Web Slang, lingo, and acronyms used in chat rooms, Instant Messages, and Text Messaging.

AAK	Alive And Kicking
AAR	At Any Rate
AAS	Alive And Smiling
ADN	Any Day Now
AFAIK	As Far As I Know
AFK	Away From the Keyboard
AFN	that's All For Now
AOTA	All Of The Above
a/s/l or asl	Age/Sex/Location - (used to ask a chatter their personal information)
AV	Avatar - Graphical representation (a picture) often used in chat rooms to depict a person that is in the room and chatting.
b4	Before
BAK	Back At Keyboard (I'm back)
BBL	Be Back Later
BBS	Be Back Soon
BCNU	I'll Be Seeing You.
b/f	Boyfriend (also shown as bf, B/F, or BF)
BEG	Big Evil Grin
BFN	Bye For Now
BMA	Bite My A** (became popular with the Simpson's cartoon show)
boot	To get kicked out of a chat room, or have to restart the computer because you couldn't talk in the chat room anymore.
BR	Best Regards
BRB	Be Right Back
BRH	Be Right Here
BSEG	Big S**t Eatin Grin
BTA	But Then Again....
BTW	By The Way
btw	BeTWeen you and me ...
chat room	A web page where people gather using software that allows them to talk to one another in real time.
CRS	Can't Remember S**t
CU	See You - also posted as cya
CUS	Can't Understand S**t (stuff)
CNP	Continued in Next Post (seen more on message boards than chat)
CP	Chat Post
CUL8R	See You Later
CUOL	See You On Line
CYA	See Ya
dd, ds, dh	Darling or Dear: Dear Son, Dear Daughter, or Dear Husband.  Usually exchanged in family chats.
DDSOS	Different Day, Same Old S**t
DEGT	Don't Even Go There (I don't want to talk about it)
DIKU	Do I Know You?
DIS	Did I Say
D/L, DL, d/l, dl	Downloading, or Download it.
EG	Evil Grin
EM	E-Mail
EMA	E-mail Address (example: ?ema or ema? = what is your email address)
EOT	End Of Thread (meaning end of discussion)
ez or EZ	easy (one of the really old ones)
F2F	Face To Face
FAQ	Frequently Asked Question
FISH	First In Still Here (someone who is on line TOO much)
FITB	Fill In The Blanks
flame	to insult someone.  Used when a person asks a stupid question, or says something rude to irritate the users of a chat room or message board.
FOCL	Falling Off Chair - Laughing
forum	What todays message boards are called.  Often using php as defining language to quickly write 'real time' messages and replies to a web site (or page)
FTS	F*** This S***
fu	f*** you (If you can't figure this one out, you shouldn't be on line)
FUBAR	"Fouled" Up Beyond All Repair / Recognition
FUD	Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
FWIW	For What It's Worth
FYI	For Your Information
GA	Go Ahead
GAL	Get A Life
gest	Gesture ... a small multimedia file played over the internet, usually expressing an emotion or comment.
g/f	Girlfriend (also shown as gf, G/F, or GF)
GFN	Gone For Now
GGOH	Gotta Get Outta Here
GMTA	Great Minds Think Alike
GR	Gotta Run
GR&D	Grinning, Running, and Ducking.
GTR	Got To Run
GTRM	Going To Read Mail (leaving chat room to check email)
H&K	Hugs and Kisses
hack	person who breaks into software, or disrupts a chat room.
HAGD	Have A Good Day
HAGO	Have A Good One
Halsoft	Name of a company that purchased the brand of Chat that Excite offered, now a pay as you go service.
HB	Hurry Back
Hosts	Refers to the people that are running the chat room, they usually have the ability to kick a person off due to rude behavior.
HTH	Hope That Helps
huggles	Hugs
IAC	In Any Case
IB	I'm Back
IC	I See
IDN	I Don't kNow
IDK	I Don't Know
IDTS	I Don't Think So
IANAL	I'm Am Not A Lawyer (expect an uninformed opinion)
IC	I See
ICQ	I Seek You.  A computer program used to communicate instantly over the Internet.
ILU or ILY	I Love You
IM	Instant Message
IMHO	In My Humble Opinion (or In My Honest Opinion)
IMO	In My Opinion
IOH	I'm Out of Here
IOW	In Other Words
IRL	In Real Life
IYO	In Your Opinion
JAS	Just A Second
JIC	Just In Case
JK	Just Kidding
JMO	Just My Opinion
JW	Just Wondering
k, K, or kk	O. K.
KIT	Keep In Touch
L8R	Later (an early one, kind of outdated with current 'young geeks')
LMAO	Laughing My Ass Off
LFFAO	Laughing My F***(freaking) Ass Off
LOL	Laughing Out Loud
LTNS	Long Time No See
LTS	Laughing To ones Self
LY	I Love Ya.
LYL	Love You Lots
Message Board.	A web page where people write comments, and those comments are than added to that web-page for others to view.  Used to carry on conversation, request information, and relay messages.
MUG	Refers to a new user of that chat program, goes back to Excite VP days when the AV (or icon) that represented someone new was a picture of a coffee mug.
NE1	Anyone
newbie	refers to a person who is new to an area or technology.  Also seen as nube, nooby, nubie, nb, etc.
NFW	No Feasible (or F***ing) Way
NIMBY	Not In My Back Yard
nm, or NM	Never Mind
NP, np	No Problem
NRN	1. No Response Necessary 2. Not Right Now
NT	No Thanks
OBTW	Oh, By The Way.
OIC	Oh, I See
OF	Old Fart, someone who has been around for a while.
OJ or OK	Only Joking or Only Kidding
OL	the Old Lady
OM	the Old Man
OMG	Oh My Gosh (although it's usually used with the Lords name in place of "gosh")
OT	Off Topic
oth or OTH	Off The Hook: Something is really popular, or hot.  Very exciting.
otr or OTR	Off The Rack: Saying that something is outside the ordinary.
OTE	Over The Edge (beyond common sense or beyond good taste)
OTOH	On The Other Hand ...
OTOMH	Off the Top of My Head ...
OTW	On The Way ... I've sent a file to you, it's "On the way"
P911	My parents are in the room.  P=Parents, and 911=emergency, in other words either drop the subject, or watch the language.
PANS	Pretty Awesome New Stuff (often referring to computer technology)
PCMCIA	Personal Computer Memory Cards International Association
PCMCIA	People Can't Master Computer Industry Acronyms (slang)
PEBCAK	Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard
peeps	People. example: "There sure are a lot of peeps in this room" - meaning a lot of people are in the chat room.
peep this	Hey, listen to this, I've got some interesting news.
PITA	Pain In The Ass
PLZ	Please
PMJI	Pardon Me for Jumping In (when you enter into a new conversation)
poof	when someone leaves a chat room, often seen as *poof* as in boy he *poofed* in a hurry.
POTS	Plain Old Telephone Service
POS	Parents are looking Over my Shoulder.
POTS	Parents Over The Shoulder - (My parents are watching, I can't really talk)
PPL	People
QT	Cutie
RFC	Request For Comments (used more in newsgroups, a page or pages that supply technical information)
rl or RL	Real Life (as opposed to being online)
r m or RM	Ready Made: pre-existing
ROFL	Rolling On Floor, Laughing
ROTF	Rolling On The Floor (laughing is implied)
ROTFLMAO	Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off
ROTFLMFAO	Rolling On The Floor Laughing F(***ing) My Ass Off
RSN	Real Soon Now
r/t	Real Time (also: RT, or rt)
RTFM	Read The "Flippin" Manual (response to beginner question on net, chat, newsgroups, etc.)
RU	aRe yoU?
SEG	Shit Eating Grin
SH	Same Here
SMS	Short Message Service (more cell phones and pagers than chat rooms and the Internet)
SN	Screen Name.  The name or moniker selected by person in an IM or chat program.  ex: My "SN" in vp was "-lone.wolf"
SNAFU	Situation Normal, All "Fouled" Up
SO	Significant Other
SOL	Shit Out Of Luck
SOS	Same Old S**t (stuff)
SOTA	State Of The Art (latest technology)
SPST	Same Place, Same Time
SSDD	Same S**t, Different Day
STR8	Straight (can refer to sex, or DSTR8 as in Damn Straight)
STW	Search The Web
SY	Sincerely Yours
SYL	See You Later
TAFN	That's All For Now
TC	Take Care
TFH	Thread From Hell (a topic or discussion that won't stop - esp. newsgroups)
TGIF	Thank Goodness It's Friday
THX	Thanks!
TIA	Thanks In Advance
TM	Text Message (often refers to communications with text over cell phones)
TMI	Too Much Info. (information)
TNT	'Til Next Time
TPS	That's Pretty Stupid
TPTB	The Powers That Be (can sometimes refer to the people that are running the chat room or server)
TRDMF	Tears Running Down My Face: Can be with either laughter, or due to saddness.
TS	Tough S**t
TSFY	Tough S**t For You
TTFN	Ta-Ta For Now
TTTT	These Things Take Time
TTYL	Talk To You Later
TY	Thank You
TYT	Take Your Time
TYVM	Thank You Very Much
VPPH	Virtual Places Page Host
US	You Suck
usa or USA	Until Sides Ache:  Usually used with one of the laughter acronyms such as "lolusa" Laughing Out Loud Until my Sides Ache.  I've also heard that some folks substitute ush for "Until Sides Hurt".  rotflolush = rolling on the floor, laughing out loud, until my sides hurt.
UV	Unpleasant Visual
UW	yoU're Welcome
UY	Up Yours
vp or VP	Virtual Places: A brand of chat offered by Excite in the late 90s and early 2000.
WB	Welcome Back (you say this when someone returns to a chat room)
WC	WelCome
WEG	Wicked Evil Grin
WEU	What's Eating You?
WFM	Works For Me
WIIFM	What's In It For Me?
WTG	Way To Go
WTF	What The F**K
WT?	What The ...? or Who the ...?
WTGP?	Want To Go Private? (move to a private chat room)
WWJD	What Would Jesus Do?
YAA	Yet Another Acronym
YBS	You'll Be Sorry
YL	Young Lady
YM	Young Man
YMMV	Your Mileage May Vary
YR	Yea, Right.  (sarcastic)
*ys*	You Stinker
YVW	You're Very Welcome
YW	You're Welcome

Emoticons: (symbols used to display feeling) 

Note: For these little things called "emoticons"  Often the idea is to turn your head sideways, and it makes a picture on a lot of the smiley faces.  ;-) for example where the ; (semi-colon) are the eyes, the - is the nose, and the ) is the mouth. Also, you see some people use the hyphen (-) to show the nose, while others will show the same expression without the nose.  Example:  ;-)   and   ;)   signify the same thing.

*s*, *S*, <s>, = smile	*g*, <g> = grin	xoxo = hugs and kisses	huggggggsssss = hugs
*w*, <w> = wink	*g*, = giggles	*k*, *K* = kiss	;-)~~~~~~~~ = giving someone the raspberries.
(((((person))))) = giving them a virtual hug.	\~/ = glass with a drink. (usually booze)	^5 = high five	?^ = What's Up?
\_/? = a cup of tea	[_]>  + Cup of coffee	@@@ = Cookies	@--/-- = a rose
:-) .. smile	;-) ... wink	<:-| ... curious	:~) ... cute
:-( ... sad	8-) ... wears glasses	:-} ... embarrassed	:-/ ... perplexed, confused
:,-( ..or ;`-( .... to cry	:-< ... pouting	>:-( ... angry	0:-) ... angel
:-| ... bored or no opinion	:-> ... grin/mischievous	| -) ... dreaming	:-O ... shouting, or shocked
:-o ... talking, or surprised	>:-|| ... mad / angry	:-D ... big grin or laugh	=:-O ... scared
:-x ... keeping mouth shut	:o) ... smiles (w/nose)	:-))))))) ... lots of smiles	;-P ... sticking tongue out :P  ... sticking tongue out
# 8 - ) ... nerd, or or person with glasses and crew cut.	&-( ... crying	!:-) .. I have an idea	;-{ ) ... person with a mustache
;-)~ ... sexy tongue - or drunk	;~) ... being cute	c["] ... coffee mug	[_]> ... another cup or mug
:-> ... grin/mischievous	<:-| ... curious	|-| ... sound asleep	:-x .. I'm keeping my mouth shut

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