I’m sure you have been using the internet for a while now but I bet sometimes you see “symbols” or “acronyms” and wonder what they mean.
After some research,
here is a list you can use.
143 or 3 – I Love You
2B@ – To Be At
2G2B4G – Too Good to Be Forgotten
2G2BT – Too Good to Be True
2moro – Tomorrow
2nite – Tonight
! – I Have a Comment
*$ – Starbucks
,!!!! – Talk to the Hand (One of my personal favorites. LOL!)
404 – I Haven’t a Clue
411 – Information
4COL – For Crying Out Loud
4EAE – Forever and Ever
511 – Too Much Information
::poof:: – I’m Gone
? – I Have a Question
@TEOTD – At The End Of The Day
A
AAAA – American Association Against Acronym Abuse
AAK – Asleep At Keyboard
AAMOF – As A Matter Of Fact
AAMOI – As A Matter Of Interest
AAR – At Any Rate
AAS – Alive and Smiling
AATK – Always At The Keyboard (I will have to use this one sometime)
AB/ABT – About
ABT2 – About To
ACK – Acknowledgement
ACORN – A Completely Obsessive Really Nutty Person
ADAD – Another Day, Another Dollar
ADBB – All Done. Bye Bye
Angry Garden Salad – A Poorly Designed Website with Bad Coding As Well
B
B4N – Bye for Now
BITD – Back in the Day
BLTD – Back Later Today
BFF – Best Friends Forever
BRB – Be Right Back or Bathroom Break
BTW – By the Way
C
Cappuccino Cowboy or Cowgirl – Refers to someone who must have a Starbucks or other “Roadie” on the way to work
Cytizenship – Owning “Real Estate” in Cyberspace. May own one or more domain name or visits chat rooms, newsgroups, or discussion boards on a regular basis. Feels very comfortable and has a feeling of belonging in Cyberspace
Capsizing – A company that keeps downsizing in labor, but not the workload. The company ultimately goes under
D
Digiterati or Digerati – People in the know of the digital revolution or otherwise hip and considered knowledgeable.
Digital Dirt – Comments you have posted on blogs or in chat rooms that may come back to haunt you
DINK – Double Incomes, No Kids
DIRFT – Do It Right the First Time
E
e-Bomb – A very potent computer virus
e-Dress – Stands for your electronic addresses such as IM’s and email
Ear Candy – Musical additives added to a website to make it more appealing
F
FISH – First in, Still Here
FAWC – For Anyone Who Cares
FIDO – Framework for Interdisciplinary Design Optimization
First Mover – A business that has a competitive edge by being the first to establish themselves in a specific industry segment
FTF or F2F – Face-to-Face
G
G – Guess, Grin, or Giggle
G1 – Good One
G4I – Go For It
GTOWOT – Going The Other Way On That
H
H/O – Hold On
H/P – Hold Please
HADVD – Have Advised
I
IRL – In Real Life
J
JK – Just Kidding
K
KBD – Keyboard
KIR – Keep It Real
KM – Knowledge Management – Refers to capturing, storing and sharing experiences and knowledge
KOK – Knock
KPI – Key Performance Indicator
KWIM – Know What I Mean
L
LIFO – Last In, First Out
Loser Error – A play on words from “user error” – refers to a user causing an error, but blames it on their computer
LOL – Lots of Laughs or Laughing Out Loud
M
M or MB – Megabyte
M&A – Mergers & Acquisitions
M2M – Manufacturer to Manufacturer
M2NY – Me Too, Not Yet
Magic Lantern – A code for FBI’s encryption-key and password-sniffing spyware disguised as email attachments which installs keylogging software
Meatjail – The human brain
N
NBD – No Big Deal
NP – No Problem or Nosy Parents
Net Lag – Slow connection due to a large amount of users on the internet
Net Nanny – Child safety software for the internet
NIMY – Never In A Million Years
O
O – Opponent or Over
OT – Off Topic
OAO – Over And Out
OMIK – Open Mouth, Insert Keyboard
OT – Off Topic
OZ – Australia
P
P2P – Peer to Peer or Person to Person
PaaS – Platform as a Service
PB – Potty Break
POV – Point of View
Pink – Spam – Ex. Email Subject looks “pink”
Q
QCD – Quarterly Charm Deficiency – Emotional disorder commonly found in executives at the end of the fiscal quarter
Quick and Dirty – Getting the job done for the mean time – a quick fix
R
RT – Real Time
ROFLOL – Rolling On Floor, Laughing Out Lod
Roadie – A coffee on the road – to go
S
S – Smile
S2R – Send to Receive
S4L – Spam For Life
SAPFU – Surpassing All Previous Foul Ups
SB – Stand By
SEP – Somebody Else’s Problem
Spin – Take a negative and make it positive
Sweeple – Sweet Twitter people
T
Think Time – A down moment due to a slow connection or long download
TMI – Too Much Information
TTYL – Talk to You Later
Twitterati – Twitter power user; sometimes also referred to as The Tweet Elite.
Twittermob – Quick mob due to information sharing on Twitter
U
U-L – You Will
U8 – You Ate?
UGC – User-Generated Content
unPC – unPolitically Correct
URZ – Yours – gamer jargon
V
VBG – Very Big Grin
VDT – Video Dial Tone
Veal Pens – Cube Farms – Cubicles in offices
Vortal – Content in a specific vertical subject area
W
W’S^ – What’s Up?
W8 – Wait
Waldo – A Demo with great product display or showmanship
Wire Jam – Slow internet connection with a lot of traffic
WYP – What’s Your Problem?
WYT – Whatever You Think
X
X – Times or times as big as…
X-I-10 – Exciting
XLNT – Excellent
XME – Excuse Me
XQZT – Exquisite
Y
Y – Why or Yes
YA – Yet Another
YA yaya – Yet Another Ya-Ya or Yo-Yo
YBS – You’ll Be Sorry
YCT – Your Comment To
YHM – You Have Mail
Z
Zapping – The lowest form of software programming
Zerg – To gang up on someone
Zipperhead – A person with a closed mind
Zombie or Zombie Network – An abandoned website that is still online
Zot – To ban, remove or otherwise censor material
ZZZ – Sleeping, Tired or Bored
There are literally hundreds more I came across while searching.
Since people make their own up, the list is never-ending and if you come up with your own share them with us below!
What acronym you use the most?
Please share your acronyms below, in the comments area.
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