Chat / SMS Text Messaging Shorthand, Acronyms & Emotions
These are some useful Emotions, Acronyms and shorthand for SMS Texts, On-Line Chat Rooms and for Email or Internet Use.
The Acronyms are shorthand words and phrases to save time when typing SMS text messages.
The Emotions are letters and symbols combined to show a picture type image.
Acronym | Actual Word / Phrase / Emotion |
| :-) | smiling |
| ;-) | kidding or teasing |
| :-D | laughing |
| :-I | determined |
| |-O | yawning |
| :-/ | sceptical |
| :-( | not happy |
| >:-( | angry |
| :-|| | angry |
| :-& | tongue-tied |
| :-C | disappointed |
| :'-( | crying |
| <3 | Heart |
| :-O | wow |
| :-X | lips are sealed |
| £-) | greedy |
| :-P | Tongue |
| O:-) | angel |
| :->< | shocked |
| %-} | drunk |
| :-v | talking |
| {:-) | toupee |
| :^) | broken nose |
| B-) | wearing glasses |
| :-{) | moustache |
| :-)= | beard |
| :-)> | goatee beard |
| 8-) | wearing sunglasses |
| 8:-) | wearing sunglasses on the head |
| %-) | gone Google-y Eyed |
| :-)~ | drooling |
| :-9 | licking lips |
| :-~) | a cold |
| &:-) | bad hair day |
| :*) | only joking |
| :-Q | confused |
| :-S | lost for words |
| !-) | black eye |
| @}--\-,- | a rose |
| 12 x - - > - - @ | A Dozen Roses |
| 2NITE | Tonight |
| 4ever | Forever |
| 4-F-R N F-R | Forever and Ever |
| AAF | As A Friend |
| AAMOF | As A Matter Of Fact |
| AAMOI | As A Matter Of Interest |
| AAR | At Any Rate |
| AAR8 | At Any Rate |
| AAYF | As Always, Your Friend |
| ABITHIWTIDB | A bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush |
| ABT2 | About To |
| ACK | Acknowledgement |
| ADAD | Another Day Another Dollar |
| ADBB | All Done Bye Bye |
| ADR | Address |
| AEAP | As Early As Possible |
| AFAIC | As Far As I'm Concerned |
| AFAICS | As Far As I Can See |
| AFAICT | As far As I can Tell |
| AFAIK | As Far As I Know |
| AFAIU | As Far As I Understand |
| AFAIUI | As Far As I Understand It |
| AFAP | As Far As Possible |
| AFAYC | As Far As You're Concerned |
| AFC | Away From Computer |
| AFIAA | As Far As I Am Aware |
| AFK | Away From Keyboard |
| AFZ | Acronym free zone |
| AGKWE | And God Knows What Else |
| AIH | As It Happens |
| AIMB | As I Mentioned Before |
| AIMP | Always In My Prayers |
| AISE | As I Said Earlier |
| AISI | As I See It |
| AKA | Also Known As |
| ALAP | As Late As Possible |
| ALOL | Actually Laughing Out Loud |
| AMAP | As Many As Possible |
| AMBW | All My Best Wishes |
| AML | All My Love |
| AND | Any day now |
| ASAP | As Soon As Possible |
| ASL | Age/Sex/Location |
| ASLMH | Age/Sex/Location/Music/Hobbies |
| ATST | At The Same Time |
| ATW | Around the Web |
| AWOL | Absent Without Leave |
| AYK | As You Know |
| B/C | Because |
| B4 | Before |
| B4N | Bye For Now |
| B4U | Before You |
| BAG | Bursting A Gut |
| BAK | Back At my Keyboard |
| BAU | Business As Usual |
| BB4N | Bye-Bye for Now |
| BBBG | Bye Bye Be Good |
| BBFN | Bye-Bye for Now |
| BBIAB | Be Back In A Bit |
| BBL | Be Back Later |
| BBN | Bye Bye Now |
| BBSL | Be Back Sooner or Later |
| BBT | Be Back Tomorrow |
| BCnU | Be Seein' You |
| BCOZ | Because |
| BFF | Best Friends Forever |
| BFN | Bye For Now |
| BFnDL | Big F***ing Deal |
| BKA | Better Known As |
| BRB | Be Right Back |
| BRT | Be Right There |
| BS | Big Smile |
| BSF | But Seriously, Folks |
| BTA | But Then Again |
| BTDT | Been There Done That |
| BTDTBTS | Been There, Done That, Bought The T-shirt |
| BTHOOM | Beats The Heck Out Of Me |
| BTW | By The Way |
| BW | Best Wishes |
| BWDIK | But What Do I Know? |
| BYKT | But you Knew That |
| C-A-D | Control Alt Delete |
| CB | Chat brat |
| CIAO | Goodbye (in Italian) |
| CID | Consider It Done |
| CMF | Count My Fingers |
| CMIW | Correct Me if I'm Wrong |
| COB | Close Of Business |
| C-P | Sleepy |
| CRAT | Can't Remember A Thing |
| CSL | Can't Stop Laughing |
| CU | See You |
| CUL | See You Later |
| CUL8ER | See You Later |
| CUL8R | See You Later |
| CUNS | See You In School! |
| CWYL | Chat With You Later |
| CY | Calm Yourself |
| CYL | See You Later |
| CYT | See You Tomorrow |
| DARFC | Ducking And Running For Cover |
| DBEYR | Don't Believe Everything You Read |
| DD | Due Diligence |
| DETI | Don't Even Think It |
| DF | Dear Friend |
| DGA | Don't Go Anywhere |
| DGT | Don't Go There |
| DGTG | Don't Go There Girlfriend |
| DHYB | Don't Hold Your Breath |
| DIKU | Do I Know You |
| DIY | Do It Yourself |
| DKDC | Don't Know Don't Care |
| DL | Download |
| DLTM | Don't Lie To Me |
| DMI | Don't Mention It |
| DNC | Does Not Compute |
| DQYDJ | Don't Quit Your Day Job |
| DRIB | Don't Read If Busy |
| DUST | Did You See That? |
| DWYM | Does What You Mean |
| DYJHIW | Don't You Just Hate it When... |
| DYJHIWTH | Don't You Just Hate it When That Happens |
| E123 | Easy as One, Two, Three |
| EAK | Eating at Keyboard |
| EG | Evil Grin |
| EL | Evil Laugh |
| EOD | End Of Day |
| EOM | End Of Message |
| EULA | End-User License Agreement |
| EWI | E-mailing While Intoxicated |
| EZ | Easy |
| F2F | Face-to-Face |
| FAB | Features Attributes Benefits |
| FAQL | Frequently Asked Questions List |
| FAWC | For Anyone Who Cares |
| FBKS | Failure Between Keyboard and Seat |
| FE | Fatal Error |
| FF | Friends Forever |
| FIFO | First In, First Out |
| FISH | First in, Still Here |
| FITB | Fill in the Blanks |
| FO | Feck Off |
| FOAF | Friend Of A Friend |
| FOC | Free of Charge |
| FOFL | Falling on Floor Laughing |
| FTASB | Faster Than A Speeding Bullet |
| FTL | Faster Than Light |
| FTTB | For The Time Being |
| FUD | Fear, Uncertainty, and Disinformation |
| FWD | Forward |
| FWIW | For What It's Worth |
| FYA | For Your Amusement |
| FYI | For Your Information |
| FYMI | For Your Misinformation |
| GA | Go Ahead |
| GAL | Get A Life |
| GAMMD | Go Ahead Make My Day |
| GBH | Great Big Hug |
| GGN | Gotta Go Now |
| GIGO | Garbage In, Garbage Out |
| GIWIST | Gee, I Wish I'd Said That |
| GL | Good Luck |
| GMTA | Great Minds Think Alike |
| GMTFT | Great Minds Think For Themselves |
| GNBLFY | Got Nothing But Love For You |
| GR&D | Grinning Running And Ducking |
| GR8 | Great |
| GRRRR | it means Growling |
| GTG | Got To Go |
| GTGB | Got To Go, Bye |
| GTH | Go To Hell |
| GTSY | Glad To See Ya |
| HAGD | Have a Great Day |
| HAGO | Have A Good One |
| HAK | Hugs And Kisses |
| HAND | Have a Nice Day |
| HB | Hurry Back |
| HD | Hold |
| HF | Hello, Friend |
| HHO1/2K | Ha Ha, Only Half Kidding |
| HHOJ | Ha-Ha, Only Joking |
| HHOK | Ha Ha, Only Kidding |
| HHOS | Ha-Ha, Only Being Serious |
| HHTYAY | Happy Holidays To You And Yours |
| HIH | Hope It Helps |
| HIOOC | Help! I'm Out Of Coffee |
| HTH | Hope This (or That) Helps |
| HUA | Heads Up Ace |
| HUGZ | Hugs |
| I 1-D-R | I Wonder |
| IAC | In Any Case |
| IAE | In Any Event |
| IAITS | It's All In The Subject |
| IANAE | I Am Not an Expert |
| IAT | I Am Tired |
| IBRB | I Will Be Right Back |
| IBT | In Between Technology |
| IBTD | I Beg To Differ |
| IC | In Character |
| ICBW | I Could Be Wrong |
| ID10T | Idiot |
| IDGAD | I Don't Give A Damn |
| IDGI | I Don't Get It |
| IDK | I Don't Know |
| IDKY | I Don't Know You |
| I-D-L | Ideal |
| IDM | It Does Not Matter |
| IDST | I Didn't Say That |
| IDTS | I Don't Think So |
| IEF | It's Esther's Fault |
| IFAB | I Found A Bug |
| IGGP | I Gotta Go Pee |
| IGTP | I Get The Point |
| IHAIM | I Have Another Instant Message |
| IHNO | I Have No Opinion |
| IIIO | Intel Inside, Idiot Outside |
| IIMAD | If It Makes An(y) Difference |
| IIR | If I Recall |
| IIRC | If I Remember Correctly |
| IIWM | If It Were Me |
| ILU | I Love You |
| ILY | I Love You |
| IM | Instant Messaging |
| IMHO | In My Humble Opinion |
| IMO | In My Opinion |
| IMS | I Am Sorry |
| IMU | I Mucked Up |
| INMP | It's Not My Problem |
| INPO | In No Particular Order |
| IOH | I'm Outta Here |
| IOW | In Other Words |
| IRL | In Real Life |
| ISS | I Said So |
| ISTM | It Seems to Me |
| ISTR | I Seem To Remember |
| ISWYM | I See What You Mean |
| ITM | In The Money |
| IUM | If You Must |
| IYKWIM | If You Know What I Mean |
| IYO | In Your Opinion |
| IYSS | If You Say So |
| IYSWIM | If You See What I Mean |
| J/C | Just Checking |
| J/K | Just Kidding! |
| J/W | Just Wondering |
| JAD | Just Another day |
| JAM | Just a Minute |
| JK | Just Kidding |
| JM2C | Just My 2 Cents |
| JOOTT | Just One Of Those Things |
| JT | Just Teasing |
| €K | You're OK |
| K | Okay |
| KBD | Keyboard |
| KEWL | Cool |
| KFY | Kiss For You |
| KIR | Keep It Real |
| KISS | Keep It Simple Stupid |
| KIT | Keep In Touch |
| KMA | Kiss My Ass |
| KMRIA | Kiss My Royal Irish Arse |
| KOK | Knock |
| KOTC | Kiss On The Cheek |
| KOTL | Kiss On The Lips |
| KWIM | Know What I Mean |
| L8R | Later |
| LAQ | Lame Ass Quote |
| LD | Long Distance |
| LIFO | Last In First Out |
| LLTA | Lots And Lots Of Thunderous Applause |
| LMAO | Laughing My Ass Off |
| LMK | Let Me Know |
| LOL | Lots of Love |
| LOL | Laughing Out Loud |
| LOLA | Laugh Out Loud Again |
| LOOL | Laughing Outragously Out Loud |
| LRF | Little Rubber Feet |
| LTIC | Laughing 'Til I Cry |
| LTNS | Long Time No See |
| LWR | Launch When Ready |
| LYL | Love Ya Lots |
| LYLAB | Love You Like a Brother |
| LYLAS | Love You Like A Sister |
| M8 | Mate |
| MFD | Multi-Function Device |
| MfG | Mit freundlichen Gruessen |
| MHBFY | My Heart Bleeds For You |
| MHOTY | My Hat's Off To You |
| MIHAP | May I Have Your Attention Please |
| MKOP | My Kind Of Place |
| MM | Market Maker |
| MMHA2U | My Most Humble Apologies To You |
| MOMPL | One Moment Please |
| MOO | Mud, Object-Oriented |
| MOOS | Member Of The Opposite Sex |
| MorF | Male or Female? |
| MOTD | Message Of The Day |
| MSG | Message |
| MTBF | Mean Time Between Failure |
| MTFBWY | May The Force Be With You |
| MUBAR | Messed up Beyond All Recognition |
| MWBRL | More Will Be Revealed Later |
| MYOB | Mind Your Own Business |
| N/A | Not Applicable |
| N/T | No Text |
| N1 | Nice One |
| N2M | Not To Mention |
| NAK | Nursing At Keyboard |
| NALOPKT | Not A Lot of People Know That |
| N-A-Y-L | In A While |
| NAZ | Name, Address, Zip Code |
| NBD | No Big Deal |
| NBIF | No Basis In Fact |
| NCG | New College Graduate |
| N-E-1 | Anyone |
| N-E-1 ER | Anyone Here? |
| NG | New Game |
| NIFOC | Nude In Front Of The Computer |
| NIM | No Internal Message |
| NIMBY | Not In My Back Yard |
| NIMQ | Not In My Queue |
| NM | Never Mind |
| NMP | Not My Problem |
| NOYB | None Of Your Business |
| NP | No Problem |
| NQOCD | Not Quite Our Class Dear |
| NRG | Energy |
| NRN | No Reply Necessary |
| NTK | Nice To Know |
| NTYMI | Now That You Mention It |
| NUFF | Enough Said |
| NW | No Way! |
| NYCFS | New York City Finger Saluet |
| OAUS | On An Unrelated Subject |
| OBTW | Oh By The Way |
| OEM | Original Equipment Manufacturer |
| OIC | Oh, I see |
| OK | All Correct |
| OLL | On-Line Love |
| OMDB | Over My Dead Body |
| OMG | Oh My Gosh |
| OMIK | Open Mouth, Insert Keyboard |
| ONNA | Oh No, Not Again |
| ONNTA | Oh No, Not This Again |
| OOC | Out Of Character |
| OOF | Out Of Facility |
| OOI | Out Of Interest |
| OOO | Out Of Office |
| OOTB | Out Of The Box |
| OOTB | Out Of The Blue |
| OOTC | Obligatory On Topic Comment |
| OS | Operating System |
| OT | Off Topic |
| OTOH | On the Other Hand |
| OTP | On the Phone |
| OTT | Over the Top |
| OTTOMH | Off the Top of my Head |
| OUSU | Oh, You Shut Up |
| OWTTE | Or Words To That Effect |
| OZ | Australia |
| PANS | Pretty Awesome New Stuff |
| PD | Public Domain |
| PDOMA | Pulled Directly Out Of My Ass |
| PDQ | Pretty Darn Quick |
| PEBCAK | Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard |
| PIMP | Peeing In My Pants |
| PITA | Pain In The Ass |
| PLS | Please |
| PM | Personal Message |
| PMFJI | Pardon Me For Jumping In |
| PMJI | Pardon My Jumping In |
| PO | Piss Off |
| PONA | Person Of No Account |
| POOF | Good-bye |
| POS | Parent Over Shoulder |
| POV | Point of View |
| PS | Post Script |
| PU | That Stinks |
| P-ZA | Pizza |
| QL | Quit Laughing! |
| QS | Quit Scrolling |
| QT | Cutie |
| R&D | Research & Development |
| R&R | Rest & Relaxation |
| RBAY | Right Back At Ya |
| RBTL | Read Between The Lines |
| RE | Regards (or Reference) |
| RFD | Request For Discussion |
| RKBA | Right to Keep and Bear Arms |
| RL | Real Life |
| RLF | Real Life Friend |
| RMLB | Read My Lips Baby |
| RMMM | Read My Mail Man! |
| RN | Right Now! |
| ROFL | Rolling on the Floor Laughing |
| ROTFL | Rolling On The Floor Laughing |
| ROTFLOL | Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud |
| ROTM | Right On The Money |
| RSN | Real Soon Now |
| RTBS | Reason To Be Single |
| RTFAQ | Read the FAQ File |
| RTFM | Read The F**king Manual |
| RTK | Return To Keyboard |
| RTM | Read The Manual |
| RU | Are You? |
| RUMORF | Are You Male Or Female |
| RUOK | Are you Okay? |
| RUUP4IT | Are You Up For It |
| RX | Regards |
| RYO | Roll Your Own |
| S2R | Send To Receive |
| S4L | Spam For Life |
| SBT | Sleeping, Bored, Tired |
| SBTA | Sorry, Being Thick Again |
| SCNR | Sorry, Could Not Resist |
| SED | Said Enough Darling |
| SF | Surfer Friendly |
| SF | Science Fiction |
| SFAIAA | So Far As I Am Aware |
| SFETE | Smiling From Ear To Ear |
| SH | Sh** Happens |
| SITD | Still In The Dark |
| SLIRK | Smart Little Rich Kid |
| SMAIM | Send Me An Instant Message |
| SME | Subject Matter Expert |
| SMEM | Send Me E-Mail |
| SNAG | Sensitive New Age Guy |
| SNERT | Snotty Nosed Egotistical Rotten Teenager |
| SO | Significant Other |
| SOHF | Sense Of Humor Failure |
| SOP | Standard Operating Procedure |
| SorG | Straight or Gay? |
| SRO | Standing Room Only |
| SSDD | Same Sh** Different Day |
| SSEWBA | Someday Soon, Everything Will Be Acronyms |
| STFU | Shut The F*** Up |
| STR8 | Straight |
| STYS | Speak To You Soon |
| SUYF | Shut Up You Fool |
| SWAG | Scientific Wild Ass Guess |
| SWAK | Sealed With A Kiss |
| SWALK | Sealed With A Loving Kiss |
| SWDYT | So What Do You Think? |
| SYS | See You Soon |
| TAFN | That Is All for Now |
| TAH | Take A Hike |
| TBA | To Be Advised |
| TBC | To Be Continued |
| TCB | The Trouble Came Back! |
| TDTM | Talk Dirty To Me |
| TFDS | That is For Darn Sure |
| TFH | Thread From Hell |
| TFN | Thanks For Nothing |
| TGIF | Thank God it Is Friday |
| THX | Thanks |
| TIA | Thanks In Advance |
| TIAIL | Think I Am In Love |
| TIC | Tongue In Cheek |
| TKS | Thanks |
| TLA | Three Letter Acronym |
| TLGO | The List Goes On |
| TLK-2-U-L-8-R | Talk to You Later |
| TM | Trust Me |
| TMI | Too Much Information |
| TNA | Temporarily Not Available |
| TNC | Tongue In Cheek |
| TNX | Thanks |
| TOM | Tomorrow |
| TOT | Tons of Time |
| TPC | The Phone Company |
| TPTB | The Powers That Be |
| TSR | Totally Stuck in RAM |
| TTFN | Ta Ta For Now |
| TTG | Time to Go |
| TTS | Text to Speech |
| TTT | That's The Ticket |
| TTUL | Talk to You Later |
| TTYL | Talk To You Later |
| TVN | Thank You Very Much |
| TWHAB | This Won't Hurt A Bit |
| TWIMC | To Whom it may Concern |
| TXS | Thanks |
| TY | Thank You |
| TYVM | Thank You Very Much |
| U | You |
| U2 | You Too? |
| U-L | You Will |
| unPC | unPolitically Correct |
| U-R | You Are |
| U-R W-S | You Are Wise |
| URYY4M | You Are Too Wise For Me |
| VBG | Very Big Grin |
| VBS | Very Big Smile |
| VC | Venture Capital |
| VEG | Very Evil Grin |
| VFM | Value For Money |
| VM | Voice Mail |
| VSF | Very Sad Face |
| W/O | Without |
| WAD | Without A Doubt |
| WAG | Wild Ass Guess |
| WAI | What An Idiot |
| WB | Write Back |
| WBS | Write Back Soon |
| WC | Who Cares? |
| WCA | Who Cares Anyway |
| WDYS | What Did You Say? |
| WDYT | What Do You Think? |
| WE | Whatever |
| WEG | Wicked Evil Grin |
| WF | Way Fun |
| WFM | Works For Me |
| WG | Wicked Grin |
| WIIFM | What's In It For Me? |
| WISP | Winning Is So Pleasureable |
| WNOHGB | Were No One Has Gone Before |
| WOG | Wise Old Guy |
| WT | Without Thinking |
| WTB | Want To Buy |
| WTF | What The F*** |
| WTG | Way To Go! |
| WTH | What the Heck |
| WTTM | Without Thinking To Much |
| WU? | What is Up |
| WUF? | Where are You From? |
| WWY? | Where Were You? |
| WYCM? | Will You Call Me? |
| WYP | What's Your Problem? |
| WYRN | What's Your Real Name? |
| WYS | Whatever You Say |
| WYSIWYG | What You See Is What You Get |
| WYSLPG | What You See Looks Pretty Good |
| WYT | Whatever You Think |
| WYWH | Wish You Were Here |
| X-I-10 | Exciting |
| XME | Excuuuuse Me |
| XOXO | Hugs and Kisses |
| YA | Yet Another |
| YAFIYGI | You Asked For It You Got It |
| YCT | Your Comment To |
| YDKM | You Don't Know Me |
| YGBK | You Gotta Be Kiddin' |
| YHM | You have mail |
| YKW? | You Know What? |
| YNK | You Never Know |
| YOYO | You're On Your Own |
| YTTT | You Telling The Truth? |
| YW | You are Welcome |
| YWIA | You're Welcome In Advance |
| YYSSW | Yeah Yeah Sure Sure Whatever |