Common SMS Abbreviations
by Ken on Feb.22, 2009, under General
This is for all the parents out there…
SMS language or Textese (also known as chatspeak, txt, txtspk, txtk, texting language or txt talk) is the English language slang used in mobile phone SMS, social networks and instant messaging. The objective of textese is to use the fewest number of characters needed to convey a comprehensible message.
Common Abbreviations
| Word or Phrase | Abbreviation(s) |
|---|---|
| Account | acc |
| Address | addy |
| At the moment | atm |
| Be right back | brb |
| Be back later | bbl |
| Be back soon | bbs |
| Because | cuz, bcuz, bcz, bcos, bc, cos, coz or bcoz |
| Best friend or Boy friend | bf or b/f |
| Best friend(s) for life | bffl |
| Best friend(s) forever | bff |
| Between | btw |
| By the way | BTW |
| Can’t be assed | cba |
| Comment me back | cmb (usually used for social networking sites) |
| Definitely | def |
| Don’t worry | dw |
| Forever | 4eva or 4evr |
| For your information | fyi |
| Friend | frend or frnd |
| Got to go | g2g or gtg |
| Have a nice day | H.A.N.D. |
| Hold on | hld on or h/o |
| Homework | hw, hwk or hmwk |
| How are you | hru |
| I don’t care | idc |
| I don’t know | idk |
| I do what I want | idwiw |
| I love you | ily, luv u, ilu, or luv ya |
| If I recall correctly or If I remember correctly | iirc |
| In my opinion | imo |
| In my humble opinion | imho |
| Jokes | jks |
| Just for laughs | jfl |
| Just joking | jj |
| Just kidding | jk |
| Just to let you know | jtlyk or j2luk |
| Know | kno or noe |
| Kiss my teeth | kmt |
| Kiss my ass | kma |
| Laugh out loud | lol |
| Lots of love | lol |
| Laughing my ass off | lmao |
| Laughing my fucking ass off | lmfao |
| Laughing quietly to myself | lqtm |
| Message (as in a text message) | msg |
| Never mind | nm or nvm (depending on context used) |
| No problem | np |
| No thank you | no tnk u, nty, no ty |
| Not much | nm (depending on context used) |
| Obviously | ovvi or obv |
| Of course | ov cors or ofc |
| Oh My God | omg or (comically) zomg |
| Parents over shoulder | pos |
| Please | plz or plez |
| Probably | probz, prbly, prolly, proly, or prob |
| Love | <3 or luv |
| Peace | pce, pece, or \/ (V sign) |
| Reals | rlz |
| Right | rite |
| Rolling on the floor laughing (out loud) | rofl(ol) |
| Rolling on (the) floor laughing my ass off | roflmao or rotflmao |
| See you/see you later | cya, cu, or cya/cu l8er/l8a |
| Shut the fuck up | stfu |
| Something | sth, s/t, or sumthin |
| Son of a bitch | sob |
| Sorry | sry, “soz”, or “sori” |
| Talk to you later | ttyl |
| Tata for now | ttfn |
| says | ses or sez |
| Text | txt |
| Text back | txt bck or tb |
| Thanks | thanx, thx, tnx, or fnx |
| Thank you | ty or “thnk u” |
| Thank you very much | tyvm |
| Tomorrow | tom, 2moz, 2moro, 2mrw or 2mara |
| To be honest | tbh |
| Welcome Back | wb |
| What | wat, wut, wht, or wha |
| Whatever | w/e or wateva |
| With | w/ |
