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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	205
Noob	Newbie	492
IDK	I don't know	499
VR	Virtual reality	500
xp	Experience	521
PC	Personal computer	532
TY	Thank you	543
PS4	PlayStation 4	544
OMG	Oh my gosh	549
n00b	A new or inexperienced user	550
Y	Why	552
LAN	Local Area Network	555
FFF	Flat foreign female	555
BTW	By the way	556
Trolling	Posting offensive comments	558
TLDR	Too long, didn't read	559
YW	You're welcome	563
POV	Point of view	565
thx	Thanks	566
mod	Moderator	570
Chungus	A cute, chunky creature	570
IMO	In my opinion	573
TBH	To be honest	574
go brrr	Solve a problem	576
TMNT	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	577
Alphabet mafia	LGBTQIA+ people	580
PS	PlayStation	580
Jebaited	Deceived	580
Ditto	Same	582
N64	Nintendo 64	584
FOMO	Fear of missing out	584
CMIIW	Correct me if I'm wrong	585
IMHO	In my humble opinion	585
COC	Code of conduct	585
RIP	Rest in peace	585
GOAT	Greatest of all time	585
CCG	Collectible card game	586
LGS	Local game store	586
Dunk on	Make fun of	586
PM	Private message	587
Tune up	Beat up	587
IAP	In-app purchase	587
POTUS	President of the United States	587
MCYT	Minecraft YouTuber	587
IOW	In other words	588
YMMV	Your mileage may vary	588
MT	Mistype	588
IMHO	In my honest opinion	588
Troll	A person who posts offensive comments	588
PS3	PlayStation 3	588
Paper hands	To sell a stock at the first sign of trouble	588
GAL	Get a life	589
Based	Agree	589
cata	Cataclysm	589
imba	Imbalanced	589
vlog	Video blog	589
YWA	You're welcome anyway	589
WIP	Work in progress	589
Stonks	Questionable or meaningless financial gains	589
Lady boner	Female feeling of sexual arousal	589
NBSP	No bull s*** please	590
TBF	To be fair	590
OTS	Off the subject	590
STFD	Sit the f*** down	590
ICYMI	In case you missed it	590
Planking	Lying face down and straight like a plank	590
irl	A real-life person	590
Zaddy	A composed, fashionable, and attractive man	590
U mad bro	Are you mad?	590
BION	Believe it or not	591
ul	Upload	591
GMV	Got my vote	591
fb	Feedback	591
CSB	Cool story, bro	591
TCG	Trading card game	591
WCG	World Cyber Games	591
SWYP	So what's your problem	591
Flaming	Angering other Internet users	591
IAC	In any case	592
m	Male	592
OT	Off topic	592
WRT	With regard to	592
WYWH	Wish you were here	592
AFAIC	As far as I'm concerned	592
WDYT	What do you think	592
NDS	Nintendo DS	592
Redditor	A Reddit user	592
TIL	Today I learned	592
CG	Computer Graphics	592
WBU	What 'bout you	593
SA	Sexual assault	593
IMA	I might add	593
FOC	Free of charge	593
Himbo	A naive, musclebound male	593
Doomer	A person who focuses on negative possibilities	593
PC	Politically correct	593
TTTT	To tell the truth	593
Threadjacking	Steering a discussion away from the original topic	593
IIRC	If I remember correctly	594
Cinnamon roll	A kind, gentle person	594
PnP	Party and Play	594
N/A	Not applicable	594
IAWTC	I agree with the comment	594
TFTI	Thanks for the information	594
DD	Due diligence	594
OP	Original poster	594
FTFY	Fixed that for you	594
SAT	Scholastic Aptitude Test	594
OOMF	One of my followers	594
OTP	One true pairing	594
WYWTA	What you wanna talk about?	594
Put on blast	To call out	594
FCOL	For crying out loud	595
HTH	Hope this helps	595
IRT	In regards to	595
LOTR	Lord of the Rings	595
Sussy baka	Suspicious fool	595
TRS	That really sucks	595
LSS	Long story short	595
sic	Spelling incorrect	595
MIMAS	May I make a suggestion	595
OOTD	Outfit of the day	595
YRL	You are lame	595
Snapback culture	Pressure on new moms to snap back to their pre-pregnancy bodies	595
Gatekeep	To police who has access to an identity or community	595
OOTL	Out of the loop	595
AITA	Am I the a**hole	595
OTL	One true love	595
Gloomer	An apathetic 20-something	595
wags	Wives and girlfriends	595
OT3	One true threesome	595
DBTS	Don't believe that stuff	595
SSIA	Subject says it all	595
Amogus	Among Us	595
Copypasta	A block of text that is often copied and pasted online	595
Cape	To defend someone's actions, often undeservedly	595
Chonk	An overweight animal	595
Gobbo	Goblin	595
Secks	Sex	596
f	Female	596
FTR	For the record	596
IAG	It's all good	596
RTFM	Read the flippin' manual	596
IMIO	In my infallible opinion	596
h8	Hate	596
SFY	Speak for yourself	596
GSOH	Great sense of humor	596
TBD	To be determined	596
FAANG	Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google	596
LMGTFY	Let me Google that for you	596
JFI	Just for information	596
B&W	Black and white	596
HNM	Happy new month	596
BOLO	Be on the lookout	596
Book hangover	Remaining attached to a book you just finished	596
admin	Administrator	596
ICWYM	I see what you mean	596
SCOTUS	Supreme Court of the United States	596
Brigading	When one online community harasses another	596
F	A Twitch stream has accidentally disconnected	596
AFAICT	As far as I can tell	597
Algospeak	Slang used to bypass content filters	597
IME	In my experience	597
ISTM	It seems to me	597
WCGW	What could go wrong	597
TMA	Take my advice	597
YSK	You should know	597
WDUMBT	What do you mean by that?	597
QQ	Quick question	597
PEBKAC	Problem exists between keyboard and chair	597
GTF	Gone too far	597
FH	Future husband	597
PIOG	Posted in other groups	597
WAHM	Work-at-home mom	597
TISU	This is so unfair	597
IGI	I get it	597
RPF	Real person fiction	597
AFAIAC	As far as I am concerned	597
hw	Hardware	597
sw	Software	597
WADR	With all due respect	597
IA	I agree	597
JFGI	Just flippin' Google it	597
SERP	Search engine results page	597
TBE	To be edited	597
PYHOOYA	Pull your head out of your a**	597
BOTD	Benefit of the doubt	597
WATCH	Walmart, Amazon, Target, Costco, Home Depot	597
Helicopter mom	An overly involved mom	597
Seggs	Sex	597
Husbando	A fictional man that a real person has a crush on	597
IMPOV	In my point of view	597
NFI	No further information	597
Diamond hands	To hold a stock through losses	597
VOD	Video on demand	597
NC	No Contact	597
DNFTT	Do not feed the trolls	597
anon	Anonymous	597
HPT	Home pregnancy test	597
J-Pow	Jerome Powell	597
IMPO	In my personal opinion	597
HYFR	Heck ya, freakin' right	597
Sock puppet account	A fake online identity	597
PBUH	Peace be upon Him	597
GMAFB	Give me a friggin' break	597
SAE	Stamped addressed envelope	597
inb4	In before	597
azz	A**	597
DYOR	Do your own research	597
Crypto Mom	SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce	597
DAE	Does anyone else	597
Derail	To take a discussion off topic	597
PNSFW	Probably not safe for work	597
CONUS	Contiguous United States	597
T4TU	Thanks for the update	597
TIFU	Today I F***ed Up	597
Y/N	Your name	597
TSFW	Totally safe for work	597
AIUI	As I understand it	598
Smol	Small and cute	598
DBEYR	Don't believe everything you read	598
Subs	Subtitles	598
Baka	Fool	598
GMTA	Great minds think alike	598
Yuck your yum	Criticize something you like	598
IMAO	In my arrogant opinion	598
Banger	An awesome, energetic piece of media	598
CAFO	Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation	598
OT	Other topic	598
HBCU	Historically black colleges and universities	598
RFC	Request for comment	598
TOH	The other half	598
TUT	Totally unique thought	598
YWIA	You're welcome in advance	598
PEBCAK	Problem exists between chair and keyboard	598
DH	Dear hubby	598
IMCO	In my considered opinion	598
IMNSVHO	In my not so very humble opinion	598
WW	Wrong Window	598
POTC	Pirates of the Caribbean	598
HBU	How 'bout you	598
pw	Password	598
Waifu	A fictional female that a real person has a crush on	598
M$	Microsoft	598
At home	A worse version of something	598
Tendies	Chicken tenders	598
NGMI	Not gonna make it	598
QFT	Quoted for truth	598
DU	Don't understand	598
ID10T	Idiot	598
git	Get over it	598
RTFB	Read the flippin' book	598
QFE	Question for everyone	598
BIFL	Buy it for life	598
SRO	Standing room only	598
Kyle	A basic white boy	598
PC4PC	Picture comment for picture comment	598
Bloomer	A well-adjusted 20-something	598
PSOG	Pure stroke of genius	598
S-tier	Top rank	598
BDU	Brain dead user	598
NSS	No s*** Sherlock	598
CTO	Check this out	598
ITYF	I think you'll find	598
OMGD	Oh my gosh, duh	598
Hot Vax Summer	Summer 2021	598
Weeb	A non-Japanese person obsessed with Japanese pop culture	598
WRT	With respect to	598
TW	Trigger warning	598
Lorge	Large	598
pl0x	Please	598
DTRT	Do the right thing	598
SMH	Scratching my head	598
DOA	Dead on arrival	598
BBS	Bulletin board system	598
Virtual restaurant	Delivery-only restaurant	598
CTS	Change the subject	598
EOF	End of file	598
NSFV	Not safe for viewing	598
TIHI	Thanks, I hate it	598
HIH	Hope it helps	598
IJWTK	I just want to know	598
IJWTS	I just want to say	598
ISTR	I seem to recall	598
ITSFWI	If the shoe fits, wear it	598
ASAT	As simple as that	598
UX	User Interface	598
AON	As of now	598
B&F	Back and forth	598
BCBG	Bon Chic Bon Genre	598
LPT	Life Pro Tip	598
Becky	A basic white girl	598
SAHD	Stay-at-home dad	598
Shadowban	To secretly censor a social media user's content	598
WAH	Work at home	598
IMBO	In my biased opinion	598
PS2	PlayStation 2	598
GI	Glycemic Index	598
WDIT	Why do I try	598
Insta cop	Buy immediately	598
Wojak	A Microsoft Paint-created Internet character	598
YA	Young Adult	598
NSFA	Not safe for anyone	598
Nocoiner	A person who owns no cryptocurrency	598
B1G1	Buy one, get one	598
q	Coupon	598
CU	Credit union	598
PR	Public relations	598
TBQH	To be quite honest	598
TBTG	Thanks be to God	598
TTTE	Thomas the Tank Engine	598
MRA	Men's rights activist	598
SEO	Search engine optimization	598
W2K	Windows 2000	598
OF	OnlyFans	598
OTD	Of the day	598
Slash	Same-sex romance fan fiction	598
Volcel	Voluntary celibate	598
PIBKAC	Problem is between keyboard and chair	598
PICNIC	Problem in chair, not in computer	598
SPD	Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction	598
Winternity	Eternal winter	598
Pleb	An unsophisticated person	598
Techlexic	Unable to comprehend technology	598
CIO	Cry it out	598
IYAM	If you ask me	598
It me	I identify with that	598
Quarantini	A quarantine-times cocktail	598
Headcanon	A fan's unverified beliefs about a story	598
AA	As above	599
ATSL	Along the same lines	599
BOT	Back on topic	599
LCG	Living card game	599
EOD	End of discussion	599
EOL	End of lecture	599
IB2D	I beg to differ	599
IMHARO	In my humble and respectful opinion	599
IMNSHO	In my not so humble opinion	599
MBA	MacBook Air	599
GDI	God d*** it	599
Floof	Fluff	599
POS	Power of suggestion	599
RTFA	Read the flippin' article	599
TTBOMK	To the best of my knowledge	599
WAEFRD	When all else fails, read directions	599
OC	Original content	599
NBLM	Non-binary loving men	599
CFV	Call for votes	599
DYJHIW	Don't you just hate it when	599
NBLW	Non-binary loving women	599
Sub	Subreddit	599
Baby trap	When one partner misleads the other to cause a pregnancy	599
FTP	File transfer protocol	599
WYSIWYG	What you see is what you get	599
DIL	Daughter-in-law	599
RTFFAQ	Read the flippin' FAQ	599
Dab hand	An expert	599
Pupper	Puppy	599
p/w	Password	599
MS	Microsoft	599
TOW	The one with	599
RATM	Rage Against The Machine	599
OLTL	One Life to Live	599
nmtn	Never mind that now	599
Astroturfing	Faking a grassroots movement	599
Queerbaiting	Implying but never actualizing a non-hetero relationship	599
IMSO	In my sovereign opinion	599
YTA	You're the a**hole	599
BFR	Big freakin' rock	599
Quant	Quantitative analyst	599
MIB	Men in Black	599
Ghost banning	Censoring a social media user's posts	599
TDL	The Do LaB	599
FW	Future wife	599
Algo	Algorithm	599
nxt	Next	599
Shower thought	An idea that comes to you in the shower	599
Shot Girl Summer	Summer 2021	599
HPDC	Happy People Don't Complain	599
TMFT	Too much free time	599
MTF	More to follow	599
DA	DeviantArt	599
FUPA	Fatty upper pubic area	599
ADPIC	Always Dependably Politically Incorrect	599
BWTHDIK	But what the heck do I know	599
FYM	For your misinformation	599
icc	Icecrown Citadel	599
BFN	Big fat negative	599
4n6	Forensics	599
TPTB	The powers that be	599
WIIFM	What's in it for me?	599
YAA	Yet another acronym	599
BWQ	Buzzword quotient	599
CAD	Control-alt-delete	599
MSI	Minority-serving institutions	599
WAGMI	We're all gonna make it	599
Rent Free In My Head	Is frequently on my mind	599
IIR	If I remember	599
HCOL	High cost of living	599
INPO	In no particular order	599
PEBCAC	Problem exists between chair and computer	599
4sale	For sale	599
OEM	Original Equipment Manufacturer	599
DMNDS	Doesn't make no dang sense	599
Deplatform	To remove a user from a social network or website	599
NTA	Not the a**hole	599
MLM	Men loving men	599
DF	Dear fiance	599
dc	Daycare	599
FMI	For more information	599
Freebie	A free item or service	599
h4x0r	Hacker	599
L4D2	Left for Dead 2	599
WLW	Women loving women	599
Greenwashing	Deceptively claiming to be eco-friendly	599
Blursed	Blessed and cursed	599
Comment ghosting	Removing a user's comments	599
OTS	Open two-seater	599
Digital nomad	A person who performs their job online while traveling	599
HMP	Help me, please	599
HMP	Half marathon pace	599
FF	Fast forward	599
PFP	Picture for proof	599
CX	Correction	599
BOGO	Buy one, get one	599
MSRP	Manufacturer's suggested retail price	599
OOP	Out of pocket	599
WYB	When you buy	599
RMA	Return Merchandise Authorization	599
Creepypasta	A horror story posted on the Internet	599
TARFU	Things are really fouled up	599
ToC	Table of contents	599
VPL	Visible panty line	599
vid	Video	599
Sketchy	Suspicious	599
IBTL	In before the lock	599
phobar	Photoshopped beyond all recognition	599
QAnutter	A QAnon believer	599
Mukbang	Eating show	599
hlp	Help	599
TTT	To the top	599
Urbex	Urban exploration	599
VBO	Visible belly outline	599
IIUC	If I understand correctly	599
BDD	Body dysmorphic disorder	599
CW	Content warning	599
HWCU	Historically white colleges and universities	599
ABP	Already been posted	599
PWI	Predominantly white institution	599
OTD	On this day	599
Flamer	A person who angers other Internet users	599
SOTD	Shoe of the day	599
Fiver party	A birthday party for a child where guests give $5	599
Cybermob	A group of online users that harasses other users	599
ACNH	Animal Crossing: New Horizons	599
BME	Based on my experience	600
DHYB	Don't hold your breath	600
IC	I see	600
ICOCBW	I could, of course, be wrong	600
s	Sarcasm	600
Doggo	Dog	600
BTS	Behind the scenes	600
JASE	Just another system error	600
DW	Dear wife	600
IMVHO	In my very humble opinion	600
AYOR	At your own risk	600
HK	Hello Kitty	600
SF	Science Fiction	600
ITR	Internet Talk Radio	600
ITR	Income Tax Return	600
IDU	I don't understand	600
IPN	I'm posting naked	600
OBO	Or best offer	600
ED	Eating disorder	600
HYL	Help You Later	600
FUCT	Failed under continuous testing	600
EMI	Excuse my ignorance	600
OOP	Out of print	600
OPK	Ovulation predictor kit	600
BFP	Big fat positive	600
ppd	Postpartum depression	600
NBLNB	Non-binary loving non-binary	600
LARP	Live action role-playing	600
ONCO	Or nearest cash offer	600
T4P	Thanks for posting	600
VG	Video game	600
MBP	MacBook Pro	600
sysadmin	System administrator	600
Silver fox	An attractive older man	600
WP	WordPress	600
Owned	Dominated	600
IAW	In accordance with	601
u/l	Upload	601
SOTA	State of the art	601
TTTT	These things take time	601
FAWC	For anyone who cares	601
WCM	Warcraft Movies	601
SPD	Sensory Processing Disorder	601
HEA	Happily ever after	601
LWD	Little white dress	601

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