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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	400
XX	Kisses	450
BTW	By the way	454
thx	Thanks	487
143	I love you	498
24/7	Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week	509
ASAP	As soon as possible	511
TTYT	Talk to you tomorrow	518
2	To	520
TLDR	Too long, didn't read	520
muah	Kiss	530
FML	F*** my life	530
nvm	Nevermind	537
pls	Please	540
msg	Message	546
u	You	552
haha	Laughing	552
r	Are	553
411	Information	557
IDEK	I don't even know	559
AKA	Also known as	562
H&K	Hugs and kisses	562
459	I love you	563
IMU	I miss you	568
cuz	Because	569
mins	Minutes	569
NSFW	Not safe for work	570
addy	Address	570
IMY	I miss you	570
b-day	Birthday	571
STFU	Shut the f*** up	571
MIA	Missing in action	571
lil	Little	571
c	See	573
b/c	Because	575
rly	Really	576
FYI	For your information	577
X	Kiss	577
2day	Today	577
XO	Kiss and Hug	577
ILYSM	I love you so much	578
FTF	Face to face	578
LMK	Let me know	579
hw	Homework	579
FWIW	For what it's worth	580
mtg	Meeting	580
hehe	Laughing	580
cz	Because	580
Y/N	Yes or no?	580
2H2H	Too hot to handle	581
PITA	Pain in the a**	581
mgmt	Management	581
lolz	Laugh out louds	581
NNTR	No need to reply	582
BW	Best wishes	582
DQMOT	Don't quote me on this	582
CC	Carbon copy	583
UR	Your	583
srsly	Seriously	583
LYSM	Love you so much	583
TWIS	That's what I said	583
PLMK	Please let me know	584
JS	Just saying	584
ILY	I love you	584
OMDB	Over my dead body	584
TTL	Time to leave	584
MT	Mistype	584
nvr	Never	584
IHY	I hate you	584
LYLC	Love you like crazy	584
AYFR	Are you for real?	584
CYM	Check your mail	584
TAY	Thinking about you	585
TTFN	Ta-ta for now	585
ITYS	I told you so	585
re	Regarding	585
AYK	As you know	585
d8	Date	585
YGM	You've got mail	585
WDYT	What do you think	585
TTY	Talk to you	585
TBF	To be fair	585
ima	I'm	585
J/W	Just wondering	585
EOD	End of day	585
WIP	Work in progress	585
BFD	Big freakin' deal	586
xlnt	Excellent	586
JW	Just wondering	586
Thread	A series of messages	586
IWALU	I will always love you	586
TOU	Thinking of you	587
HOPE	Have Only Positive Expectations	587
ASLP	Age, sex, location, picture	588
b	Be	588
iono	I don't know	588
BU&I	Between you and I	588
PTL	Praise the Lord	588
deets	Details	588
FYKI	For your kind information	588
NLT	No later than	589
WRT	With regard to	589
YSW	Yeah sure whatever	589
luzr	Loser	589
FT	FaceTime	589
OM	Old man	589
AFAIC	As far as I'm concerned	589
MB	My bad	589
ILAMY	I love and miss you	589
OOO	Out of office	589
OTS	Off the subject	589
FR	For reference	589
FTFY	Fixed that for you	590
D/C	Don't care	590
RSVP	Répondez s'il vous plaît	590
SG	Sounds good	590
N/A	Not applicable	591
PJDWYS	Personal joke, don't worry yourself	591
BCC	Blind carbon copy	591
hbd	Happy birthday	591
OOT	Out of town	591
HTH	Hope this helps	592
IRDK	I really don't know	592
TBD	To be determined	592
SAT	Scholastic Aptitude Test	592
POC	Proof of concept	592
IRT	In regards to	593
KIT	Keep in touch	593
PDA	Public display of affection	593
BS	Bulls***	593
GFY	Good for you	593
BR	Best regards	593
YD	Yes dear	593
TFTI	Thanks for the information	593
MU	Miss you	593
MIMAS	May I make a suggestion	593
SSIA	Subject says it all	593
SFW	Safe for work	593
F2T	Free to talk	594
WOMBAT	Waste of money, brains, and talent	594
EOM	End of message	594
s	Yes	594
OMGD	Oh my gosh, duh	594
AHFY	Always here for you	594
sw	Software	594
AFAYC	As fast as you can	594
f9	Fine	594
LL&P	Live long and prosper	594
MVH	With best regards	594
DBTS	Don't believe that stuff	594
BD	Big deal	595
OOTL	Out of the loop	595
NRN	No reply necessary	595
IMIO	In my infallible opinion	595
DH	Dear husband	595
EG	For example	595
AOL	America Online	595
pw	Password	595
h/w	Homework	595
VM	Voicemail	595
AML	All my love	595
HNM	Happy new month	595
PFA	Please find attached	595
EOW	End of week	595
ZOMG	Oh my gosh!	595
SOAB	Son of a b****	595
YABA	Yet another bloody acronym	595
FAO	For the attention of	595
hw	Hardware	595
PNSFW	Probably not safe for work	595
YYSS	Yeah yeah, sure sure	595
JFGI	Just flippin' Google it	595
NNTO	No need to open	595
U2U	Up to you	595
ADM	Ay dios mio	595
OTTOMH	Off the top of my head	595
FTTT	From time to time	595
IFLY	I freaking love you	595
JFI	Just for information	595
fwd	Forward	595
SAE	Stamped addressed envelope	595
TYFA	Thank you for asking	595
VSRE	Very short reply expected	595
AAYF	As always, your friend	596
bcnu	Be seein' you	596
TIA	Thanks in advance	596
TIC	Tongue-in-cheek	596
TWIMC	To whom it may concern	596
CRAFT	Can't remember a freakin' thing	596
ez	Easy	596
ILUM	I love you man	596
SWALK	Sealed with a loving kiss	596
JIC	Just in case	596
tel	Telephone	596
PM	Postmeridian	596
TOD	Truth or dare	596
nonb	Non-business	596
p/w	Password	596
TOY	Thinking of you	596
M$	Microsoft	596
QQ	Quick question	596
SRO	Standing room only	596
PIO	Pass it on	596
LFTD	Left for the day	596
HAY	How are you	596
nxt	Next	596
ITYF	I think you'll find	596
MSB	My sexy b****	596
NSFV	Not safe for viewing	596
wuz	Was	596
TWSS	That's what she said	596
AFAIAC	As far as I am concerned	596
GOMB	Get off my back	596
WRT	With respect to	596
YHM	You have mail	596
SAT	Sorry about that	596
MTF	More to follow	596
Crushing it	Doing very well	596
TMDF	To my dearest friend	596
fn	Fine	596
CYDI	Can ya dig it	596
NB	Please note	596
ADPIC	Always Dependably Politically Incorrect	596
AFAICS	As far as I can see	596
PYHOOYA	Pull your head out of your a**	596
BOTD	Benefit of the doubt	596
DOA	Dead on arrival	596
ASAT	As simple as that	596
TSFW	Totally safe for work	596
T4LMK	Thanks for letting me know	596
thru	Through	596
Cheers	Regards	596
T4TU	Thanks for the update	596
HU	Heads up	596
HAND	Have a nice day	597
LOL	Lots of love	597
RFC	Request for comment	597
SYAL	See you all later	597
TUT	Totally unique thought	597
WB	Write back	597
WBP	Write back please	597
w/o	Without	597
PL	Pig latin	597
KOTC	Kiss on the cheek	597
FICCL	Frankly, I couldn't care less	597
NYR	Need your response	597
SIL	Son-in-law	597
CID	Consider it done	597
CME	Checking my email	597
WUIGB	Wait until I get back	597
4OTS	For old time's sake	597
neway	Anyway	597
WBS	Write back soon	597
OFL	Out for lunch	597
AFN	All for now	597
NM	No message	597
BHS	Be home soon	597
AFAP	As fast as possible	597
AR	Action required	597
KUTGW	Keep up the good work	597
AISB	As I said before	597
GIG	God is good	597
TBA	To be announced	597
AYWK	As you well know	597
IDR	I don't remember	597
BBT	Be back tomorrow	597
PTO	Pass this on	597
GBFN	Goodbye for now	597
NG	No good	597
ILYFE	I love you for eternity	597
CMFWIC	Chief mo fo who's in charge	597
FYG	For your guidance	597
LET	Leaving early today	597
C4N	Ciao for now	597
JFK	Just freakin' kidding	597
WTFNF	What the f**ing f*	597
YS	Yours sincerely	597
SY	Sincerely yours	597
NSFA	Not safe for anyone	597
BLUF	Bottom line up front	597
POTB	Pat on the back	597
SIM	Subject is message	597
EOP	End of play	597
wtv	Whatever	597
AB	Action by	597
cus	Because	597
GB2W	Get back to work	597
LU	Love you	597
EOBD	End of business day	597
PTIYPASI	Put that in your pipe and smoke it	597
SFF	So freaking funny	597
TBF	To be frank	597
ea	Each	597
ROFLMAOQWERTY	Rolling on floor laughing my a** off at the keyboard	597
BL	Belly laughing	597
FYM	For your misinformation	597
rnt	Aren't	597
TRDMF	Tears running down my face	597
WIIFM	What's in it for me?	597
GBY	God bless you	597
INPO	In no particular order	597
ITSFWI	If the shoe fits, wear it	597
IWALY	I will always love you	597
UX	User Interface	597
AIMP	Always in my prayers	597
WMB	Write me back	597
attn	Attention	597
dc	Daycare	597
AISE	As I said earlier	597
AWLTP	Avoiding work like the plague	597
BAFO	Best and final offer	597
WKR	With kind regards	597
FYR	For your reference	597
CTA	Call-to-action	597
NT	No text	598
NWR	Not work related	598
COB	Close of business	598
SFSG	So far, so good	598
LM	Letters mailed	598
SWAK	Sealed with a kiss	598
TCWB	Take care, write back	598
w/	With	598
YWIA	You're welcome in advance	598
Lemeno	Let me know	598
MMOB	Mind my own business	598
FTP	File transfer protocol	598
AFWIW	Anyway, for what it's worth	598
IMNSVHO	In my not so very humble opinion	598
PTM	Please tell me	598
RTFFAQ	Read the flippin' FAQ	598
ttly	Totally	598
fw	Forwarded	598
4	For	598
ATB	All the best	598
NUIGB	Not until I get back	598
NRR	No reply required	598
IDMB	I'll do my best	598
gud	Good	598
nethng	Anything	598
rgds	Regards	598
SIT	Stay in touch	598
thanq	Thank you	598
POC	Point of contact	598
IE	That is	598
O&O	Over and out	598
TNT	Til next time	598
PYR	Per your request	598
TBF	To be forwarded	598
MS	Microsoft	598
emsg	Email Message	598
PNFO	Probably not for the office	598
1L	One liner	598
AWL	Always with love	598
TDL	The Do LaB	598
a&f	Always and forever	598
2nt	Tonight	598
2zda	Tuesday	598
3rzda	Thursday	598
AOC	Available on cell	598
nemore	Anymore	598
RTF	Return the favor	598
I8U	I hate you	598
TWHS	That's what he said	598
hav	Have	598
em	E-mail	598
YMMD	You made my day	598
TYM	Thank you much	598
HABD	Have a blessed day	598
182	I hate you	598
BBB	Boring beyond belief	598
UDFI	You don't fit in	598
DU	Darn you	598
FTTB	For the time being	598
DFTBA	Don't forget to be awesome	598
CPE	Coolest Person Ever	598
SSA	Subject says all	598
HOPE	Highlights of Personal Experience	598
4ward	Forward	598
SBT	Sorry 'bout that	598
CYFB	Check your Facebook	598
TAFN	That's all for now	598
NLI	Not logged in	598
@@-o	Tattletale	598
IAGSMSOL	I am getting some money sooner or later	598
tab	Talking about	598
DSI	Don't sweat it	598
SOW	Speaking of which	598
DWHTGTTA	Do we have to go through this again	598
UOME	You owe me	598
abbrev	Abbreviation	598
TTYOOTD	Talk to you one of these days	598
OM	Oh man	598
AFAYC	As far as you're concerned	598
AISI	As I see it	598
AYPI	And your point is?	598
FGS	For goodness' sake	598
TOWL	The one with love	598
TT4N	Ta-ta for now	598
urgr8	You are great	598
BWTHDIK	But what the heck do I know	598
BFN	Big fat negative	598
OTH	Off the hook	598
SPST	Same place, same time	598
TAC	That ain't cool	598
IIR	If I remember	598
AMBW	All my best wishes	598
EML	Email me later	598
OEM	Original Equipment Manufacturer	598
AAP	Always a pleasure	598
Ppp	Peace	598
COP	Close of play	598
TFLMK	Thanks for letting me know	598
FMI	For more information	598
sitrep	Situation report	598
AEAP	As early as possible	598
AIMB	As I mentioned before	598
HHTYAY	Happy holidays to you and yours	598
LGTM	Looks good to me	598
JA	Just asking	598
On it	Handling that task	598
FUT	Follow up to	599
plzrd	Please read	599
SIL	Sister-in-law	599
RB	Reply by	599
YVW	You're very welcome	599
Pl	Playlist	599
Yr	Your	599
DW	Dear wife	599
SDIHTT	Someday I'll have the time	599
HAK	Hugs and kisses	599
RR	Reply required	599
WOT	Waste of time	599
GFU	Good for you	599
AM	Antemeridian	599
MM	Missing my	599
OO	Over and out	599
MGB	May God bless	599
app	Appreciate	599
TOW	The one where	599
22	Tutu	599
NWS	Not work-safe	599
LMKWYT	Let me know what you think	599
LMKWYC	Let me know when you can	599
ILUGTD	I love you guys to death	599
NTN	No thanks needed	599
LOLHK	Lots of love, hugs, and kisses	599
YMSF	Your momma's so fat	599
HAGW	Have a good week	599
MMHRD	Many Many Happy Returns of the Day	599
4n	Foreign	599
BMA	Best mates always	599
siul8r	See you later	599
BMBO	Blow my brains out	599
ICYDK	In case you didn't know	599
cos	Because	599
YD	Ya dig?	599
IHA	I hate acronyms	599
VE	Very emotional	599
YAA	Yet another acronym	599
DMNDS	Doesn't make no dang sense	599
ftr	After	599
TCOY	Take care of yourself	599
KYSOTI	Keep your stick on the ice	600
URA*	You are a star	600
ILYWAMH	I love you with all my heart	600
BYH	Bless your heart	600
AAWC	After a while, crocodile	600
INU	I need you	600
TTYW	Talk to you whenever	600
LFD	Left for day	600
ICE	In case of emergency	600
2mrw	Tomorrow	600
LY	Love ya	600
FAH	Funny as heck	600
IAD	It all depends	600
TTYAW	Talk to you after work	600
SWAS	Said with a smile	600
BTWITIILWY	By the way, I think I'm in love with you	600
URAL	You are a loser	600
BEG	Big evil grin	600
DWB	Don't write back	600
FLA	Four letter acronym	600
GBHK	Great big hug and kiss	600
STLSDR	Still too long, still didn't read	600
LTS	Laughing to self	600
LOLA	Love often, laugh a lot	600
SOMY	Sick of me yet?	600
WBW	With best wishes	600
FYF	From your friend	600
TAU	Thinking about you	600
URTB	You are the best	600
JCI	Just checking in	600
C/O	Care of	600
FTC	Failure to communicate	600
AIME	As I mentioned earlier	600
ASAYGT	As soon as you get this	600
AYEC	At your earliest convenience	600
EWI	Emailing while intoxicated	600
TYLJ	Thank you Lord Jesus	600
SFTME	Sorry for the mass email	600

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