If you really want to know how to text you will definitely need to know all about texting abbreviations.
Back in the day text abbreviations were not just a hip lingo that would almost always confuse your parents. Before T9 and other convenient texting systems existed text message abbreviations not only shortened the time it took to text but also helped reduce the size and effort required to send a quick message to a friend.
Texting Abbreviations
Texting Abbreviations: Characters
Texting Abbreviations: 0 to 9
Texting Abbreviations: A
Texting Abbreviations – B
B – Be
B4 – Before
B4N – Bye for now
B4U Business as usual
B4YKI – Before you know it
BAG – Bursting a gut
BAK – Back at keyboard
BAU – Business as usual
BB – Bathroom break
BB4N – Bye-bye for now
BBBG – Bye-bye be good
BBIAF – Be back in a few
BBIAM – Be back in a minute
BBIAS – Be back in a sec
BBIAW – be back in a while
BBL – Be back later
BBN – Bye-bye now
BBS – Be back soon
BBSD Be back soon darling
BBSL – Be back sooner or later
BBT – Be back tomorrow
BC – Because
BCNU – Be seein’ you
BD – Big deal
BDC – Big dumb company, big dot com
BF – Best friend
BFD – Big f*cking deal
BFF – Best friends forever
BFN – Bye for now
BFG – Big f***ing grin, big friendly giant
BG – Big grin
BGWM – Be gentle with me
BHOF – Bald headed old fart
BIF – Before I forget, basis in fact
BIOYN – Blow it out your nose
BITD – back in the day
BITMT – But in the meantime
BKA – better known as
BLNT – Better luck next time
BM – Byte me
BMOTA – Byte me on the ass
BMW – Be my wife
BM&Y – Between me and you
BNF – Big name fan
BO – Buzz off
BOHICA – Bend over, here it comes again
BOL – Best of luck
BOT – Back on topic
BR – Bathroom
BRB – Be right back
BRT – Be right there
BS – Big smile, bullsh*t
BSF – But seriously folks
BT – Byte this
BTA – But then again, before the attacks
BTDT – Been there, done that
BTDTGTS – Been there, done that, got the t-shirt
BTHOOM – Beats the heck out of me
BTOBS – Be there or be square
BTSOOM – Beats the sh*t out of me
BTW – By the way
BTWBO – Be there with bells on
BUGLY – Butt ugly
BW – Best wishes
BWDIK – But what do I know
BWO – Black, white or other
BYKT – But you knew that
BYORL – Bring your own rocket launcher
Texting Abbreviations – C
C – See
C4N – Ciao for now
CB – chat brat
CFD – Call for discussion
CFV – Call for vote
CIAO – Goodbye
CIS – CompuServe Information Service
CMF – Count my fingers
CMIIW – Correct me if I’m wrong
CMON – Come on
CNP – Continued in my next post
COB – Close of business
CofS – Church of Scientology
COS – Because
COZ – Because
CP – Sleepy, cross post
CR8 – Create
CRAFT – Can’t remember a f*cking thing
CRAP – Cheap, redundant assorted products
CRB – Come right back
CRBT – Crying really big tears
CT – City
CTC – Chocking the chicken
CTN – Can’t talk now
CU – See you
CUA – See you around
CUL – See you later
CUL8ER – See you later
CUL8R – See you later
CUL8TR – See you later
CUNS – See you in school
CWOT – Complete waste of time
CWYL – Chat with you later
CYA – See ya
CYL – See you later
CYO – See you online
CYT – See you tomorrow
Texting Abbreviations – D
DA – The
DAMIFINO – Damn if I know
DARFC – Ducking and running for cover
DBAU – Doing business as usual
DD – Due dilligence, designated driver
DDD – Direct distance dial
DEGT – Don’t even go there
DF – Dear friend
DH – Dear hubby, dear husband
DIKU – Do I know you?
DILLIGAD – DO I look like I give a damn?
DILLIGAF – Do I look like I give a f*ck?
DILLIGAS – Do I look like I give a sh*t?
DINK – Double income no kids
DIY – Do it yourself
D/L – Download
DL – Download
DNC – Does not compute
DND – Do not disturb
DQMOT – Don’t quote me on this
DTS – Don’t think so
DUST – Did you see that?
DV8 – Deviate
DWL – Dying with laughter
DWYM – Does what you mean
DXNRY – Dictionary
DYLM – Do you like me?
DYOFDW – Do your own f*cking dirty work
DYSTSOTT – Did you see the size of that thing?
Texting Abbreviations – E
E123 – Easy as one, two, three
EAK – Eating at keyboard
EBKAC – Error between keyboard and chair
EG – Evil grin
EL – Evil laugh
EM – excuse me?
EMA – E-mail address
EMFBI – Excuse me for butting in
EMFJI – excuse me for jumping in
EOD – End of day, end of discussion
EOM – End of message
EOT – End of transmission
ESO – Equipment smarter than operator
EULA – End-user license Agreement
EWI – E-mailing while intoxicated
EZ – Easy
EZY – Easy
Texting Abbreviations – F
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
Texting Abbreviations – G
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
Texting Abbreviations – H
H&K – Hugs & 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
Texting Abbreviations – I
IAC – In any case
IANAL – I am not a lawyer
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
Texting Abbreviations – J
j00r – Your
JAC – Just a sec
JIC – Just in case
JJA – Just joking around
JK – Just kidding
JMO – Just my opinion
JP – Just playing
Texting Abbreviations – K
k/b – keyboard
KISS – Keep it simple, stupid
KIT – Keep in touch
KOTC – Kiss on the cheek
KOTL – Kiss on the lips
KNIM – Know what I mean?
Texting Abbreviations – L
l33t – leet “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
Texting Abbreviations – M
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
Texting Abbreviations – N
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
NSTAAFL – No such thing as a free lunch
NVM – Never mind
NW – No way
NW) – No way out
Texting Abbreviations – O
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
Texting Abbreviations – P
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!
Texting Abbreviations – Q
Q – Queue
QIK – Quick
QT – Cutie
Texting Abbreviations – R
RL – Real life
RME – Rolling my eyes
ROFL – Rolling on floor laughing
ROTFL – Rolling on the floor laughing
RSN – Real soon now
RTFM – Read the f***ing manual
RUOK – Are you okay?
Texting Abbreviations – S
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
SMS – A text. SMS stands for Short Messaging Service
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
Texting Abbreviations – T
T+ – Think positive
TA – Thanks a lot
TAFN – That’s all for now
TAM – Tomorrow a.m.
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
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
Texting Abbreviations – U
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
Texting Abbreviations – W
WAM – Wait a minute
WAN2TLK – Want to talk
WAYF – Where are you from?
W/B – Write back
WB – Welcome back
WIIFM – What’s in it for me?
WK – Week
WKD – Weekend
WOMBAT – Waste of money, brains and time
WRK – Work
WRUD – What are you doing?
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
Texting Abbreviations – X
X – Kiss
XLNT – Excellent
Texting Abbreviations – Y
YA – Your
YBS – You’ll be sorry
YGBKM – You’ve got to be kidding me
YKWYCD – You know what you can do
YMMV – Your mileage may vary
YR – Your
YW – You’re welcome
