC	Table of contents	599
vid	Video	599
IBTL	In before the lock	599
phobar	Photoshopped beyond all recognition	599
hlp	Help	599
W2K	Windows 2000	599
TTT	To the top	599
IIUC	If I understand correctly	599
ABP	Already been posted	599
Flamer	A person who angers other Internet users	599
Fiver party	A birthday party for a child where guests give $5	599
Cybermob	A group of online users that harasses other users	599
ACNH	Animal Crossing: New Horizons	599
BIFL	Buy it for life	599
TIHI	Thanks, I hate it	599
NSFV	Not safe for viewing	599
YTA	You're the a**hole	599
NTA	Not the a**hole	599
WLW	Women loving women	599
MLM	Men loving men	599
NBLW	Non-binary loving women	599
Blursed	Blessed and cursed	599
NSFA	Not safe for anyone	599
PFP	Picture for proof	599
VBO	Visible belly outline	599
VPL	Visible panty line	599
FUPA	Fatty upper pubic area	599
Dab hand	An expert	599
LCG	Living card game	599
Sketchy	Suspicious	599
Shot Girl Summer	Summer 2021	599
QAnutter	A QAnon believer	599
Urbex	Urban exploration	599
PWI	Predominantly white institution	599
HWCU	Historically white colleges and universities	599
MSI	Minority-serving institutions	599
CW	Content warning	599
Lorge	Large	599
Pupper	Puppy	599
Floof	Fluff	599
Snapback	The quickness a woman's body snaps back after a pregnancy	599
BDD	Body dysmorphic disorder	599
Astroturfing	Faking a grassroots movement	599
Deplatform	To remove a user from a social network or website	599
Digital nomad	A person who performs their job online while traveling	599
OTD	On this day	599
Greenwashing	Deceptively claiming to be eco-friendly	599
MBA	MacBook Air	599
GDI	God d*** it	599
Mukbang	Eating show	599
IYAM	If you ask me	599
WAGMI	We're all gonna make it	599
Yuck your yum	Criticize something you like	599
Rent Free In My Head	Is frequently on my mind	599
HCOL	High cost of living	599
Queerbaiting	Implying but never actualizing a non-hetero relationship	599
OC	Original content	599
Ghost banning	Censoring a social media user's posts	599
Comment ghosting	Removing a user's comments	599
Sub	Subreddit	599
Insta cop	Buy immediately	599
BME	Based on my experience	600
DHYB	Don't hold your breath	600
EOD	End of discussion	600
IC	I see	600
ICOCBW	I could, of course, be wrong	600
JASE	Just another system error	600
FTP	File transfer protocol	600
IMVHO	In my very humble opinion	600
AYOR	At your own risk	600
p/w	Password	600
HK	Hello Kitty	600
nmtn	Never mind that now	600
SF	Science Fiction	600
FW	Future wife	600
ITR	Internet Talk Radio	600
ITR	Income Tax Return	600
nxt	Next	600
IPN	I'm posting naked	600
ITTWACW	I thought this was a Christian website	600
OBO	Or best offer	600
YAA	Yet another acronym	600
HYL	Help You Later	600
DOA	Dead on arrival	600
FUCT	Failed under continuous testing	600
IIR	If I remember	600
EMI	Excuse my ignorance	600
OOP	Out of print	600
OPK	Ovulation predictor kit	600
ppd	Postpartum depression	600
dc	Daycare	600
FMI	For more information	600
LARP	Live action role-playing	600
ONCO	Or nearest cash offer	600
T4P	Thanks for posting	600
VG	Video game	600
MBP	MacBook Pro	600
sysadmin	System administrator	600
WP	WordPress	600
s	Sarcasm	600
NBLNB	Non-binary loving non-binary	600
Silver fox	An attractive older man	600
BTS	Behind the scenes	600
Doggo	Dog	600
DD	Dear daughter	601
EOR	End of rant	601
IDGI	I don't get it	601
OICN	Oh, I see now	601
M02	My two cents	601
DW	Dear wife	601
u/l	Upload	601
MS	Microsoft	601
ETA	Edited to add	601
TWSB	This website sucks b***s	601
TTL	Time to live	601
IDU	I don't understand	601
FOTD	Face of the day	601
WIIFM	What's in it for me?	601
FAWC	For anyone who cares	601
FOS	Freedom of speech	601
FOS	Feat of strength	601
GBR	Garbled beyond recovery	601
HMT	Here's my try	601
IMOBO	In my own biased opinion	601
SAHP	Stay-at-home parent	601
BS	Blood Sugar	601
WIYP	What is your problem	601
RYC	Regarding your comment	601
bump	Forum post message bump	601
WCM	Warcraft Movies	601
SPD	Sensory Processing Disorder	601
HEA	Happily ever after	601
LWD	Little white dress	601
OCONUS	Outside of contiguous United States	601
DS	Dear son	602
IAW	In accordance with	602
INRS	It's not rocket science	602
ITYM	I think you mean	602
TMSF	Too much Science Fiction	602
mka	Make additions	602
OMGN	Oh my gosh noob	602
SOTA	State of the art	602
TTTT	These things take time	602
fw	Freeware	602
TBR	To be released	602
ISF	Insulin Sensitivity Factor	602
ONO	Or nearest offer	602
YHBT	You have been trolled	602
IOKIYAD	It's OK if you're a Democrat	602
PP	Patterned paper	602
gpw	Global Password	603
UCE	Unsolicited commercial email	603
NSFW	Not suitable for women	603
FT	For trade	603
BFU	Brain free user	604
pl	Pinkliner	604
NSFV	Not safe for vegetarians	604
IOKIYAR	It's OK if you're a Republican	604
msft	Microsoft	604
TRWTF	The real WTF	604
DAQ	Dumb asked question	600
DH	Dear husband	600
DQOTD	Dumb question of the day	600
IAE	In any event	600
IDNK	I do not know	600
IMHBMAO	In my humble but most accurate opinion	600
ISWYM	I see what you mean	600
JMHO	Just my humble opinion	600
MOO	My own opinion	600
OTOH	On the other hand	600
PUSIMP	Put yourself in my position	600
RTFS	Read the flippin' source	600
sysop	System operator (chat monitor)	600
WAEFRD	When all else fails, read directions	600
OTT	Over the top	600
IANAL	I am not a lawyer	600
JMO	Just my opinion	600
PTB	Powers that be	600
IMCO	In my considered opinion	600
RTFFAQ	Read the flippin' FAQ	600
WOOT	Way out of topic	600
RTFMM	Read the flippin' manual, moron	600
FTG	For the group	600
pw	Password	600
STFW	Search the flippin' Web	600
PMFJI	Pardon me for jumping in	600
MST	Must see today	600
PMPL	Piss my pants laughing	600
OOT	Out of topic	600
PSP	PlayStation Portable	600
TDL	The Do LaB	600
SAHM	Stay-at-home mom	600
WOHM	Working outside home mom	600
OMGD	Oh my gosh, duh	600
WTYAF	Who threw you a fish?	600
NOTD	Nail of the day	600
WOTD	Workout of the day	600
SINBAD	Single income, no boyfriend, absolutely desperate	600
CNP	Continued next post	600
EOT	End of thread	600
ADPIC	Always Dependably Politically Incorrect	600
SWA	So what a**	600
BWTHDIK	But what the heck do I know	600
FYM	For your misinformation	600
PMJI	Pardon my jumping in	600
STW	Search the Web	600
YR	Yeah, right	600
BKA	Better known as	600
EIE	Enough is enough	600
FIFO	First in, first out	600
LIFO	Last in, first out	600
GOML	Get on my level	600
GIGO	Garbage in, garbage out	600
GL&GH	Good luck and good hunting	600
IGTP	I get the point	600
INPO	In no particular order	600
ISTR	I seem to recall	600
ITSFWI	If the shoe fits, wear it	600
ASAT	As simple as that	600
AON	Apropos of nothing	600
c/p	Crossposting	600
OEM	Original Equipment Manufacturer	600
DMNDS	Doesn't make no dang sense	600
C/S	Change subject	600
ne1er	Anyone here	600
POAS	Pee on a stick	600
CS	Caesarean section	600
us	Ultrasound	600
L4D	Left for Dead	600
IOB	Insulin on board	600
T1D	Type 1 Diabetes	600
CGM	Continuous Glucose Monitoring	600
CGMS	Continuous Glucose Monitoring System	600
MDI	Multiple Daily Injections	600
BG	Blood Glucose	600
KOTOR	Knights of the Old Republic	600
ASP	After show party	600
OTC	Over the counter	600
PAYG	Pay as you go	600
PAYE	Pay as you earn	600
LI	LinkedIn	600
blinkie	Coupon dispenser machine	600
MIR	Mail-in rebate	600
MQ	Manufacturer coupon	600
NED	No expiration date	600
IPQ	Internet printable coupon	600
Vet	Veteran	600
vlogger	Video blogger	600
4WD	Four-wheel drive	600
QFE	Quoted for emphasis	600
MOTD	Message of the day	600
MOOC	Massive open online course	600
SAL	Such a laugh	600
PPV	Pay-Per-View	600
QRG	Quick reference guide	600
SME	Subject matter expert	600
iDevice	Apple Hardware	600
IFAB	I found a bug	600
SSA	Same-sex attraction	600
HFT	High frequency trader	600
IAWTCSM	I agree with this comment so much	600
LBD	Little black dress	600
You win the Internet	You are awesome	600
Stealth banning	Secretly moderating a user's posts	600

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