Short Hand

Shorthand is a term for the acronyms and other words used in chat rooms, e-mail, message boards, Internet, and other text-based messaging devices. For example, lol, which is short for "laugh out loud" is an example of shorthand. Shorthand is used as an easy and quick way to express an emotion or type something in chat. Below is a listing of shorthand currently listed on Computer Hope. If you are looking for chat slang (common English misspellings and words) such as "wot" for "what" or "y" for "why" see the chat slang definition.

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@ +1 1drfl 2da 2moro 2Nite 404 4get
A
A/S/L AAMOF ADN ADR AEAP AFAICS AFAICT AFAIK AFJ AFK AKA ALAP ANFSCD as aP ASL ATM AYT
B
BAMF Bb BBIAB BBIAF BBL BBS BBW BCNU BF BFF BFN BG BOT BRB BTDT BTW
C
C CD9 Col CRB CTC CTFU CU CYA Cyber
D
DD DFTT DGAF DIN DIY DND
E
EOD EOT EOW
F
F2F F9 FMCDH FML FOAD FOAF FOS FTFY FTL FTW FWIW FYI
G
G G2G GAL GBTW GF GFETE GFU GFY GG GJ GL GM GMTA Gr8 Grats GTFO GTR GYPO
H
H&K H8 HAK HAND HB HF HTH
I
IAC IANAL IC ICU IDC IDK IINM IIRC IIUC ILU ITA IM IMAO IMO IMHO IOW IRL ITYM IWSN IYKWIM
J
J/K JFGI
K
KISS KIT KPC
L
L8R LJBF LMAO LMFAO LMK LOL LTNS LYL
M
M8 MBN MILF MORF MOS MSG MTFBWY MYOB
N
N1 NBD NE1 NIFOC NIM NM NMU NRN NSFW NVM
O
OIC OMG OMW OOC OOTO OTOH OTW
P
P911 PAL PAW PBIAB PM PMSL PNP POS PTM
Q
QFT QT
R
RL ROFL ROTFL ROFLAPMP ROFLMAO ROFLMAOASTC ROFLMAOAY ROFLMAOWTIME RU
S
S2R SMH SOL STFU
T
TANSTAAFL TBA TBH TGIF THX TLDR TLDW TMI TNX TOS TTFN TTVM TTYL TU TY TYT TYVM
U
None currently listed
V
None currently listed
W
W/ W8 WB WE WP WRU WTF WTG WTH WUF WUU2
X
None currently listed
Y
YMMV YT YW
Z
None currently listed