Have you ever wondered what your chat mate is saying when those acronyms suddenly popped up your screen? It's what we call, the "Chat Lingo" or "Chat Slang". These acronyms are also useful when sending messages through text to prevent exceeding certain number of characters and end-up sending enhanced text messages which costs extra. Also, for parents, it is important to understand todays' chat lingo so we can relate with our kids and can guide them on the proper use of chat and to teach them the right behavior in the chat room. I have listed some of the commonly used Chat Lingo below.

Letter A

• AAK Alive And Kicking
• AFAIK As Far As I Know

Letter B

• b4 Before
• BFN Bye For Now
• BRB Be Right Back
• BTW By The Way

Letter C

• CU See You
• CYA See Ya

Letter D

• DIKU Do I Know You?
• DIS Did I Say

Letter E

• EG Evil Grin

Letter F

• F2F Face To Face
• FAQ Frequently Asked Question
• FITB Fill In The Blanks
• FWIW For What It's Worth
• FYI For Your Information

Letter G

• GA Go Ahead
• GAL Get A Life
• GR Gotta Run
• GTR Got To Run

Letter H

• H&K Hugs and Kisses
• HAGD Have A Good Day
• HB Hurry Back

Letter I

• IC I See
• IC I See
• ILU or ILY I Love You
• IM Instant Message
• IMO In My Opinion

Letter J

• JAS Just A Second
• JIC Just In Case

Letter K

• KIT Keep In Touch

Letter L

• L8R Later
• LOL Laughing Out Loud
• LTNS Long Time No See
• LY Love Ya
• LYL Love You Lots

As I said, you can also use this in text messaging to save characters, it worked for me. These acronyms are really useful and fun, as long as you know what those means and how to use them.

Letter N

• nm, or NM Never Mind
• NP, np No Problem
• NR No Response
• NT No Thanks

Letter O

• OIC Oh, I See
• OMG Oh My Gosh or Oh My God
• OTW On The Way

Letter P

• P911 to watch ones language or drop the topic as parents are around
• POS Parents are looking Over my Shoulder.
• PPL People

Letter Q

• QT Cutie

Letter R

• rl or RL Real Life
• ROF or ROFL Rolling On Floor / Laughing
• RTM Read The Manual
• RU aRe yoU?

Letter S

• SH Same Here
• SO Significant Other
• SOS Same Old S**t (stuff)
• STR8 Straight (not gay)
• SYL See You Later

Letter T

• TC Take Care
• TNX Thanks
• TIA Thanks In Advance
• TMI Too Much Information
• TRDMF Tears Running Down My Face
• TTFN Ta-Ta For Now (Bye for now)
• TTYL Talk To You Later
• TY Thank You
• TYT Take Your Time
• TYVM Thank You Very Much

Letter U

• UV Unpleasant Visual
• UW yoU're Welcome
• UY Up Yours

Letter W

• WFM Works For Me
• WIIFM What's In It For Me?
• WTG Way To Go
• WTGP? Want To Go Private? (move to a private chat room)
• W8 Wait
• W81min Wait one minute

Letter Y

• YBS You'll Be Sorry
• YR Yeah, Right. (in a sarcastic way)
• YVW You're Very Welcome
• YW You're Welcome