A handy guide to social media messaging abbreviations

We often wonder what social message texts mean and sometimes we feel embarrassed when it comes to having to ask what an abbreviation means.

Well, here are a few tips to keep you up to date on what some commonly used abbreviated texts mean:

X= kiss
IC= I see
PPL= people
BTW= by the way
MU= miss you
NM=Not much
HMU= hit me up
IDK= I don’t know
TX= Thanks
RUOK= are you okay?
AMA= ask me anything
OMW= on my way
ASAP= as soon as possible
FYI= for your information
HBD= Happy birthday
B= Be
BT= but
D8= date
F8= fate
PLS= Please
L8R= later
2DAY= today
4E= forever
CU= See you
ILY= I love you
IDC= I don’t care
BRB= be right back
NVM= never mind
BBS= be back soon
BBL= be back later
BION= believe it or not
TTYL= talk to you later
TMI= too much information
MM= mail me
NA= no access
IDK= I don’t know
J4F= just for fun
JAS= just a second
MC= Merry Christmas
NSN=Never say never
Dnt Knw= I don’t know
Gonna= going to
Wanna= want to
Gotta= have got to
Kinda= kind of
Dunno= don’t know

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