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This past January, I wrote up the “Top 15 Twitter acronyms” for @pistachio‘s Touchbase blog. As readers rightly pointed out, many were abbreviations or initialisms – hence the title for this post. I followed that up with a “Top 10 NSFW Twitter Abbreviations.” This list combines the two, and includes key additions like HT, RE and FML. If you have others you think I missed, please add ’em in the comments – and follow me on Twitter!
@
Reply to [username]
AFAIK
As Far as I Know
b/c
Because
BFN
Bye For now
BR
Best Regards
BTW
By the Way
DM
Direct Message. d username sends one.
EM
Email
FB
Facebook
FF
Usually #FF for Follow Friday. #FollowFriday is supposed to work better than it does. If you #FF someone, take the characters to explain why.
FFS
For F–k’s Sake
FML
F–k My Life
FTF
Face To Face. Also, F2F. Or the Fair Trade Federation. Many other options.
FTL
For The Loss
FTW
For The Win
FWD
Forward
FWIW
For What It’s Worth
HT
Hat tip
HTH
Hope That Helps
IMHO
In My Humble Opinion
IMO
In My Opinion
IRL
In Real Life
J/K
Just Kidding
LI
LinkedIn
LMAO
Laughing My Ass Off
LMK
Let Me Know
NSFW
Not Safe For Work
OH
Overheard
OMFG
Oh My F–king God
OMG
Oh My God
PRT
Partial Retweet (at the start of a tweet). Sometimes “Please Retweet” Old School: Party
RE
In reply to. As in, use RE for @replies on Twitter. Used in front of the @ to ensure all followers can see the conversation. Further ontext: “Community, @replies, #fixreplies and Change”
RR
Re-Run
RT
Retweet
RTF
Read The FAQ. RTFF shows up too. RTF also stands for Rich Text File.
SNAFU
Situation Normal All F–ked Up
SOB
Son Of a Bitch
STFU
Shut The F–k Up
TMB
Tweet Me Back
via
My one cheat: “via” is not an abbreviation or acronym. It simply means that a tweet is from @username, though in some cases it may mean that it’s also an exact retweet. Tricky, this online user-defined lingo and twitribution is.
WTF
What The F–k
WTH
What The Hell
BONUS:
Since this list was first published, some of these have become more popular and others have emerged. RT is still – by far – the most frequent acronym. New additions are added below, along with many suggestions in the comments.
TIL
Today I learned.
TIL in Hawaii that Poke Tacos are a thing.A delicious, delicious thing.
— Xeni Jardin (@xeni) February 19, 2013
NB
Nota Bene. Make sure to read the comments, where there are many great additions.
ICYMI
In Case You Missed IT [HT @BrianStelter]
Update: Justin Kownacki thinks we should stop saying “in case you missed it” on Twitter. (That includes ICYMI, too.) I agree.
CX
Correction
RTQ
Read The Question or Retweet Question
TL
Timeline
RT = retweet, MT = modified tweet, DM = direct message, FF = Follow Friday, h/t = hat tip, TL = Timeline, OH = overheard. Now you know.
— Margarita Noriega (@margafret) April 1, 2014
TL;DR
Too long; Didn’t Read.
TT
Translated Tweet.
Reminder: when I use TT in front of a tweet, it means “translated tweet.” I’m mostly using my high-school French and Google, so be warned.
— Andy Carvin (@acarvin) January 16, 2013
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RLRT: Real Life Retweet. To repeat on Twitter what someone said in person.
RLRT: I love the Internet. – @yurivictor
— Matt Mansfield (@mattmansfield) May 17, 2014
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