* 10q — Thank you[1]
* 10x — Thanks[1]
* 1337 — From the word Leet, derived from the word elite[2]
* 2 — Too, or to[1]
* 2L8 — Too late[3]
* 2U2 — To you too[3]
* <3 — Love[4] (a sideways heart)
* 4 — For[1]
* 404 — I haven't a clue; from the code for the common "Not Found" HTTP error message[3]
* 4GM — Forgive me[3]
* ?4U — Question for you[3]
A
* AAMOF — As a matter of fact[3]
* ADN — Any day now[4]
* AFAICR/S/T — As far as I can recall / remember / see / tell[1]
* AFAIK — As far as I know[5]
* AFK — Away from keyboard[5]
* AKA — Also known as[3]
* AITR — Adult in the room[4]
* AIUI — As I understand it[1]
* AMHIK — Ask me how I know[6]
* ANFSCD — And Now For Something Completely Different. Used to change the subject of conversation[6]
* ASAP — As soon as possible[7]
* ASL or A/S/L — Age / sex / location[3][8]
* ATEOTD — At The End of the Day[6]
* ATM — At the moment[5]
* ATYS — Anything you say[3]
* AWA — As well as[3]
* AWOL — Absent Without (Official) Leave[1]
* AYBABTU (also abbreviated as AYB) — All your base are belong to us (from the video game Zero Wing)[1]
B
* borked — Thoroughly broken[9]
* Bai — Bye[8]
* B2B — Business to Business[5]
* BB — Bye bye[1]
* BBIAB — Be back in a bit[8]
* BBIAF — Be back in a few / flash[1]
* BBL/S — Be back later / shortly / soon[8]
* BBQ — Be back quick[1]
* B/C — Because
* BCNU — Be seein' you[5]
* BF — Boy friend
* BFF — Best friends forever[8]
* BFFL — Best friends for life[1]
* BFN — Bye for now[1]
* BFFN — Best Friend For Now
* Blog — Also known as web log or an online journal[1]
* BOF — Beginning of file[1]
* Boot — To eject someone from a chatroom. Also, see kick.[10]
* BOFH — Bastard operator from hell[5]
* BOHICA — Bend Over Here It Comes Again[1]
* Bot — Any type of automated software in chatrooms and web-cataloguing software[11]
* Br/BR — Best regards
* BRB — Be right back[5]
* BRT — Be right there[1]
* BS — Backstab / Bullshit[1]
* BSOD — Blue Screen of Death[5]
* BTDT — Been there done that[8]
* BTDTGTTSAWIO — Been there, done that, got the T-shirt and wore it out[12]
* BTW — By the way[11]
* Bump — Increment (For example, C++'s operator.)[5] or a backronym for "Bring Up My Post"[1]
* BW or B/W — Between or black-and-white.[13]
C
* CD9 — Code 9 – Parents nearby[12]
* CBA — Can't Be Arsed. A term to indicate or dictate laziness.[1]
* CBF — Can't Be ****ed. A term used frequently out of laziness.[14]
* chown — Change owner. (used in Unix systems)[1]
* CMIIW — Correct me if I'm wrong[1]
* Crawl — To retrieve a web page along with the hyperlinks that reference it[11]
* Crapplet — A poorly written computer application[14]
* CTN — Can't Talk Now[1]
* CU — See you (later)[5]
* CYA — See ya OR Cover Your Ass[1]
* Cyber (prefix) — A term used to connect the subsequent word loosely to the world of computers or the Internet or sex over a computer[11]
* Cyberspace — Virtual reality, the Internet, the World Wide Web, and other kinds of computer systems. Science fiction author William Gibson popularized the term in his novel Neuromancer. Gibson used the word to describe a virtual world of computer networks that his cyberpunk heroes 'jacked into'[11]
D
* DDG — Drop Dead Gorgeous[1]
* DFTT — Don't feed the trolls[6]
* DGAF — Don't Give A ****[1]
* DIAF — Die in a fire[6]
* DILLIGAF/D/S — Does it look like I give a flip / **** / damn / ****[6]
* DL — Download[1]
* DND — Do not disturb[1]
* DOA — Dead on arrival. Refers to hardware that has never worked.[5]
* DW — Don't Worry.[6]
E
* Eh — Huh / What / Hey / Yes
* EOF — End Of File[5]
* EOM — End of Message[8]
* EOL — End of Life. Device or hardware that is at the end of its product life cycle[8]
* EQ — EverQuest[1]
* ETA — Estimated time of arrival[1], later (especially on blogs), Edited To Add-[6]
F
* FAQ — Frequently Asked Question(s)[5]
* FFS — For ****'s sake[8]
* Flamer — Someone who makes inflammatory, abusive or directly offensive comments. Similar to, but not quite the same as an Internet troll[5]
* FMCDH — From My Cold Dead Hands[1]
* FOAD/FOND — **** off 'n'/and die[5]
* FOAF — Friend of a friend[5]
* FP — First Post[6]
* FTFY — Fixed That For You[1]
* FTL — For the lose / loss[6]
* FTW — For the win / **** the world[8][1]
* FTS — **** that ****
* FU — **** you[1]
* FUBAR — ****ed up beyond all recognition / repair[5]
* FUD — Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (the purposeful spread of misinformation)[5]
* FWIW — For what it's worth[5]
* FYI — For your information[5]
G
* GBCW — Goodbye Cruel World[6] – a dramatic leave taking of a forum or site [15]
* GBTW — Get back to work[1]
* GD — Good day[1]
* GF — Great/good fight; or girlfriend[1]
* GFETE — Grinning from ear to ear[6]
* GFY — Good for you[1]
* GG — Good game / Good group, generally used at or near the conclusion of a gaming match, also used to describe a game that is very one sided and therefore considered already over[8]
* GGF — Go Get ****ed[1]
* GIYF — Google is your friend[1]
* GL — Good luck, often used at beginning of a contest[8]
* GLHF — Good luck and have fun[1]
* GLTYT — Good luck to you, too, a formal response to "gl"[1]
* GJ — Good job[1]
* GM — Good morning
* GMTA — Great minds think alike[1]
* Godwin's Law — Dictates that the longer a thread, the more likely someone will post a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler[16]
* GOI / GTFOI — Get over it/Get the **** over it[1]
* Gratz — Congratulations[1]
* GTH (or G2H) — Go to hell[1]
* GTFO — Get the **** out OR Get the **** off[1]
* GTG or G2G — 'Got to go' or 'Good to go'[8]
* GR — Gateway Router[1]
* GR8 — Great[1]
H
* HAND — Have A Nice Day[5]
* Handle — Name used in online chat, (AKA nick(name), alias, screen/user name)[11]
* HF — Have fun/High-five[1]
* Haxor or H4x0r (1337) — Hacker[8]
* Hit — A request made to the web server, (noun) the results of an internet search, (verb) loading a Web page. Hits are not equivalent to visitors of a webpage.[11]
* Home page — The website's introduction page, starting point, and guide. The technical term is "index"[11]
* Hot list — A collection of publicly available URLs (World Wide Web site addresses), sometimes available as text files.[11]
* h/t — Hat tip (thanking the source for a reference on a blog)[1]
* HTH — Hope this / that helps, or happy to help[5]
* H8 — Hate[1]
I
* IANAL — I am not a lawyer[5]
* IAWTC — I agree with that/this comment[1]
* IBTL — In before the lock[14]
* ICB — I Can't Believe [1]
* ID10T — Fictitious software error code for "idiot" (e.g. "you got an ID10T error")[1]
* IDC — I don't care[1]
* IDGAF — I don't give a ****[14]
* IDK — I don't know[5]
* IHY — I hate you[1]
* IIGHT - Alright; OK[17]
* IINM — If I'm not mistaken[1]
* IIRC — If I recall / remember correctly[5]
* IIUC — If I understand correctly[1]
* ILY — I love you[14]
* IMO/IMHO/IMNSHO/IMAO — In my (humble / honest / not so humble / arrogant) opinion[5][11][9]
* Information superhighway — The Internet (AKA: I-way, infobahn)[11]
* IONO — I don't know[1]
* IOTTMCO — Intuitively obvious to the most casual observer (sometimes IOTTMCOO … of observers)[1]
* IOW — In other words[5]
* IRC — Internet Relay Chat[5]
* IRL — In real life[5]
* ISTR — I Seem To Recall[6]
* ITA — I Totally Agree
* ITYM — I Think You Mean[1]
* IWSN — I want sex now[14]
* IYKWIM — If you know what I mean[18]
* IKWYM — I know what you mean[6]
* IKYABWAI — I know you are, but what am I?[1]
J
* Jaggy — Aliased computer graphics[11]
* JAS — Just a second[1]
* JIC' — Just in case[1]
* JFGI — Just ****ing/Freaking Google It[6]
* JK or j/k — Just kidding, or joke[1] Can also stand for "Joe Kalicki", a synonym for "own" or "pwn", eg. "Oh man, you totally JK'ed that dude!"
* JSYK — Just so you know[1]
* JFTR — Just for the records[1]
* JOOC — Just out of curiosity[1]
* JW — Just wondering [6]
* JFK — Just ****ing Kidding
K
* k or kk — OK[6]
* Kick — Eject a client from the channel by a channel operator, used frequently on Internet Relay Chat.[19] Also, see boot.
* KIR — Keeping it real[3]
* KISS — Keep it simple stupid.[6]
* KIT — Keep in touch[3]
* KMA — Kiss my ass[1]
* KOS — Kill on sight[1]
* KOTC/L — Kiss on the cheek/lips[3]
* KS(ing) — Kill-Steal(ing)[1]
* KTHX — OK, thanks[6]
* KTHXBAI or KTHXBYE — OK, thanks, goodbye, used either to cut short a conversation or to express displeasure with being cut short[6]
* KWIM — Know what I mean?[6]
L
* L2P — Learn to play; an admonishment to new or incompetent video game players.[1]
* L8R — Later (sometimes abbreviated to L8ER); is commonly used in chat rooms and other text based communications as a way of saying good bye.[8]
* Lag — Slang term for slow Internet speeds or high Internet latency; Lag is sometimes due to a server problem, but more frequently due to the connection between client and server. A slow or intermittent connection may often be referred to as laggy[5]
* Lamer — A know-nothing, one who is lame.[5]
* Leet — Often spelled as l33t or 1337 in ASCII form. It originally meant elite[5]. Can be both complimentary and pejorative in use depending on context..
* LFG, LFP — Looking for group, looking for (hunting) party. Typically used in relation to MMORPGs.[1]
* LFM — Looking for more[1]
* LIMH- Laughing in my head
* LMAO, LMFAO, LMMFAO — Laughing my ass off, laughing my ****ing ass off, laughing my mother****ing ass off[8]
* LMIRL — Let's meet in real life.[1]
* LMK — Let me know[1]
* LOFL — Laughing out ****ing loud[1]
* LOL — Laughing out loud, laugh out loud. Occasionally: lots of love, lots of luck[5][20]
* LOTI — Laughing on the inside[1]
* LTNS — Long time no see[8]
* Lulz — A corruption of LOL, which stands for laugh out loud.[21]
* Lurker — Someone who frequents a Usenet group without participating in discussions[5]
* Luser — Loser + user; an annoying user from the perspective of tech support or a system administrator; also spelled luzer or luzzer[22].
* LYLAB — Love you like a brother[1]
* LYLAS — Love you like a sister[1]
M
* Meh — A term meaning bored or unimaginative. Common use on forums.
* 'Moar' - More
* MMORPG, MMO — Massive Multi-player Online Role Playing Game[8]
* MMOFPS — Massive Multi-player Online First Person Shooter[1]
* MOO — MUD (Multi-User Dungeon) Object Orientated [1]
* MOTD — Message of the day[5]
* MS — Microsoft[1]
* MT — Miss tell[6]
* MTFBWY — May The Force be with you[6]
* MUD — Multi-User Dungeon[5]
* MUSH — Multi-User Shared Hallucination[5]
* MYOB — Mind your own business[5]
* M8 — Mate[1]
N
* N — No[1]
* N1 — Nice one
* N2M — Not(hing) too much[23]
* N2B — Not too bad[23]
* NE1 — "Anyone"[24]
* Newbie — A user who is new to a system or game.
* noob, or n00b — An alternative spelling of "newb" (short for "newbie"), although generally used in a derogatory context; a user who is ignorant about a system or game[1]
* NFW — No ****ing way[25]
* NFG — No ****ing good
* NM — (Sometimes written N/M) Not much, Never mind or no message, used on message boards or in e-mails to indicate that everything is already said in the subject line.[8][26]
* NN — No need (used in trading during online gaming (such as Diablo 2). Night night. Used as an alternative for "good night"[1]
* NP — No problem[8]
* NSFW — Not safe for work. Warning about content that may get the viewer in trouble with his employer or co-workers.[27][28]
* NTL — Need the loo[1]
* NTY — No, Thank You[1]
* NVM, NVMD, or nm — Nevermind, not much[29]
O
* O RLY — Oh really?[30]
* OH OK — A sarcastic okay [5]
* OIC — Oh, I see[5]
* OFN — Old ****ing news[5]
* OMG — Oh, my Gosh/God[8]
* OMFG — Oh, my ****ing God[8]
* OMGWTFBBQ — Oh my God, What the ****, Barbecue[1]
* OMW — On my way or Oh my word[1]
* ONL — Online or to go online[1]
* OOC — Out Of Character / Out Of Combat[1]
* OP — Original poster / Operator / Outpost / Over Powered[1]
* OS — Operating system[5]
* OT — Off topic[1]
* OTOH — On the other hand[5]
* OTP — On the phone or One true pairing[1]
P
* P2P — Peer to peer, or pay to play[1]
* P911 — Parent emergency (watch what you type)[12]
* PAW — Parents are watching[18]
* PEBKAC — Problem exists between keyboard and chair[5]
* Ping — From the popular network monitoring tool, used as a greeting similar to "Are you there?".[31]
* PHD — Perverted Homosexual Donkey
* PHDF — Perverted Homosexual Donkey ****er
* PITA — Pain in the arse / ass[5]
* PLMK — Please let me know[5]
* plz or pls — Please[1]
* PM — Personal message or private message[1]
* PMJI — Pardon my jumping in[1]
* PMSL — Pissing My Self Laughing[1]
* ::POOF:: — Goodbye (leaving the room)[3]
* POS — Piece of ****, parent over shoulder, packet over SONet, or Point of Sale.[8]
* POTS — Plain old telephone service[5]
* POV — Point of view[18]
* PPL — People[18]
* PST — Please send tell[1]
* PTKFGS — Punch the Keys For God's Sake[1]
* pr0n — Intentional misspelling of porn[1]
* PW — Persistent World (gaming)[6]
* pwned or pwnd — Owned[6]
Q
* QFA — Quoted for accuracy. Similar to QFT[6]
* QFT — Quoted for truth, Quit ****ing talking[1]
* QLTM — Quietly laughing to myself[32]
* QT — Cutie[3]
R
* Rehi (or merely re) — Hello again[5]
* RL — Real Life[5]
* RO(T)FL — Rolling on (the) floor laughing[5]
* RO(T)FLMAO — Rolling on (the) floor laughing my ass off[5]
* RO(T)FLOL — Rolling on (the) floor laughing out loud[5]
* RSN — Real soon now (often used sarcastically)[5]
* RTFB — Read the ****ing binary (or book)[5]
* RTFFAQ — Read the ****ing FAQ[5]
* RTFQ — Read the ****ing/fabulous (polite)/freaking (polite) question [6]
* RTFS — Read the ****ing source[5]
* RTFM/RTM — Read the (****ing) manual[5]
* RYC — Regarding your comment[5]
S
* SCNR — Sorry, could not resist[7]
* sk8/sk8r — skate/skater[6]
* SLG - Super Laggy Game. Used to describe online games in which lag interferes with gameplay.
* Smiley — Another name for emoticons[11]
* SMH — Shaking my head[6]
* SNAFU — Situation normal: all (****ed/[5]fouled) up[1]
* Snail mail — Normal paper mail service[11]
* Spider — The program behind a search engine[11]
* Sry — Sorry[8]
* STFU — Shut the **** up[14]
* STFW — Search the ****ing web[5]
* Soz — Sorry[8]
* SWIM — Someone Who Isn't Me[1]
* SRSLY — seriously[33]
T
* T4P — Tell for people[5]
* TANSTAAFL — There ain't no such thing as a free lunch, from Robert A. Heinlein's novel The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress[5]
* TBF — Time between failures[5]
* TBH, TBQH — To be (quite) honest[6]
* TFTC — Thanks for the Cache (a Geocaching term)[1]
* TG — That's great[6]
* TGIF — Thank God it's Friday[1]
* TH(N)X, TNX or TX — Thanks[8]
* TIA — Thanks in advance[5]
* TINC — There Is No Cabal, a term discouraging conspiracy theories[5]
* TISNF — This is so not fair[1]
* TL;DR, TL;DNR — Too Long; Didn't/Did Not Read, an admonishment that a post is too lengthy or lacks worthwhile content[1]
* TMI — Too much information[1]
* TOS — Terms of service[5]
* TPW — Top Post Whore[6]
* Troll — See Internet Troll
* TTBOMK — To the best of my knowledge[7]
* TTFN — Ta ta for now[5]
* TTT — To the top, used in forums to bump a thread[1]
* TTTH — Talk to the hand[6]
* TTYL — Talk to you later (also spelled TTUL, T2UL or T2YL)[5]
* TTYS — Talk to you soon[1]
* TTYTT — To Tell You The Truth[1]
* Tweedler — One who has deep love for all computer related technology and gadgets[11]
* TWIAVBP — The World Is A Very Big Place, used to flag regionally-specific usages. Example: "We ate roasted corn (TWIAVBP: maize) at the picnic."[1]
* TWIMC — To Whom It May Concern[6]
* TY or Thx — Thank you[8]
* TYT — Take your time[5]
* TVM or TYVM — Thank you / Thanks / Ta very much, Thank you very much[18]
U
* U, Ur — You, your[1], you're
* URW — You are/you're welcome
* UTFSE — Use the ****ing search engine[1]
* URAQT — You are a cutie and a song by British rapper M.I.A.
V
* VB(SE)G — Very big (****-eating) grin[3].
* VEG/S — Very evil grin/smile[3].
* Vlog — Video blog [34]
* VWG/S — Very wicked grin/smile[3].
W
* w00t, w00T or WOOT — First two express exuberance, and the last is a backronym for the term "We Own the Other Team".[1] or "Wow, lOOT". See L33t
* W/ or W/O — With or without[1]
* WB — Welcome back[5]
* WBU — What 'Bout (about) You[5]
* WD — Well Done[1]
* W/E — Whatever[1]
* WP — Well Played[6]
* WRT — With respect / regard to[5]
* WRUD — What are you doing?[1]
* WTB — Want to buy[1]
* WTF — What the ****[5]
* WTFIMFT — What the **** is mother ****ing this [1]
* WTG — Way to go[5]
* WTH — What the hell, What the heck[5]
* WTS — Want to sell[1]
* WTSHTF — When The **** Hits The Fan[1]
* WTT — Want to trade[1]
* WUBU2 — What (have) you been up to?[1]
* WUG — What you got?[1]
* WUM — Wind-Up Merchant[1]
* WUU2 — What (are) you up to?[1]
* WUW — What you want?[1]
* WWJD — What Would Judas Do?/We Want Jack Daniels[1]
* WYSIWTF — What you see is what the **** - generally said after using Microsoft Frontpage's "WYSIWYG" interface to make a page - UserFriendy Comic Strip.
* WYSIWYG — What you see is what you get[5][11]
* W8 — Wait[1]
Y
* Y — Yes, Why[8]
* YA RLY — Yeah Really[1] (invariably preceded by "O RLY")
* YHBT — You have been trolled.[6]
* YHL — You have lost[6]
* YKW — You know what?[14]
* YMMV — Your mileage may vary.[8]
* YT — You there?[1]
* YTMND — You're The Man Now, Dog[1]
* YW — You're welcome.[1]
* YOYO — You're On Your Own.[1]
* YOYOW — You own your own words.[1]
Z
* ZOMG (sometimes OMGZ) — A variation of OMG (Oh My God/Gosh) used to indicate extreme excitement[8]
* ZOMGWTFBBQ — A variation of ZOMG and OMG, also used to indicate an extremely surprising and exciting event.
