Internet Acronyms and Abbreviations You May Not Know The Meaning Of

I’ve seen a lot of new words and terms in the internet this year (including SMS and other forms of digital communication), and really, I had to Google most of the internet slang or I had to have someone explain it to me. These were the cases when I see someone call another their bae, tweets sepanx or says that they’re bored af.

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To give everyone a refresher on some of the most used in the internet that we’ve encountered, we listed those that might interest you down below with examples beside the difficult ones to put them in better context:

AF – as f*ck: “I’m bored af.”
BAE– before anyone else: “I miss my bae.” (also danish for poop, FYI)
FFTB – fresh from the bathroom
FML – f*ck my life
FTW – for the win
GG – good game
HF – high five
ICYMI– in case you missed it: “ICYMI, here’s our review of the Asus ZenFone 5.”
IYKWIM – if you know what I mean
LMK – let me know
KOTD – kicks of the day
Meh – mediocrity: “The food was… meh.”
NP – no problem
NVM – never mind
OTP – one true pair
OOTD – outfit of the day
Sepanx – separation anxiety
Ship – To endorse a romantic relationship, usually used in fandom context: “I ship Lelouch / C.C.”
SNAFU – situation normal, all f*cked up
TMI – too much information
TWD – texting while driving
TYVM – thank you very much
YOLO – you only live once

There’s obviously more, and we no longer included the very basic ones such as OMG, WTF, ASL, TBH and IMHO. If we missed anything new, recent and hip, feel free to drop it down below!

Bob Freking

Bob Freking occasionally contributes articles to the website. He is a UST Graduate of Commerce & Business Administration, Major in Marketing Management, and a full-time Sith Lord with three dragons.

21 Comments

Anon says:

10 years ago

JAPAN – Just Always Pray At Night
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Doc Harry says:

10 years ago

YMMV – Your mileage may vary (as in, when you try something new, don’t expect to have the same experience as the reviewer.)

NSFW – Not safe for work (when viewing or reading articles of a risqué nature)

SMH – Shaking my head OR the NSFW version such me hard
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cyntax says:

10 years ago

SML – so much love
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ewanlangha says:

10 years ago

and with kitkat
all these acronyms can still further be reduce with emoticons

:-)
;-)
:-(
<3

i don't know if some of you guys knows what this means: ..l..
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James says:

10 years ago

IIRC – if i recall correctly
AFAIK – as far as i know
LMGTFY – let me google that for you
ICYMI – in case you missed it

source: Stack Overflow Reading (w/o digesting) LMFAO
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omar1234ph says:

10 years ago

KMN- Kill Me Now
Bazinga!
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gadgeteer says:

10 years ago

TBA to be announced
gtg got to go
brb be right back
oth on the house
psp ***censored***
pa personal assistant
pas public address system
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Ex-Alodian Knight says:

10 years ago

Don’t forget Top Kek.
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Silverlokk says:

10 years ago

SNAFU is pre-Internet, US military if I recall correctly. The “polite” expression is “Situation Normal, All Fouled Uup” but US military expressions are hardly “polite” :)
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Silverlokk says:

10 years ago

Make that Fouled Up

DOFY says:

10 years ago

FTSIGH – Fuck This Shit I’m Going Home
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Tony says:

10 years ago

May asterisk pa sa word na fuck e sa snafu completo naman.
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macbytes says:

10 years ago

HF – have fun
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mayweather says:

10 years ago

TBE the best excuses
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jorussic says:

10 years ago

TWD = The Walking Dead
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charaught says:

10 years ago

Best comment of the year! Humabol pa. Haha

TacticalNinja says:

10 years ago

WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get.) Just like the articles in this website/blog/whatever.
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tuni says:

10 years ago

SMH – shaking my head :)
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atom says:

10 years ago

IDGAF – I don’t give a f**k
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Easy E says:

10 years ago

IMO – in my opinion
IMHO – in my humble opinion
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