What’s the meaning of lol, lmao, rofl, brb, afk, ty, thx, and np in Hubpages?

There was a program years ago called "PowWow" where you could chat with multiple people at the same time. It could speak all of the LOLs and LMAOs. It could even do LSHCCOMNAIWEDA, which translates to: laughing so hard coke came out my nose and I wasn't even drinking any. That's the longest one I know. LOL

These are short forms used in internet for some commonly used words....when ever you don't understand any such word you can search in Google and you will find its abbreviation.

lol=laugh out loud,

imao=in my arrogant opinion

rofl=rolling on floor laughing

brb=be right back

afk=away from keyboard

ty=thank you

thx=thanks

np=no probs

also this site may be helpful...

http://www.urbandictionary.com

lol: laughing out loud

lmao: laugh my ass off

rofl: rolling on the floor laughing

brb: be right back

afk: away from the keyboard

ty: thank you

thx: thanks

np: no problem

Well,these are nothing but short forms for common phrases used while chatting with your friends and people in general online. Its the bonsai for phrases like;

lol = laugh out loud

lmao = laugh my a** out

rofl = rolling on the floor laughing

brb = be right back

afk = away from keyboard

ty & thnx = thankyou & thanx

np = no problemo

Its not only in hubpages but on the internet generally.

So next time you chat try 'em!!!!

correction:

Lmao, not imao, means laugh my @ss off

This question inspired me to create a hub with the answer, then I forgot where the question was!

Anyway, found it again now, so here's the hub:

http://hubpages.com/hub/Learning-Text-Abbreviation

Hope that covers most of the common ones for you. :)

check out my hub Texting abbreviations, and texting acronyms. The page is filled with the meanings of the the appreviations

LOL=Laugh out loud

LMAO=Laugh my 'a**' off

ROFL= Rolling on the floor

BRB=Be right back

AFK= Away from keyboard

TY and THX = Thank you

NP= No problem

here is the link to that page

http://hubpages.com/hub/Texting-abbreviations-and-

lol, lmao, brb, ttyl, ttfn. Etcetera. You ever wonder what any of this means? So do a lot of people, I bet. For young folks, the meaning of these words practically comes second-hand by now. But not everyone... keep reading →

my favorite:

rotflmao = roling on the floor laughing my @ss off.

:)

lol - laugh out loud

lmao-laughing my ass off

rofl-rolling on floor, laughing

brb-be right back

afk-away from keyboard..

ty-thank you

thx-thanx

np-no problem

I think there are negative and positive things about using text/computer abbreviations on HubPages.

The good thing- and in general too, it's just so much easier to respond to a funny message by going:

OMG LOL LOL LOL!!!!

instead of-

Oh my god that was laugh out loud laugh out loudddddddd loud funny!

But also, sometimes it just gets annoying to readers and especially on here, when we write to be understood and not to post gibberish in codes.

imnsho HubPage articles are not the place for those 'trendy kewl" abbreviations and acronyms. STANDARD ENGLISH FOLKS -- wtf is the matter with u?

lol @ dabeaner. I was going to add WTF to this discussion. I won't tell you what it stands for but you can figure it out. It can be quite effective at the appropriate time. loooooooooooooooooooool

clue: WTF are you talking about? (begins with the first two words "What The ..@#$%)

PH33R T3H L33T!!1

Well, to the first responder I think it is a common practice to use abbreviation while chatting. The use of short words and so called abbreviation makes chatting flow evenly and people could catch up as chatting is sort of a stream of words. For example ppl means people and LMAO mean "laugh my ass off". These are exciting moments where in some cases expressions are good enough to tell individual's mind and concepts. For example I have bunch of rare emoticon which expresses my ideas, concept and wishes just at first site. I am not going to repeat the meanings of the abbreviations because they have all been explained