I thought this would be helpful to those of us not completely familiar with all the acronyms used on Twitter. It took me a long time of lurking and reading to figure out most of these things. If you have any others you'd like to add or if I have made some mistakes, please let me know!!
| ACRONYM / ABBREV | TRANSLATION |
|---|---|
| <3 | symbol for a heart - to express love |
| BBL | Be Back Later |
| BIL | Brother In Law |
| BRB | Be Right Back |
| FF | Fan Fiction / Follow Friday |
| FFn | FanFiction.net |
| FFS | For Fuck's Sake |
| FIL | Father In Law |
| FITA | Finger In The Ass |
| FML | Fuck My Life |
| FRL | Fuck Real Life |
| FTL | For The Loss - to express disapproval for or to complain about |
| FTW / FTMFW | For The Win / For The Mother Fucking Win - to express enthusiasm for or to recommend |
| FU / FY | Fuck You |
| GAC / GAFC | Get A Clue / Get A Fucking Clue |
| IJS | I'm Just Saying |
| ILY / ILYVM / ILYSFM | I Love You / I Love You Very Much / I Love You So Fucking Much |
| IMO / IMHO | In My Opinion / In My Humble (or Honest) Opinion |
| JFC | Jesus Fucking Christ |
| JS | Just Saying |
| JSYK | Just So You Know |
| KFM | Kill Fuck Marry - a game in which you are given three names each of whom must be put in one of the three catagories |
| KMA / KMMFA | Kiss My Ass / Kiss My Mother Fucking Ass |
| KWIM | Know What I Mean |
| KWIS | Know What I'm Saying |
| LMAO / LMFAO | Laugh My Ass Off / Laugh My Fucking Ass Off |
| LMK | Let Me Know |
| LOL | Laugh Out Loud |
| MIL | Mother In Law |
| NFW | No Fucking Way |
| NGL | Not Gonna Lie |
| NSFW | Not Safe For Work |
| OMG / OMFG | Oh My God / Oh My Fucking God |
| PITA | Pain In The Ass |
| Pwn | = owns (as in owning your soul) |
| RL | Real Life |
| RPF | Real Person Fic |
| RW | Real World |
| SFW | Safe For Work |
| SIL | Sister In Law |
| STG / STFG | Swear To God / Swear To Fucking God |
| STFU | Shut The Fuck Up |
| TJ | Tweet Jack = to respond to someone else's tweet when you were not the intended recipient or the tweet was not directed to you personally |
| TT | Trending Topic |
| TTFN | Ta Ta For Now |
| TTYL | Talk To You Later |
| TY / TYVM / TYSFM | Thank You / Thank You Very Much / Thank You So Fucking Much |
| ULAL | Unlubed Anal Love |
| UNF | = meant to imitate a moan or groan in sexual response to something |
| UST | Unresolved Sexual Tension |
| WTH / WTMFH | What The Hell / What The Mother Fucking Hell |
| WTF / WTMFF | What The Fuck / What The Mother Fucking Fuck |
| WTG | Way To Go |
