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Saturday, 12 March 2005

Glossary of Personal Ad and Chat Shorthand

Do you struggle to understand all of those cryptic collections of letters some people insist on using in their personal ads and profiles? We've collected as many of the common ones, and a few uncommon ones together to help you.

TIP: Don't use this shorthand. Why would you need to? The only reason for making all this stuff up in the first place is if you're paying per word e.g. in newspaper personal ads. You're much more likely to struggle filling the space Online rather than need to conserve space, so don't risk confusing potential mates - spell it out - you could just lose out on your ideal partner if they cannot understand what the hell you're writing!

AAMOF: As a matter of fact
ASAP: As soon as possible
ASL: Age/sex/location
ATM: At the moment
AWGTHTGTTA: Are we going to have to go through this again?
AWYR: Awaiting your reply
AYOR: At your own risk
AYPI: And your point is?

B4N: Bye for now
BAB: Build a bridge
BBFN: Bye bye for now
BBL: Be back later
BBW: Big beautiful woman
BCNU: Be seeing you
BEG: Big evil grin
BF: Boy friend
BFFL: Best friends for life
BTAIM: Be that as it may
BTU: Back to you
BTW: By the way
BTWBO: Be there with bells on
BWK: Big wet kiss

C4N: Ciao for now
CBL: Come back later
CU: See you
CUL: Catch you later
CUL8R: See you later
CYA: Cover your ass

DLN: Don't leave now
DLTBBB: Don't let the bed bugs bite

EG: Evil grin

F2F: Face to face
FOTCL: Falling off the chair laughing
FTF: Face to face

GFAK: Go fly a kite
GL: Good luck
GMAB: Give me a break
GOI: Get over it
GTG: Got to go
GTSY: Glad to see you
H&K: Hug and kiss
HAK: Hugs and kisses
HHOK: Ha ha only kidding
HH 1/2K: Ha ha only half kidding
HIG: How's it going?
HIH: Hope it helps

ICBW: I could be wrong
IGP: I gotta pee
IGTP: I get the point
IMO: In my opinion
IMHO: In my humble opinion
ISO: In search of

JK: Just kidding
JAM: Just a minute
JAS: Just a second

KISS: Keep it simple stupid
KIT: Keep in touch

L8R: Later
LOL: Laughing out loud
LOL: Lots of love
LOL: Lots of luck
LOLA: Laughing out loud again
LTIP: Laughing till I puke

N1: Nice one
N2S: Needless to say
NRN: No reply necessary
NTTAWWT: No that there's anything wrong with that

OAO: Over and out
OATUS: On a totally unrelated subject
OBTW: Oh by the way

PDW: Public display of affection
PDQ: Pretty darn quick (or pretty darned quickly)
PITA: Pain in the ass
PMP: Peeing my pants

ROTFL: Rolling on the floor laughing
ROTFLMHO: Rolling on the floor laughing my head off
ROTFSTC: Rolling on the floor scaring the cat
RUOK: Are you OK?

SWF/SJF/SBM: Single (insert ethnicity or religion) Male or Female
SYT: See you tonight

TAFN: That's all for now
TBDL: To be discussed later
TNTC: Too numerous to count
TTFN: Ta ta for now
TTYL: Talk to you later
TTYS: Talk to you soon
TYCLO: Turn your caps lock off
TYVM: Thank you very much
TX: Thanks

WGTG: Well got to go
WRU: Who are you?

YW: You're welcome

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