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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	199
Noob	Newbie	419
IDK	I don't know	447
VR	Virtual reality	470
xp	Experience	484
PC	Personal computer	507
TY	Thank you	519
OMG	Oh my gosh	523
PS4	PlayStation 4	528
BTW	By the way	529
Y	Why	538
n00b	A new or inexperienced user	542
TLDR	Too long, didn't read	543
LAN	Local Area Network	547
thx	Thanks	552
YW	You're welcome	552
Trolling	Posting offensive comments	552
FFF	Flat foreign female	554
POV	Point of view	561
Chungus	A cute, chunky creature	564
mod	Moderator	565
IMO	In my opinion	568
TBH	To be honest	569
TMNT	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	573
PS	PlayStation	576
go brrr	Solve a problem	576
Jebaited	Deceived	576
WTS	Want to sell	577
Ditto	Same	577
N64	Nintendo 64	579
FOMO	Fear of missing out	579
cata	Cataclysm	582
Dunk on	Make fun of	582
COC	Code of conduct	583
GOAT	Greatest of all time	583
LGS	Local game store	583
IMHO	In my humble opinion	584
YMMV	Your mileage may vary	584
Alphabet mafia	LGBTQIA+ people	584
IMHO	In my honest opinion	584
RIP	Rest in peace	584
PM	Private message	585
ICYMI	In case you missed it	585
CCG	Collectible card game	585
PS3	PlayStation 3	585
Paper hands	To sell a stock at the first sign of trouble	585
IAP	In-app purchase	585
Tune up	Beat up	585
Zaddy	A composed, fashionable, and attractive man	585
CMIIW	Correct me if I'm wrong	586
MCYT	Minecraft YouTuber	586
Based	Agree	586
Troll	A person who posts offensive comments	586
GAL	Get a life	587
MT	Mistype	587
YRL	You are lame	587
irl	A real-life person	587
vlog	Video blog	587
POTUS	President of the United States	587
SWYP	So what's your problem	587
CG	Computer Graphics	587
U mad bro	Are you mad?	587
Flaming	Angering other Internet users	587
IOW	In other words	588
ul	Upload	588
TRS	That really sucks	588
S-tier	Top rank	588
TBF	To be fair	588
imba	Imbalanced	588
FOC	Free of charge	588
NDS	Nintendo DS	588
TCG	Trading card game	588
WIP	Work in progress	588
Lady boner	Female feeling of sexual arousal	588
Planking	Lying face down and straight like a plank	589
WCG	World Cyber Games	589
Stonks	Questionable or meaningless financial gains	589
BION	Believe it or not	590
NBSP	No bull s*** please	590
WDYT	What do you think	590
OTS	Off the subject	590
CSB	Cool story, bro	590
WYWH	Wish you were here	591
AFAIC	As far as I'm concerned	591
SA	Sexual assault	591
GMV	Got my vote	591
Himbo	A naive, musclebound male	591
STFD	Sit the f*** down	591
fb	Feedback	591
Redditor	A Reddit user	591
OT3	One true threesome	592
IAC	In any case	592
m	Male	592
OT	Off topic	592
WRT	With regard to	592
WBU	What 'bout you	592
Secks	Sex	592
YWA	You're welcome anyway	592
TTTT	To tell the truth	592
TIL	Today I learned	592
Sussy baka	Suspicious fool	592
Cinnamon roll	A kind, gentle person	593
IMA	I might add	593
FTFY	Fixed that for you	593
PnP	Party and Play	593
Doomer	A person who focuses on negative possibilities	593
Threadjacking	Steering a discussion away from the original topic	593
FTR	For the record	594
HTH	Hope this helps	594
IIRC	If I remember correctly	594
N/A	Not applicable	594
IAWTC	I agree with the comment	594
TFTI	Thanks for the information	594
OP	Original poster	594
Gatekeep	To police who has access to an identity or community	594
DD	Due diligence	594
SAT	Scholastic Aptitude Test	594
AITA	Am I the a**hole	594
WCGW	What could go wrong	594
PC	Politically correct	594
OTP	One true pairing	594
WYWTA	What you wanna talk about?	594
Put on blast	To call out	594
Brigading	When one online community harasses another	594
F	A Twitch stream has accidentally disconnected	594
Gobbo	Goblin	594
Amogus	Among Us	595
f	Female	595
FCOL	For crying out loud	595
IRT	In regards to	595
RTFM	Read the flippin' manual	595
LOTR	Lord of the Rings	595
Sock puppet account	A fake online identity	595
Algospeak	Slang used to bypass content filters	595
LSS	Long story short	595
sic	Spelling incorrect	595
MIMAS	May I make a suggestion	595
Gloomer	An apathetic 20-something	595
OOTD	Outfit of the day	595
GSOH	Great sense of humor	595
TBD	To be determined	595
Snapback culture	Pressure on new moms to snap back to their pre-pregnancy bodies	595
HNM	Happy new month	595
OTL	One true love	595
wags	Wives and girlfriends	595
OOTL	Out of the loop	595
DBTS	Don't believe that stuff	595
SSIA	Subject says it all	595
Lurker	A forum user who reads but doesn't post	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
Y/N	Your name	595
IAG	It's all good	596
YSK	You should know	596
NYP	Name your price	596
IMIO	In my infallible opinion	596
h8	Hate	596
BOAT	Best of all time	596
FH	Future husband	596
WTB	Want to buy	596
SFY	Speak for yourself	596
SERP	Search engine results page	596
BOLO	Be on the lookout	596
FAANG	Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google	596
Thread	A series of messages	596
LMGTFY	Let me Google that for you	596
JFI	Just for information	596
VOD	Video on demand	596
B&W	Black and white	596
HYFR	Heck ya, freakin' right	596
Banger	An awesome, energetic piece of media	596
admin	Administrator	596
ICWYM	I see what you mean	596
Book hangover	Remaining attached to a book you just finished	596
SCOTUS	Supreme Court of the United States	596
DAE	Does anyone else	596
It me	I identify with that	596
Headcanon	A fan's unverified beliefs about a story	596
AFAICT	As far as I can tell	597
WATCH	Walmart, Amazon, Target, Costco, Home Depot	597
IME	In my experience	597
ISTM	It seems to me	597
TMA	Take my advice	597
Waifu	A fictional female that a real person has a crush on	597
WDUMBT	What do you mean by that?	597
Helicopter mom	An overly involved mom	597
DU	Don't understand	597
RPF	Real person fiction	597
QQ	Quick question	597
PEBKAC	Problem exists between keyboard and chair	597
GTF	Gone too far	597
Diamond hands	To hold a stock through losses	597
PC4PC	Picture comment for picture comment	597
PIOG	Posted in other groups	597
WAHM	Work-at-home mom	597
NTA	Not the a**hole	597
TISU	This is so unfair	597
DYOR	Do your own research	597
Subs	Subtitles	597
IGI	I get it	597
Greenwashing	Deceptively claiming to be eco-friendly	597
OMGD	Oh my gosh, duh	597
AFAIAC	As far as I am concerned	597
FORD	Found on road dead	597
hw	Hardware	597
sw	Software	597
WADR	With all due respect	597
MTF	More to follow	597
IA	I agree	597
JFGI	Just flippin' Google it	597
TBE	To be edited	597
PYHOOYA	Pull your head out of your a**	597
DTRT	Do the right thing	597
BOTD	Benefit of the doubt	597
icc	Icecrown Citadel	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
BCBG	Bon Chic Bon Genre	597
NC	No Contact	597
DNFTT	Do not feed the trolls	597
anon	Anonymous	597
HPT	Home pregnancy test	597
SAHD	Stay-at-home dad	597
L4D2	Left for Dead 2	597
PS2	PlayStation 2	597
J-Pow	Jerome Powell	597
Slash	Same-sex romance fan fiction	597
IMPO	In my personal opinion	597
Smol	Small and cute	597
PBUH	Peace be upon Him	597
CX	Correction	597
GMAFB	Give me a friggin' break	597
PNSFW	Probably not safe for work	597
sbux	Starbucks	597
SAE	Stamped addressed envelope	597
inb4	In before	597
MRA	Men's rights activist	597
azz	A**	597
SEO	Search engine optimization	597
Crypto Mom	SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce	597
At home	A worse version of something	597
Volcel	Voluntary celibate	597
Yuck your yum	Criticize something you like	597
Derail	To take a discussion off topic	597
NSFL	Not safe for life	597
CONUS	Contiguous United States	597
T4TU	Thanks for the update	597
TIFU	Today I F***ed Up	597
TSFW	Totally safe for work	597
AIUI	As I understand it	598
Comment ghosting	Removing a user's comments	598
BOT	Back on topic	598
DBEYR	Don't believe everything you read	598
GMTA	Great minds think alike	598
Astroturfing	Faking a grassroots movement	598
CU	Credit union	598
CAFO	Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation	598
Virtual restaurant	Delivery-only restaurant	598
NSFA	Not safe for anyone	598
OT	Other topic	598
RFC	Request for comment	598
RTFA	Read the flippin' article	598
MLM	Men loving men	598
TOH	The other half	598
TUT	Totally unique thought	598
YTA	You're the a**hole	598
Becky	A basic white girl	598
PEBCAK	Problem exists between chair and keyboard	598
Kyle	A basic white boy	598
DH	Dear hubby	598
IMCO	In my considered opinion	598
IMNSVHO	In my not so very humble opinion	598
The Streisand Effect	When an attempt to hide information draws greater attention	598
WW	Wrong Window	598
POTC	Pirates of the Caribbean	598
HBU	How 'bout you	598
pw	Password	598
Apple sheep	Blindly loyal Apple fans	598
M$	Microsoft	598
TIHI	Thanks, I hate it	598
QFT	Quoted for truth	598
OF	OnlyFans	598
ID10T	Idiot	598
nmtn	Never mind that now	598
git	Get over it	598
RTFB	Read the flippin' book	598
QFE	Question for everyone	598
SRO	Standing room only	598
DA	DeviantArt	598
TW	Trigger warning	598
Seggs	Sex	598
PSOG	Pure stroke of genius	598
BDU	Brain dead user	598
BIFL	Buy it for life	598
NSS	No s*** Sherlock	598
CTO	Check this out	598
nxt	Next	598
ITYF	I think you'll find	598
ITT	In this thread	598
LCG	Living card game	598
YA	Young Adult	598
WRT	With respect to	598
IYAM	If you ask me	598
Hot Vax Summer	Summer 2021	598
ADPIC	Always Dependably Politically Incorrect	598
pl0x	Please	598
SMH	Scratching my head	598
QAnutter	A QAnon believer	598
Sketchy	Suspicious	598
TPTB	The powers that be	598
WIIFM	What's in it for me?	598
Wojak	A Microsoft Paint-created Internet character	598
DOA	Dead on arrival	598
BBS	Bulletin board system	598
Squick	A big turn-off	598
CTS	Change the subject	598
EOF	End of file	598
NSFV	Not safe for viewing	598
HIH	Hope it helps	598
LPT	Life Pro Tip	598
IJWTK	I just want to know	598
IJWTS	I just want to say	598
OTD	Of the day	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
4sale	For sale	598
AON	As of now	598
B&F	Back and forth	598
Shadowban	To secretly censor a social media user's content	598
Insta cop	Buy immediately	598
Sub	Subreddit	598
WAH	Work at home	598
DF	Dear fiance	598
dc	Daycare	598
IMBO	In my biased opinion	598
Tendies	Chicken tenders	598
GI	Glycemic Index	598
BAYC	Bored Ape Yacht Club	598
WDIT	Why do I try	598
Weeb	A non-Japanese person obsessed with Japanese pop culture	598
B1G1	Buy one, get one	598
q	Coupon	598
PR	Public relations	598
Gastrodiplomacy	When a country uses its cuisine to boost its reputation	598
TBQH	To be quite honest	598
TBTG	Thanks be to God	598
TTTE	Thomas the Tank Engine	598
VG	Video game	598
Baka	Fool	598
Lorge	Large	598
OOC	Out of context	598
W2K	Windows 2000	598
MOTD	Message of the day	598
Nocoiner	A person who owns no cryptocurrency	598
Bloomer	A well-adjusted 20-something	598
Silver fox	An attractive older man	598
FSBO	For sale by owner	598
PIBKAC	Problem is between keyboard and chair	598
PICNIC	Problem in chair, not in computer	598
NGMI	Not gonna make it	598
SPD	Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction	598
Winternity	Eternal winter	598
Pleb	An unsophisticated person	598
Techlexic	Unable to comprehend technology	598
HBCU	Historically black colleges and universities	598
CIO	Cry it out	598
Flamer	A person who angers other Internet users	598
PWI	Predominantly white institution	598
ACNH	Animal Crossing: New Horizons	598
Quarantini	A quarantine-times cocktail	598
AA	As above	599
ATSL	Along the same lines	599
Mukbang	Eating show	599
PSGWSP	Play stupid games, win stupid prizes	599
VPL	Visible panty line	599
MSI	Minority-serving institutions	599
EOD	End of discussion	599
EOL	End of lecture	599
NBLM	Non-binary loving men	599
Rent Free In My Head	Is frequently on my mind	599
IB2D	I beg to differ	599
IC	I see	599
AU	Alternate universe	599
IMAO	In my arrogant opinion	599
IMHARO	In my humble and respectful opinion	599
IMNSHO	In my not so humble opinion	599
JMHO	Just my humble opinion	599
Showmance	A romance between actors starring in the same production	599
POS	Power of suggestion	599
PUSIMP	Put yourself in my position	599
Algo	Algorithm	599
TTBOMK	To the best of my knowledge	599
WAEFRD	When all else fails, read directions	599
YWIA	You're welcome in advance	599
CFV	Call for votes	599
DYJHIW	Don't you just hate it when	599
IANAL	I am not a lawyer	599
Sportswashing	Using sports to improve a bad reputation	599
FTP	File transfer protocol	599
WYSIWYG	What you see is what you get	599
DIL	Daughter-in-law	599
DW	Dear wife	599
RTFFAQ	Read the flippin' FAQ	599
AYOR	At your own risk	599
WOOT	Way out of topic	599
Shot Girl Summer	Summer 2021	599
FTG	For the group	599
p/w	Password	599
MS	Microsoft	599
TOW	The one with	599
Queerbaiting	Implying but never actualizing a non-hetero relationship	599
OLTL	One Life to Live	599
OTD	On this day	599
IMSO	In my sovereign opinion	599
BFR	Big freakin' rock	599
Ghost banning	Censoring a social media user's posts	599
MIB	Men in Black	599
PSP	PlayStation Portable	599
TDL	The Do LaB	599
FW	Future wife	599
VBO	Visible belly outline	599
FORD	Flipped Over and Rebuilt Dodge	599
HPDC	Happy People Don't Complain	599
TMFT	Too much free time	599
PFP	Picture for proof	599
QTPOC	Queer and/or trans people of color	599
BWTHDIK	But what the heck do I know	599
FYM	For your misinformation	599
BFN	Big fat negative	599
Floof	Fluff	599
YAA	Yet another acronym	599
CGM	Curly girl method	599
BKA	Better known as	599
CAD	Control-alt-delete	599
HCOL	High cost of living	599
GOML	Get on my level	599
FUCT	Failed under continuous testing	599
Deplatform	To remove a user from a social network or website	599
Digital nomad	A person who performs their job online while traveling	599
IIR	If I remember	599
INPO	In no particular order	599
PEBCAC	Problem exists between chair and computer	599
s	Sarcasm	599
OC	Original content	599
OEM	Original Equipment Manufacturer	599
DMNDS	Doesn't make no dang sense	599
Urbex	Urban exploration	599
Baby trap	When one partner misleads the other to cause a pregnancy	599
Shower thought	An idea that comes to you in the shower	599
Quant	Quantitative analyst	599
FMI	For more information	599
Freebie	A free item or service	599
h4x0r	Hacker	599
L4D	Left for Dead	599
LARP	Live action role-playing	599
CW	Content warning	599
WLW	Women loving women	599
Creepypasta	A horror story posted on the Internet	599
OTS	Open two-seater	599
4n6	Forensics	599
HMP	Help me, please	599
FF	Fast forward	599
OTC	Over the counter	599
PAYG	Pay as you go	599
LI	LinkedIn	599
NBLW	Non-binary loving women	599
BOGO	Buy one, get one	599
MSRP	Manufacturer's suggested retail price	599
NED	No expiration date	599
OOP	Out of pocket	599
WYB	When you buy	599
Dab hand	An expert	599
RMA	Return Merchandise Authorization	599
RYC	Regarding your comment	599
ToC	Table of contents	599
Vet	Veteran	599
vlogger	Video blogger	599
IBTL	In before the lock	599
phobar	Photoshopped beyond all recognition	599
QPOC	Queer people of color	599
hlp	Help	599
MBA	MacBook Air	599
FUPA	Fatty upper pubic area	599
TTT	To the top	599
GDI	God d*** it	599
NoPoo	No shampoo	599
Owned	Dominated	599
IFAB	I found a bug	599
IIUC	If I understand correctly	599
SSA	Same-sex attraction	599
ABP	Already been posted	599
WAGMI	We're all gonna make it	599
Pupper	Puppy	599
You win the Internet	You are awesome	599
SOTD	Shoe of the day	599
Fiver party	A birthday party for a child where guests give $5	599

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