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What does all this chat room slang mean?

For those of you who might be new to chat rooms or instant messaging, we've attempted to compile a dictionary of common chat room slang and chat acronyms. Communication in chat rooms and instant messengers has evolved into its own pseudo-language that allows people to ask questions or make comments with a minimal amount of typing. In chat rooms, most slang is typed in lower case. Remember, typing in ALL CAPS indicates you are SHOUTING!! Use capitalization sparingly.

Disclaimer
We didn't make this stuff up. You might see a little profanity below but we feel its better to be informed than to be ignorant. Many of the acronyms below are universal and are used even where the native language is not english.

Chat Slang Dictionary

= most frequently used in PULPchat

*	your actions in the third person, i.e. " *goes to your site"
<3	Love, i.e. "I <3 New York" (looks like a sideways heart)
adn	Any Day Now
afk	Away From Keyboard
afn	that's All For Now
amf	Adios Mother F_cker
asap	As Soon As Possible
asl?, a/s/l	what's your Age, Sex, and Location?
b4	Before
bbl	Be Back Later
bc, b/c	Because
bf	Boyfriend
bfd	Big F_ckin Deal
bfn	Bye For Now
brb	Be Right Back
btdt	Been There, Done That
btw	By The Way
cu	See You
cya	See Ya
dl, d/l	Download, Downloading; ALSO "down low"
eg	Evil Grin
emsg	Email Message
f2f	Face To Face
fts	F_ck That Sh_t!!
fyi	For Your Information
gal	Get A Life
gf	Girlfriend
gg, g/g	Gotta Go
gl	Good Luck
gmta	Great Minds Think Alike
gr	Gotta Run
gtg, g2g	Got To Go, Gotta Go
gtsy	Glad To See You
h&k	a Hug and a Kiss
hb	Hurry Back
hfs!	Holy F_ckin Sh_t!!
ianal	I Am Not A Lawyer but...
idk	I Don't Know
im	Instant Message
imho	In My Humble Opinion
imo	In My Opinion
irl	In Real Life
jk, j/k	Just Kidding
jtlyk	Just To Let You Know
k, kk	Okay, alright
kit	Keep In Touch
l8r	Later (Goodbye)
lmao	Laughing My Ass Off
lmfao	Laughing My F_ckin Ass Off
lol	Laughing Out Loud
ltns	Long Time No See
lylab	Love Ya Like A Brother
lylas	Love Ya Like A Sister
mwa	a Kiss (the sound "mwa")
nc, n/c	No Comment
nfl	Not F_cking Likely!!
nfw!	No F_cking Way!!
nm, n/m	Never Mind
np	No Problem
oic	Oh, I See
ol	Old Lady (wife, girlfriend)
om	Old Man (husband, boyfriend)
omg!	Oh My Gosh!, Oh My God!
otp	On The Phone
pita	Pain In The Ass
pls, plz	Please
pm	Private Message
pmfji	Pardon Me For Jumping In
ppl	People, i.e. "lotsa ppl do that"
qt	Cutie
r	Are, i.e. "what r u doin tonite?"
rl	Real Life
rofl	Rolling On Floor Laughing
roflmao	Rolling On Floor Laughing My Ass Off
rtfm	Read The F_ckin Manual!! (read the instructions, notes, etc.)
sb	Smiles Back
so	Significant Other
sol	Sh_t Out of Luck
stfu	Shut The F_ck Up
sup?	What's up? or Wassup? (a greeting)
sys	See You Soon
ta	Thanks Again
thx	Thanks
ttfn	Ta Ta For Now
ttyl	Talk To You Later
ty	Thank You
tyt	Take Your Time (common reply to brb)
u	You
ul, u/l	Upload or Uploading
vn	Very Nice
wb	Welcome Back
w.e	Whatever
weg	Wicked Evil Grin
wtf?	What The F_ck?
wtgp?	Want To Go Private? (go to a private room)
wth?	What The Heck? or What The Hell?
wts?	What's That Sh_t? or What The Sh_t?
xoxo	Hugs and Kisses (X's are kisses and O's are hugs)
ybs	You'll Be Sorry
yt?	You There?
yw	Your Welcome

We compiled this list of chat room slang from our experience and from other incomplete online lists. Some lists had items that are not really chat room slang so we excluded those. No one else had all of the items we have in our list so we think its pretty damn good! Did we forget any? email us.


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