Chat Lingo

If you are new to chatting then you may feel like you have stepped into a world that is speaking an entirely different language. Below are some of the terms you may see and what they mean.

ADN
Any Day Now
AFK
Away From Keyboard
ALG
Aint Life Grand
A/S/L
Age/Sex/Location
ASAP
As Soon As Possible
AKA
Also Known As
B4
Before
BAK
Back At Keyboard
BBL
Be Back Later
B/F
Boyfriend
BRB
Be Right Back
BTW
By The Way
CUS
See You Soon
CYA
See Ya
EMSG
Email Message
FAF
Fit As F*ck
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
FFS
For ****s sake
FWIW
For What It's Worth
FYI
For Your Information
GAL
Get A Life
G/F
Girlfriend
GFS
Go **** Yourself
GMTA
Great Minds Think Alike
HB
Hurry Back
HUA
Head Up A**
IAE
In Any Event
ICN
I See Now
IM
Instant Message
IMHO
In My Honest/Humble Opinion
IOW
In Other Words
J2LUK
Just To Let You Know
JASE
Just Another System Error
J/K
Just Kidding / Joking
JMO
Just My Opinion
KMA
Kiss My A**
L8R
Later
LMAO
Laughing My A** Off
LOL
Laugh/ing Out Loud
LTNS
Long Time No See
MSG
Message
NOYB
None Of Your Business
NRN
No Response Necessary
OIC
Oh, I See
OTOH
On The Other Hand
P2P
Person To Person
PIA
Pain In the A**
PMSG
Private Message
PMFJI
Pardon Me For Jumping In
QT
Cutie
ROFL
Rolling On the Floor Laughing
ROFLMAO
ROFL My A** Off
SNERT
Snot-Nosed Egotistical Rude Teen
TGIF
Thank God It's Friday
TILII
Tell It Like It Is
TTFN
Ta-Ta For Now
TTYL
Talk To You Later
TYVM
Thankyou Very Much
WAG
Wild A** Guess
WB
Welcome Back
WTH
What/Who The Hell?
YVW
You're Very Welcome
YW
You're Welcome