Twitter Dictionary | 35 Twitter Abbreviations

Great list Diana.For a long time I thought LOL was lots of love…..Please don’t tell my husband that whenever he was away I emailed him to  laugh out loud!!!

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Dear Charlotte,

Guess what? Some people do use LOL for ‘lots of love’. But, the majority of people use it for ‘laughing out loud’. So, you can continue to email your husband lol. <3

Best Wishes,

Diana

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Great List! Thanks!

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I like this list! Thanks for sharing this and I can’t wait to use this on my twitter site!

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where have you been living all your life? most of these are old txt/irc/im acronyms
Am I that old?

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NiteStar Reply:
December 11th, 2009 at 11:48 pm

Y’know I was about to say the say thing. The vast majority of these are old Internet acronyms: http://www.gaarde.org/Acronyms/ — another great reference is http://www.netlingo.com/

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Hello old dude,

You know what is sooo funny about your comment? As I was writing this article I was thinking about how most of these are old text acronyms, but you aren’t the old one.. I think it is me.. I have never gotten into texting – ever. LOL Yeah, I know, I’ve been living in a cave I suppose. Haha!!

Diana

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F2F is better than FTF

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TY for this Diana!:) there is also TTYN (talk to you never) but I would never use that! so I learnt IMO, IMHO, IRL (I thought this was Ireland LOL) So THX Diana and TTYL LMAO! <3 Laura (laurawalker86)

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Diana few of these are usually used in chatting etc on the long standing thing called yahoo msgr and sms’es too

i sent this TMB to my friend over yahoo msgr and he googled TMB urban to get this:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tmb

i was like ROFL

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I’d like to add LMHO – Laughing My Heart Out. My 10 yr old son said it one night & I shared it with my friends on Twitter. We all use it consistently & I’ve seen it used by new friends.

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This is a FABULOUS list for someone who types with only two fingers and a thumb for the shift-key (me). Thank you, Oh, I mean TY. I’ll pass it on because RT’s are easier for me b/c I have to type less.
<3,I really like that one!

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A couple more prevalent ones are AFK for “away from keys” and BRB for “be right back” so others know not to expect an immediate reply.

IIRC = If I recall correctly

TTFN = Ta-ta for now

A quick way to figure out any of those is simply put “define:ttfn” (or whichever) in google.

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I’m smh because you left this one out…

smh = shaking my head

Actually there is an online converter that will do any txtspeak jargon to English. IMHO, this one http://bit.ly/8mUV3T is the best & most accurate out there. TTFN!

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Diana Adams Reply:
November 29th, 2009 at 2:51 am

Malik,

I’m so glad you added this one!! Just tonight someone kept tweeting me with smh and I had no idea what it was!! LOL

Thanks for explaining it to us.

Diana

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let it say as simply as the list is.. It sucks..
Reason: this is not twitter abbreviations,actually there is just 3-4 of twibbreviations.. what about other 30? they are common in new age communications for year.. sms,email,irc.. sooo.. Let’s back to the point. This list sucks. cheers

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Krystyn, bug stomper Reply:
December 24th, 2009 at 4:31 am

The above comment needs to type legible english so we can understand the wee pee pee syndrome going on in between the two statements that “this sucks”.

An abbreviation w/some definition 4 u:

L to the Z to the R = Loser. n. Inept person who doesn’t respect the keyboard he slobbers on.

I hope you peek back in, ewoks and on slight chance that you do I’mma leave an abbreviation for you:

ZipIT = if you don’t have anything nice or constructive to comment about then don’t bother. Just STFU.

Sincerely,
-Your RIght Heel, kicking back at yo own ass

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@hannibal666 Reply:
February 3rd, 2010 at 11:49 pm

Love it! ROFL! That’s opening a can of whoop ass.

You go girl!

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Another one I use alot:

ppl = people

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@hannibal666 Reply:
February 3rd, 2010 at 11:53 pm

Tweeple = twpl?
Twitter = twtr?
Twouble = twbl?

Just wondering. =P

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IMO or IMHO (FWIW), unless you’re FTF some of the best ways to communicate are thru DM, EM, FB and LI.

Let’s not forget Twitter, it’s Gr8. You should see my BG b/c I inserted a custom photo that I took IRL. BTW take a look, LMK what you think. NP if you don’t have time right now.

BFN, J/K LOL

OMG PLZ tell me you’re not ROFL. WTF, if you like what I’m sayin TMB or RT me. In advance RTHX.

Is this TMI? OMFG I’m LMBO I mean LMAO. I <3 this stuff. TTYS.

You're probably like WTH, now I have to say TY? YW

BR, TTYL

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Hmmmm. As a twitter illiterate, I was hoping for some twitter specific definitions. This is really just a list of commonly used web acronyms (the same ones we’ve been using for nearly 20 years now in chat rooms, forums, message boards, instant messaging, MMOs, etc.)

I mean, really? You are a tech specialist and you didn’t know what IMHO stood for?

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Diana Adams Reply:
December 3rd, 2009 at 10:43 am

Hi Jeremy,

I really did not know what IMHO stood for. Somehow I missed that whole instant message/chat room/text thing. Nothing has made me feel like I’ve been living in a cave more than reading the comments on this post. LOL But it’s all good, I’ve got it now! Thank you for your comment.

Diana

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i know very few abbreviations, thanks diana for let us know. good work

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I would add ZOMG, which is like “OMG” but “turned up to 11.”

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NiteStar Reply:
December 14th, 2009 at 1:02 am

And ZOMG often is followed by a “WTF” so usually you see:

ZOMG WTF is …

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This is a MOO Cow with a bow on HER heed X:o)
LMFAO ,luv ya dude

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I wish someone would think of a way to abbrv. apos

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ikr = i know right
gtfoh = get the f*** outta here

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Easy to figure out…

RofLmAo

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Wow, I really am out of touch (OOT). Thanks for the lesson!

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Thanks Diana. This is Gr8. I remember the first time a client put in an email LOL, I thought I wonder if he knows it means “Lots of Love”….of course, I was the one that laughed out loud when I realized what he was communicating. While I believe he “loves” the service I give him, I learned quickly we were both LOL!!

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Please-no-spam-this-is-about-the-only-good-e-mail-I-have-left
sincerilyt
TYME

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Love the list; it is such a huge help for someone like me fairly new to Twitter.

Thanks for posting it.

Ana Hoffman/YourNetBiz Mentor

PS To me WTF is still cursing:)

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Lqtms-laughing quietly to myself. I like this… Http:www.twitter.com/bernarddbossman

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Nice list, thanks, Diana.

Enjoyed reading the comments, too! Seems to mee that for old-er-ish folks it doesn’t matter whether it’s IRC or sms or Twitter, gibberish all the same =)

FYI seems to be missing from the list: for your information
ASAP (too obvious? took ages to figure it out back in high school) as soon as possible
CCL couldn’t care less

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can i just ask one thing what do p.s. means in a letter hope someone can help me… tnx

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Very close to SMS lingo.

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This articel would have been better if the abbreviations were categorized into those that have arisen just on twitter, such as RT and those that are have been in common use for years on message boards and text.

Technically an abbreviation is not an acronym unless it’s a pronouncable word e.g. RADAR and NASA and LOL are acronyms; RT and TMI are not. I have heard people pronounce ROFL but when saying OMG they always say each letter individually so that doesn’t count as an acronym.

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