25 Popular Internet Acronyms
In the internet age, any attempt to learn English the way it is actually spoken includes learning vocabulary words that have been created purely because we are in a new digitized age, where we communicate instantly wherever we are, whether on smartphones or tablet or laptop – or even smart watches. The speed of communication demands making the way we communicate quicker. That’s where the new internet acronyms come in!
Internet Acronyms and Slang are the new Vocabulary Words
What is an Acronym?
Acronym noun [ C ] US /ˈæk·rəˌnɪm/ a word created from the first letters of each word in a series of words: NASA is an acronym for National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
(Cambridge Dictionary)
There are many, many acronyms that have been created as the language of the internet. They are used for text messaging, emails and on social media.
25 of the Most Popular Internet Acronyms
- AKA Also Known As
- BTW By the Way
- CYS Check Your Settings
- EOD End of Discussion
- TLGO The List Goes On
- LOL Laughing Out Loud
- HF Have Fun
- ROTFL Rolling on the Floor Laughing
- YMMD You Made My Day
- OT Off Topic
- YAM Yet Another Meeting
- LNT Leave No Trace
- DTP Disturbing The Peace
- DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid, Did Not Attend, Does Not Apply
- KIG Keep It Gangsta
- AYT Are You There?
- WYM Watch Your Mouth, What You Mean?
- LMK Let Me Know
- LI Laughing Inside
- WDYWFM What Do You Want From Me?
- NGU Never Give Up
- HBY How About You?
- IMMD It Made My Day
- LBNL Last But Not Least
- LYLT Love You Long Time
We are grateful to www.smart-words.org for a very comprehensive listing of the internet acronyms used in emails and on the web, and ones which are more common in text messages and SMS.
INTERNET ACRONYMS
SMS ACRONYMS
Acronyms play a huge role in internet language, the main reason being that the creators of these terms by definition are looking for ways to shorten phrases and words, to reduce them to their bare essentials and still convey meaning. Internet acronyms are here to stay and if you are planning to learn English as it is spoken and written now these will have an enormous influence on our standard English vocabulary words as they become accepted by the mainstream.
