If you are searching for just the right shortcut to show a thought or idea without writing it ALL out, it is probably here. The following "expressions" are accepted in most chat rooms, and known by the majority of chatters:
| AFAIK | As Far As I Know | LSHMBB | Laughing So Hard My Belly (is) Bouncing |
| AFK | Away From Keyboard | LSHMBH | Laughing So Hard My Belly Hurts |
| ASAP | As Soon As Possible | LSHMCS | Laughing So Hard My Computer is Shaking |
| ASL or A/S/L | Often misunderstood as the opening gambit in on-line chat; literally is a question asking for age, sex, location |
LTNS | Long Time No See |
| AYPI | And your point is? | LTS | Laughing To Self |
| LU4E&A | Love You For Ever And Always | ||
| BBL | Be Back Later | LUWAMH | Love U (you) With All My Heart |
| BBS | Be Back Soon | LY | (I) Love You |
| BF | Boy Friend | ||
| BCNU | Be seeing You | MH | Meat head (don’t worry, they are too dumb to figure it out!) |
| BFN | Bye For Now | MIASGB | Make It A Short GoodBye |
| BM | Bite Me | MOM | Moment (please standby) |
| B.O.B. | Cool (don’t ask me where that one came from) | ||
| BOC | But of course | N2S | Needless To Say |
| BOSEG | Big Ole S--t Eating Grin | NE1 | Anyone |
| BRB | Be Right Back | NE1CN(name) | Anyone Seen (name) |
| BTW | By The Way | NK | New Kid |
| BWL | Bursting With Laughter | NONYA | (It’s) None of Ya Business |
| C&G | Chuckle & Grin | OIC | Oh, I See |
| CBL | Come back later (or just L8R) | OL | Old Lady (usually wife) |
| CID | Crying In Disgrace | OM | Old Man (usually hubby) |
| COI | Come on in | OMG | Oh My God |
| CNP... | Continued (in) Next Post | OTTOMH | Off The Top Of My Head |
| CP | Chat Post | ||
| CRS | Can’t Remember S--t | PDS | Please Don’t Shoot |
| CQ or CQ (person) | Asking for a chat with someone | PDSTM | Please Don’t Shoot The Messenger |
| CSG | Chuckle Snicker Grin | PDQ | Pretty Darn/Damn Quick |
| CUIC | See you in church | PM | Private Message |
| CYA | See Ya (you) | PMFJI | Pardon Me For Jumping In |
| CYAL8R | See You Later | PIMP | Pissing In My Pants |
| PMSL | (I need a large wad of incontinence pads) Pissing myself laughing | ||
| DE | Double-entrendre or double meaning | POAHF | Put On A Happy Face |
| DLN | Don’t leave now | POOF | (writer has left chatroom) I’m Gone |
| DLTBBB | Don’t Let The Bed Bugs Bite | ||
| DOS | Dozing Off Soon | QM | There’s a lot of static on the line |
| DTL | Deep Throaty Laugh | QSL | (please reply to me) Answer Me |
| EG | Evil Grin | QSO | (conversation going on) Talking |
| EMML | E-mail me later | QT | Cutie |
| EMSG | E-mail Message | ||
| RME | Rolling My Eyes | ||
| FIIK | (I haven’t a clue) | ROFL | Rolling On Floor Laughing |
| FUBAR | Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition | ROFLMAO | ...My @$$ Off |
| FWIW | For What It’s Worth | ROFLMAOAY | ...My @$$ Off At You |
| FYI | For Your Information | ROFLMAOHOLCDFPIMP | ...hysterically out loud collecting dog fur peeing in my pants |
| ROFLMAOWTIME | ...With Tears In My Eyes | ||
| G | Grin | ROFLUTS | ...Unable To Speak |
| GF | Girl Friend | RTSM | (G-rated version) Read The Stupid Manual |
| GFN | Gone For Now | ||
| GLAWTOM | Good Lord, Again With The "Type-O-Matic"! | S | Smile |
| GMBO | Giggling My Butt Off | SETE | Smiling (from) Ear To Ear |
| GMTA | Great Minds Think Alike | SHID | Slaps Head In Disgust |
| GOK | God Only Knows | SNAFU | Situation Normal All Fouled Up |
| GR8 | Great | SO | Significant Other (mate) |
| GTSY | Glad to See You | SOS | Same Old Story |
| SWAK | Sealed With A Kiss | ||
| H&K | Hugs And Kisses | SWL | Screaming With Laughter |
| HABU | Have A Better ‘Un (one) | SYS | See You soon |
| HAGN | Have A Good Night | ||
| HAGU | Have A Good ‘Un (one) | TA | Thanks Again |
| HF | Have Fun | TBDL | To Be Discussed Later |
| HHIS | Hanging Head In Shame | TBNT | Thanks But No Thanks |
| HIG | How’s It Going? | TEN4 | (read you loud and clear) |
| HMP | Help Me Please | TGIF | Thank God It’s Friday |
| HORU | How Old Are You (cf ASL) | TKS | Thanks |
| HU | Heads Up, information (as in the expression "TKS 4 HU") | TOY | Thinking Of You |
| TTFN | Ta Ta For Now (bye) | ||
| IAMBIC | I’m A Make Believe (imaginary) Character | TTYL | Talk To You Later |
| IC | I See | TY | Thank you |
| IGGP | I Gotta Go Pee | ||
| IMO | In My Opinion | UCCOM | You Can Count On Me |
| IMHO | In My Humble Opinion | UOM^$ | You Owe Me money |
| INL | I’m Not Laughing | UR | You are |
| IRL | In Real Life | ||
| IWALU | I Will Always Love U (you) | VBS | Very Big Smile |
| IYD | In Your Dreams | ||
| W! or WR or WE | Whatever! | ||
| JAS | Just A Second | WB | Welcome Back |
| JK | Just Kidding | WEG | Wicked Evil Grin |
| JMO | Just My Opinion | WG | Wicked Grin |
| JTLYK | Just To Let You Know | WH | What’s Happening |
| WRU | Where are you? | ||
| KHYF | Know How You Feel | WTG | Way To Go |
| KISS | Keep It Simple, Stupid | WTH | What/Who The Heck |
| KIT | Keep In Touch | WU or W^ | What’s Up? |
| KOTC | Kiss On The Cheek | ||
| KOTL | Kiss On The Lips | WYSIWYG | What You See Is What You Get |
| KOTLWALT | ... With a Little/Lot (of) Tongue | YBS | You’ll Be Sorry |
| YW | You’re welcome | ||
| L8R | Later | ||
| L8R G8R | Later ‘Gator | ^5 | High Five |
| LABTYD | Life’s A Bitch and Then You Die | ^K^ | Butterfly kisses |
| LAY | Looking at You | ((( name ))) | Hugs (name) - the more parentheses the tighter the hug |
| LHM | Lord Help Me | ||
| LHO | Laughing Head Off | ||
| LHU | Lord Help Us | ||
| LIS | Lost In Space | ||
| LOIS | Laughing On the Inside | ||
| LOL | Laughing Out Loud (sometimes Lots of Luck, but not usually!) |
