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Help with txt/blog/post acronyms!!

I don't post, but I enjoy reading them. But sometimes I don't know all the lingo, like what does DH mean??? There are several more that I have not figured out yet. Can someone please send me a listing so that I know what I am reading about Smile

Re: Help with txt/blog/post acronyms!!

  • I was thinking that, too.  I still don't know what GTG means but maybe I'll find out some time.  Maybe it means "got to go"? hmm....  But here's a list I got from IVillage. 

    Also LMAO or LMBO means laughing my @ss off or laughing my butt off.

    AF Aunt Flo (menstruation)
    AFK Away from keyboard
    BF Boyfriend
    BIL Brother-in-law
    BRB Be right back

    BTDT Been there done that
    BTW By the way
    CTS Consider the source
    DD Dear daughter
    DH Dear (or darn) husband

    DS Dear son
    DSD Dear stepdaughter
    DSS Dear stepson
    DW Dear (or darn) wife
    F/U Follow up

    F2F Face-to-face
    FAQ Frequently asked question
    FIL Father-in-law
    FWIW For what it's worth
    GF Girlfriend

    GMTA Great minds think alike
    HTH Hope that helps
    IMO In my opinion
    IRL In real life
    ISP Internet service provider

    ITA I totally agree
    J/K Just kidding
    LOL Laugh out loud
    (m) More
    MIL Mother-in-law

    NP No problem
    NT No text
    OIC Oh I see
    OMG Oh my gosh
    OT Off topic

    OTOH On the other hand
    OW/OM Other woman/other man
    ROFL Rolling on the floor laughing
    SAHD Stay-at-home dad
    SAHM Stay-at-home mom

    SIL Sister-in-law
    SO Significant other
    STBX Soon to be ex
    TIA Thanks in advance
    TMI Too much information

    TPTB The powers that be
    TTC Trying to conceive
    TTFN Ta ta for now
    TTYL Talk to you later
    TY Thank you

    URL Web page address
    W/B Welcome back
    W/O Without
    WAHD Work-at-home dad
    WAHM Work-at-home mom

    WOHM Work-out-of-home mom
    WTG Way to go
    WYSIWYG What you see is what you get
    YW You're welcome

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  • GTG is a get-together. 
  • OMG. LOL. I had no idea. <-- My sad attempt at being funny. 

     I don't know what I thought GTG was.

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