How Many Do You Know? 25 Abbreviations Young People Use Online

Here's a test to make you feel old . . . or young if you nail it. Someone posted a list of the most popular abbreviations people use online.

 

If you pay attention even a little, you probably know a lot of the MOST popular ones. Like, LOL means "laugh out loud," and FYI means "for your information"

 

But how many of these other ones do you know? We did our best to rank them, so they should get a little harder as we go . . .

 

1. DM: Direct message

 

2. JK: Just kidding

 

3. BRB: Be right back

 

4. TBH: To be honest

 

5. IRL: In real life

 

6. NSFW: Not safe for work

 

7. TTYL: Talk to you later

 

8. NBD: No big deal

 

9. IMO: In my opinion. Or, IMHO is "in my humble opinion."

 

10. FTW: For the win

 

11. SMH: Shaking my head.

 

12. IDK: I don't know

 

13. IDC: I don't care

 

14. MSG: Short for the word "message"

 

15. OMW: On my way

 

16. G2G: Got to go

 

17. TFW: That feeling when

 

18. MFW: My face when

 

19. ILY: I love you

 

20. IMU: I miss you  (Yes, a 'U' even though the word "you" starts with a 'Y'.)

 

21. ICYMI: In case you missed it

 

22. SRSLY: Short for the word "seriously"

 

23. TLDR: Too long, didn't read  (Technically, there's a semi-colon in that one: TL;DR.)

 

24. BAE: Before anyone else  (Bae is also just short for "baby" or "babe.")

 

25. SOML: Story of my life

 

 

(Fox News)


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