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 Common Web Acronyms - what they are and what they mean!

If you visit chat rooms or send text messages on a mobile phone, sooner or later you will come across all these strange, but common, web acronyms and abbreviations.

These common chat room acronyms will have you ROFL, and make you LOL in no time. So now you will know what they all mean!

AFAIK As Far as I Know
AFK Away From Keyboard
AKA Also Know as
ASAP As Soon as Possible
ASL Age, Sex, Location?
B4 Before
BAK Back at Keyboard
BBL Be Back Later
BBS Be Back Soon
BRB Be Right Back
BTDT Been There Done That
BTW By The Way
CFV Call for Votes
CUL See You Later
DYJHIW Don't You Just Hate it When...
EOM End of Message
F2F Face to Face
FAQ Frequently Asked Question
FC Fingers Crossed
FUBAR  Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition
FWIW  For What It's Worth 
FYA For Your Amusement
FYI  For Your Information 
GA Go Ahead 
HH Holding Hands
HHOJ / K  Ha Ha, Only Joking / Kidding 
HIWTH Hate it When That Happens
GR&D Grinning, Running & Ducking 
IAE In Any Event 
IANAL I Am Not a Lawyer 
IDK I Don't Know
IITYWTMWYBMAD  If I Tell You What This Means Will You Buy Me a Drink?
IMCO In My Considered Opinion 
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO In My Opinion 
IOW In Other Words 
IRL In Real Life
IYKWIM If You Know What I mean
JAM Just a Minute
JASE Just Another System Error
J/K Just Kidding 
KOTC Kiss on the Cheek
L Laugh
L8R Later
LMAO Laughing My @$$ Off
LOL Laugh Out Loud
NNTP Network News Transport Protocol 
NRN No Reply Necessary 
OBTW Oh, by the Way
OIC Oh, I see
OTOH On The Other Hand 
OT Off Topic 
PITA Pain In The @$$
PLZ Please
PMFJI Pardon Me for Jumping in 
ROFL Rolling on The Floor Laughing
RSN Real Soon Now 
RTFN Read The Freaking Manual (or Message)
SITD Still In The Dark
SNAFU Situation Normal, All Fouled Up
SOL $h*t Outta Luck 
STFU Shut The Freak Up
SYL See You Later
TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
TGIF Thank God it's Friday
TIA Thanks in Advance
TIC Tongue in Cheek
TLA Three Letter Acronym
TNX Thanks
TTFN Ta Ta For Now
TTYL Talk to You Later
USB Universal Serial Bus
WB Welcome Back
WRT With Regard to 
WTG Way to Go
YMMV Your Mileage May Vary



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