Text Messaging Abbreviations (Short Forms)
Text Messaging Abbreviations (Short Forms)
Single letters can replace words
• be becomes b
• see becomes c
• the becomes da, de or d
• okay becomes k
• are becomes r
• you becomes u
• with becomes wit or w/
• without becomes w/o
• why becomes y
• oh becomes o
Single digits can replace words
• ate becomes 8
• for becomes 4
• to or too becomes 2
• won becomes 1
A single letter or digit can replace a syllable
• ate becomes 8, so:
o great becomes gr8
o mate becomes m8
o wait becomes w8
o later becomes l8r or l8a
o skate becomes sk8
o skater becomes sk8r
• tomorrow becomes 2mro
• for or fore becomes 4, so:
o before becomes (combining both of the above) b4
o therefore becomes thr4
• once becomes 1ce
Combinations of the above can shorten a single or multiple words
• Your and You're become ur, yr, or u're
Common abbreviations


Anything - NTHING

Are you OK - RUOK?

Are - R

Ate - 8

Be - B

Before - B4

Be seeing you - BCNU

Cutie - QT

Date - D8

Dinner - DNR

Easy - EZ

Eh? - A?

Excellent - XLNT

Fate - F8

For - 4

For your information - FYI

Great - GR8

Late - L8

Later - L8R

Lots of love/laughs - Lol

Love - LUV

Mate - M8

Please - PLS

Please call me - PCM

Queue/cue - Q

Rate - R8

See/sea - C

See you later - CU L8R

Speak - SPK

Tea - T

Thanks - THX

Thank you - THNQ

To/too - 2

To be - 2B

Today - 2DAY

Tomorrow - 2MORO

Want to - WAN2

What - WOT

Work - WRK

Why - Y

You - U

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Happy/Smiley - :-)

Angry - :-||

Very happy - :-))

Confused - %-)

Tongue tied - :-&

Sad - :-(

Saintly - O:-)

Laughing - :-D

Crying - :'-(

Surprised/shocked - :-O

Screaming - :-@

Kiss - :-*

Pig - :@)

Clown - *:-)

Wink - ;-)

Word or phrase Abbreviation(s)
Age/Sex/Location a/s/l or asl
As soon as possible ASAP
At the moment atm
Be right back brb
By the way btw
Got to go g2g or gtg
Great gr8
I don't know idk
In my opinion imo
Just kidding jk
alots of love lol
Laughing my ass off lmao
Rolling on the floor laughing rofl
What the fuck? wtf
Talk to you later ttyl or t2yl