Chat lingo

Chat lingo

Because of the written nature of chatroom discussions and the need to type fairly quickly when involved in them, chatters often use abbreviations. Below is a list of the most common ones:

AFAIK As far as I know
afk away from keyboard (not available to respond)
ASAP As Soon As Possible
ASL Age/Sex/Location
BRB Be right back
CU See you
FYI For your information
IIRC If I recall correctly
IMHO In my humble opinion
IRL in real life
g2g got to go
gl good luck
j/k just kidding
lol laughing out loud
k Okay
ne1 anyone
np no problem
omg Oh my gosh
plz Please
ppl people
ROTFL Rolling on the floor laughing
SYL See you later
thx Thanks
ty thank you
TTYL Talk to you later
ur "your" or "you are"
w with
w/o without


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