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Web forums, bulletin boards, online discussions, or whatever else you want to call them — are a common place to use slang. Knowing common acronyms and abbreviations used in online forums can help you understand other postings and avoid miscommunication. The following table contains a list of slang terms commonly used in web forums.

Slang Term	Meaning	Votes
Meekd	Suppressed	182
Noob	Newbie	315
IDK	I don't know	318
TY	Thank you	390
BTW	By the way	408
OMG	Oh my gosh	425
VR	Virtual reality	431
thx	Thanks	441
xp	Experience	445
Y	Why	459
PC	Personal computer	459
YW	You're welcome	474
PS4	PlayStation 4	506
TLDR	Too long, didn't read	508
xbf	Ex-boyfriend	509
n00b	A new or inexperienced user	528
LAN	Local Area Network	528
IMO	In my opinion	529
Trolling	Posting offensive comments	537
AI	Artificial intelligence	540
TBH	To be honest	543
deagle	Desert Eagle	544
mod	Moderator	550
OF	OnlyFans	551
FFF	Flat foreign female	553
Ditto	Same	556
Chungus	A cute, chunky creature	557
FOMO	Fear of missing out	564
go brrr	Solve a problem	566
PS	PlayStation	567
Zaddy	A composed, fashionable, and attractive man	568
WTS	Want to sell	570
Let him cook	Don't interfere	571
Troll	A person who posts offensive comments	571
Jebaited	Deceived	572
IMHO	In my honest opinion	573
S-tier	Top rank	573
N64	Nintendo 64	574
GOAT	Greatest of all time	574
MCYT	Minecraft YouTuber	575
IMHO	In my humble opinion	575
PM	Private message	576
cata	Cataclysm	576
ICYMI	In case you missed it	576
Aggro	Aggressive	577
CCG	Collectible card game	577
xgf	Ex-girlfriend	577
Dunk on	Make fun of	577
CMIIW	Correct me if I'm wrong	578
YMMV	Your mileage may vary	579
PS3	PlayStation 3	579
YRL	You are lame	580
Tune up	Beat up	580
LGS	Local game store	580
GAL	Get a life	581
ul	Upload	581
MT	Mistype	581
NBSP	No bull s*** please	581
RIP	Rest in peace	581
CG	Computer Graphics	581
U mad bro	Are you mad?	581
Flaming	Angering other Internet users	581
Based	Agree	582
Y/N	Your name	582
C.AI	Character.AI	582
TRS	That really sucks	582
TCG	Trading card game	582
TTTT	To tell the truth	582
Paper hands	To sell a stock at the first sign of trouble	582
BION	Believe it or not	583
WDYT	What do you think	583
Sigma male	An introverted guy who goes his own way	583
Secks	Sex	584
COC	Code of conduct	584
Lady boner	Female feeling of sexual arousal	584
STFD	Sit the f*** down	584
NDS	Nintendo DS	584
IAP	In-app purchase	584
SA	Sexual assault	584
PnP	Party and Play	585
IOW	In other words	585
WYWH	Wish you were here	585
TBF	To be fair	585
imba	Imbalanced	585
Cinnamon roll	A kind, gentle person	586
OT3	One true threesome	586
Pro-ship	Accepting of any fictional relationship	586
GMV	Got my vote	586
Looksmaxxing	Attempting to improve your appearance	586
FOC	Free of charge	586
OTS	Off the subject	586
Redditor	A Reddit user	586
irl	A real-life person	586
vlog	Video blog	586
WCG	World Cyber Games	586
POTUS	President of the United States	586
SWYP	So what's your problem	586
WIP	Work in progress	586
Stonks	Questionable or meaningless financial gains	586
m	Male	587
Doomer	A person who focuses on negative possibilities	587
Thread	A series of messages	587
Sussy baka	Suspicious fool	587
Rent Free In My Head	Frequently on my mind	587
Endgame	A couple that is meant to be together	587
Alphabet mafia	LGBTQIA+ people	587
uttp	UTubeTrollPolice	588
OT	Off topic	588
Alpha male	A dominant male	588
AFAIC	As far as I'm concerned	588
Algospeak	Slang used to bypass content filters	588
Sock puppet account	A fake online identity	588
CSB	Cool story, bro	588
Banger	An awesome, energetic piece of media	588
Lurker	A forum user who reads but doesn't post	588
N/A	Not applicable	589
WBU	What 'bout you	589
Himbo	A naive, musclebound male	589
Planking	Lying face down and straight like a plank	589
sbux	Starbucks	589
YWA	You're welcome anyway	589
admin	Administrator	589
F	A Twitch stream has accidentally disconnected	589
RTFM	Read the flippin' manual	590
WRT	With regard to	590
Gloomer	An apathetic 20-something	590
GTF	Gone too far	590
IDU	I don't understand	590
OP	Original poster	590
FTFY	Fixed that for you	590
TBD	To be determined	590
OTP	One true pairing	590
Sleeper build	When a skinny person is surprisingly buff	590
CGPT	ChatGPT	590
TIL	Today I learned	590
Amogus	Among Us	590
f	Female	591
IAC	In any case	591
DH	Dear husband	591
LOTR	Lord of the Rings	591
IAWTC	I agree with the comment	591
OTD	Of the day	591
Brigading	When one online community harasses another	591
IMA	I might add	591
AITA	Am I the a**hole	591
BOAT	Best of all time	591
FORD	Found on road dead	591
SAT	Scholastic Aptitude Test	591
Yuck your yum	Criticize something you like	591
TSS	Toxic Shock Syndrome	591
DF	Dear fiance	591
Sketchy	Suspicious	591
Rizzler	A person with immense charisma	591
Threadjacking	Steering a discussion away from the original topic	591
WYWTA	What you wanna talk about?	591
Put on blast	To call out	591
FTR	For the record	592
HTH	Hope this helps	592
YA	Young Adult	592
pw	Password	592
LSS	Long story short	592
WTB	Want to buy	592
NSS	No s*** Sherlock	592
MIMAS	May I make a suggestion	592
Waifu	A fictional female that a real person has a crush on	592
OTL	One true love	592
Gobbo	Goblin	592
BIFL	Buy it for life	592
Gatekeep	To police who has access to an identity or community	592
WAGs	Wives and girlfriends	592
POC	Proof of concept	592
Beta male	A submissive male	592
Tots and pears	Thoughts and prayers	592
Crunchy	Natural and sustainable lifestyle	592
IC	I see	593
IDNK	I do not know	593
IIRC	If I remember correctly	593
WCGW	What could go wrong	593
MLM	Men loving men	593
p/w	Password	593
DU	Don't understand	593
Sub	Subreddit	593
TFTI	Thanks for the information	593
DA	DeviantArt	593
NYP	Name your price	593
PIOG	Posted in other groups	593
OOTD	Outfit of the day	593
NTA	Not the a**hole	593
ICC	Icecrown Citadel	593
DYOR	Do your own research	593
SAHD	Stay-at-home dad	593
PC	Politically correct	593
GMAFB	Give me a friggin' break	593
SAE	Stamped addressed envelope	593
DBTS	Don't believe that stuff	593
Diamond hands	To hold a stock through losses	593
azz	A**	593
GOATed	Declared the best	593
s	Sarcasm	593
SSIA	Subject says it all	593
Snapback culture	Pressure on new moms to snap back to their pre-pregnancy bodies	593
Winternity	Eternal winter	593
CONUS	Contiguous United States	593
Cape	To defend someone's actions, often undeservedly	593
It me	I identify with that	593
FCOL	For crying out loud	594
Slash	Same-sex romance fan fiction	594
Husbando	A fictional man that a real person has a crush on	594
Silver fox	An attractive older man	594
IRT	In regards to	594
LTR	Long-term relationship	594
TOH	The other half	594
Creepypasta	A horror story posted on the Internet	594
YSK	You should know	594
IMIO	In my infallible opinion	594
NSFV	Not safe for viewing	594
Volcel	Voluntary celibate	594
M$	Microsoft	594
Bloomer	A well-adjusted 20-something	594
DD	Due diligence	594
SFY	Speak for yourself	594
OMGD	Oh my gosh, duh	594
FORD	Flipped Over and Rebuilt Dodge	594
sw	Software	594
WADR	With all due respect	594
ED	Eating disorder	594
HNM	Happy new month	594
Blursed	Blessed and cursed	594
UX	User Experience	594
JFI	Just for information	594
VOD	Video on demand	594
B&W	Black and white	594
Crypto Mom	SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce	594
anon	Anonymous	594
Baby trap	When one partner misleads the other to cause a pregnancy	594
HPT	Home pregnancy test	594
Chonk	An overweight animal	594
IMPO	In my personal opinion	594
HYFR	Heck ya, freakin' right	594
OTC	Over-the-counter	594
PBUH	Peace be upon Him	594
B1G1	Buy one, get one	594
BOGO	Buy one, get one	594
BOLO	Be on the lookout	594
PR	Public relations	594
TW	Trigger warning	594
Smol	Small and cute	594
Copypasta	A block of text that is often copied and pasted online	594
ACNH	Animal Crossing: New Horizons	594
OOTL	Out of the loop	595
GMTA	Great minds think alike	595
IAG	It's all good	595
ISTM	It seems to me	595
TMA	Take my advice	595
PSGWSP	Play stupid games, win stupid prizes	595
PNSFW	Probably not safe for work	595
PEBCAK	Problem exists between chair and keyboard	595
Book hangover	Remaining attached to a book you just finished	595
PEBKAC	Problem exists between keyboard and chair	595
FH	Future husband	595
ITR	Internet Talk Radio	595
At home	A worse version of something	595
nxt	Next	595
ITYF	I think you'll find	595
Apple sheep	Blindly loyal Apple fans	595
GSOH	Great sense of humor	595
UNADR	You need a doctor	595
hw	Hardware	595
IA	I agree	595
JFGI	Just flippin' Google it	595
PYHOOYA	Pull your head out of your a**	595
Vawulence	Violence	595
Seggs	Sex	595
Stacy	An attractive, sexually active woman	595
CTS	Change the subject	595
Becky	A basic white girl	595
FAANG	Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google	595
BCBG	Bon Chic Bon Genre	595
EOL	End of life	595
LMGTFY	Let me Google that for you	595
DNFTT	Do not feed the trolls	595
Weeb	A non-Japanese person obsessed with Japanese pop culture	595
WAH	Work at home	595
L4D2	Left for Dead 2	595
J6	January 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol Attack	595
cx	Correction	595
LCS	Local comic store	595
RPF	Real person fiction	595
MSRP	Manufacturer's suggested retail price	595
q	Coupon	595
WYB	When you buy	595
Vet	Veteran	595
W2K	Windows 2000	595
Headcanon	A fan's unverified beliefs about a story	595
ICWYM	I see what you mean	595
SCOTUS	Supreme Court of the United States	595
DAE	Does anyone else	595
TIFU	Today I F***ed Up	595
NSFL	Not safe for life	595
BOT	Back on topic	596
DBEYR	Don't believe everything you read	596
iPad kid	A child who is always on a tablet	596
OC	Original content	596
Helicopter mom	An overly involved mom	596
AML	Anti money laundering	596
Subs	Subtitles	596
CAFO	Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation	596
JMHO	Just my humble opinion	596
Copium	Coping via false rationale	596
RTFA	Read the flippin' article	596
Redpilled	Understands an unpleasant truth	596
TWIMC	To whom it may concern	596
Insta cop	Buy immediately	596
CFV	Call for votes	596
WDUMBT	What do you mean by that?	596
WYSIWYG	What you see is what you get	596
NFS	Not for sale	596
Help vampire	A forum user who repeatedly asks basic questions	596
AV	Audio/Video	596
h8	Hate	596
POTC	Pirates of the Caribbean	596
Hopium	False hopes	596
MS	Microsoft	596
txt	Text	596
QQ	Quick question	596
SRO	Standing room only	596
WAHM	Work-at-home mom	596
ITT	In this thread	596
FTLOG	For the love of God	596
AFAIAC	As far as I am concerned	596
WRT	With respect to	596
MTF	More to follow	596
GGGB	Good girl gone bad	596
YTA	You're the a**hole	596
ADPIC	Always Dependably Politically Incorrect	596
Omega male	A self-sufficient, independent male	596
DTRT	Do the right thing	596
TPTB	The powers that be	596
WIIFM	What's in it for me?	596
WLW	Women loving women	596
DOA	Dead on arrival	596
BBS	Bulletin board system	596
CAD	Control-alt-delete	596
Greenwashing	Deceptively claiming to be eco-friendly	596
Blackpilled	Pessimistic about the future	596
GIGO	Garbage in, garbage out	596
HIH	Hope it helps	596
allg	All good	596
IJWTK	I just want to know	596
IJWTS	I just want to say	596
IMPOV	In my point of view	596
ISTR	I seem to recall	596
NGMI	Not gonna make it	596
NFI	No further information	596
ASAT	As simple as that	596
4sale	For sale	596
Comment ghosting	Removing a user's comments	596
WATCH	Walmart, Amazon, Target, Costco, Home Depot	596
Squick	A big turn-off	596
NC	No Contact	596
OOC	Out of context	596
h4x0r	Hacker	596
PS2	PlayStation 2	596
GI	Glycemic Index	596
ONCO	Or nearest cash offer	596
QAnutter	A QAnon believer	596
Galaxy brain	Unorthodox thinking	596
NED	No expiration date	596
Smooth brain	An unintelligent person	596
Urbex	Urban exploration	596
inb4	In before	596
MRA	Men's rights activist	596
Garbage person	A terrible person	596
tendies	Chicken tenders	596
MOTD	Message of the day	596
tru	True	596
J-Pow	Jerome Powell	596
FSBO	For sale by owner	596
Gamma male	A normal man	596
Up to eleven	Up to an excessive degree	596
HFT	High-frequency trader	596
PIBKAC	Problem is between keyboard and chair	596
PICNIC	Problem in chair, not in computer	596
Pleb	An unsophisticated person	596
Techlexic	Unable to comprehend technology	596
NBLM	Non-binary loving men	596
Derail	To take a discussion off topic	596
Flamer	A person who angers other Internet users	596
SOTD	Shoe of the day	596
T4TU	Thanks for the update	596
Doggo	Dog	597
AFAICT	As far as I can tell	597
Womxn	Women	597
The Streisand Effect	When an attempt to hide information draws greater attention	597
Mukbang	Eating show	597
NSFA	Not safe for anyone	597
IME	In my experience	597
Here for it	Excited about it	597
ISWYM	I see what you mean	597
OT	Other topic	597
OTOH	On the other hand	597
AFAWK	As far as we know	597
RFC	Request for comment	597
Moneymaxxing	Attempting to improve your financial situation	597
TUT	Totally unique thought	597
Baka	Fool	597
Marmite character	A person people either hate or love	597
M2F	Male to female	597
DLDR	Don't like, don't read	597
FTP	File transfer protocol	597
DIL	Daughter-in-law	597
IMCO	In my considered opinion	597
HBCU	Historically black colleges and universities	597
RE	Real estate	597
KotH	King of the hill	597
STFW	Search the flippin' web	597
Kyle	A basic white boy	597
QFT	Quoted for truth	597
Gigachad	An ultra-attractive, confident, and capable man	597
NBLW	Non-binary loving women	597
Quarantini	A quarantine-times cocktail	597
nmtn	Never mind that now	597
RTFB	Read the flippin' book	597
IMSO	In my sovereign opinion	597
TIHI	Thanks, I hate it	597
QFE	Question for everyone	597
PSP	PlayStation Portable	597
PSOG	Pure stroke of genius	597
Gastrodiplomacy	When a country uses its cuisine to boost its reputation	597
BDU	Brain dead user	597
CTO	Check this out	597
TISU	This is so unfair	597
IGI	I get it	597
db8	Debate	597
Historybounding	Wearing historically-inspired outfits	597
SINBAD	Single income no boyfriend absolutely desperate	597
LPT	Life Pro Tip	597
HPDC	Happy People Don't Complain	597
TMFT	Too much free time	597
Floof	Fluff	597
Pupper	Puppy	597
OBO	Or best offer	597
pl0x	Please	597
BWTHDIK	But what the heck do I know	597
BDD	Body dysmorphic disorder	597
SMH	Scratching my head	597
BOTD	Benefit of the doubt	597
OTD	On this day	597
Killfie	A potentially deadly selfie	597
MBA	MacBook Air	597
IGTP	I get the point	597
INPO	In no particular order	597
ITSFWI	If the shoe fits, wear it	597
Wojak	A Microsoft Paint-created Internet character	597
WYMM	Will you marry me?	597
AON	As of now	597
B&F	Back and forth	597
PFP	Picture for proof	597
Shadowban	To secretly censor a social media user's content	597
Nocoiner	A person who owns no cryptocurrency	597
F2M	Female to male	597
dc	Daycare	597
Freebie	A free item or service	597
IMBO	In my biased opinion	597
L4D	Left for Dead	597
LARP	Live action role-playing	597
LCG	Living card game	597
TSFW	Totally safe for work	597
BBR	Broken beyond repair	597
CU	Credit union	597
MDI	Multiple Daily Injections	597
Hot Vax Summer	Summer 2021	597
BAYC	Bored Ape Yacht Club	597
Pull	Attract	597
PAYE	Pay as you earn	597
Ammosexual	A person who loves guns	597
TBQH	To be quite honest	597
TBTG	Thanks be to God	597
Career cushioning	Searching for a new job while employed	597
VG	Video game	597
PWI	Predominantly white institution	597
Unsub	Unsubscribe	597
hlp	Help	597
CW	Content warning	597
Lorge	Large	597
Virtual restaurant	Delivery-only restaurant	597
Errz	Errors	597
LBR	Let's be real	597
SPD	Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction	597
Parennial	A parent born between 1981 and 1996	597
AML	Acute myeloid leukemia	597
Astroturfing	Faking a grassroots movement	597
Quant	Quantitative analyst	597
AAA	Apply to affected area	597
b8	Bait	597
CIO	Cry it out	597
You win the Internet	You are awesome	597
Fiver party	A birthday party for a child where guests give $5	597
OCONUS	Outside of contiguous United States	597
Cybermob	A group of online users that harasses other users	597

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