Message Board Glossary

Ever read something on the message boards or blogs and think, "Hm! What the heck did that mean?" Here's a brief glossary of common abrevs. Uh, that's abbreviations.

AF Aunt Flo (menstruation)
AFK Away from keyboard
BF Boyfriend
BIL Brother-in-law
BRB Be right back

BTDT Been there done that
BTW By the way
CTS Consider the source
DD Dear daughter
DH Dear (or darn) husband

DS Dear son
DSD Dear stepdaughter
DSS Dear stepson
DW Dear (or darn) wife
F/U Follow up

F2F Face-to-face
FAQ Frequently asked question
FIL Father-in-law
FWIW For what it's worth
GF Girlfriend

GMTA Great minds think alike
HTH Hope that helps
IMO In my opinion
IRL In real life
ISP Internet service provider

ITA I totally agree
J/K Just kidding
LOL Laugh out loud
(m) More
MIL Mother-in-law

NP No problem
NT No text
OIC Oh I see
OMG Oh my gosh
OT Off topic

OTOH On the other hand
OW/OM Other woman/other man
ROFL Rolling on the floor laughing
SAHD Stay-at-home dad
SAHM Stay-at-home mom

SIL Sister-in-law
SO Significant other
STBX Soon to be ex
TIA Thanks in advance
TMI Too much information

TPTB The powers that be
TTC Trying to conceive
TTFN Ta ta for now
TTYL Talk to you later
TY Thank you

URL Web page address
W/B Welcome back
W/O Without
WAHD Work-at-home dad
WAHM Work-at-home mom

WOHM Work-out-of-home mom
WTG Way to go
WYSIWYG What you see is what you get
YW You're welcome

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3 Comments

Sisterlisa said:

Ya forgot kwim.
Know What I Mean?
kwim? lol

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