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Chat abbreviations

Published: Sunday, April 29, 2007 12:23 a.m. MDT
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14AA41 one for all and all for one

1-D-R I wonder

121 one to one

143 I love you

411 information

4ever forever

86 over

AAF as a friend

AAK alive and kicking

AAMOF as a matter of fact

AAR at any rate

AAS alive and smiling

AATK always at the keyboard

ABT2 about to

AFAIK as far as I know

AFK away from keyboard

AFN that's all for now

AKA also known as

ARE acronym-rich environment

ALOL actually laughing out loud

AND any day now

AOTA all of the above

ASAP as soon as possible

A/S/L? age, sex, location

A/S/L/M/H? age, sex, location, music, hobbies

AYSOS are you stupid or something

AYTMTB and you are telling me this because

B4 before

B4N bye for now

BAG busting a gut

BAK back at the keyboard

BBBG bye bye be good

BBIAB be back in a bit

BBIAF be back in a few

BBIAS be back in a sec

BBL be back later

BBML be back much later

BBN bye bye now

BBS be back soon

BBSL be back sooner or later

BCNU I'll be seeing you

BD big deal

BEG big evil grin

BF boyfriend

BFF best friends forever

BFN bye for now

BG big grin

BIOYN blow it out your nose

BKA better known as

BL belly laughing

BR best regards

BRB be right back

BRH be Right Here

BRT be right there

BTA but then again

BTHOOM beats the heck out of me

Btw between you and me

BTW by the way

BWL bursting with laughter

BWO black/white/other

BWTHDIK but what the heck do I know

BYKT but you knew that

CB chat brat

C&G chuckle & grin

CID crying in disgrace

CMF count my fingers

CNP continued (in my) next post

CP chat post

CRBT crying real big tears

CRTLA can't remember the three letter acronym

CSG chuckle, snicker, grin

CSL can't stop laughing

CU see you

CUL or CUL8ER see you later

CUNS see you in school

CUOL see you online

CUZ because

CWYL chat with you later

CYA see ya

CY calm yourself

CYL see you later

CYO see you online

CYT see you tomorrow

DBEYR don't believe everything you read

DEGT don't even go there

DETI don't even think about it

DF dear friend

DGA don't go anywhere

DGT don't go there

DH dear Hubby

DHYB don't Hold Your Breath

DIKU do I know you?

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