Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Here is a glossary of the most common internet jargon terms, acronyms and abbreviations


HMU - Hit Me Up (contact me to follow up)

NVM -Never Mind

NWOT- New Without Tags

PMSL   P*ssing myself laughing (a common UK expression)

POSSLQ   Person of Opposite Sex, Sharing Living Quarters

FMV   Fair Market Value

RL   Real Life

RTFM   Read The F*cking Manual

BISLY    But I Still Love You

ITSFWI    If The Shoe Fits, Wear It!

BFF    Best friends, forever!

WIBAMU     Well, I'll be a Monkey's Uncle

BTAIM    Be That As It May

TTYL    Talk To You Later

IIRC    If I Recall Correctly...

AFAIK    As Far as I Know

WRT    With Respect To

NSFW    Not Safe for Workplace viewing (warning that there is sexual or repulsive content)

NWT    New With Tags

OTOH    On the Other Hand

AFK    Away from Keyboard

ASL    Age/Sex/Location?

TPTB    The Powers that Be

ROFLMAO    Roll On Floor Laughing My A** Off

JMHO    Just My Humble Opinion

IMHO    In My Humble Opinion

OATUS     On a Totally Unrelated Subject

PMFJI    Pardon Me for Jumping In

SFSG    So Far, So Good

TC     Take Care

BTHOM Beats the Hell Out of Me

SGTM Sounds Good to Me!

O RLY Oh, Really (sarcasm)

OP The Original Poster (who started this discussion thread)

WB Welcome Back

IDK I Don't Know

OOAK One of a Kind

MEGO My Eyes Glaze Over

IBTL In Before the Lock!

BBIAB Be Back in a Bit

YMMV    Y our Mileage May Vary

MTFBWY   May the Force Be With You

NIMBY   Not in My Back Yard

MT Mistell   (mistaken chat message, please disregard)

AMAIR   As Much as I Recall

Yes, Internet users will write email, instant messages, blog comments, and forum/chat postings using these abbreviations. Because they are very short, abbreviations are particularly common for cell phone texting.

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