Explained

Full abbreviations of shortcuts generally used in communication

Message shortcuts are increasingly becoming very popular, and these are most commonly used by the Gen Z generations. Whether you are communicating for work or personal reasons, you have likely come across or heard about these shortcuts at least once. If you can't understand, don't worry. In this guide, I'm going to make it easy for you.

In this guide, you will find all the shortcuts used in messaging communication, whether for work, personal communication, or most other areas. You will also find the full meaning of each one. To make it easy for you, we have included an advanced search where you can tap on the search and enter the shortcut to instantly find its meaning. If you think we missed anything, let us know in the comments and we will add it.

Last updated: May 2026

464 shortcuts

Shortcut
Meaning
2DAY
Today
2G4Y
Too good for You
2MORO
Tomorrow
4E
Forever
A3
Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime
AAK
Alive and Kicking
AAR
At Any Rate
ABT
About
ADN
Any Day Now
AEAP
As Early As Possible
AFAIC
As Far As I'm Concerned
AFAICT
As far as I can tell
AFAIK
As far as I know
AFAIR
As far as I remember
AFK
Away from keyboard
AKA
Also known as
ALOL
Actually Laughing Out Loud
AMAP
As Much As Possible
ASAP
As soon as possible
ASL
Age/sex/location
AT
Always tomorrow
ATM
At the moment
ATW
At the weekend
AWHFY
are we having fun yet
AWOL
Absent without leave
AYOR
At Your Own Risk
AYT
Are you there?
B/C
Because
B/W
Between
B2W
Back to work
B4
Before
B4N
Bye for now
BAE
Before anyone else
BAG
Busting A Gut
BAK
Back At Keyboard
BBIAB
Be back in a bit
BBL
Be back later
BBS
Be back soon
BCC
Blind carbon copy
BCDHM
be careful don't hurt me
BDAY
Birthday
BF
Boyfriend
BFF
Best friends forever
BFFL
Best friends for life
BFN
Bye For Now
BGD
Background
BIALI
Because I Am Laughing Internally
BIL
Brother in law
BION
Believe it or not
BLNT
Better Luck Next Time
BOOM
Self explanatory exclamation
BOOT
To kick out
BR
Best Regards
BRB
Be right back
BRT
Be right there
BRUH
Brother / Dude
BS
Bullshit
BSF
Best Sister Friend
BTW
By the way
BUMMER
Disappointment
BUMP
Bring up my post
BW
Best Wishes
BYOB
Bring your own booze
BYOD
Bring your own device
C/T
Can't Talk
C&P
Copy and Paste
CBA
Can't be asked
CC
Carbon copy
CIBM
Could it be magic?
CON
continued on next page
CONGRATS
Congratulations
CONP
Continued on next page
CTN
Can't talk now
CU
See you
CUIAL
See You in another life
CUL
See You Later
CUL8R
See you later
CUT
See You tomorrow
CUZ
Because
CWD
Comment When Done
CWOT
Complete Waste Of Time
CWYL
Chat with you later
CYA
See ya
CYE
Check your e-mail
CYO
See You Online
D/M
Does Not Matter
DA
Dear Aunt
DAE
Does anyone else
DAF
Drunk As...
DD
Dear Daughter
DDF
Drug and Disease Free
DEET
Details
DEETS
Details
DFW
Down for whatever
DGAF
Don't Give A...
DGM
Don't get me
DH
Dear Husband
DIKU
Do I Know You?
DIY
Do it yourself
DK
Don't know
DL
Download
DLTM
Don't Lie To Me
DLYVM
don't like you very much
DM
Direct message
DND
Do not disturb
DOA
Dead on arrival
DOB
Date of birth
DOC
Doctor
DOM
Dirty Old Man
DPWM
Don't play with me
DS
Dear Son
DTF
Down to fuck
DTRT
Do the right thing
DUKWIM
Do You know what I mean?
DW
Dear Wife
DWBH
Don't worry, be happy!
E123
Easy As 1 2 3
EOD
End of day
EOM
End of message
EOT
End Of Thread
EOW
End of week
ETA
Estimated time of arrival
ETD
Estimated Time of Departure
EZ
Easy
F2F
Face to Face
FA
Fuck All
FAB
Fabulous
FB
Facebook
FBM
Fine By Me
FBOW
For Better Or Worse
FC
Fingers Crossed
FFS
For Fuck's Sake
FIL
Father in law
FITB
Fill In The Blank
FML
Fuck my life
FOMO
Fear of missing out
FTF
Face to Face
FTFY
Fixed that for you
FTW
For the win
FUBAR
Fucked up beyond all recognition
FWD
Forward
FWIW
For what it's worth
FWM
Fine With Me
FYA
For Your Action
FYEO
For your eyes only
FYI
For your information
FYP
For your page
G2G
Got to go
G2R
Got To Run
GAL
Get a life
GB
Goodbye
GBTW
Get Back To Work
GBU
God Bless You
GD
Good
GF
Girlfriend
GFN
Gone For Now
GG
Good game
GGOH
Gotta Get Outta Here
GJ
Good job
GL
Good luck
GLHF
Good Luck Have Fun
GM
Good morning
GMV
Got my vote
GN
Good night
GOAT
Greatest of all time
GRATZ
Congratulations
GRWM
Get ready with me
GTG
Got to go
GTH
Go To Hell
GUYS
Self explanatory
GZ
Congratulations
H2H
Heart to Heart
H8
Hate
HAGN
Have A Good Night
HAK
Hugs And Kisses
HAND
Have A Nice Day
HB
Hurry back
HBD
Happy birthday
HBU
How About You
HF
Have fun
HMB
Hit me back
HMU
Hit me up
HNY
Happy New Year
HO
Hold On
HRU
How are you?
HTH
Hope this helps
HW
Homework
HYG
Here You Go
IAC
In any case
IANAL
I am not a lawyer
IB
I'm Back
IC
I see
ICAM
I Couldn't Agree More
ICYMI
In case you missed it
ID
I Don't
IDC
I don't care
IDK
I don't know
IDTS
I Don't Think So
IG
Instagram
IGY
I Got You
IIRC
If I remember correctly
IK
I know
IKR
I know, right?
ILU
I Love You
ILY
I love you
ILYSM
I love you so much
IM
Instant message
IMHO
In my humble opinion
IMO
In my opinion
IMPO
In My Personal Opinion
IMU
I miss you
IOW
In Other Words
IQ
Intelligence quotient
IRL
In real life
ISTG
I Swear To God
IWALU
I will always love You
IWSN
I want sex now
IYKWIM
If you know what I mean
IYKYK
If You Know You Know
IYSS
If You Say So
J/K
Just kidding
J4F
Just For Fun
JAD
Just another day
JAM
Just a minute
JAS
Just a second
JIC
Just in case
JK
Just kidding
JMO
Just my opinion
JSYK
Just So You Know
K
Okay
KK
Okay
KMA
Kiss my ass
KMS
Kill Myself
KOTL
Kiss on the lips
KWIM
Know What I Mean?
L2P
Learn To Play
L8
Late
L8R
Later
LG
Lovely Greetings
LMAO
Laughing my ass off
LMFAO
Laughing my fucking ass off
LMK
Let me know
LOL
Laugh out loud
LTNS
Long Time No See
LUV
Love
LY
Love You
LYK
Let you know
LYLAS
Love You Like A Sister
M8
Mate
MB
My Bad
MC
Merry Christmas
MEGO
My Eyes Glaze Over
MF
Mother...
MFW
My face when
MG
Many greetings
MHM
Mm-hmm
MIA
Missing in action
MIL
Mother in law
MM
Mail me
MMB
Message me back
MOO
My Own Opinion
MRW
My reaction when
MSG
Message
MTFBWY
May The Force Be With You
MVP
Minimum viable product
MWAH
Kiss sound
MYOB
Mind your own business
N/A
Not available
N4E
Never forever
NA
No access
NBD
No big deal
NC
No comment
NFW
No Fucking Way
NGL
Not Gonna Lie
NH
Nice Hand
NM
Not much
NMU
Not much, you?
NN
Nothing new
NOOB
Newbie
NOTHING
Nothing much
NOYB
None Of Your Business
NP
No problem
NSFW
Not safe for work
NSN
Never say never
NTN
No thanks needed
NTS
Note To Self
NVM
Never mind
NW
No Way
NYE
New Year's Eve
O4U
Only for You
OAO
Over And Out
OBO
Or Best Offer
OBV
Obviously
OFC
Of Course
OIC
Oh I See
OMD
Oh My Days
OMG
Oh my God
OMW
On my way
ONL
Online
OOC
Out Of Character
OOO
Out of office
OP
Original Poster
OPO
One plus one
OT
Off topic
OTL
Out To Lunch
OTOH
On The Other Hand
OTP
One true pairing
PDA
Public display of affection
PF
Profile
PFA
Please Find Attached
PIC
Picture
PIN
Personal identification number
PIP
Picture In Picture
PITA
Pain In The Ass
PLS
Please
PLZ
Please
PM
Private message
PO
Post office
POS
Parent over shoulder
POV
Point of view
PPL
People
PRO
Professional
PRT
Party
PSA
Public service announcement
PTB
Powers that be
PTO
Paid time off
QAP
Quick As Possible
QOTD
Quote of the day
QQ
Crying eyes
QSA
Que Sera Sera
QT
Cutie
R8
Rate
RB
Reply Back
RE
Regarding
RL
Real Life
RN
Right now
ROFL
Rolling on floor laughing
ROFLMAO
Rolling On Floor Laughing My Ass Off
RSVP
Répondez s'il vous plaît
RU
Are you
RYA
Right You Are
S2S
Soul To Soul
SBB
Stupid Bitch Boy
SC
Snapchat
SEC
Second
SFLR
Sorry For Late Reply
SFW
Safe for work
SG
Sounds Good
SH
Shit Happens
SIL
Sister in law
SM
Social Media
SMDH
Shaking My Damn Head
SMH
Shaking my head
SMOL
Small / Cute way of saying small
SNAFU
Situation Normal All Fucked Up
SO
Significant other
SOB
Son Of A Bitch
SOS
Save our souls
SPAM
Stolen Pork And Meat
SRSLY
Seriously
SRY
Sorry
SSDD
Same Stuff Different Day
STFU
Shut the fuck up
STG
Swear To God
SUP
What's up?
SWAG
Scientific Wild Ass Guess
SWAK
Sealed With A Kiss
SYL
See You Later
SYS
See You Soon
TAFN
That's All For Now
TB
Throwback
TBA
To be announced
TBC
To be continued
TBD
To be determined
TBF
To Be Fair
TBH
To be honest
TC
Take care
TCO
Taken Care Of
TDTM
Talk Dirty To Me
TFA
Title For Attention
TFH
Thread From Hell
TFTI
Thanks for the invite
TFW
That Feeling When
TG
Thank Goodness
TGIF
Thank god it's Friday
THX
Thanks
TIA
Thanks in advance
TIL
Today I learned
TL;DC
Too long; didn't care
TLC
Tender loving care
TLDR
Too long didnt read
TMI
Too much information
TMRW
Tomorrow
TNT
Till Next Time
TP
Toilet Paper
TT
TikTok
TTFN
Ta-ta for now
TTYL
Talk to you later
TTYN
Talk to You never
TTYS
Talk to you soon
TTYT
Talk to you tomorrow
TW
Twitter
TXT
Text
TY
Thank you
TYSM
Thank You So Much
TYVM
Thank You Very Much
U
You
U2
You Too
UNK
Unknown
UPW
Up With
UR
Your
UTL
Unable To Locate
UW
You're Welcome
VID
Video
VIP
Very important person
VN
Very Nice
VVIP
Very very important person
W/
With
W/E
Whatever
W/O
Without
W/U
With You
W8
Wait
WA
WhatsApp
WAH
Work At Home
WBU
What about you?
WD
Well Done
WDUW
What Do You Want
WDYM
What do you mean
WE
Whatever
WEG
Wicked Evil Grin
WFH
Work from home
WFM
Works for me
WG
Wicked Grin
WIFOM
Wife Is Front Of Me
WIP
Work in progress
WKND
Weekend
WN
Why Not
WRT
With regard to
WT
What The
WTF
What the fuck
WTG
Way To Go
WTH
What The Hell
WU
What's Up
WUF
Where Are You From?
WYD
What you doing?
XOXO
Hugs and kisses
Y
Why
YAW
You Are Welcome
YGM
You've got mail
YGWYPF
You Get What You Pay For
YMMV
Your Mileage May Vary
YNK
You Never Know
YNT
Why not
YOLO
You only live once
YR
Yeah Right
YSK
You should know
YT
YouTube
YTB
You're The Best
YTQ
You There Query
YW
You're welcome
YWHB
You Will Hear Back
ZMG
Oh My God
ZOMG
Oh my god (sarcastic)
ZZZ
Sleeping

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