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ABT . . . . . . . . . . . . About
ABT2 . . . . . . . . . . . . About to
atm  . . . . . . . . . . . . At the Moment
asap  . . . . . . . . . . . . As soon as possible
AQAP . . . . . . . . . . . . As quick (or quiet) as possible
AYT . . . . . . . . . . . . Are you there?
bc . . . . . . . . . . . . Because
b4 . . . . . . . . . . . . Before
B4N . . . . . . . . . . . . Bye for now
B8 . . . . . . . . . . . . Bait
BFF . . . . . . . . . . . . Best Friend Forever
brb . . . . . . . . . . . . Be Right Back
btw . . . . . . . . . . . . By The Way
btycl . . . . . . . . . . . . Bootycall
b/w . . . . . . . . . . . . Between
c . . . . . . . . . . . . See
CM . . . . . . . . . . . . Call me
cya . . . . . . . . . . . . See you
cyl . . . . . . . . . . . . See you Later
cus . . . . . . . . . . . . Because
cuz . . . . . . . . . . . . Because or Cousin
dgaf . . . . . . . . . . . . Don't give a Fuck ("dee-gaaf")
DIKU . . . . . . . . . . . . Do I know you?
DL or D/L . . . . . . . . . . . . Download
DQMOT . . . . . . . . . . . . Don't quote me on this
DXNRY . . . . . . . . . . . . Dictionary
2 . . . . . . . . . . . . To or Too
2dls . . . . . . . . . . . . Toodles
2nite . . . . . . . . . . . . Tonight
4 . . . . . . . . . . . . For
411 . . . . . . . . . . . . Information
4evr . . . . . . . . . . . . Forever
4nd . . . . . . . . . . . . Friend
E1 . . . . . . . . . . . . Everyone
EF4T . . . . . . . . . . . . Effort
ESAD . . . . . . . . . . . . Eat Shit and Die
ez . . . . . . . . . . . . Easy
FTW . . . . . . . . . . . . For the Win, Fuck the World
FYEO . . . . . . . . . . . . For your eyes only
FYI . . . . . . . . . . . . For Your Information
GOI . . . . . . . . . . . . Get over it
GOL . . . . . . . . . . . . Giggling out loud
GR8 . . . . . . . . . . . . Great
GTFO . . . . . . . . . . . . Get the Fuck Out
gtg or g2g . . . . . . . . . . . . Got To Go
h8 . . . . . . . . . . . . Hate
HAGN . . . . . . . . . . . . Have a good night
HAGO . . . . . . . . . . . . Have a good one
HAND . . . . . . . . . . . . Have a nice day
HHRT . . . . . . . . . . . . Hit Hard Right Through
HR8  . . . . . . . . . . . . Heart
IAC . . . . . . . . . . . . In any case
IC . . . . . . . . . . . . I see
idk . . . . . . . . . . . . I Don't Know
idc . . . . . . . . . . . . I Don't Care
ily . . . . . . . . . . . . I Love You
imho . . . . . . . . . . . . In My Humble Opinion
IMO . . . . . . . . . . . . In My Opinion
JFGI . . . . . . . . . . . . Just *freaking* Google it
JIC . . . . . . . . . . . . Just in case
jk . . . . . . . . . . . . Just Kidding
jks . . . . . . . . . . . . Jokes
JLMK . . . . . . . . . . . . Just let me know
JMO . . . . . . . . . . . . Just my opinion
jp . . . . . . . . . . . . Just Playing
jw . . . . . . . . . . . . Just Wondering
k or kk . . . . . . . . . . . . Okay
KEYA . . . . . . . . . . . . I will key you later
kwim . . . . . . . . . . . . Know What I Mean?
L8 . . . . . . . . . . . . Late
L8r . . . . . . . . . . . . Later
LLS . . . . . . . . . . . . Laugh(ing) Like Shit
lmao . . . . . . . . . . . . Laugh(ing) My Ass Off
lmfao . . . . . . . . . . . . Laugh(ing) My Fucking/Freaking Ass Off
lol . . . . . . . . . . . . Laugh(ing) Out Loud or Lots Of Laughs
luv . . . . . . . . . . . . Love
lylas . . . . . . . . . . . . Love You Like A Sister
lylab . . . . . . . . . . . . Love You Like A Brother
143 or <3 . . . . . . . . . . . . I Love You (count or heart)
M8 . . . . . . . . . . . . Mate
n . . . . . . . . . . . . and
ne1 . . . . . . . . . . . . Anyone
ngl . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Gonna Lie
np . . . . . . . . . . . . No problem
OMG . . . . . . . . . . . . Oh My God (or Gosh)
OMFG . . . . . . . . . . . . Oh My *freaking* God
ppl . . . . . . . . . . . . People
qt . . . . . . . . . . . . Cutie
r . . . . . . . . . . . . Are
rl . . . . . . . . . . . . Real Life
rofl . . . . . . . . . . . . Rolls (or Rolling) On Floor Laugh(ing)
s2 . . . . . . . . . . . . Heart (or Love)
srs . . . . . . . . . . . . Serious
STFU . . . . . . . . . . . . Shut the Fuck Up
sup . . . . . . . . . . . . What's up
tbh . . . . . . . . . . . . To be Honest
ttly . . . . . . . . . . . . Totally
ttfn . . . . . . . . . . . . Ta Ta For Now
ttyl . . . . . . . . . . . . Talk To You Later
ty or thnq . . . . . . . . . . . . Thank You
thnks, thnx, or thx . . . . . . . . . . . . Thanks
U . . . . . . . . . . . . You
UR . . . . . . . . . . . . You're
UL . . . . . . . . . . . . Upload
UN4TUN8 . . . . . . . . . . . . Unfortunate
URTM . . . . . . . . . . . . You are the man
URW . . . . . . . . . . . . You are welcome
UW . . . . . . . . . . . . You're welcome
VM . . . . . . . . . . . . Voice mail
W8 . . . . . . . . . . . . Wait
WDYK . . . . . . . . . . . . What do you know?
wdymbt . . . . . . . . . . . . What do you mean by that?
WDYT . . . . . . . . . . . . What do you think?
w/e . . . . . . . . . . . . Weekend, Whatever
WU?  . . . . . . . . . . . . What's up?
WUU2 . . . . . . . . . . . . What are you up to?
WYD . . . . . . . . . . . . What (are) you doing?
WTF . . . . . . . . . . . . What the fuck/freak?
WTH . . . . . . . . . . . . What the hell/heck?
w/e . . . . . . . . . . . . Whatever
w/  . . . . . . . . . . . . With
w/o . . . . . . . . . . . . Without
XLNT . . . . . . . . . . . . Excellent
XME . . . . . . . . . . . . Excuse Me
Y?  . . . . . . . . . . . . Why?
YCMU . . . . . . . . . . . . You crack me up
yr . . . . . . . . . . . . Your
Y W . . . . . . . . . . . . You're welcome
ZUP . . . . . . . . . . . . What's up?
zzz . . . . . . . . . . . . Sleeping/bored




Emoticons . . . . . . . . . . . .


:d~ . . . . . . . . . . . . Smoker
:D or  : ) . . . . . . . . . . . . Happy
:( . . . . . . . . . . . . Sad
::*( or  :'( . . . . . . . . . . . . Crying
:-@ . . . . . . . . . . . . Scream
:-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . Yell
:P . . . . . . . . . . . . Tongue sticking out
;) . . . . . . . . . . . . winking
:{) . . . . . . . . . . . . Moustache man
DX . . . . . . . . . . . . Angry
XD . . . . . . . . . . . . Laughing (tongue out)
XP or :p  . . . . . . . . . . . . Sticking tongue out
d:) . . . . . . . . . . . . Wearing a hat?
8=====> . . . . . . . . . . . . Penis
<3 . . . . . . . . . . . . Heart
:O . . . . . . . . . . . . Gasp