Chat slang can be such a nuisance, but at the same time so convenient. I know in school there were cliques, but while type-chatting with someone on Skype (or whatever other IM program you use), one can easily tell if a person is part of the internet junky club, or someone who still refers to java when they talk about their favourite coffee, or mention the word blog with a weird expression on their face (like its some sort of conspiracy?)

Most people I know still think that there has to be something wrong with “bloggers“. They tend to steer clear of me if they hear that “blog“…. Note, each time they pronounce the word “blog” their eyes go a bit bigger, and they stretch out the “o” sound just a bit longer than necessary… If you’re one of THOSE people and you’re reading this, you might just as well join in and blog. If you’re here, reading this, and you know me, then you probably like the idea of someone spilling all their guts online, or maybe you’re just curious to find out more about my thoughts. Either way, you’ll feel much better if you start “sharing” – like an AA meeting, you know?

So here’s for starters some chat abbreviations or acronyms…by googling you will find loads more… (If you don’t know what the term ‘googling’ means, refer to this post)

IM - Instant message
IMing - Chatting with someone online (verb form of im)
PM - Private message (as opposed to public message in chat rooms)
404 - I haven’t a clue
<3 - Heart
AFAIK - As far as I know
AFK - Away from keyboard
ASL? – Age – sex – location?
B4N – Bye for now
BAK – Back at the keyboard
BBIAB – Be back in a bit
BBL - Be back later
BEG – Big evil grin
BF - Boyfriend
GF – Girlfriend
BRB - Be right back (people confuse this for “burping”)
BTW - By the way
CU - See you
CUL8ER - See you later
DOM - Dream of me
F2F - Face to face
LOL - Laughing out loud
ROFL - Rolling on the floor laughing
LMAO - Laughing my ass off
ROFLMAO - Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off
FOMCL - Falling off my chair laughing
G2GP - Gotta go pee
GMTA - Great minds think alike
H&K - Hug and kiss
LUL - Love you lots
LTNS - Long time no see
MorF - Male or female
NI - No Idea
NP - No problem
OIC - Oh, i see
PEBCAK - Problem exists between chair and keyboard
PITA - Pain in the ass
::POOF:: – Goodbye (leaving the room)
Sup - What’s up
SU - Shut up
TA - Thank you
TMI - Too much information
TLK2UL8R - Talk to you later
TTFN - Ta-ta for now
TTYL - Talk to you later
WTF - What the ****
WTG - Way to go
WTH - What the hell
YW - You’re welcome

TLK2UL8R….