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Email Slang

While chat slang is often not appropriate for professional email correspondence, it can be a great way to save time when emailing friends. The following slang terms are commonly used in email messages.

Slang Term	Meaning	Votes
TTYL	Talk to you later	449
BTW	By the way	507
xx	Kisses	525
thx	Thanks	535
ASAP	As soon as possible	546
TTYT	Talk to you tomorrow	553
24/7	Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week	554
143	I love you	555
nvm	Nevermind	557
FML	F*** my life	557
muah	Kiss	558
2	To	561
pls	Please	567
msg	Message	571
MTFBWY	May the Force be with you	571
r	Are	573
IDEK	I don't even know	573
haha	Laughing	574
H&K	Hugs and kisses	575
u	You	575
IMY	I miss you	576
cuz	Because	577
NSFW	Not safe for work	577
addy	Address	577
sc2	StarCraft 2	578
411	Information	579
STFU	Shut the f*** up	579
b-day	Birthday	580
c	See	580
rly	Really	580
IMU	I miss you	580
ILYSM	I love you so much	581
Y/N	Yes or no?	581
2day	Today	582
MIA	Missing in action	582
lil	Little	582
mtg	Meeting	583
hw	Homework	583
rawr	Roar	583
IHY	I hate you	583
IMD	In my dreams	583
mins	Minutes	583
TM	Trademark	584
re	Regarding	584
DQMOT	Don't quote me on this	584
2H2H	Too hot to handle	585
FYI	For your information	585
CC	Carbon copy	585
JS	Just saying	585
EOD	End of day	585
TWIS	That's what I said	585
459	I love you	585
NNTR	No need to reply	585
FTF	Face to face	585
PITA	Pain in the a**	586
PLMK	Please let me know	586
ILY	I love you	586
srsly	Seriously	586
OMDB	Over my dead body	586
TTL	Time to leave	586
MT	Mistype	586
IAB	In a bit	586
lolz	Laugh out louds	586
XO	Kiss and Hug	586
LYLC	Love you like crazy	586
cz	Because	586
LMK	Let me know	587
X	Kiss	587
mgmt	Management	587
AYK	As you know	587
nvr	Never	587
d8	Date	587
HOPE	Have Only Positive Expectations	587
CYM	Check your mail	587
BW	Best wishes	587
IWALU	I will always love you	587
ITYS	I told you so	588
xlnt	Excellent	588
b	Be	588
JW	Just wondering	588
UR	Your	588
LYSM	Love you so much	588
FT	FaceTime	588
iono	I don't know	588
WDYT	What do you think	588
AYFR	Are you for real?	588
ima	I'm	588
J/W	Just wondering	588
FR	For reference	589
TTFN	Ta-ta for now	589
YSW	Yeah sure whatever	589
WIP	Work in progress	589
YGM	You've got mail	589
TTY	Talk to you	589
OOO	Out of office	589
TBF	To be fair	589
OTS	Off the subject	589
FYKI	For your kind information	589
BFD	Big freakin' deal	590
TAY	Thinking about you	590
hehe	Laughing	590
BU&I	Between you and I	590
SG	Sounds good	590
WRT	With regard to	591
luzr	Loser	591
GFY	Good for you	591
TOU	Thinking of you	591
sp	Spelling	591
AFAIC	As far as I'm concerned	591
MB	My bad	591
ILAMY	I love and miss you	591
D/C	Don't care	591
deets	Details	591
RSVP	Répondez s'il vous plaît	591
NLT	No later than	592
PDA	Public display of affection	592
OM	Old man	592
xit	Exit	592
FTFY	Fixed that for you	592
PTL	Praise the Lord	592
OOT	Out of town	592
PJDWYS	Personal joke, don't worry yourself	593
BR	Best regards	593
EOM	End of message	593
IRDK	I really don't know	593
AOYP	Angel on your pillow	593
ADM	Ay dios mio	593
SAT	Scholastic Aptitude Test	593
BD	Big deal	594
HTH	Hope this helps	594
KIT	Keep in touch	594
F2T	Free to talk	594
N/A	Not applicable	594
TFTI	Thanks for the information	594
MU	Miss you	594
s	Yes	594
AHFY	Always here for you	594
YYSS	Yeah yeah, sure sure	594
SFW	Safe for work	594
MVH	With best regards	594
NRN	No reply necessary	595
EG	For example	595
EOW	End of week	595
VSRE	Very short reply expected	595
AML	All my love	595
hbd	Happy birthday	595
HNM	Happy new month	595
PFA	Please find attached	595
MIMAS	May I make a suggestion	595
AFAYC	As fast as you can	595
Thread	A series of messages	595
OOTL	Out of the loop	595
YABA	Yet another bloody acronym	595
NNTO	No need to open	595
f9	Fine	595
U2U	Up to you	595
TBD	To be determined	595
OTTOMH	Off the top of my head	595
FTTT	From time to time	595
fwd	Forward	595
DBTS	Don't believe that stuff	595
SSIA	Subject says it all	595
FAO	For the attention of	595
IRT	In regards to	596
LOL	Lots of love	596
TIC	Tongue-in-cheek	596
TWIMC	To whom it may concern	596
IMIO	In my infallible opinion	596
ez	Easy	596
ILUM	I love you man	596
SWALK	Sealed with a loving kiss	596
POC	Point of contact	596
BS	Bulls***	596
nonb	Non-business	596
TOD	Truth or dare	596
TOY	Thinking of you	596
WOMBAT	Waste of money, brains, and talent	596
PIO	Pass it on	596
LFTD	Left for the day	596
HAY	How are you	596
OMGD	Oh my gosh, duh	596
I8U	I hate you	596
182	I hate you	596
ZOMG	Oh my gosh!	596
GOMB	Get off my back	596
DU	Darn you	596
SOAB	Son of a b****	596
YHM	You have mail	596
hw	Hardware	596
SAT	Sorry about that	596
TMDF	To my dearest friend	596
AFAICS	As far as I can see	596
IFLY	I freaking love you	596
JFI	Just for information	596
T4LMK	Thanks for letting me know	596
AAYF	As always, your friend	597
T4TU	Thanks for the update	597
bcnu	Be seein' you	597
CTA	Call-to-action	597
EOBD	End of business day	597
TIA	Thanks in advance	597
PL	Pig latin	597
KOTC	Kiss on the cheek	597
CRAFT	Can't remember a freakin' thing	597
FICCL	Frankly, I couldn't care less	597
PTM	Please tell me	597
SIL	Son-in-law	597
WKR	With kind regards	597
CID	Consider it done	597
WUIGB	Wait until I get back	597
4OTS	For old time's sake	597
SIM	Subject is message	597
IDMB	I'll do my best	597
JIC	Just in case	597
tel	Telephone	597
SYAL	See you all later	597
NSFV	Not safe for viewing	597
Crushing it	Doing very well	597
PM	Postmeridian	597
OFL	Out for lunch	597
FYR	For your reference	597
AWLTP	Avoiding work like the plague	597
h/w	Homework	597
VM	Voicemail	597
BHS	Be home soon	597
TSFW	Totally safe for work	597
PNSFW	Probably not safe for work	597
QQ	Quick question	597
AFAP	As fast as possible	597
KUTGW	Keep up the good work	597
AISB	As I said before	597
HU	Heads up	597
ITYF	I think you'll find	597
LET	Leaving early today	597
MSB	My sexy b****	597
RR	Reply required	597
wuz	Was	597
NBJF	No brag, just fact	597
TWSS	That's what she said	597
IDR	I don't remember	597
PTO	Pass this on	597
GBFN	Goodbye for now	597
NG	No good	597
ILYFE	I love you for eternity	597
AFAIAC	As far as I am concerned	597
JFK	Just freakin' kidding	597
WTFNF	What the f**ing f*	597
sw	Software	597
YS	Yours sincerely	597
BLUF	Bottom line up front	597
MTF	More to follow	597
POTB	Pat on the back	597
JFGI	Just flippin' Google it	597
AR	Action required	597
PTIYPASI	Put that in your pipe and smoke it	597
SFF	So freaking funny	597
TBF	To be frank	597
CYDI	Can ya dig it	597
NYR	Need your response	597
ea	Each	597
PYHOOYA	Pull your head out of your a**	597
BL	Belly laughing	597
rnt	Aren't	597
BOTD	Benefit of the doubt	597
TRDMF	Tears running down my face	597
IWALY	I will always love you	597
LL&P	Live long and prosper	597
ASAT	As simple as that	597
AIMP	Always in my prayers	597
NM	No message	597
SAE	Stamped addressed envelope	597
thru	Through	597
TYFA	Thank you for asking	597
COB	Close of business	598
NRR	No reply required	598
HAND	Have a nice day	598
LM	Letters mailed	598
RFC	Request for comment	598
fw	Forwarded	598
TCWB	Take care, write back	598
TUT	Totally unique thought	598
w/	With	598
WB	Write back	598
WBP	Write back please	598
HHTYAY	Happy holidays to you and yours	598
Lemeno	Let me know	598
MMOB	Mind my own business	598
AFWIW	Anyway, for what it's worth	598
DH	Dear hubby	598
NSFA	Not safe for anyone	598
IMCO	In my considered opinion	598
IMNSVHO	In my not so very humble opinion	598
ttly	Totally	598
4	For	598
ATB	All the best	598
CME	Checking my e-mail	598
NUIGB	Not until I get back	598
neway	Anyway	598
WBS	Write back soon	598
SFSG	So far, so good	598
GFU	Good for you	598
O&O	Over and out	598
AB	Action by	598
TNT	Till next time	598
pw	Password	598
OO	Over and out	598
j	Joking	598
M$	Microsoft	598
AFN	All for now	598
emsg	Email Message	598
On it	Handling that task	598
LGTM	Looks good to me	598
EOP	End of play	598
YD	Yes dear	598
ICO	In care of	598
ETD	Estimated time of departure	598
NWS	Not work-safe	598
SRO	Standing room only	598
AWL	Always with love	598
nxt	Next	598
TBA	To be announced	598
2nt	Tonight	598
FYG	For your guidance	598
2zda	Tuesday	598
3rzda	Thursday	598
AYWK	As you well know	598
2MI	Too much information	598
nemore	Anymore	598
RTF	Return the favor	598
TWHS	That's what he said	598
hav	Have	598
em	E-mail	598
RB	Reply by	598
YMMD	You made my day	598
SSA	Subject says all	598
cus	Because	598
BAFO	Best and final offer	598
BBT	Be back tomorrow	598
NLI	Not logged in	598
TYM	Thank you much	598
MMHRD	Many Many Happy Returns of the Day	598
Bisous	Kisses	598
BBB	Boring beyond belief	598
4n	Foreign	598
CMFWIC	Chief mo fo of who's in charge	598
UDFI	You don't fit in	598
WRT	With respect to	598
FTTB	For the time being	598
C4N	Ciao for now	598
CPE	Coolest Person Ever	598
HOPE	Highlights of Personal Experience	598
SY	Sincerely yours	598
SBT	Sorry 'bout that	598
FAF	Funny as fluff	598
a&f	Always and forever	598
wtv	Whatever	598
BMA	Best mates always	598
siul8r	See you later	598
GB2W	Get back to work	598
TAFN	That's all for now	598
IAGSMSOL	I am getting some money sooner or later	598
tab	Talking about	598
PYR	Per your request	598
DSI	Don't sweat it	598
SOW	Speaking of which	598
fn	Fine	598
DWHTGTTA	Do we have to go through this again	598
NB	Please note	598
UOME	You owe me	598
IHA	I hate acronyms	598
ADPIC	Always Dependably Politically Incorrect	598
NT	No text	598
ROFLMAOQWERTY	Rolling on floor laughing my a** off at the keyboard	598
OM	Oh man	598
AFAYC	As far as you're concerned	598
NWR	Not work related	598
AISI	As I see it	598
FGS	For goodness' sake	598
TOWL	The one with love	598
TT4N	Ta-ta for now	598
PNFO	Probably not for the office	598
URAL	You are a loser	598
urgr8	You are great	598
TBF	To be forwarded	598
OTH	Off the hook	598
SPST	Same place, same time	598
WIIFM	What's in it for me?	598
DOA	Dead on arrival	598
TAC	That ain't cool	598
GBY	God bless you	598
ITSFWI	If the shoe fits, wear it	598
UX	User Interface	598
AMBW	All my best wishes	598
FYF	From your friend	598
AAP	Always a pleasure	598
WMB	Write me back	598
TFLMK	Thanks for letting me know	598
dc	Daycare	598
AEAP	As early as possible	598
Cheers	Regards	598
AIMB	As I mentioned before	598
AISE	As I said earlier	598
FUT	Follow up to	599
KYSOTI	Keep your stick on the ice	599
plzrd	Please read	599
SIL	Sister-in-law	599
w/o	Without	599
YVW	You're very welcome	599
YWIA	You're welcome in advance	599
Pl	Playlist	599
Yr	Your	599
FTP	File transfer protocol	599
JA	Just asking	599
RTFFAQ	Read the flippin' FAQ	599
SDIHTT	Someday I'll have the time	599
PHAT	Pretty hot and tempting	599
gud	Good	599
HAK	Hugs and kisses	599
TCOY	Take care of yourself	599
nethng	Anything	599
rgds	Regards	599
SIT	Stay in touch	599
thanq	Thank you	599
p/w	Password	599
OO	On order	599
MGB	May God bless	599
MS	Microsoft	599
TOW	The one where	599
22	Tutu	599
KK	Kiss kiss	599
HK	Hugs and kisses	599
ILUGTD	I love you guys to death	599
EWI	Emailing while intoxicated	599
AIP	Agreement in principle	599
BYH	Bless your heart	599
SASE	Self-addressed stamped envelope	599
PLJ	Peace, love, joy	599
TDL	The Do LaB	599
INU	I need you	599
TTYW	Talk to you whenever	599
LFD	Left for day	599
NTN	No thanks needed	599
ICE	In case of emergency	599
AOC	Available on cell	599
OTB	Off the boat	599
LY	Love ya	599
LOLHK	Lots of love, hugs, and kisses	599
LMKWYT	Let me know what you think	599
plox	Please	599
4U2	For you too	599
DFTBA	Don't forget to be awesome	599
TTYN	Talk to you never	599
4ward	Forward	599
LFTD	Laugh for the day	599
bup	Backup Plan	599
AYEC	At your earliest convenience	599
CYFB	Check your Facebook	599
AMBL	All my boundless love	599
COP	Close of play	599
CRTLA	Can't remember the three-letter acronym	599
BOTB	Back of the book	599
BMBO	Blow my brains out	599
g8r	Gator	599
G9	Genius	599
@@-o	Tattletale	599
LU	Love you	599
FUSIT	Fouled up situation	599
COA	Course of action	599
emc2	Genius	599
abbrev	Abbreviation	599
IAD	It all depends	599
TTYOOTD	Talk to you one of these days	599
AYPI	And your point is?	599
TTYAW	Talk to you after work	599
MIME	Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions	599
BEG	Big evil grin	599
BWTHDIK	But what the heck do I know	599
DWB	Don't write back	599
FLA	Four letter acronym	599
FYM	For your misinformation	599
GBHK	Great big hug and kiss	599
BFN	Big fat negative	599
LTS	Laughing to self	599
YAA	Yet another acronym	599
IIR	If I remember	599
INPO	In no particular order	599
LOLA	Love often, laugh a lot	599
SOMY	Sick of me yet?	599
WBW	With best wishes	599
EML	Email me later	599
OEM	Original Equipment Manufacturer	599
DMNDS	Doesn't make no dang sense	599
ppp	Peace	599
attn	Attention	599
FMI	For more information	599
URTB	You are the best	599
sitrep	Situation report	599
JCI	Just checking in	599
C/O	Care of	599
AIME	As I mentioned earlier	599

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