Twitter acronym and abbreviation crib sheet

 

  

 What with only 140 characters it's hardly surprising that Twitter is the homeland of the acronym and abbreviation.  But what do they all mean?   Here goes… Avi – avatar or profile picture B/C – because B4 – before BB – blackberry (not the fruit..) BFN – bye for now Bgd – background BR – best regards BTW – by the way Chk – check Cld – could Clk – click Cre8 – create CUL8R – see you later CT – 'cutweet' a retweet that's been shortened to make it fit within 140 Deets – details DAM – don't annoy me DM – direct message DP – profile picture (I don't know why!) Dweet – tweet sent whilst drunk (just say no kids…) DYK – did you know? EM – email Eml – email EMA – email address F2F – face to face FF – Follow Friday – you'll see it written as #FF and it's a recommendation that you follow that person FML – F**K my life FOTD – Find of the day FTL – for the loss FTW – for the win OR F**K the world Fwd – forward FYI – for your information GLHF – good luck have fun GM – good morning Gr8 – great GTFOH – Get the F**K outta here! GTS – guess the song HAND – have a nice day HO – hangover HT – Hat tip or heard through – e.g. if someone shared a link to a blog post you might HT them (some people choose to write via @user instead) IC – I see ICNBI – I cannot believe it ICYMI – in case you missed it IDK – I don't know IM – instant message IMHO – in my humble opinion IYKWIM – if you know what I mean IRL – in real life Itz – it is JK – just kidding JSYK – just so you know K – okay KK – cool, cool KYSO – knock your socks off L8 – late L8r – later LHH – laugh hella hard LOL – laughing out loud / lots of love LMAO – laughing my A** off LMFAO – laughing my F***ing A** off LMK – let me know Mil- million / mother in law MILT – Mum I'd like to tweet! MT – Modified tweet – a retweet that has been tweaked or shortened Njoy – enjoy NSFW – not safe for work NW – now watching OCT – obsessive compulsive tweeter OH – overheard / other half OMB – Oh my God (the B stands for Bieber in this instance) OMG – Oh my God OOMF – one of my followers Peeps – people Plz – please Ppl – people Props – proper respect R – are Rec – recommendation RT – Retweet, tweets prefaced with RT @User indicate that that user's tweet is being shared RTHX – thanks for the retweet RU – are you? SEO – search engine optimization Shld – should SMH – shake my head STFU – shut the F**k up Speets – spam tweets Sweeple – sweet twitter people Swhit – tweeting whilst on the toilet TJ – joining into someone else's conversation (butt in) TFF – twitter friend forever TFTT – thanks for this tweet TTFN – ta ta for now TGIF – thank God it's Friday! Thx – thanks TY – thank you TIA – thanks in advance TL – timeline TOYBT – tired of your Bulls**t TT – trending topic TTYL – talk to you later TTYS – talk to you soon TYL – tweet y'all later U – you Vols – volunteers W – with (sometimes w/ ) W/E – weekend Wld – would WTF – what the f**k? WTH – what the hell? Wtv – whatever WLTM – would like to meet Wzup – what's up? YKIM – you know what I mean Ykyat – you know you're addicted to YOLO – you only live once YOYO – you're on your own YW – you're welcome