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Chat Slang

Sometimes it's hard to keep up with all the acronyms, abbreviations and other slang veteran chatters use on DareNET. Here's a guide to help your figure it all out.


Sometimes it's hard to keep up with all the acronyms, abbreviations and other slang veteran chatters use on DareNET. Here's a guide to help you figure it all out.

Abbreviation Meaning
A/S/L Age/Sex/Location
AAK Asleep At Keyboard
AFK Away From Keyboard
ASAP As Soon As Possible
ASL Age/Sex/Location
AWOL Absent Without Leave
B/F Boyfriend
BBIAB Be Back In A Bit
BBIAS Be Back In A Sec
BBIAW Be Back In A While
BBL Be Back Later
BOFH Bastard Operator From Hell
BRB Be Right Back
BROIL Brother-in-law
BRT Be Right There
BTDT Been There, Done That
BTW By The Way
DQYDJ Don't Quit Your Day Job
FUBAR Fouled(F***k'd) Up Beyond All Recognition
FUD Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt
FYI For Your Information
G or <G> Grin
G/F Girlfriend
GA Go Ahead
GG Good Game or Good Going
GJ Good Job
GM Good Move
GMTA Great Minds Think Alike
GR8 Great
GRRRR Growling
GTG Got To Go
GTGP Got To Go Potty
GTH Go To Hell
HUGZ Hugs
IIRC If I Recall Correctly
ILY I Love You
IM Instant Messaging/Messaging
IMO In My Opinion
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion
JK or J/K Just Kidding
KEWL Cool
L8R Later
LMAO Laughing My Ass Off
LOL Laughing Out Loud
LTNS Long Time No See
LYL Love You Lots
MOTD Message Of The Day
MSG Message
NYOB None Of Your Business
NP No Problem
OMG Oh My Gosh/God
OTOH On The Other Hand
PITA Pain In The Ass
PLS Please
PLZ Please
PMFJIH Pardon Me For Jumping In Here
RE or RE's "Re-Hi", meaning "Hello Again"
RL Real Life
ROFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROTFLMAO Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off
ROTFLOL Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud
RTFM Read The F***ing Manual
RU Are You?
SAHM Stay At Home Mom
STFU Shut The F*** Up
SUP? What's Up?
TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TGIF Thank Goodness It's Friday
THX Thanks
TIA Thanks In Advance
TLA Three Letter Acronym
TMI Too Much Information
TPTB The Powers That Be
TTFN Ta Ta For Now
TTYL Talk To You Later
TYVM Thank You Very Much
U You
U-R or UR You Are
WB Welcome Back
WEG Wicked Evil Green
WG Wicked Green
WTF What The F***?
WTG Way To Go
WTH What The Hell
XOXO Hugs and Kisses
YMMV Your Mileage May Vary
YW You're Welcome
ZUP? What's Up?
(((((nickname))))) Hug