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Chat Abbreviations

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

In recent years people are crazy about cutting down their time on typing. Due to this lots of abbreviations appeared and are being commonly used. Many of the abbreviations used in chats have pretty much become universal and a lot have become creatively humorous thanks to many regulars in those chat rooms. Abbreviations you’ll see here are some of the most commonly used:

AFAIKAs Far As I Know
AFK Away From Keyboard
ASAP As Soon As Possible
BBL Be Back Later
BBN Bye Bye Now
BBS Be Back Soon
BEG Big Evil Grin
BF Boy Friend
BRB Be Right Back
BTW By The Way
BWL Bursting With Laughter
C&G Chuckle and Grin
CID Crying In Disgrace
CNP… Continued in Next Post
CP Chat Post
CSG Chuckle Snicker Grin
CYA See Ya
CYAL8R See You Later
DLTBBB Don’t Let The Bed Bugs Bite
EG Evil Grin
EMSG Email Message
FYI For Your Information
GF Girl Friend
GFN Gone For Now
GMBO Giggling My Butt Off
GMTA Great Minds Think Alike
GTSY Glad To See You
H&K Hug and Kiss
HABU Have A Better ‘Un
HAGN Have A Good Night
HAGU Have A Good ‘Un
HHIS Hanging Head in Shame
IC I See
IGP I Gotta Pee
IMO In My Opinion
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
IRL In Real Life
IWALU I Will Always Love You
JMO Just My Opinion
JTLYK Just To Let You Know
KIT Keep In Touch
KOC Kiss On Cheek
KOL Kiss On Lips
L8R Later
L8R G8R Later ‘Gater
LHM Lord Help Me
LHO Laughing Head Off
LHU Lord Help Us
LOL Laugh Out Loud
LSHMBB Laughing So Hard My Belly is Bouncing
LSHMBH Laughing So Hard My Belly Hurts
LTNS Long Time No See
LTS Laughing To Self
LUWAMH Love You With All My Heart
LY Love Ya
OIC Oh, I See
OL Old Lady (wife, girlfriend)
OM Old Man (husband, boyfriend)
OTTOMH Off The Top of My Head
PDS Please Don’t Shoot
PM Private Message
PMFJI Pardon Me For Jumping In
PMP Peed My Pants
POAHF Put On A Happy Face
Poof Has left the chat room.
QSL Reply
QSO Conversation
QT Cutie
ROFL Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROFLAPMP …And Peeing My Pants
ROFLMAO …My A** Off
ROFLMAOAY …My A** Off At You
ROFLMAOWTIME …With Tears In My Eyes
ROFLUTS …Unable to Speak
RTSM Read The Stupid Manual!
SETE Smiling Ear To Ear
SHID Slaps Head In Disgust
SO Significant Other
SWAK Sealed With A Kiss
SWL Screaming with Laughter
SYS See You Soon
TA Thanks Again
TOY Thinking Of You
TTFN Ta Ta For Now
TTYL Talk To you Later
WB Welcome Back
WTH What/Who The Heck
YBS You’ll Be Sorry
YG Young Gentleman
YL Young Lady
YM Young Man
ttyl talk to you later
ttys talk to you soon
tcob taking care of business
ttfn ta ta for now

Chat history

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Word chat means informal, casual conversation. This term is now associated mostly with online chat services, video chat conferences and computer programs. It’s much more handy than posting through emails or forums, because you don’t need to wait for the reply from your friend, associate, or
anybody else.
Today you can find lots of variuos types of chatrooms on the internet. They are separated depending on its programming language. One of the first ever appeared was the Internet Relay Chat (IRC). It was
written by Jarkko Oikarinen in 1988. While started in Finland it has been used in over sixty countries around the world. It was conceived as a replacement for the “talk” program. In IRC people gather together on so-called “channels” (a virtual place, usually with a topic or conversation) to talk in groups, or privately. Since the moment of its creation IRC is constantly evolving.
In recent years another chat language is raising in popularity. Its a Java programming language which is utilized to create applications that allow many users to connect in the same environment (chat session). This programming language became so popular because it is much more stable and customizable than the older Internet Relay Chat systems.
The newest technology is developed from Flash language. Flash allow even more satbility and customization than Java chats and it’s more secure than Java chat rooms.
The latest add-on to users chat sessions are the uses of video chat applications. This allows users to use regular text based chat, but also add a webcam to allow for live feed of the person who they are interacting with.This allows for a more pleasent chat experience.
There are many other ways besides chat programs to communicate with other individuals over your computer. The most popular are Instant Messaging systems. They allow users to create a contact list and be able to connect directly through their Instant Messaging application to the individual they
are talking to. (the other user must have the same application installed). Some examples of the most popular ones include MSN Messenger, Google Talk and AIM (AOL Instant Messaging).
Most chat rooms on the Internet are provided for free. There are some exceptions, however. Some charge a monthly or per usage fee.