Text messaging has become the communication of the future; and, to be honest, I almost missed the boat. I had decided that it just wasn’t for me; even going so far as to have my wireless carrier remove the text messaging feature from my phone. Then my place of employment implemented texting into our work communications. Since the majority of employees already owned cell phones and were proficient texters, they decided that simple messages that needed to reach multiple people would be sent via text.
And so my texting adventure began. It went fairly well, actually, except that I kept receiving messages from my colleagues that contained work revelant information interspersed with mixed up letters like btw and ttyl. You can imagine my confusion. Thanks to the internet and some deductive reasoning using contextual clues, I now consider myself proficient in these texting acronyms and even use them in my own messages. If you are a text message novice, I hope the following commonly used acronyms will help you both understand the texts you receive and be useful in the messages you send.
To say I love you:
Instead of expressing your sentiments in the traditional way, maybe you will want to try one of the many acronyms used to tell that special someone how you feel. Here are some to choose from.
ILU or ILY, I love you
IWALU I will always love you
LU or LY, Love you
LYL, Love you lots
To express friendship:
Let all your friends know just how you feel with these texting acronyms, and who knows, maybe they’ll send you some good friend vibes right back.
BF, Best friend (can also mean boyfriend)
BFF, Best Friends Forever
FF, Friends forever
FYF, From your friend
GF, Girlfriend
To change the subject:
Sometimes that text conversation just takes a wrong turn. Here are some texting acronyms to get things back on track.
511 or TMI, Too much information
AAR8, At Any Rate
ATWD, Agree that we disagree
BTW, By the way
C/S or COS, Change of Subject
EOD, End of discussion
IDK, I don’t know
SC, Subject Change
When something’s funny:
If you find yourself laughing hysterically at a message you’ve received. Why not use one of these acronyms to let the sender know?
CMU, Crack me up
G, Giggle
L, Laugh
LMBO, Laughing my butt off,
LOL, Laughing out loud,
LOL, Laughing out loud again
LOLZ, Lots of laughs
VBG, Very big grin
VBS, Very big smile
To say goodbye:
When ending a conversation, you have so many more options than a simple bye. How about using one of these acronyms.
BBL, Be back later
BFN, Bye for now
BIBI, Bye Bye
CU or SU, See you
CUL8R, See you later
GTG, Got to go
GTGB, Got to go bye
TTYL, Talk to you later
Hopefully, this list has helped you get up to speed on your text messaging lingo. Try using some acronyms the next time you send a message. And, if you are still completely baffled by the whole texting craze, just pick up the phone and CM. Call me, that is.
Sources:
NetLingo.com
TechDictionary.com
