Twitter was created in March of 2006 & launched to the public in July the same year. Like it or not, at 140 characters & just one year shy of a decade old, Twitter (along with other Social Media channels) has dramatically impacted how we see the world, businesses market their products & receive information.
With that in mind we thought it might be fun to look at 55 of the more popular Twitter acronyms from the last nine years.
Acronyms & Translation
- AFAIK – As Far As I Know
- B/C – Because
- BFN – Bye For Now
- BR – Best Regards
- BTW – By the Way
- CX – Correction
- DM – Direct Message (sent directly to the receiver, not visible publically)
- EM – Email E2E – End to End
- FB – Facebook
- FTF or F2F – Face To Face
- F2F – Face To Face
- Fsq – FourSquare
- FTW – For The Win
- FWD or FW – Forward
- FWTW – For What It’s Worth
- G2G – Got to go
- HT – Hat Tip
- HTH – Hope That Helps
- ICYMI – In Case You Missed It
- IMHO – In My Humble Opinion
- IMO – In My Opinion
- IRL – In Real Life
- JV – Joint Venture
- J/K or JK – Just Kidding
- LI – LinkedIn
- LMAO – Laughing My Ass Off
- LMK – Let Me Know More
- LOL – Laugh Out Loud
- MT – Modified Tweet
- NSFW – Not Safe For Work
- NSFK – Not Safe For Kids
- OH – Overheard
- OOO – Out of Office
- PRT – Partial Retweet
- RE – In reply to…. i.e. RE for @ChatWMatt on Social Media Marketing
- RR – ReRun
- RT – ReTweet
- RTR – Read the FAQ
- RTR – Rich Text File
- RTHX – Thanks for the ReTweet
- SNAFU – Situation Normal All F-ed up
- SU – Shut Up
- TL;DR – Too Long, Didn’t Read
- TMB – Tweet Me Back
- TMI – Too Much Information
- Tw – Twitter
- WHS – What he said
- WWBD – What Would Barack (Obama) Do?
- YMMV – Your Mileage May Vary
- YW – Your Welcome
Want to learn more about Twitter & how to be a Twitter Ninja? Check out our book: Twitter ABC: The Ultimate Beginner Guide
