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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	503
IDK	I don't know	505
xp	Experience	530
Nerf	Weaken	542
PC	Personal computer	545
VR	Virtual reality	547
OMG	Oh my gosh	554
FFF	Flat foreign female	555
Trolling	Posting offensive comments	558
n00b	A new or inexperienced user	561
BTW	By the way	566
Y	Why	569
TY	Thank you	571
Chungus	A cute, chunky creature	571
YW	You're welcome	579
IMO	In my opinion	580
thx	Thanks	580
TLDR	Too long, didn't read	581
TMNT	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	581
TBH	To be honest	582
LAN	Local Area Network	583
PS4	PlayStation 4	583
POV	Point of view	584
Dunk on	Make fun of	584
N64	Nintendo 64	585
mod	Moderator	585
Ditto	Same	585
go brrr	Solve a problem	585
Jebaited	Deceived	585
Alphabet mafia	LGBTQIA+ people	585
CMIIW	Correct me if I'm wrong	587
FOMO	Fear of missing out	587
PS	PlayStation	587
GOAT	Greatest of all time	587
irl	A real-life person	587
GAL	Get a life	588
COC	Code of conduct	588
imba	Imbalanced	588
CCG	Collectible card game	588
IAP	In-app purchase	589
Stonks	Questionable or meaningless financial gains	589
LGS	Local game store	589
IOW	In other words	590
YMMV	Your mileage may vary	590
ul	Upload	590
PM	Private message	590
cata	Cataclysm	590
STFD	Sit the f*** down	590
RIP	Rest in peace	590
CSB	Cool story, bro	590
POTUS	President of the United States	590
Flaming	Angering other Internet users	590
IMHO	In my humble opinion	591
NBSP	No bull s*** please	591
OTS	Off the subject	591
ICYMI	In case you missed it	591
NES	Nintendo Entertainment System	591
PC	Politically correct	591
Planking	Lying face down and straight like a plank	591
TCG	Trading card game	591
WCG	World Cyber Games	591
SWYP	So what's your problem	591
CG	Computer Graphics	591
U mad bro	Are you mad?	591
WIP	Work in progress	591
IAC	In any case	592
GMV	Got my vote	592
MT	Mistype	592
Troll	A person who posts offensive comments	592
vlog	Video blog	592
YWA	You're welcome anyway	592
TIL	Today I learned	592
Lady boner	Female feeling of sexual arousal	592
Paper hands	To sell a stock at the first sign of trouble	592
Tune up	Beat up	592
IIRC	If I remember correctly	593
OT	Off topic	593
WRT	With regard to	593
LOTR	Lord of the Rings	593
TRS	That really sucks	593
YRL	You are lame	593
SAT	Scholastic Aptitude Test	593
FOC	Free of charge	593
fb	Feedback	593
PS3	PlayStation 3	593
TBTG	Thanks be to God	593
OTP	One true pairing	593
IAWTC	I agree with the comment	594
OOTD	Outfit of the day	594
WDYT	What do you think	594
NDS	Nintendo DS	594
Threadjacking	Steering a discussion away from the original topic	594
DAE	Does anyone else	594
WYWTA	What you wanna talk about?	594
Himbo	A naive, musclebound male	594
PnP	Party and Play	594
BION	Believe it or not	595
IMAO	In my arrogant opinion	595
m	Male	595
SNES	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	595
N/A	Not applicable	596
IMA	I might add	596
TFTI	Thanks for the information	596
LSS	Long story short	596
OP	Original poster	596
LMGTFY	Let me Google that for you	596
ICWYM	I see what you mean	596
SCOTUS	Supreme Court of the United States	596
Put on blast	To call out	596
Gobbo	Goblin	596
Doomer	A person who focuses on negative possibilities	596
Bloomer	A well-adjusted 20-something	596
MCYT	Minecraft YouTuber	596
HTH	Hope this helps	597
IRT	In regards to	597
TOH	The other half	597
WBU	What 'bout you	597
WYWH	Wish you were here	597
PEBKAC	Problem exists between keyboard and chair	597
PIOG	Posted in other groups	597
WAHM	Work-at-home mom	597
SFY	Speak for yourself	597
sic	Spelling incorrect	597
IPN	I'm posting naked	597
GSOH	Great sense of humor	597
FTFY	Fixed that for you	597
WADR	With all due respect	597
TBE	To be edited	597
TBD	To be determined	597
BCBG	Bon Chic Bon Genre	597
B&W	Black and white	597
DNFTT	Do not feed the trolls	597
SAHD	Stay-at-home dad	597
OOMF	One of my followers	597
wags	Wives and girlfriends	597
PBUH	Peace be upon Him	597
GMAFB	Give me a friggin' break	597
DBTS	Don't believe that stuff	597
SSIA	Subject says it all	597
Winternity	Eternal winter	597
Techlexic	Unable to comprehend technology	597
CONUS	Contiguous United States	597
T4TU	Thanks for the update	597
Copypasta	A block of text that is often copied and pasted online	597
Cape	To defend someone's actions, often undeservedly	597
It me	I identify with that	597
Chonk	An overweight animal	597
F	A Twitch stream has accidentally disconnected	597
DD	Due diligence	597
NC	No Contact	597
OTL	One true love	597
Redditor	A Reddit user	597
Gloomer	An apathetic 20-something	597
OT3	One true threesome	597
Zaddy	A composed, fashionable, and attractive man	597
OF	OnlyFans	597
AFAICT	As far as I can tell	598
FCOL	For crying out loud	598
FTR	For the record	598
IAG	It's all good	598
IME	In my experience	598
OT	Other topic	598
TMA	Take my advice	598
IMIO	In my infallible opinion	598
WDUMBT	What do you mean by that?	598
PEBCAK	Problem exists between chair and keyboard	598
POTC	Pirates of the Caribbean	598
QFT	Quoted for truth	598
ID10T	Idiot	598
QFE	Question for everyone	598
AFAIC	As far as I'm concerned	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
IGI	I get it	598
MIMAS	May I make a suggestion	598
sw	Software	598
IA	I agree	598
SERP	Search engine results page	598
pl0x	Please	598
PYHOOYA	Pull your head out of your a**	598
SMH	Scratching my head	598
EOF	End of file	598
IJWTS	I just want to say	598
4sale	For sale	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
GI	Glycemic Index	598
IMPO	In my personal opinion	598
HYFR	Heck ya, freakin' right	598
MSRP	Manufacturer's suggested retail price	598
q	Coupon	598
WYB	When you buy	598
PR	Public relations	598
SAE	Stamped addressed envelope	598
TTTE	Thomas the Tank Engine	598
inb4	In before	598
MRA	Men's rights activist	598
SEO	Search engine optimization	598
TTTT	To tell the truth	598
admin	Administrator	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
CIO	Cry it out	598
Derail	To take a discussion off topic	598
SOTD	Shoe of the day	598
Quarantini	A quarantine-times cocktail	598
Headcanon	A fan's unverified beliefs about a story	598
AITA	Am I the a**hole	598
FAANG	Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google	598
WATCH	Walmart, Amazon, Target, Costco, Home Depot	598
BIFL	Buy it for life	598
NSFV	Not safe for viewing	598
YSK	You should know	598
OOTL	Out of the loop	598
Tendies	Chicken tenders	598
Diamond hands	To hold a stock through losses	598
J-Pow	Jerome Powell	598
Algo	Algorithm	598
WLW	Women loving women	598
WCGW	What could go wrong	598
At home	A worse version of something	598
CAFO	Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation	598
BOLO	Be on the lookout	598
Banger	An awesome, energetic piece of media	598
Volcel	Voluntary celibate	598
RPF	Real person fiction	598
BOT	Back on topic	599
DBEYR	Don't believe everything you read	599
EOL	End of lecture	599
f	Female	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
RTFA	Read the flippin' article	599
TTBOMK	To the best of my knowledge	599
TUT	Totally unique thought	599
CFV	Call for votes	599
DYJHIW	Don't you just hate it when	599
JASE	Just another system error	599
FTP	File transfer protocol	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
WW	Wrong Window	599
HBU	How 'bout you	599
MS	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
RTFB	Read the flippin' book	599
QQ	Quick question	599
IMSO	In my sovereign opinion	599
BFR	Big freakin' rock	599
SRO	Standing room only	599
PC4PC	Picture comment for picture comment	599
MIB	Men in Black	599
CTO	Check this out	599
WRT	With respect to	599
hw	Hardware	599
TMFT	Too much free time	599
TBF	To be fair	599
BOTD	Benefit of the doubt	599
icc	Icecrown Citadel	599
BFN	Big fat negative	599
TPTB	The powers that be	599
DOA	Dead on arrival	599
BBS	Bulletin board system	599
BWQ	Buzzword quotient	599
CAD	Control-alt-delete	599
HIH	Hope it helps	599
IIR	If I remember	599
IJWTK	I just want to know	599
IMPOV	In my point of view	599
PEBCAC	Problem exists between chair and computer	599
UX	User Interface	599
AON	As of now	599
BFP	Big fat positive	599
HPT	Home pregnancy test	599
DF	Dear fiance	599
Freebie	A free item or service	599
WDIT	Why do I try	599
OTS	Open two-seater	599
HMP	Help me, please	599
HMP	Half marathon pace	599
FF	Fast forward	599
CX	Correction	599
B1G1	Buy one, get one	599
BOGO	Buy one, get one	599
OOP	Out of pocket	599
RMA	Return Merchandise Authorization	599
TBQH	To be quite honest	599
phobar	Photoshopped beyond all recognition	599
azz	A**	599
sysadmin	System administrator	599
W2K	Windows 2000	599
TTT	To the top	599
WP	WordPress	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
TIFU	Today I F***ed Up	599
Y/N	Your name	599
TSFW	Totally safe for work	599
PNSFW	Probably not safe for work	599
HNM	Happy new month	599
TIHI	Thanks, I hate it	599
YTA	You're the a**hole	599
LPT	Life Pro Tip	599
NTA	Not the a**hole	599
Quant	Quantitative analyst	599
MLM	Men loving men	599
NBLM	Non-binary loving men	599
NBLW	Non-binary loving women	599
NBLNB	Non-binary loving non-binary	599
Blursed	Blessed and cursed	599
Wojak	A Microsoft Paint-created Internet character	599
Sock puppet account	A fake online identity	599
NSFA	Not safe for anyone	599
PFP	Picture for proof	599
Nocoiner	A person who owns no cryptocurrency	599
Crypto Mom	SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce	599
VBO	Visible belly outline	599
VPL	Visible panty line	599
FUPA	Fatty upper pubic area	599
Dab hand	An expert	599
Baka	Fool	599
CU	Credit union	599
Gatekeep	To police who has access to an identity or community	599
LCG	Living card game	599
Silver fox	An attractive older man	599
Sketchy	Suspicious	599
Hot Vax Summer	Summer 2021	599
Shot Girl Summer	Summer 2021	599
QAnutter	A QAnon believer	599
Urbex	Urban exploration	599
Slash	Same-sex romance fan fiction	599
HBCU	Historically black colleges and universities	599
PWI	Predominantly white institution	599
HWCU	Historically white colleges and universities	599
MSI	Minority-serving institutions	599
TW	Trigger warning	599
CW	Content warning	599
AA	As above	600
DHYB	Don't hold your breath	600
IC	I see	600
ICOCBW	I could, of course, be wrong	600
AYOR	At your own risk	600
u/l	Upload	600
nmtn	Never mind that now	600
SF	Science Fiction	600
FW	Future wife	600
ITR	Internet Talk Radio	600
IDU	I don't understand	600
AFAIAC	As far as I am concerned	600
ITTWACW	I thought this was a Christian website	600
OBO	Or best offer	600
TTTT	These things take time	600
YAA	Yet another acronym	600
FUCT	Failed under continuous testing	600
EMI	Excuse my ignorance	600
OOP	Out of print	600
OPK	Ovulation predictor kit	600
ppd	Postpartum depression	600
dc	Daycare	600
LARP	Live action role-playing	600
PS2	PlayStation 2	600
T4P	Thanks for posting	600
VG	Video game	600
PP	Patterned paper	600
OCONUS	Outside of contiguous United States	600
Brigading	When one online community harasses another	600
s	Sarcasm	600
BME	Based on my experience	601
DD	Dear daughter	601
EOD	End of discussion	601
EOR	End of rant	601
IDGI	I don't get it	601
OICN	Oh, I see now	601
DW	Dear wife	601
IMVHO	In my very humble opinion	601
HK	Hello Kitty	601
TWSB	This website sucks b***s	601
TTL	Time to live	601
WIIFM	What's in it for me?	601
HYL	Help You Later	601
FAWC	For anyone who cares	601
FOS	Freedom of speech	601
FOS	Feat of strength	601
GBR	Garbled beyond recovery	601
IMOBO	In my own biased opinion	601
FMI	For more information	601
BS	Blood Sugar	601
WIYP	What is your problem	601
RYC	Regarding your comment	601
MBP	MacBook Pro	601
bump	Forum post message bump	601
WCM	Warcraft Movies	601
SPD	Sensory Processing Disorder	601
BTS	Behind the scenes	601
DS	Dear son	602
IAW	In accordance with	602
INRS	It's not rocket science	602
ITYM	I think you mean	602
M02	My two cents	602
ETA	Edited to add	602
NSFW	Not suitable for women	602
TMSF	Too much Science Fiction	602
mka	Make additions	602
SOTA	State of the art	602
fw	Freeware	602
HMT	Here's my try	602
TBR	To be released	602
pl	Pinkliner	602
SAHP	Stay-at-home parent	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
FT	For trade	602
gpw	Global Password	603
UCE	Unsolicited commercial email	603
msft	Microsoft	603
BFU	Brain free user	604
NSFV	Not safe for vegetarians	604
IOKIYAR	It's OK if you're a Republican	604
TRWTF	The real WTF	604
AIUI	As I understand it	600
ATSL	Along the same lines	600
DAQ	Dumb asked question	600
DH	Dear husband	600
DP	Dear partner	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
RFC	Request for comment	600
RTFS	Read the flippin' source	600
sysop	System operator (chat monitor)	600
WAEFRD	When all else fails, read directions	600
YWIA	You're welcome in advance	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
p/w	Password	600
pw	Password	600
M$	Microsoft	600
STFW	Search the flippin' Web	600
PMFJI	Pardon me for jumping in	600
GTF	Gone too far	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
nxt	Next	600
OMGN	Oh my gosh noob	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
FOTD	Face of the day	600
SINBAD	Single income, no boyfriend, absolutely desperate	600
IMHO	In my honest opinion	600
HPDC	Happy People Don't Complain	600
MTF	More to follow	600
JFGI	Just flippin' Google it	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
DTRT	Do the right thing	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
CTS	Change the subject	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
NFI	No further information	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
h4x0r	Hacker	600
L4D	Left for Dead	600
L4D2	Left for Dead 2	600
GBA	Gameboy Advance	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
TARFU	Things are really fouled up	600
TOC	Table of contents	600
Vet	Veteran	600
vid	Video	600
vlogger	Video blogger	600
4WD	Four-wheel drive	600
IBTL	In before the lock	600
QFE	Quoted for emphasis	600
hlp	Help	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
HEA	Happily ever after	600
LWD	Little white dress	600
LBD	Little black dress	600
You win the Internet	You are awesome	600

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