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net speak
A set of acronyms used in Internet posts and online chatrooms. In contrast, text speak is an ad hoc phonetic shorthand originally used for cell phone text messaging.
Basic Net Speak
AcronymMeaning
AFAICSAs Far As I Can See
BBLBe Back Later
BRBBe Right Back
ETLAExtended Three Letter Acronym
FWIWFor What It’s Worth
FYIFor Your Information
HTHHope That Helps
ICQInternet Chat Query
IIRCIf I Recall Correctly
IMHOIn My Humble Opinion
IRLIn Real Life
ISOIn Search Of
ISTMIt Seems To Me
ISTRI Seem To Recall
ISWYMI See What You Mean
IYKWIMIf You Know What I Mean
LOLLaughing Out Loud
NIHNot Invented Here
OPOriginal Poster
OTOff Topic
OTOHOn The Other Hand
OTOPOn The Other Paw
PITAPain In The Ass
ROFLRolling On the Floor Laughing
ROFLMAORolling On the Floor laughing My Ass off
SCNRSorry, Could Not Resist

Books

book cover recommend book⇒A Glossary of Net speak and Text speak
by:David Crystal 978-0-7486-1982-5paperback
 (born: 1941-07-06 age: 70) 978-0-7486-2119-4hardcover
publisher:Edinburgh University Press
published:2004-09-29
Internet and cell phone jargon.
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Greyed out stores probably do not have the item in stock
chat
dude speak
text speak
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