Contraction in texting

in #learning7 years ago

Can you work out the meaning of this text message conversation between 2 friends?

Sam: Jen RU coming to the party tmrw?texting
Jen: Yeah. Y?
Sam: GR8. B/C I want U2B my GF
Jen: I thought you liked my BFF
Sam: No I like U
Jen: I have a BF
Sam: IDC. IMHO he’s an idiot
Jen: BION I like him
Sam: I want you. IYKWIM
Jen: TMI. Lets talk F2F tmrw
Sam: I’ve never felt like this B4. ILU
Jen: PCM now
Sam: Haha JK. U believed me? ROFL. I don’t like you!.
Jen: UR def not funny!
Sam: LOL. K CU tmrw. ETA?
Jen: IDK. 9 I guess
Sam: LMK
Jen: GTG TTYL
Sam: BFN XOXO

Have Fun

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        Have fun with English

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⚪️ These are used a lot in chat conversations and text messages as a way to speed up conversations, get points across quickly and type less when you’re in a rush.
try to learn some of them so you can impress your friends (or at least understand the messages you receive 👌🏻🙌🏻

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⚪️2moro = Tomorrow

⚪️2nte = Tonight

⚪️AEAP = As Early as Possible

⚪️ALAP = As Late as Possible

⚪️ASAP = As Soon as Possible

⚪️B3 = Blah, Blah, Blah

⚪️B4YKI = Before You Know it

⚪️BFF = Best Friends, Forever

⚪️BM&Y = Between Me and You

⚪️BRB = Be right Back

⚪️BRT = Be right There

⚪️BTAM = Be that as it May

⚪️C-P = Sleepy

⚪️CTN = Cannot talk now

⚪️CUS = See You Soon

⚪️CWOT = Complete Waste of Time

⚪️CYT = See You Tomorrow

⚪️E123 = Easy as 1, 2, 3

⚪️EM? = Excuse Me?

⚪️EOD = End of Day

⚪️F2F = Face to Face

⚪️FC = Fingers Crossed

⚪️FOAF = Friend of a Friend

⚪️GR8 = Great

⚪️HAK = Hugs and Kisses

⚪️IDC = I Don't Care

⚪️IDK = I Don't Know

⚪️ILU / ILY = I Love You

⚪️IMU = I Miss You

⚪️IRL = In Real Life

⚪️J/K = Just Kidding

⚪️JC = Just Checking

⚪️JTLYK = Just to Let You Know

⚪️KFY = Kiss for You

⚪️KMN = Kill Me Now

⚪️KPC = Keeping Parents Clueless

⚪️L8R = Later

⚪️MoF = Male or Female

⚪️MTFBWY = May the Force be with You

⚪️MYOB = Mind Your Own Business

⚪️N-A-Y-L = In a While

⚪️NAZ = Name, Address, ZIP

⚪️NC = No Comment

⚪️NIMBY = Not in my Backyard

⚪️NM = Never Mind / Nothing Much

⚪️NP = No Problem

⚪️NSFW = Not Safe for Work

⚪️NTIM = Not that it Matters

⚪️NVM = Never Mind

⚪️OATUS = On a totally Unrelated Subject

⚪️OIC = Oh, I See

⚪️OMW = On My Way

⚪️OTL = Out to Lunch

⚪️OTP = On the Phone

⚪️P911 = Parent Alert

⚪️PAL = Parents are Listening

⚪️PAW = Parents are Watching

⚪️PIR = Parent in Room

⚪️POS = Parent over Shoulder

⚪️PROP(S) = Proper Respect Proper Recognition

⚪️QT = Cutie

⚪️RN = Right Now

⚪️RU = Are You

⚪️SEP = Someone else's Problem

⚪️SITD = Still in the Dark

⚪️SLAP = Sounds like a Plan

⚪️SMIM = Send Me an Instant Message

⚪️SO = Significant Other

⚪️TMI = Too Much Information

⚪️UR = Your / You are

⚪️W8 = Wait

⚪️WB = Welcome Back

⚪️WYCM = Will You Call Me?

⚪️WYWH = Wish You Were Here

⚪️XOXOXOX = Hugs, Kisses, ...

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As you can see, some meanings are quite obvious but others are impossible to work out unless you’ve learnt them

Good luck! 🙋🏼‍♀️

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Have fun with English

These are used a lot in chat conversations and text messages as a way to speed up conversations, get points across quickly and type less when you’re in a rush.

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🐠2F4U = Too Fast For You

🐠4YEO FYEO = For Your Eyes Only

🐠AAMOF = As a Matter of Fact

🐠ACK = Acknowledgment

🐠AFAIK = As far as I know

🐠AFAIR = As far as I remember / recall

🐠AFK = Away from Keyboard

🐠AKA = Also known as

🐠B2K BTK = Back to Keyboard

🐠BTT = Back to Topic

🐠BTW = By the Way

🐠B/C = Because

🐠C&P = Copy and Paste

🐠CU = See you

🐠CYS = Check your Settings

🐠DIY = Do it Yourself

🐠EOBD = End of Business Day

🐠EOD = End of Discussion

🐠EOM = End of Message

🐠EOT = End of Thread / .. Text / .. Transmission

🐠FAQ = Frequently asked Questions

🐠FACK = Full Acknowledge

🐠FKA = Formerly known as

🐠FWIW = For what it's Worth

🐠FYI / JFYI = (Just) For your Information

🐠FTW = Fuck the World / For the Win

🐠HF = Have fun

🐠HTH = Hope this Helps

🐠IDK = I don't know

🐠IIRC = If I Recall / Remember Correctly

🐠IMHO = In my Humble Opinion

🐠IMO = In my Opinion

🐠IMNSHO = In my not so Humble / Honest Opinion

🐠IOW = In other Words

🐠ITT = In this Thread

🐠LOL = Laughing out loud

🐠DGMW = Don't get me wrong

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Good luck!

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