Do You Know How To Speak Twitter Lingo?

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I don’t know about you, but I am not used to expressing myself in 140 characters. Hence, I completely understand and share the need to create some shortcuts.

“Creating some shortcuts” though took on a whole life of its own and just about became a language of its own… well, maybe not a language, but a dialect at the very least.

The other day my husband came back from work and asked me what IHIH (I hope it helped) meant. I am not sure why he thought I would know this, but it lead me to doing some research and putting together an abbreviated Twitter dictionary, which I called “Twitter Lingonary” (thumbs up or down on the name? – let me know in comments).

This is certainly not an exhaustive resource, so feel free to contribute to my every-growing “Twitter Lingonary” in comments.

BTW, IHA. (By the way, I hate acronyms).

• AAMOF = As A Matter Of Fact
• ABT = About
• AND = Any Day Now
• AFAIK = As Far As I Know
• AISB = As I Said Before
• AML = All My Love
• ATB = All The Best
• B/C = Because
• B4 = Before
• B4N = Bye For Now
• BION = Believe It Or Not
• BM = Bite Me
• BOL = Best Of Luck
• BR = Best regards
• BTU = Back To You
• BTW = By The Way
• DM = Direct message
• F4T = Food For Thought
• HAND = Have A Nice Day
• HB = Happy Birthday
• HIH = Hope It Helps
• IDK = I Don’t Know
• IDM = It Doesn’t Matter
• IK = I Know
• ITA = I Totally Agree
• IWIK = I Wish I Knew
• J4F = Just For Fun
• JIC = Just In Case
• JK = Just Kidding
• KIT = Keep In Touch
• LMK = Let Me Know
• LMS = Let Me See
• LTP = Learn To Play
• LTR = Later
• MP = My Pleasure
• MPTY = More Power To You
• MYOB = Mind Your Own Business
• N1 = Nice One
• N2S = Needless 2 Say
• NBD = No Big Deal
• NP = No Problem
• NPAA = No Problem At All
• NRN = No Reply Necessary
• OIC = Oh, I See
• OTL = Out To Lunch
• OTOH = On The Other Hand
• PLMK = Please Let Me Know
• PTM = Please Tell Me
• PTMM = Please Tell Me More
• ROTM = Right On The Money
• RT = Retweet
• TIA = Thanks In Advance
• TMB = Tweet me back
• TMI = Too Much Information
• TTFN = Ta Ta For Now
• TVM = Thanks Very Much
• TWYT = That’s What You Think
• TX = Thanks
• TY = Thank You
• TYVM = Thank You Very Much
• WAB = What A Bummer
• WAD = Without A Doubt
• WDYT = What Do You Think
• WGO = What’s Going On
• YW = You’re welcome
• <3 = This is the text version of a heart

Well, here ya go. If you want to learn more about Twitter (who doesn’t, eh?), read about how to get more Twitter Retweets here.

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