You might have noticed that the world is advancing at a very fast pace. With this advancing the popularity and rise in the use of online text-based communication increased. It gave the path to the new type of texting language. It aims to tailor the immediacy and the compactness of the mass communication and media.
These chat abbreviations are mostly used on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and sometimes email.
List of Text Message Abbreviations for Fast Chatting
| ROFL | Rolling on the floor laughing |
| STFU | Shut the *freak* up |
| LMK | Let me know |
| ILY | I love you |
| YOLO | You only live once |
| SMH | Shaking my head |
| LMFAO | Laughing my freaking *a* off |
| NVM | Never mind |
| IKR | I know, right |
| OFC | Of course |
| LOL | Laughing Out Loud |
| BRB | Be Right Back |
| BBL | Be Back Later |
| ASAP | As Soon As Possible |
| B4 | Before |
| B4N | Bye For Now |
| BTW | By The Way |
| B/C | Because |
| C U L8R | See You Later |
| Def | Definitely |
| tmrw | Tomorrow |
| ETA | Estimated Time of Arrival |
| F2F | Face To Face |
| GF | Girlfriend |
| BF | Boyfriend |
| BFF | Best Friend Forever |
| AML | All My Love |
| GTG / G2G | Got To Go |
| GR8 | Great |
| IDK | I Don’t Know |
| IDC | I Don’t Care |
| JK | Just Kidding |
| K | OK |
| THX | Thanks |
| PLS | Please |
| TTYL | Talk To You Later |
| TMI | Too Much Information |
| CYE | Check Your Email |
| FYI | For Your Information |
| IMHO | In My Honest Opinion |
| BION | Believe It Or Not |
| BRT | Be Right There |
| Y | Why? |
| PCM | Please Call Me |
| IYKWIM | If You Know What I Mean |
| WYSIWYG | What You See Is What You Get |
| XOXO | Hugs and Kisses |
| ?4U | I have a question for you |
| <3 | Love/friendship |
| 121 | One to one |
| 2 | To (in texting) |
| 2EZ | Too easy |
| 2F4U | Too fast for you |
| 2G2BT | Too good to be true |
| 2M2H | Too much to handle |
| 2NITE | Tonight |
| 4 | For (in texting) |
| 8L3W | Eight letters, three words (I love you) |
| ABT | About |
| ADDY | Address |
| ADMIN | Administrator |
| AKA | Also known as |
| ALOL | Actually laughing out loud |
| APP | Application |
| ASAP | As soon as possible |
| B2W | Back to work |
| B4 | Before |
| BAE | Before anyone else/slang for “baby” |
| BAK | Back at keyboard |
| BAU | Business as usual |
| BBL | Be back later |
| BBS | Be back soon |
| BC | Because |
| BCNU | Be seeing you |
| BD | Big deal |
| BDAY | Birthday |
| BFF | Best friends forever |
| BFD | Big freaking deal |
| BFN | Bye for now |
| BIF | Before I forget |
| BLNT | Better luck next time |
| BOL | Best of luck |
| BR | Best regards |
| BRT | Be right there |
| BTDT | Been there, done that |
| BTW | By the way |
| BYOB | Bring your own beer |
| BYOC | Bring your own computer |
| BYOD | Bring your own device |
| BYTM | Better you than me |
| CHK | Check |
| CID | Consider it done |
| CLD | Could |
| CLK | Click |
| CMON | Come on |
| COB | Close of business |
| CRAY | Crazy |
| CRE8 | Create |
| CU | See you |
| DBEYR | Don’t believe everything you read |
| DERP | Meaning stupid or silly |
| DGT | Don’t go there |
| DIY | Do it yourself |
| DKDC | Don’t know, don’t care |
| DL | Download |
| DM | Direct message (Twitter) |
| DQMOT | Don’t quote me on this |
| DUPE | Duplicate |
| EAK | Eating at keyboard |
| EOBD | End of business day |
| EOD | End of day/end of discussion |
| EOM | End of message |
| ETA | Estimated time of arrival |
| EZ | Easy |
| F2F | Face to face |
| FAQ | Frequently asked questions |
| FB | |
| FBM | Fine by me |
| FBOW | For better or worse |
| FF | Follow Friday (Twitter) |
| FIMH | Forever in my heart |
| FOAF | Friend of a friend |
| FOMO | Fear of missing out |
| FRT | For real though |
| FTBOMH | From the bottom of my heart |
| FTL | For the loss |
| FTW | For the win |
| FWB | Friend with benefits |
| FWIW | For what it’s worth |
| FWM | Fine with me |
| FYA | For your amusement |
| FYEO/4YEO | For your eyes only |
| FYI | For your information |
| G2CU | Good to see you |
| GB | Goodbye |
| GB2W | Get back to work |
| GD | Good |
| GFI | Go for it |
| GL | Good luck |
| GOI | Get over it |
| GR8 | Great |
| GRATZ | Congratulations |
| H8 | Hate |
We hope this list will give you enough short words that you can improve your text messaging skills and save your precious time.
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