Most Popular Twitter abbreviations
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Most of you may be familiar with these shortcuts, but you never know.
I found a few I never knew were so popular.
Here goes:
1 = one, won
2 = to, too, two
4 = for, four
4ward = forward
4U = for you
ab or abt = about
B = be
b4 = before
b/c = because
BFN = bye for now
bgd = background
BR = best regards
BTW = by the way
chk = check
cld = could
clk = click
da = the
deets = details
DM = direct message
EM/eml = email
EMA = email address
fab = fabulous
fav/fave = favorite
F2F = face to face (as in meeting someone in person)
FYI = for your information
fwd = forward
GR8 = great
IC = I see
IM = instant message
itz = it is
IRL = in real life
JK or j/k = just kidding
JSYK = just so you know
IMHO = in my humble opinion
K = okay
kewl = cool
L8 = late
L8er = later
lmk = let me know
LOL = laughing out loud
LMAO = laughing my ass off
mil = million
Njoy = enjoy
OH = overheard
OMG = oh my god/gosh
peeps = people
pple = people
props = proper respect
plz = please
R = are
ROFL = rolling on the floor laughing
RT / Retweet = when you repeat a tweet from someone else
RU? = are you?
shld = should
thx/tx = thanks
TIA = thanks in advance
tweeps / tweeple = peeps / people (on Twitter)
TY = thanks
ttyl = talk to you later
ttys = talk to you soon
TYT = take your time
TYVM = thank you very much
Tweetup = an in-person meet up of Twitter members
U = you
u’ve = you have
ur = your
V2V = voice to voice (as in chatting on the phone)
w or w/ = with
w/e = weekend
wazzup?/whaddup? = what’s up?
wld = would
wth = what the heck
wtf = what the f***
woz = was
w00t! = an expression of joy/excitement!
yep/yeppers = yes
yr = your
YW = you’re welcome
YVW = you’re very welcome
