50 Most Important Abbreviations

 

Text abbreviations are shortened forms of words or phrases that help save time and characters. They’re often used for things like social media posts and text messages to limit the number of characters used.

At this point, text abbreviations almost deserve their own dictionary.  If you want to stay relevant in your office , because even companies use abbreviations in business texts , then you’ll need to stay up-to-date on the latest text abbreviations.

Everybody loves acronyms and abbreviations are great little tools that make communication faster and more fun, especially when trying to type fast on a slippery smartphone.

Abbreviations are shortened versions of words and sometimes end in a period (for example, EX. for Example or adj. for adjective).

Acronyms are pronounceable, so you read them out as if they’re a name, and are formed by using the first letter of each word in a phrase (such as ISRO – Indian Space Research Organisation).

An initalism is when the word is pronounced letter by letter, such as the IN (the INDIA) . (Fun fact – “the” is usually added before an initialism but not an acronym, as in “I’m an interpreter at the IN,” or “I have an interview at ISRO.”)

  Here 50 Most Important Abbreviations

 BTW  : By the way

CTN:   Can’t talk now

CYE:   Check your email                 

DL:   Download                 

ETA:   Estimated time of arrival                  

FWIW:   For what it’s worth                        

FYI:   For your information                           

GG: Good game               

GJ: Good job                     

GL: Good luck                   

gr8: Great                          

BRB: Be Right Back                          

B4N: Bye for Now                           

BCNU: Be seeing you                     

BFF: Best Friends Forever                            

CYA: Cover You’re A**                  

TY: Thank you                   

w/e: Whatever                

W8: Wait                            

XOXO: Hugs and kisses                 

Y: Why                 

YOLO: You only live once                             

GTG: Got to go                 

GMV: Got my vote                          

HTH: Hope this helps                     

OT: Off topic                      

PC: Personel computer                 

pls: Please                          

POS: Parent over shoulder                          

ppl: People                        

Txt: Text                             

YNt: Why not                    

YW: You’re welcome                     

ZZZ: Sleeping                    

MMB: Message me back                              

msg: Message                  

NC: No comment                            

noob: Newbie                  

GMV: Got my vote                          

HTH: Hope this helps                     

ASL: Age/Sex/Location                 

AFAIK: As far as I know                 

IMHO: In my humble opinion                     

IRL: In rela life                   

ISO: In search of                              

J/K: Just Kidding                               

L8R: Later                           

POV: Point of view                          

RBTL: Read between the lines                   

RT: Real time                     

LOL: laugh out loud                        

OMG: Oh my God                           

ILY: I love you                   

LMAO: laughing my a** off                         

TTYN: Talk to you never               

FBO: Facebook official                   

TTYS: Talk to you soon                  

HMB: Hit me back                           

SFW: Safe work work                     

PTFO: Passed the f** out