Contraction in texting
Can you work out the meaning of this text message conversation between 2 friends?
Sam: Jen RU coming to the party tmrw?texting
Jen: Yeah. Y?
Sam: GR8. B/C I want U2B my GF
Jen: I thought you liked my BFF
Sam: No I like U
Jen: I have a BF
Sam: IDC. IMHO he’s an idiot
Jen: BION I like him
Sam: I want you. IYKWIM
Jen: TMI. Lets talk F2F tmrw
Sam: I’ve never felt like this B4. ILU
Jen: PCM now
Sam: Haha JK. U believed me? ROFL. I don’t like you!.
Jen: UR def not funny!
Sam: LOL. K CU tmrw. ETA?
Jen: IDK. 9 I guess
Sam: LMK
Jen: GTG TTYL
Sam: BFN XOXO
Have Fun
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Have fun with English
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⚪️ These are used a lot in chat conversations and text messages as a way to speed up conversations, get points across quickly and type less when you’re in a rush.
try to learn some of them so you can impress your friends (or at least understand the messages you receive 👌🏻🙌🏻
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⚪️2moro = Tomorrow
⚪️2nte = Tonight
⚪️AEAP = As Early as Possible
⚪️ALAP = As Late as Possible
⚪️ASAP = As Soon as Possible
⚪️B3 = Blah, Blah, Blah
⚪️B4YKI = Before You Know it
⚪️BFF = Best Friends, Forever
⚪️BM&Y = Between Me and You
⚪️BRB = Be right Back
⚪️BRT = Be right There
⚪️BTAM = Be that as it May
⚪️C-P = Sleepy
⚪️CTN = Cannot talk now
⚪️CUS = See You Soon
⚪️CWOT = Complete Waste of Time
⚪️CYT = See You Tomorrow
⚪️E123 = Easy as 1, 2, 3
⚪️EM? = Excuse Me?
⚪️EOD = End of Day
⚪️F2F = Face to Face
⚪️FC = Fingers Crossed
⚪️FOAF = Friend of a Friend
⚪️GR8 = Great
⚪️HAK = Hugs and Kisses
⚪️IDC = I Don't Care
⚪️IDK = I Don't Know
⚪️ILU / ILY = I Love You
⚪️IMU = I Miss You
⚪️IRL = In Real Life
⚪️J/K = Just Kidding
⚪️JC = Just Checking
⚪️JTLYK = Just to Let You Know
⚪️KFY = Kiss for You
⚪️KMN = Kill Me Now
⚪️KPC = Keeping Parents Clueless
⚪️L8R = Later
⚪️MoF = Male or Female
⚪️MTFBWY = May the Force be with You
⚪️MYOB = Mind Your Own Business
⚪️N-A-Y-L = In a While
⚪️NAZ = Name, Address, ZIP
⚪️NC = No Comment
⚪️NIMBY = Not in my Backyard
⚪️NM = Never Mind / Nothing Much
⚪️NP = No Problem
⚪️NSFW = Not Safe for Work
⚪️NTIM = Not that it Matters
⚪️NVM = Never Mind
⚪️OATUS = On a totally Unrelated Subject
⚪️OIC = Oh, I See
⚪️OMW = On My Way
⚪️OTL = Out to Lunch
⚪️OTP = On the Phone
⚪️P911 = Parent Alert
⚪️PAL = Parents are Listening
⚪️PAW = Parents are Watching
⚪️PIR = Parent in Room
⚪️POS = Parent over Shoulder
⚪️PROP(S) = Proper Respect Proper Recognition
⚪️QT = Cutie
⚪️RN = Right Now
⚪️RU = Are You
⚪️SEP = Someone else's Problem
⚪️SITD = Still in the Dark
⚪️SLAP = Sounds like a Plan
⚪️SMIM = Send Me an Instant Message
⚪️SO = Significant Other
⚪️TMI = Too Much Information
⚪️UR = Your / You are
⚪️W8 = Wait
⚪️WB = Welcome Back
⚪️WYCM = Will You Call Me?
⚪️WYWH = Wish You Were Here
⚪️XOXOXOX = Hugs, Kisses, ...
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As you can see, some meanings are quite obvious but others are impossible to work out unless you’ve learnt them
Good luck! 🙋🏼♀️
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Have fun with English
These are used a lot in chat conversations and text messages as a way to speed up conversations, get points across quickly and type less when you’re in a rush.
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🐠2F4U = Too Fast For You
🐠4YEO FYEO = For Your Eyes Only
🐠AAMOF = As a Matter of Fact
🐠ACK = Acknowledgment
🐠AFAIK = As far as I know
🐠AFAIR = As far as I remember / recall
🐠AFK = Away from Keyboard
🐠AKA = Also known as
🐠B2K BTK = Back to Keyboard
🐠BTT = Back to Topic
🐠BTW = By the Way
🐠B/C = Because
🐠C&P = Copy and Paste
🐠CU = See you
🐠CYS = Check your Settings
🐠DIY = Do it Yourself
🐠EOBD = End of Business Day
🐠EOD = End of Discussion
🐠EOM = End of Message
🐠EOT = End of Thread / .. Text / .. Transmission
🐠FAQ = Frequently asked Questions
🐠FACK = Full Acknowledge
🐠FKA = Formerly known as
🐠FWIW = For what it's Worth
🐠FYI / JFYI = (Just) For your Information
🐠FTW = Fuck the World / For the Win
🐠HF = Have fun
🐠HTH = Hope this Helps
🐠IDK = I don't know
🐠IIRC = If I Recall / Remember Correctly
🐠IMHO = In my Humble Opinion
🐠IMO = In my Opinion
🐠IMNSHO = In my not so Humble / Honest Opinion
🐠IOW = In other Words
🐠ITT = In this Thread
🐠LOL = Laughing out loud
🐠DGMW = Don't get me wrong
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Good luck!