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Bonus feature. List of commonly used chat room abbreviations:
AAMOF As A Matter Of Fact
ADN Any Day Now
ADDY Your e-mail Address
AKA Also Known As
AFK Away From Keyboard
AFK2p Away From Keyboard To Pee
ASAP As Soon As Possible
BAC By Any Chance
BAK Back At Keyboard
BBL Be Back Later
BBN Bye Bye Now
BBS Be Back Soon
BEG Big Evil Grin
BF Boy Friend
BFF Best Friend Forever
BFN Bye For Now
BITMT But In The Meantime
BOT Back On Topic
BRB Be Right Back
BRB nc Be Right Back Nature calls (brb nc)
BTW By The Way
BWL Bursting With Laughter
C4N Ciao For Now
C & G Chuckle and Grin
C2C or CTC Cheek To Cheek
CID Crying In Disgrace
CNP Continued (in my) Next Post
CRS Can't Remember "Stuff"
CSG Chuckle Snicker Grin
CYA L8R See You Later (See ya lata)
CU See You
C U L8R See You Later
CWOT Complete Waste Of Time
CYA See Ya or Cover You’re A**
DIL Daughter In Law
DITYID Did I Tell You I'm Distressed?
DIY Do It Yourself
DLTBBB Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite
DW Wife or Dear wife
EG Evil Grin
EMSG Email Message
EOD End Of Discussion
EOS End Of Show
EZ Easy
F2F or FTF Face To Face
FAAK Falling Asleep At Keyboard
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
FBOW For Better Or Worse
FIL Father In Law
FOAF Friend Of A Friend
FOCL Falling Off Chair Laughing
FUBAR Fouled Up Beyond All Repair
FWIW For What It's Worth
FYA For Your Amusement
FYI For Your Information
GAL Get A Life
GBTW Get Back To Work
GF Girl Friend
GFC or G4C Going For Coffee
GFETE Grinning From Ear To Ear
GFN or G4N Gone For Now
GMAO [GMBO] Giggling My A** Off
GMTA Great Minds Think Alike
GR8 Great
GR&D Grinning, Running & Ducking
GTG or G2G Got To Go
GTGTTBR or G2G2TBR Got To Go To The Bathroom
GTRM or G2RM Going To Read Mail
GTSY Glad To See You
H&K Hug and Kiss
HABU Have A Better 'Un
HAGN Have A Good Night
HAGU Have A Good 'Un
HAG1 Have A Good One
HAND Have A Nice Day
HHIS Hanging Head in Shame
HHOK Ha Ha Only Kidding
HLOL Hystericlly Laughing Out Loud
HLOLARAWCHAWMP= HLOL & Rolling Around While Clapping Hands & Wetting My Pants
HTH Hope This Helps
IAC In Any Case
IAE In Any Event
IC I See
IDGI I Don't Get It
IDK I Don't Know ~ I Didn't Know
IGP I Gotta Pee
IMCO In My Considered Opinion
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
IMO In My Opinion
IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMPE In My Previous,Personal Experience
IOTTMCO Intuitively Obvious To The Most Casual Observer
IOW In Other Words
IRL In Real Life
ISP Internet Service Provider
ISRN I'll Stop Rambling Now
ITA I Totally Agree
IWALU I Will Always Love You
IYKWIM If You Know What I Mean
JIC Just In Case
JK Joke
JMO Just My Opinion
JTLYK Just To Let You Know
KISS Keep It Simple Stupid
KIT Keep In Touch
KMA Kiss My A**
KMB Kiss My Butt
KOC Kiss On Cheek
KOL Kiss On Lips
L8R Later
LD Later Dude
LHM Lord Help Me
LHU Lord Help Us
LMAO Laughing My A** Off
LOL Laughing Out Loud
LOLOL Laughing Out Loud On Line
LSHMBB Laughing So Hard My Belly is Bouncing
LSHMBH Laughing So Hard My Belly Hurts
LSHMSH Laughing so hard my side hurts
LTNS Long Time No See
LTS Laughing To Self
LUWAMH Love You With All My Heart
LUVYA Love Ya
LY Love Ya
MWAH Sound Of A Kiss
MTCW My Two Cents Worth
MYOB Mind Your Own Business
NETUA Nobody Ever Tells Us Anything
NP No Problem
NRN No Reply Necessary
OIC Oh I See
OL Old Lady (significant other)
OLL Online Love
OM Old Man (significant other)
ONNA Oh No, Not Again!
OTOH On The Other Hand
OTTOMH Off The Top of My Head
PC,PVT,MSG Private Chat, Messaging
PDS Please Don't Shoot
PLS Please
PM Private Message
PMFJI Pardon Me For Jumping In
PMP Peed My Pants
POAHF Put On A Happy Face
POOF I Have Left the Chat
POV Point Of View
PS Post Script
PTSS Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome
PU That Stinks!
QT Cutie
RE Hello Again
ROFL Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROFLAPMP=ROFL And Peeing My Pants
ROTF Rolling On The Floor
ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROTFLMAO Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A** Off
ROFLMAOAY=ROFLMAO At You
ROTFWTIME Rolling On The Floor With Tears In My Eyes
ROFLUTS ROFL Unable to Speak
RSN Real Soon Now
RUOK Are You OK?
SETE or SE2E Smiling Ear To Ear
SHID Slaps Head In Disgust
SIL or SoIL Son In Law
SIL or SiIL Sister In Law
SITD Still In The Dark
SNAFU Situation Normal; All Fouled Up
Snert Snot Nosed Egotistical Rotten Teenager
SO Significant Other
SOHF Sense Of Humor Failure
SOL Smiling Out Loud (or You're Out of Luck)
SPAM Stupid Person's Advertisement
SS So Sorry
SWAK Sealed With A Kiss
SWL Screaming With Laughter
SYS See You Soon
TA Thanks Again
TAFN That's All For Now
TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TBD OOTD To Be Done One Of These Days!
TEOTWAWKI The End Of The World As We Know It
THX or Txs Thanks
TIA Thanks In Advance
TMK To My Knowledge
TOY Thinking Of You
TTYL Talk To You Later
2WIMC To Whom It May Concern
TY Thank You
TX Thanks
UFO Un-Finished Project
UPGS Unfinished Project Guilt Syndrome
URL Web Page Address
VDH Very Dear Husband ~ (see also DH)
VDW Very Dear Wife
WB Welcome Back
WBS Write Back Soon w/o Without
WRT With Respect To
WPYS Who Pulled Your String
WTG Way To Go
WTH What the Heck
WU What's Up?
WWW World Wide Web
WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get
XOXO Love and Kisses
Y2K Year 2000, Millennium
YBS You'll Be Sorry
YCGB You Can't Get Better
YG Young Gentleman
YGIAGAM Your Guess Is As Good As Mine
YGWYPF You Get What You Pay For
YL Young Lady
YM Young Man
YMMV Your Mileage May Vary
YWIA You're Welcome In Advance
ZZZ sleeping