Common Used Acronyms in texts or chats with Full Forms
Nowadays acronyms are becoming part of daily life. You will see and hear people around you using acronyms and abbreviations in texts and speech.
What is an Abbreviation?
An Abbreviations a shortened form of word or phrase,
For example- Eng. or Govt. or Prof.
What is Acronym?
An acronym is an abbreviation used as a word that is formed from the initial letters in a phrase or a word.
For example:- FYI – For Your Information, DOB- Date of birth
People are using acronyms and abbreviations for a long time. The growing use of the internet and social media has added a whole new range of abbreviations and acronyms in daily life. Every week there are a lot of new acronyms and abbreviations are introduced.
Where to use Acronyms and Abbreviations?
Abbreviations and acronyms can also be used in both formal and informal texts. But one has been careful while using abbreviations in formal texts as all abbreviations should not be used at formal places or texts.
Here are some commonly used abbreviations and acronyms with their full forms that are used in texts/ chats and tweets.
Common Text/ Chat Acronyms
Acronyms that are used in common texts/ chats:-
Full form of LOL – laugh out loud
Full form of ROFL: Rolling on the floor laughing
Full form of FTW: For the win
Full form of STFU: Shut the *swear word!* up
Full form of ISTG: I swear to god
Full form of NVM: Nevermind
Full form of QOTD: Quote of the day
Full form of TTYL: Talk to you later
Full form of OOTD: Outfit of the day
Full form of RN: Right now
Full form of BRB: Be right back
Full form of BTW: By the way
Full form of TBH: To be honest
Full form of IDK: I don’t know
Full form of ICYMI: In case you missed it
Full form of LMK: Let me know
Full form of NP – No problem
Full form of TBF: To be frank
Full form of TGIF: Thank goodness it’s Friday
Full form of TY – Thank you
Full form of IMO: In my opinion
Full form of TBD: To be decided
Full form of HMU: Hit me up
Full form of IMHO: In my humble opinion
Full form of CWYL – Chat with you later
Full form of TBA: To be announced
Full form of AFAIK – As far as I know
Full form of ACE – A cool experience
Full form of FWIW: For what it’s worth
Full form of AD – Awesome dude
Full form of AFK – Away from the keyboard
Full form of IIRC – If I recall/remember correctly
Full form of CUL – See you later
Full form of WC – Wrong conversation
Full form of ANI – Age not important
Full form of IQ – Ignorance quotient
Full form of TL;DR: Too long, didn’t read
Romantic Text Acronyms
Acronyms that are used in romantic texts/ chats:-
Full form of ILY: I love you
Full form of IMY/U: I miss you
Full form of BF: Boyfriend
Full form of GF: Girlfriend
Full form of MCM: Man crush Monday
Full form of WCW: Woman Crush Wednesday
Full form of LOML: Love of My Life
Business Text Acronyms and Abbreviations
Abbreviations and acronyms that are used in business texts/ chats:-
Full form of FAQ: Frequently asked question
Full form of ASAP: As soon as possible
Full form of EOD: End of day
Full form of NP: No problem
Full form of AKA: Also known as
Full form of DIY: Do it yourself
Full form of N/A: Not applicable or not available
Full form of LMGTFY: Let me Google that for you
Full form of TIA: Thanks in advance
Full form of OOO: Out of office
Full form of Mr.: Mister
Full form of Mrs.: missus (for married women for unmarried women use “Miss”)
Marketing Acronyms
Acronyms that are used in Marketing:-
Full form of SMS: Short message service
Full form of UGC: User-generated content
Full form of 5G: 5th generation
Full form of CTA: Call to action
Full form of MMS: Multimedia messaging service
Full form of ROI: Return on investment
Full form of RCS: Rich communication services
Full form of CTR: Click-through rate
I hope you found this article on the most commonly used abbreviations and acronyms on text messages or chats helpful.
If you liked it then don’t forget to share with the one who wants to know about these acronyms.
Thanks for reading.
