Below is a list of Internet/Web Acronyms (also known as Computer/Chat slang, abbreviations, and jargon), some of these are new and a few are almost obsolete. Also for parents checking out this site, I have underlined expressions that are used inappropriately or used to be sly, also ones that are manipulated commonly by teens or child predators.

I have done quite the amount of research for this because this seems to be an ignorant field even for the computer savvy...so let me know if this helped or if there is something that should be added THX

AAK - Alive And Kicking

AAR - At Any Rate

AAS - Alive And Smiling

ADN - Any Day Now

AFAIK - As Far As I Know

AFK - Away From the Keyboard

AFN - that's All For Now

AKA - Also Known As (you remeber this one...yep it's still alive)

AOTA - All Of The Above

a/s/l or asl - Age/Sex/Location - (used to ask a chatter their personal information)

AV - Avatar - Graphical representation (a picture) often used in chat rooms to depict a person that is in the room and chatting.

b4 - Before

BAK - Back At Keyboard (I'm back)

BBL - Be Back Later

BBS - Be Back Soon

b/c - Because

BCNU - I'll Be Seeing You.

b/f - Boyfriend (also shown as bf, B/F, or BF)

BEG - Big Evil Grin

BFN - Bye For Now

BMA - Bite My A** (became popular with the Simpson's cartoon show)

boot - To get kicked out of a chat room, or have to restart the computer because you couldn't talk in the chat room anymore.

BR - Best Regards

BRB - Be Right Back

BRH - Be Right Here

BSEG - Big S**t Eatin Grin

BTA - But Then Again....

BTW - By The Way

btw - BeTWeen you and me ...

chat room - A web page where people gather using software that allows them to talk to one another in real time.

CRS - Can't Remember S**t

CU - See You - also posted as cya

CUS - Can't Understand S**t (stuff)

CNP - Continued in Next Post (seen more on message boards than chat)

CP - Chat Post

CS - Cyber Sex (very uncommon but know that I don't think it has another meaning)

CUL8R - See You Later

CUOL - See You On Line

CYA - See Ya

dd, ds, dh - Darling or Dear: Dear Son, Dear Daughter, or Dear Husband. Usually exchanged in family chats.

DDSOS - Different Day, Same Old S**t

DEGT - Don't Even Go There (I don't want to talk about it)

DIKU - Do I Know You?

DIS - Did I Say

D/L, DL, d/l, dl - Downloading, or Download it.

EG - Evil Grin

EM - E-Mail

EMA - E-mail Address (example: ?ema or ema? = what is your email address)

EMS - Eat My Shorts (Bart Simpsons' catch phrase)

EOT - End Of Thread (meaning end of discussion)

ez or EZ - easy (one of the really old ones)

F2F - Face To Face

FAQ - Frequently Asked Question

FISH - First In Still Here (someone who is on line TOO much)

FITB - Fill In The Blanks

flame - to insult someone. Used when a person asks a stupid question, or says something rude to irritate the users of a chat room or message board.

FOCL - Falling Off Chair - Laughing (let us hope so)

forum - What todays message boards are called. Often using php as defining language to quickly write 'real time' messages and replies to a web site (or page)

FTS - F*** This S***

fu - F*** you (If you can't figure this one out, you shouldn't be online)

FUBAR - "Fouled" Up Beyond All Repair / Recognition

FUD - Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt

FWIW - For What It's Worth

FYI - For Your Information

G2G - Got to Go

GA - Go Ahead

GAMMD - Go Ahead Make My Day ( Gamer expression, made popular by Dirty Harry)

Gamer - someone who is addicted (or advanced player) to video games

GAL - Get A Life

gest - Gesture ... a small multimedia file played over the internet, usually expressing an emotion or comment.

g/f - Girlfriend (also shown as gf, G/F, or GF)

GFN - Gone For Now

GGOH - Gotta Get Outta Here

GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike

GR - Gotta Run (also GTR & G2R)

GR&D - Grinning, Running, and Ducking.( Usually a Gamer taunt)

GTR - Got To Run

GTRM - Going To Read Mail (leaving chat room to check email)

H&K - Hugs and Kisses

hacker - person who breaks into software, or disrupts a chat room.

HAGD - Have A Good Day

HAGO - Have A Good One

Halsoft - Name of a company that purchased the brand of Chat that Excite offered, now a pay as you go service.

HB - Hurry Back

Hosts - Refers to the people that are running the chat room, they usually have the ability to kick a person off due to rude behavior.

HTH - Hope That Helps

huggles - Hugs

IAC - In Any Case

IB - I'm Back

IC - I See

IDN - I Don't know (Same as IDK)

IDK - I Don't Know

IDTS - I Don't Think So

IANAL - I'm Am Not A Lawyer (expect an uninformed opinion)

IC - I See

ICQ - I Seek You. A computer program used to communicate instantly over the Internet.

ILU or ILY - I Love You (how sweet nerd love....awwww)

IM - Instant Message

IMHO - In My Humble Opinion (or In My Honest Opinion)

IMO - In My Opinion

IOH - I'm Out of Here

IOW - In Other Words

IQ - Intelligence ( also "Intel" )

IRL - In Real Life

IYO - In Your Opinion

JAS - Just A Second

JIC - Just In Case

JK - Just Kidding

JMO - Just My Opinion

JW - Just Wondering

k, K, or kk - O. K.

KIT - Keep In Touch

L8R - Later (an early one, kind of outdated with current 'young geeks')

LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off

LFFAO - Laughing My F***(freaking) Ass Off (adds alittle more kick)

LOL - Laughing Out Loud (Everyone should know this overused term)

LQTM - Laughing Quietly To Myself ( who laughs out loud...this is more accurate )

LTNS - Long Time No See

LTS - Laughing To ones Self

LY - ( I ) Love Ya.

LYL - Love You Lots

Message Board - A web page where people write comments, and those comments are than added to that web-page for others to view. Used to carry on conversation, request information, and relay messages.

MILF - Mother I'd like to F*** (keep in mind the "ILF" might be used in other manners)

MNP - Meet in Person (also used MIP)

MUG - Refers to a new user of that chat program, goes back to Excite VP days when the AV (or icon) that represented someone new was a picture of a coffee mug.

NE1 - Anyone

newbie - refers to a person who is new to an area or technology. Also seen as nube, nooby, nubie, nb, etc.

NFW - No Feasible (or F***ing) Way

NIMBY - Not In My Back Yard

nm, or NM - Never Mind

NP, np - No Problem

NRN - 1. No Response Necessary 2. Not Right Now

NT - No Thanks

OBTW - Oh, By The Way.

OIC - Oh, I See

OF - Old Fart, someone who has been around for a while.

OJ or OK - Only Joking or Only Kidding

OL - the Old Lady

OM - the Old Man

OMG - Oh My Gosh/God (whichever you prefer it)

OT - Off Topic

oth or OTH - Off The Hook: Something is really popular, or hot. Very exciting.

otr or OTR - Off The Rack: Saying that something is outside the ordinary.

OTE - Over The Edge (beyond common sense or beyond good taste)

OTOH - On The Other Hand ...

OTOMH - Off the Top of My Head ...

OTW - On The Way ... I've sent a file to you, it's "On the way"

P911 - My parents are in the room. P=Parents, and 911=emergency, in other words either drop the subject, or watch the language.

PANS - Pretty Awesome New Stuff (often referring to computer technology)

PCMCIA - Personal Computer Memory Cards International Association

PCMCIA - People Can't Master Computer Industry Acronyms (slang)

PEBCAK - Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard (.ie. "You"...In a non-obvious way)

peeps - People. example: "There sure are a lot of peeps in this room" - meaning a lot of people are in the chat room. (also PPL)

peep this - Hey, listen to this, I've got some interesting news.

PITA - Pain In The Ass ( I suppose write PITB -- if you want to say butt instead of ass)

PLZ - Please

PMJI - Pardon Me for Jumping In (when you enter into a new conversation)

poof - when someone leaves a chat room, often seen as *poof* as in boy he *poofed* in a hurry.

POTS - Plain Old Telephone Service

POS - Parents are looking Over my Shoulder (same as POTS)

POTS - Parents Over The Shoulder - (My parents are watching, I can't really talk)

PPL - People

QT - Cutie

RFC - Request For Comments (used more in newsgroups, a page or pages that supply technical information)

rl or RL - Real Life (as opposed to being online)

rm or RM - Ready Made: pre-existing

ROFL - Rolling On Floor, Laughing (I know how could they type that and do that?)

ROTF - Rolling On The Floor (laughing is implied...unless they're on fire)

ROTFLMAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off

ROTFLMFAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing F(***ing) My Ass Off ( I know very long )

RSN - Real Soon Now

r/t - Real Time (also: RT, or rt)

RTFM - Read The "Flippin"(or F***ing) Manual (response to beginner question on net, chat, newsgroups, etc.)

RU - are you?

SEG - Shit Eating Grin (lude...maybe but it is the internet)

SH - Same Here

SMS - Short Message Service (more cell phones and pagers than chat rooms and the Internet)

SN - Screen Name. The name or moniker selected by person in an IM or chat program. ( ex: My "SN" in vp was "-lone.wolf" )

SNAFU - Situation Normal, All "Fouled"(or F***ed) Up

SO - Significant Other

SOL - Shit Out Of Luck

SOS - Same Old S**t (stuff)

SOTA - State Of The Art (latest technology)

SPST - Same Place, Same Time

SSDD - Same S**t, Different Day (Arose from Tom Clansey in his Jack Ryan series)

STR8 - Straight (can refer to sexual preference, or DSTR8 as in Damn Straight)

STW - Search The Web

SY - Sincerely Yours

SYL - See You Later

SYT - Sexy Young Thing (also PYT: Pretty Young Thing)

TAFN - That's All For Now

TC - Take Care

TFH - Thread From Hell (a topic or discussion that won't stop - esp. newsgroups)

TGIF - Thank Goodness (or God) It's Friday

THX - Thanks!

TIA - Thanks In Advance

TM - Text Message (often refers to communications with text over cell phones)

TMI - Too Much Info. (information)

TNT - 'Til Next Time

TPS - That's Pretty Stupid

TPTB - The Powers That Be (can sometimes refer to the people that are running the chat room or server)

TRDMF - Tears Running Down My Face: Can be with either laughter, or due to saddness.

TS - Tough S**t (or Stuff)

TSFY - Tough S**t For You

TTFN - Ta-Ta For Now

TTTT - These Things Take Time

TTYL - Talk To You Later

TY - Thank You

TYT - Take Your Time

TYVM - Thank You Very Much

VPPH - Virtual Places Page Host

US - You Suck

usa or USA - Until Sides Ache: Usually used with one of the laughter acronyms such as "lolusa" Laughing Out Loud Until my Sides Ache. I've also heard that some folks substitute ush for "Until Sides Hurt". rotflolush = rolling on the floor, laughing out loud, until my sides hurt.

UV - Unpleasant Visual

UW - you're Welcome

UY - Up Yours

vp or VP - Virtual Places: A brand of chat offered by Excite in the late 90s and early 2000.

WB - Welcome Back (you say this when someone returns to a chat room)

w/b - Write Back

WC - WelCome

WEG - Wicked Evil Grin

WEU - What's Eating You?

WFM - Works For Me

WIIFM - What's In It For Me?

w/o - With out

WTG - Way To Go (usually sarcastic...not suprising)

WTF - What The F**K

WT? - What The ...? or Who the ...?

WTGP? - Want To Go Private? (move to a private chat room)

WWJD - What Would Jesus Do?

WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get

YAA - Yet Another Acronym

YBS - You'll Be Sorry

YL - Young Lady

YM - Young Man

YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary

YR - Y eah, Right. (sarcastic)

*ys* - You Stinker

YVW - You're Very Welcome

YW - You're Welcome

* If I forgot any, or if you'd like to add some of your own...Leave me a comment *

** Also any feedback is greatly appreciated...Let me know if this was Useful **

THX TTYL SY, The Curmudgeon