Common chat acronyms and emotions
Today, abbreviations and emotions are used in online communications like MSN instant messaging, emails and many more. Abbreviations or acronyms, such as BTW for “by the way,” are commonly used to save time in all kinds of communications. They are increasingly being used for text messages and emails exchanged over wireless phones, as text input is slow with just the phone’s keypad.
Emotions, also sometimes called smilies, allow people to add an emotional tone to written communications online. Without these symbols, it’s sometimes hard to tell if a comment is serious or a joke, since you can’t see the person’s face or hear the person’s tone of voice.
Most people would agree that these abbreviations and symbols are fine to use for personal and informal communications, but they are generally not considered appropriate for formal business communications.
These are some of the common acronyms used in online communications.
Common chat acronyms:
HAS
AFAIK – “As far as I know”
AKA – “Also known as”
ASAP as soon as possible”
ASL – “Age, Sex, and Location”
B.
b/c – “Because”
b4 – “Before”
BFF – “Best Friends Forever”
BRB – “I’ll be right back”
By the way – “By the way”
against
CTN – “I can’t talk right now”
cya – “See ya”
CYE – “Check your email”
D.
DIY – “Do it yourself”
dl – “Download”
me
ETA – “Estimated Time of Arrival”
F
FYI – “For your information”
GRAM
gb – “Goodbye”
GG – “Good Game”
gr8 – “Great”
GTG – “I have to go”
h
HOAS – “Wait a second”
HTH – “Hope this helps”
me
IAC – “In any case”
I.C. – “I see”
IDK – “I don’t know”
IIRC – “If I remember correctly”
In my humble opinion – “In my humble opinion”
IMO – “In my opinion”
j
JK – “Just kidding”
JC – “Just curious”
what
k- “fine”
L
L8 – “Afternoon”
L8r – “Later”
LMK – “Let me know”
LOL Laughing Out Loud”
METER
MSG – “Message”
MYOB – “Mind your own business”
NO
N/A – “Not Available”
NC – “No Comment”
NP – “No problem”
EITHER
OMG – “Oh my god/god”
P
Please please”
people”
pwn – “Own”
what
qt- “cute”
R.
ROTFL – “Roll on the floor laughing”
S
SUP what’s up”
you
TBC – “To be continued”
TC – “Take care”
thanks thanks”
TTYL – “We’ll talk later”
your
UR – “You/You are”
W
w/e – “Whatever”
without – “Without”
W8 – “Wait”
X
XOXO – “Hugs and Kisses”
Y
and because”
YW – “You’re welcome”
z
ZZZ – “Sleeping”
Emotions:
🙂 Smile
🙁 Frown
😉 wink
😀 Laughter
😛 sticking out tongue
:-> sarcastic
>:- angry
<:-> Dumb
:-S I like it
:-EITHER Surprise
(@@) Are you kidding!
((H)) big hug
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