AAK
Alive And Kicking
AAR
At Any Rate
AAS
Alive And Smiling
ADN
Any Day Now
AFAIK
As Far As I Know
AFK
A way F rom the
K eyboard
AFN
that's All For Now
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
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
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
E vil G rin
EM
E-Mail
EMA
E-mail Address
(example: ?ema or
ema? = what is your
email address)
EOT
End Of Thread
(meaning end of
discussion)
ez or EZ
easy (one of the really
old ones)
F2F
Face To Face
FAQ
F requently A sked
Q uestion
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
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 on
line)
FUBAR
"Fouled" Up Beyond All
Repair / Recognition
FUD
Fear, Uncertainty, and
Doubt
FWIW
For What It's Worth
FYI
For Your Information
GA
Go Ahead
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
G reat M inds T hink
A like
GR
Gotta Run
GR&
Grinning, Running, and
Ducking.
GTR
G ot T o R un
GTRM
Going To Read Mail
(leaving chat room to
check email)
H&K
Hugs and Kisses
hack
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
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
IM
I nstant M essage
IMHO
In My Humble Opinion
(or In My Honest
Opinion)
IMO
I n M y O pinion
IOH
I'm Out of Here
IOW
In Other Words
IRL
I n R eal L ife
IYO
In Your Opinion
JAS
Just A Second
JIC
Just In Case
JK
J ust K idding
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
L aughing M y A ss O ff
LFFAO
Laughing My F***
(freaking) Ass Off
LOL
L aughing O ut L oud
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.
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
N o P roblem
NRN
1. No Response
Necessary
2. Not Right Now
NT
No Thanks
OBTW
Oh, By The Way.
OIC
Oh, I See
OF
Old F

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 (although
it's usually used with
the Lords name in
place of "gosh"
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
peeps
People. example:
"There sure are a lot
of peeps in this room"
- meaning a lot of
people are in the chat
room.
peep this
Hey, listen to this, I've
got some interesting news.
PITA
Pain In The 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.
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)
r m or RM
Ready Made: pre-
existing
ROFL
Rolling On Floor,
Laughing
ROTF
R olling O n T he F loor
(laughing is implied)
ROTFLMAO
Rolling On The Floor
Laughing My Ass Off
ROTFLMFAO
Rolling On The Floor
Laughing F(***ing) My
Ass Off
RSN
Real Soon Now
r/t
Real Time (also: RT, or
rt)
RTFM
Read The "Flippin"
Manual (response to
beginner question on
net, chat,
newsgroups, etc.)
RU
aRe yoU?
SEG
Shit Eating Grin
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" 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
STR8
Straight (can refer to
sex, or DSTR8 as in
Damn Straight)
STW
Search The Web
SY
Sincerely Yours
SYL
See You Later
TAFN
That's All For Now
TC
T ake C are
TFH
Thread From Hell (a topic or discussion
that won't stop - esp.
newsgroups)
TGIF
Thank Goodness 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
'T il N ext T ime
TPS
That's Pretty Stupid

TPTB
T he P owers T hat B e
(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
TSFY
Tough S**t For You
TTFN
Ta-Ta For Now
TTTT
These Things Take
Time
TTYL
Talk To You Later
TY
T hank Y ou
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
V irtual P laces: A brand
of chat offered by
Excite in the late 90s
and early 2000.
WB
W elcome B ack (you
say this when
someone returns to a
chat room)
WC
WelCome
WEG
Wicked Evil Grin
WEU
What's Eating You?
WFM
Works For Me
WIIFM
What's In It For Me?
WTG
Way To Go
WTF
W hat T he F **K
WT?
What The , ? or Who
the , ?
WTGP?
Want To Go Private?
(move to a private
chat room)
WWJD
What Would Jesus Do?
YAA
Yet Another Acronym
YBS
You'll Be Sorry
YL
Young Lady
YM
Young Man
YMMV
Your Mileage May Vary
YR
Yea, Right. (sarcastic)
*ys*
You Stinker
YVW
You're Very Welcome
YW
You're Welcome

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