Though you might not want to communicate via this new language, you still might need to know the basics just to understand this generation.
Here are a couple happy ones to start:
lol = laugh out loud
rofl/rotfl = rolling on the floor laughing
lmao = laughing my a— off
thx = thanks
plz = please
bff = best friends forever
Here are some not so happy acronyms:
wth = what the heck. (There’s a profane variation of this, which I won’t print here.)
gth = go to h—-
omg = oh my god
noyb = none of your business
There are a few ways to end a conversation:
g2g/gtg = got to go
brb = be right back
ttyl = talk to you Later
Here are some popular random acronyms:
btw = by the way
fyi = for your Information
tmi = too much information
g4u = good for you
idk = I don’t know
hmu = hit me up (contact me)
irl = in real life
jk = just kidding
nm = never mind or nothing much
np = no problem
pov = point of view
pm = private message
sms = short message service (cell phone text messages)
fb = Facebook
Here are some newly created words:
k = OK
u = you
ur = your or you’re
dunno = don’t know
lemme = let me
noob = newbie
2nte = tonight
2moro = tomorrow
l8r = later
txt = text message
If ur chat lingo noob, practice w/ some1 nxt time u txt, k? or hmu pm on fb. gtg, l8r
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