What are the key abbreviations used in text messages?

You may want to know the accepted key abbreviations before sending too many text messages.The sending of text messages is also known as Short Message Service (SMS).This service is available on most digital mobile phones and many other mobile devices.The Short Message Service permits you to send short messages that are text only between mobile phones and other hand held devices.

You may find this difficult depending on the keyboard device you have to use.Some phones have small keyboards with keys.Other phones only have the standard number keys with a few other buttons.If you are using the number keys, you will have to touch the key multiple times to get to the letter you want.This is why Text Messages are often referred to as TXT.You will quickly learn to abbreviate your typing because it can get very tedious trying to type out a long message.

Texting rose in popularity along with the usage of other instant message programs like email, internet and chat rooms.Because of the mediums of communication came the rise of a new language tailored specifically for quick and compact communication.Have you ever visited a chat room on the internet and felt like you didn't know the language?It may be because you didn't know the language of texting.

The following are the popularly excepted text messages or abbreviations.

AbbreviationMeaning

• A3 Anytime, anywhere, anyplace


• AAF As a matter of fact


• AAK Asleep at the keyboard


• AAMOI As a matter of interest


• AAP Always a pleasure


• AAR At any rate


• AAS Alive and smiling


• ACK Acknowledge


• ADD Address


• AND Any day now


• AEAP As early as possible


• AFAIK As far as I know


• AFK Away from keyboard


• AFPOE A fresh pair of eyes


• AIGHT Alright


• AISB As it should be


• AKA Also known as


• ALCON All concerned


• AML All my love


• AOTA All of the above


• ASAP As soon as possible


• ASL Age/sex/location


• AT At your terminal


• ATM At the moment


• AWOL Away without leaving


• AYEC At your earliest convenience


• AYOR At your own risk


• AYSOS Are you stupid or something


• AYTMTB And you're telling me this because
• B/F Boyfriend


• B4 Before


• B4NBye for now


• BAK Back at keyboard


• BAU Business as usual


• BB Be back


• BBIAF Be back in a few


• BBIAM Be back in a minute


• BBIAS Be back in a sec


• BBL Be back later


• BBS Be back soon


• BBT Be back tomorrow


• BC Because


• BCNU Be seein' you


• BCOS Because


• BF Best friend


• BDN Big damn number


• BFN Bye for now


• BG Big grin


• BGWM Be gentle with me


• BIOYN Blow it out your nose


• BLNT Better luck next time


• BM&Y Between me and you


• BOL Best of luck


• BPLM Big person little mind


• BRB Be right back


• BRT Be right there


• BTA But then again


• BTDT Been there, done that


• BTW By the way
• CMIIW Correct me if I'm wrong


• CMON Come on


• COB Close of business


• COS Because


• C/P Cross post


• CR8 Create


• CRB Come right back


• CRBT Crying really big tears


• CU See you


• CUA See you around


• CUL See you later


• CUL8R See you later


• CWYL Chat with you later


• CYA See ya


• CYO See you online
• D/L Download


• DL Download


• DEGT Don't even go there


• DIKU Do I know you?


• DQMOT Don't quote me on this


• DTS Don't think so


• DV8 Deviate
• EBKAC Error between keyboard and chair


• EF4T Effort


• EG Evil grin


• EMA E-mail address


• EMFBI Excuse me for butting in


• EMSG E-mail message


• ENUF Enough


• EOD End of day


• EOM End of message


• EVA Ever


• EZY Easy
• F2F Face to face


• F2T Free to talk


• FBM Fine by me


• FC Fingers crossed


• FICCL Frankly I couldn't care a less


• FISH First in, still here


• FOMCL Falling off my chair laughing


• FITB Fill in the blank


• FRT For real though


• FWIW For what it's worth


• FYEO For your eyes only


• FYI For your information
• G Grin


• G/F Girlfriend


• G2CU Good to see you


• G2G Got to go


• G2R Got to run


• G9 Genius


• GA Go ahead


• GAL Get a life


• GB Goodbye


• GBU God bless you


• GDR Grinning, ducking, and running


• GD/R Grinning, ducking, and running


• GFI Go for it


• GG Gotta Go or Good Game


• GIAR Give it a rest


• GIGO Garbage in, garbage out


• GL Good luck


• GL/HF Good luck, have fun


• GLNG Good luck next game


• GMTA Great minds think alike


• GOI Get over it


• GOL Giggling out loud


• GR8 Great


• GR&D Grinning, running and ducking


• GT Good try


• GTG Got to go


• GTRM Going to read mail
• H&K Hugs and kisses


• H2CUS Hope to see you soon


• H8 Hate


• HAGN Have a good night


• HAGO Have a good one


• HAND Have a nice day


• HF Have fun


• HHIS Head hanging in shame


• HOAS Hold on a second


• HRU How are you?


• HTH Hope this helps


• HV Have
• IAC In any case


• IANAL I am not a lawyer


• IB I'm back


• IB I'm back


• IC I see


• ICBW It could be worse


• IDK I don't know


• IDTS I don't think so


• IDUNNO I don't know


• IG2R I got to run


• IIRC If I remember correctly


• ILBL8 I'll be late


• ILU I love you


• ILY I love you


• IM Instant message


• IMHO In my humble opinion


• IMNSHO In my not so humble opinion


• IMO In my opinion


• IMS I am sorry


• INAL I'm not a lawyer


• IOW In other words


• IRL In real life


• IRMC I rest my case


• IUSS If you say so


• IYKWIM If you know what I mean


• IYO In your opinion


• IYSS If you say so
• j00r Your


• JAC Just a sec


• JIC Just in case


• JJA Just joking around


• JK Just kidding


• JMO Just my opinion


• JP Just playing
• K8T Katie


• k/b Keyboard


• KB Keyboard


• KISS Keep it simple, stupid


• KIT Keep in touch


• KOC Kiss on cheek


• KOTC Kiss on the cheek


• KOTL Kiss on the lips


• KNIM Know what I mean?
• l33t Leet, meaning "elite"


• L8R Later


• LD Later, dude / Long distance


• LERK leaving easy reach of keyboard


• LMAO Laughing my a** off


• LOL Laughing out loud


• LTM Laugh to myself


• LTNS Long time no see


• LYLAS Love you like a sis
• M8 Mate


• MFI Mad for it


• MorF Male or female?


• MoS Mother over shoulder


• MSG Message


• MTF More to follow


• MTFBWU May the force be with you


• MUSM Miss you so much


• MYOB Mind your own business
• n00b Newbie


• N1 Nice one


• NBD No big deal


• NE Any


• NE1 Anyone


• NFM None for me / Not for me


• NIMBY Not in my back yard


• NLT No later than


• NM Nothing much / Never mind


• NMH Not much here


• NO1 No one


• NOYB None of your business


• NP No problem


• NRN No response/reply necessary


• NVM Never mind


• NW No way


• NW) No way out
• OIC Oh, I see


• OMG Oh my God


• OMW On my way


• OO Over and out


• OOH Out of here


• OOTD One of these days


• OP On phone


• OTB Off to bed


• OTL Out to lunch


• OTOH On the other hand


• OTT Over the top


• OTTOMH Off the top of my head


• OTW Off to work


• OVA Over
• PCM Please call me


• PDQ Pretty darn quick


• PLMK Please let me know


• PLS Please


• PLZ Please


• PM Private Message


• PMFI Pardon me for interrupting


• PMFJI Pardon me for jumping in


• POAHF Put on a happy face


• POS Parent over shoulder


• PPL People


• PROLLY Probably


• PRT Party


• PRW People/parents are watching


• PTL Praise the Lord


• PTMM Please tell me more


• PXT Please explain that


• PU That stinks!
• Q Queue


• QIK Quick


• QT Cutie
• RL Real life


• RME Rolling my eyes


• ROFL Rolling on floor laughing


• ROTFL Rolling on the floor laughing


• ROTFLUTS Rolling on the floor laughing unable to speak


• RSN Real soon now


• RUOK Are you okay?
• SAL Such a laugh


• SC Stay cool


• SETE Smiling Ear-to-Ear


• SICNR Sorry, I could not resist


• SIG2R Sorry, I got to run


• SIS Snickering in silence


• SIT Stay in touch


• SLAP Sounds like a plan


• SMHID Scratching my head in disbelief


• SNAFU Situation normal all fouled up


• SO Significant other


• SOL Sooner or later


• SOMY Sick of me yet?


• SOTMG Short of time, must go


• SPK Speak


• SPST Same place, same time


• SRY Sorry


• SS So sorry


• SSDD Same stuff, different day


• SSINF So stupid it's not funny


• STR8 Straight


• STW Search the Web


• SUITM See you in the morning


• SUL See you later


• SUP What's up?


• SYL See you later
• T+ Think positive


• TA Thanks a lot


• TAFN That's all for now


• TAM Tomorrow a.m.


• TBC To be continued


• TBD To be determined


• TBH To be honest


• TC Take care


• TGIF Thank God it's Friday


• THX Thanks


• THNX Thanks


• THNQ Thank-you


• TIA Thanks in advance


• TIAD Tomorrow is another day


• TLK2UL8R Talk to you later


• TMB Text me back


• TMI Too much information


• TMOT Trust me on this


• TMWFI Take my word for it


• TNSTAAFL There's no such thing as a free lunch


• TPM Tomorrow p.m.


• TPTB The powers that be


• TSTB The sooner, the better


• TTFN Ta ta for now


• TTTT These things take time


• TTYL Talk to you later


• TTYS Talk to you soon


• TU Thank you


• TY Thank you


• TYT Take your time


• TYVM Thank you very much
• UCMU You crack me up


• UGTBK You've got to be kidding


• UKTR You know that's right


• UL Upload


• UR Your / You're


• UV Unpleasant visual


• UW You're welcome
• VEG Very evil grin


• VFM Value for money


• VGC Very good condition


• VIP Very important person


• VM Voice mail


• VSF Very sad face
• WAM Wait a minute


• WAN2TLK Want to talk


• WAYF Where are you from?


• W/B Write back


• WB Welcome back


• WC Who cares


• WCA Who cares anyway


• WIBNI Wouldn't it be nice if


• WDALYIC Who died and left you in charge


• WDYK What do you know


• WIIFM What's in it for me?


• WISP Winning is so pleasurable


• WITW What in the world


• WIU Wrap it up


• WK Week


• WKD Weekend


• WRT With regard to


• WOMBAT Waste of money, brains and time


• WRK Work


• WRUD What are you doing?


• WTB Wanted to buy


• WTF What the f*ck


• WTG Way to go


• WTH What the heck?


• WU? What's up?


• WUCIWUG What you see is what you get


• WUF? Where are you from?


• WWJD What would Jesus do?


• WWYC Write when you can


• WYLEI When you least expect it


• WYSIWYG What you see is what you get
• X Kiss


• XLNT Excellent
• YA Your


• YBS You'll be sorry


• YCMU You crack me up


• YGBKM You've got to be kidding me


• YKWYCD You know what you can do


• YMMV Your mileage may vary


• YR Your


• YR Yeah right


• YRYOCC You're running your own cookoo clock


• YSYD Yeah sure you do


• YW You're welcome




• ZZZZ Sleeping (or bored)