ChaT jArGonS

       
    A    
    a/s/l     Age/Sex/Location - (used to ask a chatter their personal information)
    AAMOF     As A Matter Of Fact
    AAYF     As always, your friend
    ADN     Any Day Now
    ADR     Address
    AFAIC     As Far As I Can...
    AFAIC     As Far As I'm Concerned
    AFAIK     As far as I know
    AFK     Away from keyboard
    AFN     that's All For Now
    AISI     As I See It
    AKA     Also Known As
    AML     All My Love
    ANFSCD     And Now For Something Completely Different
    ASAP     As Soon As Possible
    ASL     Age, sex, location?
    ATM     At The Moment
    AV     Avatar - Graphical representaion of a person chatting.
    AWA     As well as
    AWOL     Absent Without Leave
         
    B    
    B/C     Because
    B4     Before
    B4N     Bye for now
    BAC     Back at computer
    BAK     Back At Keyboard
    BBFN     Bye Bye For Now
    BBIAB     Be back in a bit
    BBL     Be Back Later
    BBS     Be Back Soon
    BBSL     Be Back Soon or Later
    BC     Be cool
    BCNU     Be Seeing You
    BF     Boyfriend
    BFN     Bye For Now
    BIL     Brother in law
    BKA     Better Known As
    BOT     Back on topic
    BR     Best Regards
    BRB     Be Right Back
    BRH     Be Right Here
    BRT     Be Right There
    BTDT     Been there, done that
    BTW     By The Way
    BYKT     But You Knew That
    BYTM     Better you than me
         
    C    
    CMIIW     Correct Me If I'm Wrong
    CU     See You
    CUL     Catch you later
    CUL8R     See You Later
    CUOL     See You On Line
    CUS     See you soon
    CWOT     Complete waste of time
    CYA     See ya
         
    D    
    DIS     Did I Say
    DIY     Do it yourself
    DL -or d/l     Download... or downloading.
    DOD     We could tell you but then we'd have to kil you
    DUCT     Did You See That?
    DWD     Dude
         
    E    
    EAK     Eating at keyboard
    EG     Evil Grin
    EL     Evil Laugh
    EOD     End of discussion
    EOL     End Of Lecture
    EOR     End of rant
    EOT     End Of Thread (meaning end of discussion)
         
    F    
    F     Female
    F2F     Face To Face
    FAQ     Frequently Asked Question
    FAWC     For Anyone Who Cares
    FCOL     For crying out loud
    FIL     Father in law
    FISH     First In Still Here (someone who is on line TOO much)
    FITB     Fill In The Blank
    FNB     Football and beer
    FOAF     Friend Of A Friend
    FOCL     Falling off the chair laughing
    FOFL     Falling on the floor laughing
    FTASB     Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
    FTF     Face To Face
    FTL     Faster Than Light
    FUBAR     Fouled Up Beyond All Repair / Recognition
    FUD     Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
    FWIW     For What It's Worth
    FYI     For Your Information
         
    G    
    G2G     Gotta go
    GA     Go Ahead
    GA     Good afternoon
    GAL     Get A Life
    GALGAL     Give A Little Get A Little
    GAS     Greetings and salutations
    GBH     Great Big Hug
    GBU     God Bless You
    GE     Good evening
    gest     Gesture - a combination text / audio / video file played in VP Chat rooms
    GF     Girlfriend
    GFN     Gone for now
    GG     Good game
    GGN     Gotta Go Now
    GJ     Good job
    GL     Good luck
    GM     Good morning / Good move/match
    GMTA     Great Minds Think Alike
    GN     Good night
    GR     Gotta Run
    GR8     Great
    GTRM     Going To Read Mail (leaving chat room to check email)
         
    H    
    H&K     Hugs and Kisses
    HAGD     Have a good day
    HCIT     How cool is that
    HF     Have fun
    HIH     Hope It Helps
    HOAS     Hold on a second
    HTH     Hope This Helps
         
    I    
    IANAL     I'm Am Not A Lawyer (expect an uninformed opinion)
    IAC     In Any Case
    IAE     In Any Event
    IAG     It's all good
    IAGW     In a good way
    IAT     I Am Tired
    IC     I See
    ICBW     I Could Be Wrong
    ICL     In Christian Love
    IDGI     I don't get it
    IGTP     I Get The Point
    IHNO     I Have No Opinion
    IIR     If I Recall
    IIRC     If I remember correctly
    IIRC     If I Recall Correctly
    IK     I know
    IKWUM     I know what you mean
    ILU or ILY     I Love You
    IM     Instant Message
    IMAO     In my arrogant opinion
    IMCO     In My Considered Opinion
    IMHO     In My Humble Opinion
    IMNSHO     In my not so humble opinion
    IMO     In My Opinion
    INPO     In No Particular Order
    IOH     I'm Out of Here
    IOW     In Other Words
    IRL     In Real Life
    IRSTBO     It really sucks the big one
    IS     I'm sorry
    ISWYM     I see what you mean
    IYKWIM     If You Know What I Mean
    IYKWIMAITYD     If You Know What I Mean And I Think You Do
         
    J    
    J/K     Just kidding
    J/P     Just playing
    JIC     Just In Case
    JM2C     Just My 2 Cents
    JMHO     Just my humble opinion
    JT     Just Teasing
    JTLYK     Just to let you know
         
    K    
    K     OK
    KIR     Keepin' it real
    KIT     Keep in touch
    KOTC     Kiss On The Cheeck
    KOTFL     Kiss On The Lips
    KWIM     Know what I mean?
         
    L    
    L8R     Later
    LMAO     Laughing my ass off
    LMK     Let me know
    LOL     Laughing Out Loud / Lots Of Laughter
    LOLA     Laugh Out Loud Again
    LTNS     Long time no see
    LTR     Long term relationship
    LWR     Launch When Ready
    LYK     Let you know
    LYLAS     Love You Like a Sister
         
    M    
    M     Male
    MGB     May God Bless
    MHOTY     My Hat's Off To You
    MIL     Mother in law
    MOTAS     Member Of The Appropriate Sex
    MOTOS     Member Of The Opposite Sex
    MOTSS     Member Of The Same Sex
    MSG     Message
    MTBF     Mean Time Between Failure
    MTFBWY     May The Force Be With You
    mug     Person chatting in VP rooms using their browser (IE, Netscape)... instead of the download client program.
    MYOB     Mind your own business
         
    N    
    N     In
    N/A     Not Acceptable
    N/C     Not cool
    N1     Nice One
    N2M     Not too much
         
    NE1     Anyone
    NFW     No Feasible Way
    NM     Nevermind, Not much
    NMH     Not much here
    NMJC     Nothing much, just chillin'
    NNITO     Not necessarily in that order
    NO1     No one
    NOTTOMH     Not off the top of my head
    NOYB     None of your business
    NP     No Problem
    NRN     No Reply Necessary
    NTK     Nice To Know
         
    O    
    OB     Obligatory
    OBJOKE     Obligatory Joke
    OIC     Oh, I See
    OJ or OK     Only Joking or Only Kidding
    OMG     Oh my gosh
    ONNA     Oh NO, Not Again
    OOC     Out of character
    OOI     Out Of Interest
    OS     Operating System
    OT     Off topic / Other topic
    OTMH     Off the Top of My Head ...
    OTOH     On The Other Hand
    OTW     On The Way (used when someone is sending a file)
    OUSU     Oh, You Shut Up
         
    P    
    PANS     Pretty Awsome New Stuff (often refering to computer technology)
    PCMCIA     People Can't Master Computer Industry Acronyms (slang)
    PCMCIA     Personal Computer Memory Cards International Association
    PD     Public Domain
    PDA     Public Display of Affection
    PEBCAK     Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard
    PITA     Pain In The Ass
    PLS / PLZ     Please
    PM     Personal Message
    PMJI     Pardon My Jumping In
    POTS     Plain Old Telephone Service
    POV     Point Of view
    PPL     People
    PS     Post Script
    PTL     Praise The Lord
         
    Q    
    QL     Quit Laughing!
    QS     Quit Scrolling
    QT     Cutie
    RFC     Request for comment
    RFD     Request For Discussion
    RFI     Request For Information
    ROF     Rolling On the Floor
    ROFL     Rolling On Floor, Laughing
    ROFL     Rolling On the Floor Laughing
    ROFLMAO     Rolling On the Floor Laughing My Arse Off
    ROFLOL     Rolling On Floor Laughing Out Loud
    ROTFL     Rolling On The Floor Laughing
    ROTFLABIC     Rolling On The Floor Laughing And Biting Into Carpet
    ROTFLMAO     Rolling On The Floor, Laughing My Ass Off
    ROTFLOL     Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud
    RSN     Real Soon Now
    RTFAQ     Read The FAQ
    RTFM     Read The Flippin Manual (response to beginner question on net, chat, newsgroups, etc.)
         
    S    
    S2R     Send to receive
    SCNR     Sorry, could not resist
    SED     Said Enough Darling
    SEG     Shit Eating Grin
    SF     Science Fiction
    SFETE     Smiling From Ear To Ear
    SIL     Sister in law
    SITD     Still In The Dark
    SMAIM     Send Me An Instant Message
    SNAFU     Situation Normal, All Fouled Up
    SNAILMAIL     Postal Mail Service
    SO     Significant Other(e.g., spouse, boy/girlfriend)
    SOHF     Sense Of Humor Failure
    SOL     Shit Out Of Luck
    SOTA     State Of The Art (latest technology)
    SPAM     Stupid Persons Advertisement
    SSEWBA     Someday Soon, Everything Will Be Acronyms
    SU     Shut Up
    SWAK     Sealed with a kiss
    SWALK     Sealed With A Loving Kiss
    SY     Sincerely Yours
    SYL     See You Later
    SYSOP     System Operator
         
    T    
    TAFN     That's All For Now
    TAS     Taking a Shower
    TCO     Taken care of
    TFDS     That's For Darn Sure
    TFH     Thread From Hell (a topic or discussion that won't stop - esp. newsgrps)
    TGIF     Thank Goodness It's Friday
    THANX     Thanks
    THX     Thanks
         
    TIA     Thanks in advance
    TIC     Tongue In Cheek
    TMA     Take my advice
    TMI     Too much information
    TNC     Tongue In Cheek
    TNT     Til Next Time
    TNX     Thanks
    TOH     The other half
    TPTB     The Powers That Be
    TTFN     Ta-Ta For Now
    TTYL     Talk To You Later
    TWIMC     To Whom It May Concern
    TY     Thank You
    TYVM     Thank you very much
         
    U    
    U     You
    U2     You too
    UR     Your
         
    V    
    VBG     Very big grin
    VBS     Very Big Smile
    VEG     Very Evil Grin
    VSF     Very Sad Face
         
    W    
    W/     With
    W/B     Write Back
    W/O     Without
    W8     Wait
    W8AM     Wait a minute
    WAD     Without a Doubt
    WB     Welcome back OR Write back
    WBS     Write Back Soon
    WC     Welcome... as in You are Welcome
    WE     Whatever
    WEU     What's Eating You?
    WFM     Works For Me
    WISP     Winning Is So Pleasureable
    WNDITWB     We never did it this way before
    WNOHGB     Where No One Has Gone Before
    WRT     With Regard To
         
    WRT     With Respect To
    WT     Without Thinking
    WT?     What The ...? or Who the ...?
    WTG     Way to go!
    WTGP?     Want To Go Private? (move to a private chat room)
    WTH     What The Heck
    WTTM     Without Thinking To Much
    WYSIWYG     What you See Is What You Get
    WYWH     Wish You Were Here
         
    X    
    XM     Excuse Me
    XOXOXO     Hugs and kisses
         
    Y    
    Y     Why?
    YMMV     Your Mileage May Vary
    YW     You're welcome
    YWIA     You're Welcome In Advance
         
    Z    
    ZZZ     Sleeping, Bored, Tired
         
    Other    
    10X     Thanks
    2U2     To you too
    4EVR     Forever
    4GM     Forgive me
    <G>     Grinning
    <J>     Joking
    <L>     Laughing
    <S>     Smiling
    <Y>     Yawning
    >U!     Screw you!
    ?     Huh?