Chat and message board participants often use a colorful language of initials
to save keystrokes. Here's a guide to this "Webspeak:"
| A/S/L | Age/Sex/Location |
| AAK | Asleep At Keyboard |
| AFK | Away From Keyboard |
| ASAP | As Soon As Possible |
| ASL | Age/Sex/Location |
| AWOL | Absent Without Leave |
| B/F | Boyfriend |
| BBIAB | Be Back In A Bit |
| BBIAS | Be Back In A Sec |
| BBIAW | Be Back In A While |
| BBL | Be Back Later |
| BOFH | Bad Operator From Heck |
| BRB | Be Right Back |
| BROIL | Brother-in-law |
| BRT | Be Right There |
| BTDT | Been There, Done That |
| BTW | By The Way |
| DQYDJ | Don't Quit Your Day Job |
| FUBAR | Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition |
| FUD | "Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt" |
| FYI | For Your Information |
| G or <G> | Grin |
| G/F | Girlfriend |
| GA | Go Ahead |
| GG | Good Game or Good Going |
| GJ | Good Job |
| GM | Good Move |
| GMTA | Great Minds Think Alike |
| GR8 | Great |
| GRRRR | Growling |
| GTG | Got To Go |
| GTGP | Got To Go Potty |
| GTH | Go To Heck |
| HUGZ | Hugs |
| IIRC | If I Recall Correctly |
| ILY | I Love You |
| IM | Instant Message/Messaging |
| IMHO | In My Humble Opinion |
| IMNSHO | In My Not So Humble Opinion |
| JK or J/K | Just Kidding |
| KEWL | Cool |
| L8R | Later |
| LMAO | Laughing My A** Off |
| LOL | Laughing Out Loud |
| LTNS | Long Time No See |
| LYL | Love You Lots |
| MOTD | Message Of The Day |
| MSG | Message |
| NM | Never Mind |
| NOYB | None Of Your Business |
| NP | No Problem |
| OMG | Oh My Gosh |
| OTOH | On the Other Hand |
| PITA | Pain In The A** |
| PLZ | Please |
| PMFJIH | Pardon Me For Jumping In Here |
| RE or RE's | "Re-Hi," meaning "Hello again" |
| RL | Real Life |
| ROFL | Rolling on the Floor Laughing |
| ROTFL | Rolling On The Floor Laughing |
| ROTFLMAO | Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A** Off |
| ROTFLOL | Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud |
| RTFM | Read The F***ing Manual |
| RU | Are You? |
| S/M/F/BIL | Sister/Mother/Father/Brother-in-law |
| SAHM | Stay At Home Mom |
| STFU | Shut The F*** Up |
| TANSTAAFL | There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch |
| TGIF | Thank Goodness It's Friday |
| THX | Thanks |
| TIA | Thanks In Advance |
| TLA | Three Letter Acronym |
| TMI | Too Much Information |
| TPTB | The Powers That Be |
| TTFN | Ta Ta For Now |
| TTYL | Talk To You Later |
| TYVM | Thank You Very Much |
| U | You |
| U-R or UR | You Are |
| WB | Welcome Back |
| WEG | Wicked Evil Grin |
| WG | Wicked Grin |
| WTF | What The F***? |
| WTG | Way To Go! |
| WTH | What the Heck |
| XOXO | Hugs and Kisses |
| YMMV | Your Mileage May Vary |
| YW | You're Welcome |
| ZUP? | What's Up? |
| (((((name)))) | Hug |