A LOAD OF OLD BALLS
Blasted Annoying Little Language Shortcuts
Balls was prompted by numerous e-mails exchanges between the lovely Sue Hudson and the man with a great face for radio Eric Wiltsher - some of these have been slightly cleaned up for publication:
^5 High
Five!
ATB
All The Best
ATVB All The very Best
ASAP As
soon as possible
AWHFY Are
We Having Fun Yet?
AWGTHTGTTA Are We Going To Have To Go Through That Again
AYPI And
Your Point Is?
B4 Before
BBL Be
Back Later
BBIAF Be
Back in a Few
BBIAB Be
Back in a Bit
BCNU Be
Seein' You
BEG Big
Evil Grin
BFD Big
F***ing Deal
BFN Bye
For Now
BG Big
Grin
BIF Basic
In Fact
BR Best Regards
BRB Be
Right Back
BTSOOM Beats The
S*** Out Of Me
BTW By
The Way
CM Call
Me
CUL8R See
You Later
DUR? Do
You Remember?
F2F Face
To Face
FWIW For
What It's Worth
FYA For
Your Amusement
FYI For
Your Information
FU F***ed
Up
FUBAR F***ed
Up Beyond All Recognition
FUD (Spreading)
Fear, Uncertainty, and Disinformation
GAL Get
A Life
GMTA Great
Minds Think Alike
GR&D Grinning
Running And Ducking
HHO 1/2 K Ha Ha, Only Half Kidding
HTH Hope
This(That) Helps
IAE In
Any Event
IANAL I Am
Not A Lawyer, But ...
ICWUM I See
What You Mean
IMO In
My Opinion
IMHO In
My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO In My Not
So Humble Opinion
IOW In
Other Words
IRL In
Real Life
J4F Just
For Fun
K Just
Kidding
KISS Keep
it Simple Stupid
L8R Later
LOL Laughing
Out Loud
LTNS Long
Time No See
MorF Male
or Female
MHOTY My
Hat's Off To You
MOTD Message
Of The Day
MOTSS Members
Of The Same Sex
MTFBWU May The
Force Be With You
NBIF No
Basis In Fact
NFW No
F***ing Way
NRN No
Reply Necessary
NT No
Text (used if a message is empty, Subject: only)
OBO Or
Best Offer
OBTW Oh,
By The Way
OIC Oh,
I see
OOTB Out
Of The Box (or Blue)
OTOH On
The Other Hand
POV Point
Of View
PMFJI Pardon
Me For Jumping In
ROTFL Rolling
On The Floor Laughing
ROTFLMAO Rolling On The Floor
Laughing My Ass Off
RSN Real
Soon Now
RTFM Read
The F***ing Manual
RTM Read
The Manual
SITD Still
In The Dark
SMTOE Sets
My Teeth On Edge
SNAFU Situation
Normal, All F***ed Up
SWAP Scientific
Wild A** Guess
SWAN System Without A Name
SorG Straight
or Gay?
T+ Think
Positive
TAFN That's
All For Now
TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing
As A Free Lunch
TIA Thanks
In Advance
TIC Tongue
In Cheek
TMTT Too
Much To Type
TP Toodle Pip
TTFN Ta
Ta For Now
TTYL Talk
To You Later
TTTT To
Tell The Truth
TX Thanks
TYCLO TURN
YOUR CAPS LOCK OFF
TYVM Thank
You Very Much
unPC unPolitically
Correct
VM voice mail
WAG Wild
Ass Guess
WB Welcome
Back
WEG Wicked
Evil Grin
WOFT Waste Of Flippin' Time
WRT With
respect to
WTF? What
The F***?
WTG Way
To Go!
WYSIWYG What You See Is
What You Get
X! Typical
Woman
Y! Typical
Man
YMMV Your Mileage May Vary
Want to add some - then e-mail either of us.