Internet Abbreviations & Acronyms

Abbreviations/Acronyms/General Slang:

               A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

The Internet

• @ -  At
• (y) - Thumb's Up
• 1334 - LEET
• 2NITE - Tonight
• 2MORO - Tomorrow
• 4 - For
• 4EVER - Forever 

                     A                                                  

• AAA - Anywhere Anyplace Anytime
• ABD - Already Been Done
• ABT - About
• ADC - Analog to Digital Converter
• ADD - Advanced Dumbass Disorder
• AFAP - As Far As Possible
• AIGHT - All Right
• AKA - Also Known As
• ALS - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ( A serious disease that affects neurons in brain & spinal cord and makes them to degenerate)
• AMG - Ah, My God
• ANSI - American National Standards Institute
• APB  - All Points Bulletin (American Police Terminology)
• API  - Application Programming Interface
• ASAP - As Soon As Possible
• ASCII - American national Standard for Code and Information Interchange
• ASL - Age Sex & Location
• ASL - American Sign Language
• ASLP - Age, Sex, Location & Picture
• ATF - All Time Favorite
• ATOM - Always Think Of  Me
• AVG - Average
• AYKM - Are You Kidding Me
• AFAIK - As Far As I Know
• AFAIR - As Far As I Remember
• AFAP - As Far As Possible

                     B 

• B/C - Because
• B2B - Back To Business
• B2W - Back To Work
• B4 - Before
• B4U - Before You
• B'COZ - Because
• B'COS - Because
• B'DAY - Birthday
• B/T - Between
• B/W - Between
• BAC - Blood Alcohol Concentration
• BBQ - Barbecue
• BBQ - Better Be Quick
• BBY - Baby
• BC - Because
• BF - Boy Friend / Best Friend
• BFF - Best Friends Forever
• BFF - Binary File Format
• BI - Bye
• BIOS - Basic Input Output System
• BIZ - Business
• BLK - Black
• BOLO - Be On the Look Out
• BOOZE - Alcoholic Beverage
• BPS - Bytes Per Second
• BRAH - Brother / Friend
• BRB - Be Right Back
• BSOD - Blue Screen Of Death
• BTW - By The Way
• BTY - By To You
• BUMP - Bring Up My Post
• BUTTER FACE - A girl who is good looking but her physical attractiveness is reduced by her face
• BZ - Busy

                    C

• CAAC - Cool As A Cucumber
• CC - Carbon Copy
• CDMA - Code Division Multiple Access
• CEO - Chief Executive Officer
• CIM - Common Information Model
• CIM - Certificate in Management
• CIM - Computer Integrated Manufacturing 
• CMB - Call Me Back
• CMD - Command
• CMS - Course Management System
• CO - Cental Office
• COB - Close Of Business
• COB - COBra (cobra)
• COD - Call Of Duty
• CODEC - COder-DECoder
• COO - Cool
• COZ - Because
• CPR - Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (Emergency procedure given in cases of cardiac arrest)
• CS - Counter Strike
• CSS - Cascading Style Sheet
• CTRL - Control
• CU - See You
• CUL - See You Later
• CVA - Cerebro Vascular Accidents
• CYA - See Ya

                    D

• DA - Dissolved Acetylene (gas)
• DAC - Digital to Analog Converter
• DAQ - Don't Ask Questions
• DB - DeciBel (epresented as dB)
• DBA - Don't Bother Asking
• DBZ - Dragon Ball Z
• DDMMYY - Date Month Year
• DEM - Them
• DESPO - Desperate
• DFK - Deep French Kiss
• DFK - Direct Free Kick
• DHTML - Dynamic HTML
• DITTO - The Same / I agree
• DIY - Do It Yourself
• DJ - Disk Jockey
• DMN - Damn
• DMZ - De-Militarized Zone
• DND - Do Not Disturb
• DNS -Domain Name Service
• DONNO - Don't Know
• DSL - Digital Subscriber Line
• DUI - Driving Under Influence
• DUNNO - Don't Know
• DOD - Department Of Defense
• DOM - Document Object Model (API of Java Script)
• DOOD - Dude
• DSLR - Digital Signal Lens Reflex (camera)
• DTE - Down To Earth
• DUDETTE - Female Dude
• DUPE - Duplicate
• DW - Don't Worry
• DWI - Driving While Intoxicated / Driving While Impaired

                   E

• EEDYAT - Idiot
• EFCT - Effect
• ELLO - Hello
• EOF - End Of File
• EOG - End Of Grade
• EOS - End Of Story
• ESC - Escape
• ESP - Extra Sensory Perception (Psychic prowess)
• ET AL. - (Latin for) and others
• EVA - Ever
• EXP - Experience
• EZ - Easy

                   F

• F2F - Face To Face
• F9 - Fine
• FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
• FB - Face Book
• FOSHO - For Sure
• FTL - For The Loss
• FTR - For The Record
• FTW - F**k The What? (confusion)
• FTW - F**k The World
• FTW - For The Win
• FU - F**k You
• FYI - For Your Information
• FML - F**k My Life
• FX - Effects 

                   G

• G1 - Good One
• G4N - Good For Nothing
• GFE - Government Furnished Equipment
• GFE - Gibbs Free Energy
• GM - Good Morning
• GN - Good Night
• GODWIN'S LAW - The Longer the thread, the more likely someone will post about Nazis or Hitler
• GR8 - Great
• GSM - Global System for Mobile Communction
• GTFO - Get The F**k Out
• GTG - Got To Go
• GTH - Go To Hell

                 H

• H8 - Hate
• H8U - I Hate You
• H & K - Hugs and Kisses
• HAFTO - Have To
• HAND - Have A Nice Day
• HAT - How About That
• HAV - Have
• HBT - How 'Bout That (How About That)
• HCIT - How Cool Is That
• HD - High Definition
• HID - High Intensity Discharge (refers to headlights in cars )
• HI 5 - High 5
• HMWRK - Home Work
• HOWDEY - Hello
• HTC - High Tech Computer
• HTH - How The Hell
• HV - Have
• HWZ - How Is

                 I

• IBVP - Initial Boundary Value Problem
• I C - I See
• ICMYI - In Case You Missed It
• ID10T - Idiot
• IDK - I Don't Know
• IDM - I Don't Mind
• IE - Id Est (that is) (commonly written as i.e., )
• IE - Internet Explorer
• IKT - I Knew That
• ILT - I Like That
• ILY - I Love You
• IN2 - In To
• IP - Internet Protocol
• IPB - Invision Power Board (an Internet forum software)
• ISO - International Organization for Standardization
• ISBN - International Standard Book Number
• ISS - I'm So Sorry
• IYC - If You Can
• IYKWIM - If You Know What I Mean
• IYSWIM - If You See What I Mean
• IZ - Is

                 J

• J2C - Just Too Cute
• JAM - Just A Minute
• JC - Just Chilling
• JC - Just Curious
• JFL - Just For Laughs
• JK - Joke
• JK - Just Kidding
• JKZ - Jokes
• JOO - You
• JOOR - Your
• JPEG - Joint Photographes Experts Goup
• JST - Just

                K

• K - Okay
• K3WL - Cool
• KAY - Okay
• KEWL - Cool
• KIA - Killed In Action
• KIU - Keep It Up
• KMPL - Kilo Meters Per Liter (Indicates fuel economy)
• KK - Okay
• KUTE - Cute
• KWIK - Quick
• KWIZ - Quiz
• KYS - Kill Your Self

                 L

• L4M3 - Lame
• L8 - Late
• L8R - Later
• L8TR - Later
• LAFF - Laugh
• LAN - Local Area Network
• LAPPY - Laptop
• LATR - Later
• LBVS - Laughing But Very Serious
• LED - Light Emitting Diodes
• LEE7 - Elite
• LEME - Let Me
• LEMME - Let Me
• LESS THAN THREE - Love (<3)
• LIFO - Last In First Out
• LITE - Unimportant / Doesn't Matter
• LK - Like
• LLAP - Live Long And Prosper (Vulcan Salute according to STAR TREK)
• LMAP - Leave Me Alone Please
• LOI - Laughing On the Inside
• LOL - Laugh Out Loud
• LOV - Love
• LPF - Low Pass Filter
• LSD - Lysergic Diethyl Amide (A hallucinogenic agent)

                 M

• M3 - Me
• M8 - Mate
• M OR F - Male Or Female
• MAH - My
• MAYB - May Be
• ME2 - Me Too
• MIA - Missing In Action
• MIC - Micro Phone
• MIN - Minute
• MJ - Michael Jackson
• MNM - Eminem
• MODEM - MOdulator DEModulator
• MPG - Miles Per Gallon (indicates fuel economy)
• MPTY - Empty
• MSG - Message
• MT - Empty
• MUTHA - Mother
• MW - Modern Warfare
• MW - Most Wanted (NFSMW)
• MWAH - Kiss
• MYN - Mine

                 N

• N - And
• N1 - Number Once
• N2 - In To
• N64 - Nintendo 64
• N/V - Non-Vegetarian
• NAH - No
• NALOPKT - Not A Lot Of People Know This
• NAW - No
• NAWT - Not
• NAWTY - Naughty
• NBDY - No Body
• ND - New Delhi
• NDN - Indian
• NE1 - Any one
• NEKKID - Naked
• NEXT - Near End CROSS Talk
• NFS - Need For Speed
• NITE - Night
• NME - Enemy
• NOE - Know
• NOOB - Newbie / Rookie / Amateur
• NPE - Nope
• NSFW - Not Safe For Work
• NTHNG - Nothing
• NV - Envy
• NV - Non-Vegetarian
• NVR - Never
• NW - No Way
• NY - New York
• NYWY - Any Way

                 O

• O & O - Over & Out
• O RLY - Oh, Really?
• O GAWD - Oh God
• OBJ - Object
• OB - Obviously
• OBVI - Obviously
• OFTN - Often
• OIC - Oh I See
• OMG - Oh My God / Oh My Goodness
• OMGASH - Oh My Gosh
• OMY - Oh MY
• ONO - Oh NO
• OOTB - Out Of The Box
• OS - Operating System
• OVA - Over
• OWT - Out

                 P

• P00P - Poop
• P2P - Peer To Peer
• PCM - Pulse Code Modulation
• PHREAK - Freak
• PHUN - Fun
• PKMON - Pokémon
• PL8 - Plate
• PLS - Please
• PLZ - Please
• PO - Piss Off
• POPO - Police
• PS - Post Script
• PRBLM  - 
  Problem
• PRFCT - Perfect
• PRNTS - Parents
• PRO - Professional
• PUMP - Push Up My Post
• PUP - Potentially Unwanted Program
• PZA - Pizza

           Q

• Q4U - Question For You
• QED - Quod Erat Demonstrandum (Latin Phrase for "it has been proved")
• QHS - Quality Health Service
• QI - Quite Interesting
• QL - Cool
• QOOL - Cool
• QQ - Crying Eyes
• QT - Cutie
• QTOD - Quote Of The Day
• QTPI - Cutie Pie
• QT3.14 - Cutie Pie
• QTN - Question

                 R

• R - Are
• RAWK - Rock
• RB@U - Right Back At You
• RBAU -  Right Back At You
• RBAY -  Right Back At You
• RCKS - Rocks
• RDY - Ready
• REP - Represent/Representative
• RGR - Roger
• RIP - Rest In Peace
• RITE - Right
• RJCT - Reject
• RLLY - Really
• ROCKR - Rocker
• ROCK3R - Rocker
• ROFALOL - Rolling On The Floor And Laughing Out Loud
• ROFL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing
• ROGER - Affirmative
• ROTF - Rolling On The Floor
• ROXX - Rocks
• RQ - Random Questions
• RSA - Rivest Shamir Adelman (a well known cryptographic algorithm)
• RSPCT - Respect
• RTRY - Retry
• RU - Are You ?
• RUA - Are You Alone ?
• RUABOG - Are You A Boy Or Girl
• RUK - Are You OK
• RYT - Right
• RYTE - Right

                  S

• S'OK - It's Okay 
• S'POSE - Suppose
• S'UP - Wassup
• SCRT - Secret
• SEC - Second
• SEM - Search Engine Marketing
• SEO - Search Engine Optimization 
• SFSG - So Far So Good
• SFW - Safe For Work (Used to indicate that the content which they are referring to doesn't have any sort of Graphical or Adult Imagery)
• SH - Shit Happens
• SIS - Sister
• SISTA - Sister
• SKL - School
• SLL - Stop Look & Listen
• SMH - Shaking My Head
• SOB - Son Of a B***ch
• SONET - Synchonous Optical NETwork
• SWANK - Single Wife And No Kids

                  T

• TGIF - Thank God Its Friday
• TGIT - Thank God Its Thursday
• THX - Thanks
• THNX - Thanks
• TKO - Technical Knock Out (Boxing)
• TLDR - Too Long Didn't Read (Common on the long posts in social networking sites)
• TLTR - Too Long To Read
• TSA - Transportation Security Administration 
• TTT - To The Top
• TTYL - Talk To You Later
• TU - Thank You
• TY - Thank You
• TYT - Take Your Time

            U

• U - You
• U2 - You Too
• U'R - You Are
• U'VE - You Have
• UDC - You Don't Care
• UI - User Interface
• ULM - You Love Me
• ULSI - Ultra Large Scale Integration
• UR2G - You Are Too Good
• UR - Your
• URHT - You Are Hot
• URS - Yours
• URTB - You Are The Best
• USD - United States Dollar
• USUK - You Suck
• USUX - You Suck
• UTUBE - You Tube
• UVE - You Have
• UW - You Are Welcome

            V

• VB - Visual Basic
• VFX - Visual Effects 
• VID - Video
• VIDS - Videos
• VIP - Very Important Person
• VLEO - Very Low Earth Orbit
• VLSI - Very Large Scale Integration
• VPN - Virtual Private Network
• VRSTY - University
• VRY - Very
• VZIT - Visit

                 W

• W/E - What Ever
• WBT - Will Be There
• WBU - What About You
• WPM - Words Per Minute
• WPS - Words Per Second
• WRT - With Respect To
• WTMW - Welcome To My World

                  X

• XOXOX - Kisses
• XIT - Exit
• XTREME - Extreme
• XMAS - Christmas

Note: Internet Slang is expanding ever and ever and new words get popular fast and so this will be updated everyday. So, if u think we have missed out something feel free to write it in the comments below. Thanks in advance

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