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Chat Abbreviations
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ADDY - address

ADN - any day now

AFAIC - as far as I'm concerned

AFK - away from keyboard

AI - artificial intelligence

ASAP - as soon as possible

ASL - age? sex? location?

B4 - before

BBL - be back later

BCNU - be seeing you

BD - big deal

BG - big grin

BIL - brother-in-law

BION - believe it or not

BOT - robot

BRB - be right back

BTW - by the way

CIAO - chow ("hello" or "good-bye" in Italian)

CU - see you

CUD - could

CUL - see you later or catch you later

CWYL - chat with you later

CYA - see ya

DHYB - don't hold your breath

DILLIGAD - do I look like I give a damn

DQYDJ - don't quit your day job

FE - fatal error

FIL - father-in-law

FUBAR - fouled up beyond all repair

FUBB - fouled up beyond belief

FWIW - for what it's worth

FYI - for your information

G - Grin

GIGO - garbage in garbage out

GIWIST - gee I wish I said that

GG - good game

GJ - good job

GJP - good job, partner

GL - good luck

GLP - good luck, partner

GMTA - great minds think alike

GMV - got my vote

GR&D or GRAD - grinning running & ducking

HAK - hugs and kisses

HHOK - ha ha only kidding

HTH - hope this helps

IAC - in any case

IAE - in any event

IAO - I am outtahere

IBCNU - I'll be seeing your

IBTD - i beg to differ

IIWM - if it were me

IMHO - in my humble opinion

IMNSHO - in my not so humble opinion

IMO - in my opinion

INPO - in no particular order

IOU - i owe you

IOW - in other words

ISP - internet service provider

KISS - keep it simple stupid

L8R or L8TR - later

LD - long distance

LMAO - laughing my ass off

LOL - laughing out loud

LSHHTCMS - laughed so hard had to change my shorts

MB or MaB - maybe

MIL - mother-in-law

MTFBWY - may the force be with you

NBFD - no big flippin' deal

NFW - no flippin' way

NRN - no reply necessary

NP - no problem

OAURS - on an unrelated subject

OBTW - oh by the way

OI - operator indisposed

OIC - oh i see

OMG - oh, my god!

OMIK - open mouth insert keyboard

ONNA - oh no not again

OTOH - on the other hand

OWTTE - or words to that effect

P - partner

PAW - parents are watching

PITA - pain in the arse

PLS - please

PPL - people

RAOK - random act of kindess

RBTL - read between the lines

RML - read my lips

ROTFL - rolling on the floor laughing

ROTFLOL - rolling on the floor laughing out loud

ROTFLOLPMP - rolling on the floor laughing out loud and peeing my pants

ROTM - right on the money

RTFM - read the flippin' manual/message

SITD - still in the dark

SO - significant other

SIL - sister-in-law

ST - super tired

SysOP - system operator

TAFL - take a flying leap

TFN - thanks for nothing

TIA - thanks in advance

TNX or TNKS - thanks

TIC - tongue in cheek

TKS or TNX - thanks

TT - ta ta

TSR - terminate and stay resident

TTFN - ta ta for now

TTT - that's the ticket

TTYL - talk to you later

TY - thank you

URL - uniform resource locator

UR - you are or your

VBG - very big grin

WB - welcome back

WTG - way to go!

WYSIWYG - what you see is what you get

YGBK - you gotta be kidding

YW - you're welcome