40 useful abbreviations in English that are useful when communicating on the Internet
Even if you know English well, then in social networks and when communicating with native speakers you will probably encounter something incomprehensible. Abbreviations are especially distinguished here, which are not always clear how to google. Edition Lifehacker compiled a list of 53 abbreviations - with their decoding into "human English".
Here are those irreplaceable abbreviations:
- b - be (to be)
- asap - as soon as possible (as soon as possible)
- b4 - before (before)
- bout - about (about)
- brb - be right back (I'll be right now)
- c - see (see)
- u - you (you/you)
- da-the
- dey - they (they)
- idk - I don't know (I don't know)
- l8r - later (later)
- gr8 - great (wonderful)
- ova - over (above)
- g2g - gotta go (need to go)
- r - are
- rite - right
- ttyl - talk to you later (let's talk later)
- wht - what (what)
- y'all - you all (you all)
- lol - laughing out loud (laughing loudly)
- lmao - laughing my ass out (very funny)
- Ama - I'm (I)
- Dunno - don't know (I don't know)
- 10x - thanks (thank you)
- b4n - bye for now (bye bye)
- ho - no one (nobody)
- atm - at the moment (at the moment)
- btw - by the way (by the way)
- np - no problem (no problem)
- cu - see you (see you)
- fml - fuck mu life
- fyi - for your information (for your information)
- imo - in my opinionhru - how are you (how are you)
- sby – somebody (someone)
- sth - something (something)
- tbh - to be honest (to be honest)
- tmi (this is not only the mortal instruments)) - too much information (too much information)
- xoxo - hugs and kisses (hugs and kisses)
- wknd - weekend
- sm - so much (very much/very much)
- tysm - thank you so much (many thanks)
- idc - i dont care (I don't care)
- wdum- what do you mean (what do you mean)
- Istg - I swear to god (I swear to God)
- hbu - how about you (what about you)
- Smd - suck my dick
- Ho - whore
- Stfu - shut the fuck up
- K - ok
- What-wot
- Yh/ya - yeah
- Y - why
- W/e - whatever
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