PookyShares

What with only 140 characters it’s hardly surprising that Twitter is the homeland of the acronym and abbreviation.  But what do they all mean?

Here goes…

Avi – avatar or profile picture

B/C – because

B4 – before

BB – blackberry (not the fruit..)

BFN – bye for now

Bgd – background

BR – best regards

BTW – by the way

Chk – check

Cld – could

Clk – click

Cre8 – create

CUL8R – see you later

CT – ‘cutweet’ a retweet that’s been shortened to make it fit within 140

Cya – see you

Deets – details

DAM – don’t annoy me

DM – direct message

DP – profile picture (I don’t know why!)

Dweet – tweet sent whilst drunk (just say no kids…)

DYK – did you know?

EM – email

Eml – email

EMA – email address

F2F – face to face

FF – Follow Friday – you’ll see it written as #FF and it’s a recommendation that you follow that person

FML – F**K my life

FOTD – Find of the day

FTL – for the loss

FTW – for the win OR F**K the world

Fwd – forward

FYI – for your information

GLHF – good luck have fun

GM – good morning

Gr8 – great

GTFOH – Get the F**K outta here!

GTS – guess the song

HAND – have a nice day

HO – hangover

HT – Hat tip or heard through – e.g. if someone shared a link to a blog post you might HT them (some people choose to write via @user instead)

IC – I see

ICNBI – I cannot believe it

ICYMI – in case you missed it

IDK – I don’t know

IM – instant message

IMO – in my opinion

IMHO – in my humble opinion

IYKWIM – if you know what I mean

IRL – in real life

Itz – it is

JK – just kidding

JSYK – just so you know

JW- just wondering

K – okay

KK – cool, cool

KYSO – knock your socks off

L2S – Life’s too short

L8 – late

L8r – later

LHH – laugh hella hard

LOL – laughing out loud / lots of love

LMAO – laughing my A** off

LMFAO – laughing my F***ing A** off

LMK – let me know

Mil- million / mother in law

MILT – Mum I’d like to tweet!

MT – Modified tweet – a retweet that has been tweaked or shortened

Njoy – enjoy

NSFW – not safe for work

NW – now watching

OCT – obsessive compulsive tweeter

OH – overheard / other half

OMB – Oh my God (the B stands for Bieber in this instance)

OMG – Oh my God

OOMF – one of my followers

Peeps – people

Plz – please

Ppl – people

Props – proper respect

R – are

Rec – recommendation

RT – Retweet, tweets prefaced with RT @User indicate that that user’s tweet is being shared

RTHX – thanks for the retweet

RU – are you?

SEO – search engine optimization

Shld – should

SMH – shake my head

STFU – shut the F**k up

Speets – spam tweets

Sweeple – sweet twitter people

Swhit – tweeting whilst on the toilet

TA – thanks a lot

TBH – to be honest

TJ – joining into someone else’s conversation (butt in)

TFF – twitter friend forever

TFTT – thanks for this tweet

TTFN – ta ta for now

TGIF – thank God it’s Friday!

Thx – thanks

TY – thank you

TIA – thanks in advance

TL – timeline

TOYBT – tired of your Bulls**t

TT – trending topic

TTYL – talk to you later

TTYS – talk to you soon

TYL – tweet y’all later

U – you

Vols – volunteers

W – with (sometimes w/ )

W/E – weekend

Wld – would

WTF – what the f**k?

WTH – what the hell?

Wtv – whatever

WLTM – would like to meet

Wzup – what’s up?

xoxo – hugs and kisses

YKIM – you know what I mean

Ykyat – you know you’re addicted to

YOLO – you only live once

YOYO – you’re on your own

YW – you’re welcome

 

Whew… that took rather longer than I thought it would, but I hope it’s helpful.  If I’ve missed one, please leave me a comment and I’ll add it in.

TTFN!

Pooky x