Email Abbreviations

  • @TEOTD — At The End Of The Day
  • 14AA41 — One for All and All for One
  • 2Bornot2B — To Be Or Not To Be
  • 2NITE — Tonight
  • 411 — info
  • 4ever — Forever
  • 86 — Out Of or Over
  • AAAAA — American Association Against Acronym Abuse
  • AAF — As A Friend
  • AAK — Asleep At Keyboard
  • AAMOF — As A Matter Of Fact
  • AAMOI — As A Matter Of Interest
  • AAR — At Any Rate
  • AAR8 — At Any Rate
  • AAS — Alive And Smiling
  • AATK — Always At The Keyboard
  • AAYF — As Always, Your Friend
  • ABITHIWTIDB — A bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush
  • ABT2 — About To
  • ACD — Alt Control Delete
  • ACE — Access Control Entry
  • ACK — Acknowledgement
  • ADAD — Another Day Another Dollar
  • ADBB — All Done Bye Bye
  • ADIH — Another Day In Hell
  • ADIP — Another Day In Paradise
  • ADR — Address
  • AEAP — As Early As Possible
  • AFAGAY — A Friend As Good As You
  • AFAHMASP — A Fool And His Money Are Soon Parted
  • AFAIC — As Far As I’m Concerned
  • AFAICS — As Far As I Can See
  • AFAICT — As far As I can Tell
  • AFAIK — As Far As I Know
  • AFAIU — As Far As I Understand
  • AFAIUI — As Far As I Understand It
  • AFAP — As Far As Possible
  • AFAYC — As Far As You’re Concerned
  • AFC — Away From Computer
  • AFDN — Any F***ing Day Now
  • AFIAA — As Far As I Am Aware
  • AFINIAFI — A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed
  • AFK — Away From Keyboard
  • AFZ — Acronym free zone
  • AGKWE — And God Knows What Else
  • AIAMU — And I’m A Monkey’s Uncle
  • AIH — As It Happens
  • AIMB — As I Mentioned Before
  • AIMP — Always In My Prayers
  • AISE — As I Said Earlier
  • AISI — As I See It
  • AKA or a.k.a. — Also Known As
  • ALAP — As Late As Possible
  • ALOL — Actually Laughing Out Loud
  • ALTG — Act Locally, Think Globally
  • AMAP — As Many As Possible
  • AMBW — All My Best Wishes
  • AML — All My Love
  • AND — Any day now
  • ANFAWFOWS — And Now For A Word Word From Our Web Sponsor
  • ANFSCD — And Now For Something Completely Different
  • AOAS — All Of A Sudden
  • AOB — Abuse Of Bandwidth
  • AP — Apple Pie
  • ASAFP — As Soon As “Friggin” Possible
  • ASAP — As Soon As Possible
  • ASL — Age/Sex/Location
  • ASLMH — Age/Sex/Location/Music/Hobbies
  • ATST — At The Same Time
  • ATW — All the Web or Around the Web
  • AWGTHTGTTA — Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again
  • AWGTHTGTTSA — Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Sh** Again
  • AWOL — Absent Without Leave
  • AYK — As You Know
  • AYSOS — — Are You Stupid Or Something
  • AYTMTB — And You’re Telling Me This Because?
  • B/C — Because
  • B4 — Before
  • B4N — Bye For Now
  • B4U — Before You
  • B4YKI — Before You Know It
  • BAG — Bursting A Gut
  • BAK — — Back At my Keyboard
  • BAU — Business As Usual
  • BB4N — Bye-Bye for Now
  • BBBG — Bye Bye Be Good
  • BBFBBM — Body By Fisher, Brains By Mattel
  • BBFN — Bye-Bye for Now
  • BBIAB — Be Back In A Bit
  • BBIAF — Be Back In A Few
  • BBIAS — Be Back In A Sec
  • BBIAW — Be Back In A While
  • BBL — Be Back Later
  • BBN — Bye Bye Now
  • BBSD — Be Back Soon Darling
  • BBSL — Be Back Sooner or Later
  • BBT — Be Back Tomorrow
  • BCBS — Big Company, Big School
  • BCNU — Be Seein’ You
  • BCOZ — Because
  • BD — Big Deal
  • BDC — Big Dumb Company or Big Dot Com
  • BDN — Big Damn Number
  • BEG — Big, Evil Grin
  • BEOS — Nudge
  • BFD — Big F***ing Deal
  • BFF — Best Friends Forever
  • BFN — Bye For Now
  • BHOF — Bald Headed Old Fart
  • BIF — Basis In Fact or Before I Forget
  • BIOYN — Blow it Out Your Nose
  • BITD — Back In The Day
  • BKA — Better Known As
  • BM — Byte Me
  • BMOTA — Byte Me On The Ass
  • BNF — Big Name Fan
  • BOHICA — Bend Over Here It Comes Again
  • BR — Bathroom
  • BRB — Be Right Back
  • BRT — Be Right There
  • BSF — But Seriously, Folks
  • BT — Byte This
  • BTA — But Then Again or Before The Attacks
  • BTDT — Been There Done That
  • BTDTGTS — Been There, Done That, Got The T-shirt
  • BTHOOM — Beats The Heck Out Of Me
  • BTSOOM — Beats The Sh** Out Of Me
  • BTW — By The Way
  • BTWBO — Be There With Bells On
  • BW — Best Wishes
  • BWDIK — But What Do I Know?
  • BWO — Black, White or Other
  • BYKT — But you Knew That
  • C/P — Cross Post
  • CB — Chat brat
  • CFV — Call For Vote
  • CIAO — Goodbye (in Italian)
  • CID — Consider It Done
  • CIS — CompuServe Information Service
  • CMF — Count My Fingers
  • CMIW — Correct Me if I’m Wrong
  • COB — Close Of Business
  • CofS — Church of Scientology
  • C-P — Sleepy
  • CRAP — Cheap Redundant Assorted Products
  • CRAT — Can’t Remember A Thing
  • CRS — Can’t Remember Sh**
  • CRTLA — Can’t Remember the Three-Letter Acronym
  • CSL — Can’t Stop Laughing
  • C-T — City
  • CU — See You
  • CUL — See You Later
  • CUL8ER — See You Later
  • CUL8R — See You Later
  • CUNS — See You In School!
  • CWYL — Chat With You Later
  • CY — Calm Yourself
  • CYA — Cover Your Ass
  • CYL — See You Later
  • CYT — See You Tomorrow
  • DARFC — Ducking And Running For Cover
  • DAU — Dumb A$$ User
  • DBEYR — Don’t Believe Everything You Read
  • DD — Due Diligence
  • DDD — Direct Distance Dial
  • DETI — Don’t Even Think It
  • DF — Dear Friend
  • DGA — Don’t Go Anywhere
  • DGT — Don’t Go There
  • DH — Dear Hubby or Husband
  • DHYB — Don’t Hold Your Breath
  • DIKU — Do I Know You
  • DIY — Do It Yourself
  • DKDC — Don’t Know Don’t Care
  • DL — Download
  • DLTM — Don’t Lie To Me
  • DMI — Don’t Mention It
  • DNC — Does Not Compute
  • DQYDJ — Don’t Quit Your Day Job
  • DRIB — Don’t Read If Busy
  • DUST — Did You See That?
  • DWYM — Does What You Mean
  • DYJHIW — Don’t You Just Hate it When…
  • DYSTSOTT — Did You See The Size Of That Thing
  • E123 — Easy as One, Two, Three
  • EAK — Eating at Keyboard
  • EG — Evil Grin
  • EL — Evil Laugh
  • EM? — Excuse Me?
  • EOD — End Of Day
  • EOM — End Of Message
  • ESO — Equipment Smarter than Operator
  • EULA — End-User License Agreement
  • EWI — E-mailing While Intoxicated
  • EZ — Easy
  • F2F — Face-to-Face
  • FAB — Features Attributes Benefits
  • FAQL — Frequently Asked Questions List
  • FAWC — For Anyone Who Cares
  • FBKS — Failure Between Keyboard and Seat
  • FE — Fatal Error
  • FF — Friends Forever
  • FF&PN — Fresh Fields and Pastures New
  • FISH — First in, Still Here
  • FITB — Fill in the Blanks
  • FOAF — Friend Of A Friend
  • FOC — Free of Charge
  • FOFL — Falling on Floor Laughing
  • FTASB — Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
  • FTL — Faster Than Light
  • FTTB — For The Time Being
  • FUBAR — Fouled up Beyond All Recognition
  • FUD — Fear, Uncertainty, and Disinformation
  • FWD — Forward
  • FWIW — For What It’s Worth
  • FYA — For Your Amusement
  • FYI — For Your Information
  • FYM — For Your Misinformation
  • GA — Go Ahead
  • GAL — Get A Life
  • GALGAL — Give A Little Get A Little
  • GBH — Great Big Hug
  • GD&R — Grinning, Ducking and Running
  • GG — Good Game (or) Gotta Go
  • GGN — Gotta Go Now
  • GIGO — Garbage In, Garbage Out
  • GIWIST — Gee, I Wish I’d Said That
  • GL — Good Luck
  • GLYASDI — God Loves You And So Do I
  • GMTA — Great Minds Think Alike
  • GMTFT — Great Minds Think For Themselves
  • GNBLFY — Got Nothing But Love For You
  • GOK — God Only Knows
  • GR&D — Grinning Running And Ducking
  • GR8 — Great
  • GRRRR — Growling
  • GTG — Got To Go
  • GTGB — Got To Go, Bye
  • GTGP — Got To Go Pee
  • GTH — Go To Hell
  • GTSY — Glad To See Ya
  • HAGD — Have a Great Day
  • HAGO — Have A Good One
  • HAK — Hugs And Kisses
  • HAND — Have a Nice Day
  • HB — Hurry Back
  • HD — Hold
  • HF — Hello, Friend
  • HHO1/2K — Ha Ha, Only Half Kidding
  • HHOJ — Ha-Ha, Only Joking
  • HHOK — Ha Ha, Only Kidding
  • HHOS — Ha-Ha, Only Being Serious
  • HHTYAY — Happy Holidays To You And Yours
  • HIH — Hope It Helps
  • HIOOC — Help! I’m Out Of Coffee
  • HOHA — Hollywood HAcker
  • HTH — Hope This (or That) Helps
  • HUA — Heads Up Ace
  • HUGZ — Hugs
  • I 1-D-R — I Wonder
  • IAC — In Any Case
  • IAC — In Any Case
  • IAE — In Any Event
  • IAITS — It’s All In The Subject
  • IANAC — I Am Not A Crook
  • IANAE — I Am Not an Expert
  • IANAL — I Am Not A Lawyer
  • IAT — I Am Tired
  • IBRB — I Will Be Right Back
  • IBT — In Between Technology
  • IBTD — I Beg To Differ
  • IC — In Character
  • ICBW — I Could Be Wrong
  • ID10T — Idiot
  • IDGI — I Don’t Get It
  • IDK — I Don’t Know
  • IDKY — I Don’t Know You
  • I-D-L — Ideal
  • IDM — It Does Not Matter
  • IDST — I Didn’t Say That
  • IDTS — I Don’t Think So
  • IEF — It’s Esther’s Fault
  • IFAB — I Found A Bug
  • IGTP — I Get The Point
  • IHAIM — I Have Another Instant Message
  • IHNO — I Have No Opinion
  • IIIO — Intel Inside, Idiot Outside
  • IIMAD — If It Makes A(ny) Difference
  • IIR — If I Remember or If I Recall
  • IIRC — If I Remember Correctly or If I Recall Correctly
  • IIWM — If It Were Me
  • ILICISCOMK — I Laughed, I Cried, I Spat/Spilt Coffee/Crumbs/Coke On My Keyboard
  • ILU — I Love You
  • ILY — I Love You
  • IM — Instant Messaging
  • IMHO — In My Humble Opinion
  • IMNSHO — In My Not So Humble Opinion
  • IMO — In My Opinion
  • IMS — I Am Sorry
  • INMP — It’s Not My Problem
  • INNW — If Not Now, When
  • INPO — In No Particular Order
  • IOH — I’m Outta Here
  • IOW — In Other Words
  • IRL — In Real Life
  • ISS — I Said So
  • ISTM — It Seems to Me
  • ISTR — I Seem To Remember
  • ISWYM — I See What You Mean
  • ITM — In The Money
  • IUM — If You Must
  • IYKWIM — If You Know What I Mean
  • IYKWIMAITYD — If You Know What I Mean And I Think You Do
  • IYO — In Your Opinion
  • IYSS — If You Say So
  • IYSWIM — If You See What I Mean
  • J/C — Just Checking
  • J/K — Just Kidding!
  • J/W — Just Wondering
  • JAD — Just Another day
  • JAM — Just a Minute
  • JK — Just Kidding
  • JM2C — Just My 2 Cents
  • JOOTT — Just One Of Those Things
  • JT — Just Teasing
  • K — Okay or All Right
  • KBD — Keyboard
  • KEWL — Cool
  • KFY — Kiss For You
  • KIR — Keep It Real
  • KISS — Keep It Simple Stupid
  • KIT — Keep In Touch
  • KOK — Knock
  • KOTC — Kiss On The Cheek
  • KOTL — Kiss On The Lips
  • KWIM — Know What I Mean
  • L8R — Later
  • LD — Long Distance
  • LDTTWA — Let’s Do The Time Warp Again
  • LIFO — Last In First Out
  • LLTA — Lots And Lots Of Thunderous Applause
  • LMK — Let Me Know
  • LOL — Laughing Out Loud -or- Lots of Luck (or Love)
  • LOLA — Laugh Out Loud Again
  • LOOL — Laughing Outragously Out Loud
  • LOPSOD — Long On Promises, Short On Delivery
  • LRF — Little Rubber Feet
  • LTIC — Laughing ‘Til I Cry
  • LTNS — Long Time No See
  • LWR — Launch When Ready
  • LYL — Love Ya Lots
  • LYLAB — Love You Like a Brother
  • LYLAS — Love You Like A Sister
  • M8 or M8s — Mate or Mates
  • MFD — Multi-Function Device
  • MHBFY — My Heart Bleeds For You
  • MHOTY — My Hat’s Off To You
  • MIHYAP — May I Have Your Attention Please
  • MKOP — My Kind Of Place
  • MM — Market Maker
  • MMHA2U — My Most Humble Apologies To You
  • MOMPL — One Moment Please
  • MOO — Mud, Object-Oriented
  • MOOS — Member Of The Opposite Sex
  • MOSS — Member Of The Same Sex
  • MOTAS — Member Of The Appropriate Sex
  • MOTD — Message Of The Day
  • MOTSS — Members Of The Same Sex
  • MSG — Message
  • MTBF — Mean Time Between Failure
  • MTFBWY — May The Force Be With You
  • MUBAR — Messed up Beyond All Recognition
  • MWBRL — More Will Be Revealed Later
  • MYOB — Mind Your Own Business
  • N/A — Not Applicable -or- Not Affiliated
  • N/T — No Text
  • N2M — Not To Mention
  • NALOPKT — Not A Lot of People Know That
  • N-A-Y-L — In A While
  • NAZ — Name, Address, Zip (also means Nasdaq)
  • NBD — No Big Deal
  • NBIF — No Basis In Fact
  • NCG — New College Graduate
  • N-E-1 — Anyone
  • N-E-1 ER — Anyone Here?
  • NG — New Game
  • NIM — No Internal Message
  • NIMBY — Not In My Back Yard
  • NIMQ — Not In My Queue
  • NM — Never Mind or Nothing Much
  • NMP — Not My Problem
  • NOYB — None Of Your Business
  • NP — No Problem
  • NQOCD — Not Quite Our Class Dear
  • NRG — Energy
  • NRN — No Reply Necessary
  • NTK — Nice To Know
  • NTYMI — Now That You Mention It
  • NUFF — Enough Said
  • NW — No Way!
  • OAUS — On An Unrelated Subject
  • OBTW — Oh By The Way
  • OEM — Original Equipment Manufacturer
  • OIC — Oh, I see
  • OK — All Correct
  • OLL — On-Line Love
  • OMDB — Over My Dead Body
  • OMG — Oh My Gosh
  • OMIK — Open Mouth, Insert Keyboard
  • ONNA — Oh No, Not Again
  • ONNTA — Oh No, Not This Again
  • OOC — Out Of Character
  • OOF — Out Of Facility
  • OOI — Out Of Interest
  • OOO — Out Of Office
  • OOTB — Out Of The Box -or- Out Of The Blue
  • OOTC — Obligatory On Topic Comment
  • OS — Operating System
  • OT — Off Topic
  • OTOH — On the Other Hand
  • OTP — On the Phone
  • OTT — Over the Top
  • OTTOMH — Off the Top of my Head
  • OUSU — Oh, You Shut Up
  • OWTTE — Or Words To That Effect
  • OZ — stands for: Australia
  • P&C — Private and Confidential
  • PANS — Pretty Awesome New Stuff
  • PD — Public Domain
  • PDQ — Pretty Darn Quick
  • PEBCAK — Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard
  • PLS — Please
  • PM — Personal Message
  • PMFJI — Pardon Me For Jumping In
  • PMIGBOM — Put Mind In Gear Before Opening Mouth
  • PMJI — Pardon My Jumping In
  • PONA — Person Of No Account
  • POOF — Good-bye
  • POS — Parent Over Shoulder
  • POV — Point of View
  • PS — Post Script
  • PU — That Stinks
  • P-ZA — Pizza
  • QL — Quit Laughing!
  • QS — Quit Scrolling
  • QT — Cutie
  • R&D — Research & Development
  • R&R — Rest & Relaxation
  • RAT — Remote(ly) Activated Trojan
  • RBAY — Right Back At Ya
  • RBTL — Read Between The Lines
  • RE — Regards or Hello Again
  • RFD — Request For Discussion
  • RL — Real Life
  • RLF — Real Life Friend
  • RMLB — Read My Lips Baby
  • RMMM — Read My Mail Man!
  • RN — Right Now!
  • ROFL — Rolling on the Floor Laughing
  • ROFLMAO — Rolling on the Floor Laughing My A$$ Off
  • ROTFL — Rolling On The Floor Laughing
  • ROTFLOL — Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud
  • ROTM — Right On The Money
  • RSN — Real Soon Now
  • RTBS — Reason To Be Single
  • RTFAQ — Read the FAQ File
  • RTFM — Read the Freakin’ Manual!
  • RTK — Return To Keyboard
  • RU — Are You?
  • RUOK — Are you Okay?
  • RUUP4IT — Are You Up For It
  • RX — Regards
  • S2R — Send To Receive
  • S4L — Spam For Life
  • SBTA — Sorry, Being Thick Again
  • SCNR — Sorry, Could Not Resist
  • SED — Said Enough Darling
  • SEP — Somebody Else’s Problem
  • SF — Surfer Friendly or Science Fiction
  • SFAIAA — So Far As I Am Aware
  • SFETE — Smiling From Ear To Ear
  • SFX — Sound Effects
  • SITCOMs — Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage
  • SITD — Still In The Dark
  • SLIRK — Smart Little Rich Kid
  • SMAIM — Send Me An Instant Message
  • SME — Subject Matter Expert
  • SMEM — Send Me E-Mail
  • SNAG — Sensitive New Age Guy
  • SNERT — Snotty Nosed Egotistical Rotten Teenager
  • SO — Significant Other (ie., spouse, boy/girlfriend)
  • SOHF — Sense Of Humor Failure
  • SOP — Standard Operating Procedure
  • SRO — Standing Room Only
  • SSDD — Same Sh** Different Day
  • SSEWBA — Someday Soon, Everything Will Be Acronyms
  • STFU — Shut The F*** Up
  • STM — Spank The Monkey
  • STR8 — Straight
  • STYS — Speak To You Soon
  • SUYF — Shut Up You Fool
  • SWAK — Sent (or Sealed) With A Kiss
  • SWALK — Sealed With A Loving Kiss
  • SWDYT — So What Do You Think?
  • SYS — See You Soon
  • TAFN — That Is All for Now
  • TAH — Take A Hike
  • TANSTAAFL — There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
  • TBA — To Be Advised
  • TBC — To Be Continued
  • TCB — The Trouble Came Back!
  • TDM — Too Darn Many
  • TEOTWAWKI — The End Of The World As We Know It
  • TFDS — That is For Darn Sure
  • TFN — Thanks For Nothing -or- Til Further Notice
  • TFX — Traffic
  • TGIF — Thank God it Is Friday
  • THX or TX or THKS — Thanks
  • TIA — Thanks In Advance
  • TIAIL — Think I Am In Love
  • TIC — Tongue In Cheek
  • TK — To Come
  • TLA — Three Letter Acronym
  • TLGO — The List Goes On
  • TLK-2-U-L-8-R — Talk to You Later
  • TM — Trust Me
  • TMI — Too Much Information
  • TMTOWTDI — There’s More Than One Way To Do It
  • TNA — Temporarily Not Available
  • TNC — Tongue In Cheek
  • TNX — Thanks
  • TOM — Tomorrow
  • TOT — Tons of Time
  • TP — Team Player
  • TPC — The Phone Company
  • TPTB — The Powers That Be
  • TSR — Totally Stuck in RAM
  • TTFN — Ta Ta For Now
  • TTG — Time to Go
  • TTS — Text to Speech
  • TTT — That’s The Ticket -or- To The Top
  • TTUL — Talk to You Later
  • TTYL — Talk To You Later
  • TVN — Thank You Very Much
  • TWHAB — This Won’t Hurt A Bit
  • TWIMC — To Whom it may Concern
  • TXS — Thanks
  • TY — Thank You
  • TYVM — Thank You Very Much
  • U — You
  • U2 — You Too?
  • U-L — You Will
  • unPC — unPolitically Correct
  • UPOD — Under Promise Over Deliver
  • UR — You Are
  • UR WS — You Are Wise
  • URYY4M — You Are Too Wise For Me
  • VBG — Very Big Grin
  • VBS — Very Big Smile
  • VC — Venture Capital
  • VEG — Very Evil Grin
  • VFM — Value For Money
  • VM — Voice Mail
  • VRBS — Virtual Reality Bull Sh*t
  • VSF — Very Sad Face
  • W/O — Without
  • WAD — Without A Doubt
  • WAI — What An Idiot
  • WAMBAM — Web Application Meets Brick And Mortar
  • WB — Welcome Back or Write Back
  • WBS — Write Back Soon
  • WC — Who Cares?
  • WCA — Who Cares Anyway
  • WDYS — What Did You Say?
  • WDYT — What Do You Think?
  • WE — Whatever
  • WEG — Wicked Evil Grin
  • WF — Way Fun
  • WFM — Works For Me
  • WG — Wicked Grin
  • WIIFM — What’s In It For Me?
  • WISP — Winning Is So Pleasureable
  • WIT — Wordsmith In Training
  • WNOHGB — Were No One Has Gone Before
  • WOG — Wise Old Guy
  • WOMBAT — Waste Of Money, Brains And Time
  • WRT — With Regard To or With Respect To
  • WT — Without Thinking
  • WTB — Want To Buy
  • WTG — Way To Go!
  • WTH — What the Heck
  • WTTM — Without Thinking To Much
  • WU? — What is Up
  • WWY? — Where Were You?
  • WX — Weather
  • WYCM? — Will You Call Me?
  • WYP — What’s Your Problem?
  • WYS — Whatever You Say
  • WYSIWYG — What You See Is What You Get
  • WYSLPG — What You See Looks Pretty Good
  • WYT — Whatever You Think
  • WYWH — Wish You Were Here
  • XME — Excuse Me
  • XOXO — Hugs and Kisses
  • YA — Yet Another
  • YA yaya — Yet Another Ya-Ya (as in yo-yo)
  • YACC — Yet Another Calendar Company
  • YAFIYGI — You Asked For It You Got It
  • YCT — Your Comment To
  • YDKM — You Don’t Know Me
  • YGBK — You Gotta Be Kiddin’
  • YHM — You Have Mail
  • YIC — Yours In Christ
  • YKW? — You Know What?
  • YMMV — Your Mileage May Vary
  • YNK — You Never Know
  • YOYO — You’re On Your Own
  • YR — Yeah Right
  • YSYD — Yeah, Sure You Do
  • YTTT — You Telling The Truth?
  • YW — You are Welcome
  • YWIA — You’re Welcome In Advance
  • YYSSW — Yeah Yeah Sure Sure Whatever
  • ZZZ — Sleeping, Bored, Tired