A GUIDE TO LMAO AND OTHER USEFUL ACRONYMS
If you follow the media, you may have heard about a recent story surrounding the topic of ‘Sark Mark’ – a new downloadable sym
bol that indicates when you are being sarcastic. Whilst at the same time, a report was launched by a Welsh professor claiming that modern Internet slang is in danger of killing traditional English spelling and grammar. OMG, you just can’t win! :-) Here’s our cheeky guide to ‘txt tlk’ or acronyms, as they are otherwise know.
B/C – Because
B4 – Before
BBL – Be Back Later
BFF – Best Friends Forever (annoyingly used far too often by Paris Hilton)
BFN – Bye For Now
CU – See You
EZ – Easy
F2F – Face To Face
FB – Facebook
FWD – Forward
GR8 – Great
GL – Good Luck
G2G – Got To Go
IDC – I Don’t Care
IDK – I Don’t Know
IMO – In My Opinion
IM – Instant Messaging
IMU – I Miss You
JK – Just Kidding
JW – Just Wondering
K – Okay
L8 – Late
LMAO – Laugh My A** Off
LOL – Laugh Out Loud
MYOB – Mind Your Own Business
N – And
NOYB – None Of Your Business
NP – No Problem
OIC – Oh I See
OMG – Oh My God
PLZ – Please
PPL – People
QT – Cutie
R – Are
ROFL – Rolling On the Floor Laughing
SMH – Shaking My Head
STFU – Shut The F*** Up
SRY – Sorry
TTYL – Talk To You Later
UR – You’re
W/E – Whatever
WRUD – What Are You Doing?
WTF – What The F***?
XOXO – Hugs and Kisses
Y – Why
ZZZZZ – Sleeping/ Boring
143 – I Love You (Because ‘I’ has 1 letter, ‘Love’ has 4, and ‘You has 3)
831 – I Love You (‘I Love You’ consists of 8 letters, 3 words, 1 meaning)
143 = 8 – I Love You Equals Bull****
2NYT – Tonight
4E – Forever
– Smile
– Sad
– Wink
