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Chat Language - Chat abbreviations at a glance

Anyone who enters a chat room will find that the chat language very often consists of chat abbreviations. One has the feeling that the chat language has far more abbreviations ready than one is used to from everyday life. Chat abbreviations are primarily used for quick reaction/communication when exchanging messages. In this way, feelings can be communicated quickly without using many words.

I don't always have all the chat abbreviations to hand either. While the most common chat abbreviations are usually easy to remember, other abbreviations usually require asking Google for advice. That's why we've put together an extensive list of chat abbreviations here. Ideally, just save it in your favorites or as a bookmark, so you can access it at any time.

Chat abbreviations at a glance

So that you can understand the chat language in the chat, we have put together the chat abbreviations for you. So you can quickly see what the individual abbreviations in the chat mean and, if necessary, react to them.

• LOL - Laughing Out Loud
• ROFL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing
• AFAIK - As Far As I Know... - (As Far As I Know)
• BTW - by the way; oh by the way... – (By The Way)
• CU – Bye, see you soon – (See You)
• CU2 – Bye to you too – (See You, Too)
• CYL – or CUL See you later! - (See you later)
• CYA - Bye - (See Ya)
• C&P/CP - Copy and Paste - (Copy and Paste)
• GL - Good Luck
• GraKa – graphics card
• IMO – In My Opinion – (In My Opinion)
• IMHO – In My Humble Opinion (In My Humble Opinion)
• FYI – For Your Information – (For Your Information)
• PMFJI - Sorry to meddle (Pardon Me For Jumping In)
• AAMOF - As A Matter Of Fact
• ACK – consent, confirmation – (ACKnowledgment)
• ADN - Sometime in the next - (Any Day Now)
• AFAIC As Far As I'm Concerned
• AFAICS – The Way I See It – (As Far As I Can See)
• AFAIR - As Far As I Remember -
• AFB - I'm not quite there anymore - (Away From Brain)
• AFK - Away From Keyboard
• AISI – As I See It – (As I See It)
• AKA – Also Known As – (Also Known As)
• AML - All My Love
• ASAP - As Soon As Possible
• ASL or A/S/L – age, sex, place of residence? – (age, sex, location ?)
• ATM - At The Moment
• AW – Answer – (Answer)
• BAK - Back At Keyboard
• BBIAB - Be Right Back - (Be Back In A Bit)
• BBL - I'll be back later - (Be Back Later)
• BD - See you then
• bfd – back from desk
• BION – Believe It Or Not – (Believe It Or Not)
• BOT - Back On Topic
• BQ - Without any question, there is no question - (Beyond Question)
• BRB - Be Back Soon - (Be Right Back)
• CM – call me ! – (Call Me!)
• CMON – Come on! - (Come on !)
• CSG - Chuckle, Snigger, Grin - (Chuckle, Snigger, Grin)
• CTB – Get down to business ! – (Come To Business)
• DAB - Dead And Buried
• DMI – No Cause, No Matter – (Don`t Mention It)
• DTSL - Don't Talk So Loud - turn off the capital letters - (Don't Talk So Loud)
• D8 – appointment, date
• DK – I don't know ! – (Don`t Know!)
• EZ – Easy as pie – (Easy)
• Eoc – End of Communication = end of conversation/chat
• F2F – In private – (Face to Face)
• FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions
• FCFS – First come... – (First Come, First Served)
• FC – I keep my fingers crossed for you! – (Fingers Crossed)
• FYA - Have Fun With It - (For Your Amusement)
• *g*, <g> - grin - (grin)
• GA – (Go) keep telling – (Go Ahead)
• GA! – Have a nice afternoon, good day – (Good Afternoon!)
• g2g, gtg - I have to go! - (Got to Go!)
• GM- Good morning! - (Good Morning)
• gn8 – Good night! (Goodnight)
• GL - Good luck! - (Good luck !)
• gr8 - Great! - (great)
• GOK - God Only Knows
• GOWI - Keep it up! - (Get On With it)
• gz, gratz – (congratulations) – (congratulations)
• GRTNX – Greetings ! – (greeting)
• HaK, H+K,H&K - Hugs And Kisses
• HAND,HAGT – Have A Nice Day (Have A Good Time!)
• HDL – Love you (German abbreviation)
• HDM - Shut up (German abbreviation)
• HDGDL – I love you very much (German abbreviation)
• HF – Have fun – (Have Fun!)
• HIH - Hope It Helps - (Hope It Helps)
• HMP – Help Me Please – (Help Me Please)
• IC – I see, oh so – (I see)
• IDBI – I don't think so ! – (I Don't Believe It !)
• IDK - I don't know; I didn't know (I don't know, I didn't know)
• IDTS - I don't think so... - (I Don't Think So)
• IMU - I Miss You - (I Miss You)
• lRL – In Real Life (meant offline) (In Real Life)
• IOW – In other words – (In Other Words)
• IW – I wonder… – (I Wonder)
• j4f Just For Fun
• j4i - Just For Information
• JAM - Just A Moment
• JJ - Just Joking - (Just Joking)
• KC - Keep calm! - (keep cool)
• KIT – We stay in touch (Keep In Touch)
• LG - Lovely Greetings
• LTS – Laugh at me – (Laughing To Self)
• MB, MaB – Maybe – (MayBe)
• MOF – Fact – (Matter Of Fact)
• MG - Many Greetings
• mom mompl - moment - one moment please - (moment please)
• MORF – male or female ? (male or female ?)
• MoD – Master of Disasters
• Mod – Moderator (Moderator)
• Msg – Message – (Message)
• MU - I miss you - (Miss You)
• NB – nota bene! – notice well!
• NC – No Comment – ​​(No Comment)
• NI - No Idea - (No Idea)
• nick – nickname in chat – (nickname)
• NOM - No offense meant! – (No Offense Meant)
• NK, N/K - Not Kidding - (Not Kidding)
• NM – never mind – (Never Mind)
• NTK - Good / Nice to Know - (Nice To Know)
• NP, N/P, NPB - No Problem - (No Problem)
• NP - Business Card in Chat - (NickPage)
• NU – I need you – (Need You)
• OO – … and goodbye! – (Over and Out)
• OAO - us and over - (Over and Out)
• OC - ​​Of course! - (Of course!)
• OIC – Ah, I see, oh! – (Oh, I see!)
• OMG – Oh My God, Oh My God
• ONNA – Oh no, not again! (Oh No, Not Again)
• OT – Off topic – (Off Topic)
• OTT - Over The Top
• P? - I beg your pardon ?
• P2P - In private - (Person to Person)
• PTMM - Please tell me more about it - (Please, Tell Me More)
• QD! - Calm down! - (quiet down!)
• q? or QUES – Question – (Question)
• QT - "nice bee" or "strong trick" - (cutie)
• re – hello again (usually after PC crash) – (return)
• *rehi*, <rehi> – Hi again
• RL - Real Life
• RIP - Rest In Peace
• RR - Reply Requested
• RTFM – Read The Fucking Manual
• RUOK – Are you all right? – (Are You OK?)
• SCNR – Sorry, but I just couldn't resist – (Sorry, Could Not Resist)
• SEC - One second please - (SECond please)
• SH - Shit Happens - (Shit Happens)
• SIG—Signature
• SOY! – Shame on you!
• STFU - Shut the fuck up
• TAL - Thank you - (Thanks A Lot)
• thx, tnx, tks - Thanks
• TIA - Thanks in advance - (Thanks In Advance)
• TIE - Take It Easy
• TOY - I'm thinking of you - (Tthinking Of You!)
• TT – See you tomorrow – (Till Tomorrow)
• ty, thx – thank you
• UC – Do you understand – ((Do) you see?)
• U+Me – You and Me – (You and Me)
• U2 – you too; you two – (You, too; you two)
• UW, YW – Please! You're welcome! (after a thank you) (You're welcome)
• *w*, <w> - wink - wink
• W4Y - I'm waiting for you - (Waiting for You!)
• WB – Welcome Back – (Welcome Back)
• WE – Weekend – (Weekend)
• WN? - What now? – (What Now / What's Next?)
• WT – Without Thinking – (Without Thinking)
• WTF - What The Fuck - (What The Fuck)
• WTG – Nice for you, congratulations – (Way To Go!)
• WTH – What The Hell.. – (What The Hell)
• YA - Another - (Yet Another)
• YL – Young Woman – (Young Lady)
• YM – Young Man – (Young Man)
• Y! – Typically Male – (Typically Male!)
• zzzzz - asleep - (sleeping)