The closest thing to speaking for people who don’t have the chance to speak English is join in an English Chat Room.
When you go online and Chat in English you have to think and respond quickly, and the language is short and informal just like real speech.
Here are some abbreviations you may see, or need to use when you chat in English:
ASL – Age, sex, location
OMG! – Oh my God!
FYI – for your infomation
lol – laughing out loud
imo – in my opinion
ASAP – As soon as possible
RUOK? – Are you okay?
btw – by the way
?4u – I have a question for you
gr8! – Great!
wtf! – What the f*%k!
pls – please
FAQ – frequently asked questions
ROFL – Rolling on the floor laughing
aka – also known as
ILY or 143 – I love you
24/7 – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
XOXO – Kisses and hugs
ATM – At the moment
BRB – Be right back
DIY – Do it yourself
K – Ok
If you have any other chat slang pls leave a comment below 🙂
Happy chatting! 🙂
Thank so much!.
Very useful for chat in English 😀
Wow. Alot of slangs and idioms for using in chit chat in English online 😀
You’re welcome 😀
Thanks! Happy chatting and enjoy learning English 🙂
Thanks for stopping by 😀
If someone say ATM, i would rather think about ” Automated Teller Machine” than ” At the moment” 😀
And why XOXO is ” Kisses and hugs”.?
I didn’t get it
right :v
LMAO – laughing my a** off
msg – message
txt – text
np – no problem
ppl – people
sup – what’s up
zzz – sleeping
g2g – got to go
gtg – got to go
tbc – to be continued
ur – your
tc – take care
omw – on my way
idk – I don’t know
ik – I know
ikr – I know right
hw – homework
afaik – as far as I know
aka – also known as
fwd – forward
thx – thanks
fb – Facebook
ctn – can’t talk now
tmrw – tomorrow
sry – sorry
cu – see you
ic – I see
cya – see ya
MIA – missing in action
afk – away from keyboard
bbl – be back later
bbs – be back soon
bff – best friends forever
yolo – you only live once
u – you
r – are
y – why
b – be
c – see
You can use numbers instead words to.
for example:
1 – no1 – no one
2 – g2g – got to go
u2 – you too
4 – b4 – before
8 – w8 – wait
gr8 – great
L8 – late
l8r – later
Great. Thanks for sharing 😀