Top 40 Twitter Abbreviations You Should Know

Once I have posted about a List of Abbreviation which is used in Chats . This was used by most of My friends while chatting with me .
Last few days my friend was unable to read some posts in Twitter as those were the Abbreviation and it was so confusing that one will be confused to read it. So he asked me to tell him the meaning of those. I have said him and decided to write about it in my blog.
Here I want to list of some Abbreviations –
B4– Before
b/c, bc– Because
BRB – Be Right Back
BTW – By The Way
DM– Direct message, a private message or “direct message” to a person you follow.
EM or EML– Email
Fab– Fabulous
FB– Facebook
FF– Follow Friday(#followfriday) A Twitter “endorsement” Tweeted show the user’s favorite people on twitter.
Followers– Twitter Members that follow user updates
F2F (and while we’re at it, B2B, B2C): face to face, Business to business, Business to Client (Business to Community)
FYI– For Your Information
Gr8– Great GTG, G2G– Got To Go
Hashtag #: A way of organizing your updates for Twitter search engine & to enable others to discover relevant posts. For example, here are some of the worlds favorite hashtags from 2011:
- #egypt
- #tigerblood
- #threewordstoliveby
- #idontunderstandwhy
- #japan
- #improudtosay
- #superbowl
- #jan25
- #thingslongerthankimsmarriage
- #thankyousteve
- #prayforjapan
- #winning
- #inthe90s
- #rw2011
- #theawkwardmoment
- #11/11/11
IC – I See
IDC– I don’t care
IDK– I don’t know
IM– Instant Message
JK or J/K– Just Kidding (or for UK people, Joking)
L8– Late
LI– LinkedIn
LMAO– Laughing My A** Off
LMK– Let Me Know
LOL– Laughing Out Loud– not “lots of love” like my mother thinks it is.
NSFW– Not Safe For Work
OH– Overheard
OMG– Oh My God
OMW – On My Way
ORLY– Oh Really?!!
ROFL– Rolling On The Floor Laughing
@reply: a Twitter update (a tweet) that is directed to another user within their tweet.
RT- ReTweet
SMH– Shaking My Head
Thx or Tx– Thanks
TMI– Too Much Information
Trend– A topic “Trending” or “popular” right now on Twitter
TTYL– Talk To You Later
TTYS– Talk To You Soon
TY– Thank You
YT– YouTube
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