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Monday, December 28, 2009

Slang and abbreviation part 11

List of acronyms begin with ‘I’:

  • IA -- I Agree
  • IAC -- In Any Case
  • IAE -- In Any Event
  • IAG -- It's All Good
  • IAL -- I Ain't Laughing, I Actually Laughed
  • IAS -- In A Second
  • IAW -- In Accordance With, I Agree With
  • IAWTC -- I Agree With This Comment, I Agree With That Comment
  • IAWTCSM -- I Agree With This Comment So Much
  • IB -- I'm Back
  • IB2D, IBTD -- I Beg To Differ
  • IBTL -- In Before the Lock
  • IBYP -- I Beg Your Pardon
  • IC -- I See
  • ICAM -- I couldn't agree more
  • ICB -- I Can't Believe
  • ICBB -- I can't be bothered
  • ICBI -- I Can't Believe It
  • ICSL -- I Can't Stop Laughing, I Couldn't Stop Laughing
  • ICYDK -- In Case You Didn't Know
  • ID -- Identity
  • IDBI -- I Don't Believe It
  • IDC -- I Don’t Care
  • IDD -- Indeed
  • IDEK -- I Don't Even Know
  • IDGI -- I Don't Get It
  • IDI -- I Doubt It
  • IDK -- I Don't Know
  • IDKY -- I Don't Know Why
  • IDLE -- Inactive
  • IDLI -- I Don't Like It
  • IDLY -- I Don't Like You, I Don't Love You
  • IDM -- It Doesn't Matter
  • IDN, IDUNNO -- I Don't know
  • IDR -- I Don't Remember
  • IDRC -- I Don't Really Care
  • IDRK -- I Don't Really Know
  • IDT -- I Don't Think
  • IDTS -- I Don't Think So
  • IDU -- I Don't Understand
  • IDWTAI -- I Don't Wanna Talk About It
  • IGHT, IIGHT -- Alright
  • IGI -- I Get It
  • IGM -- I Got Mine
  • In Game Name
  • IGNB -- I'm Going Now, Bye
  • IGNTS -- I've Got Nothing To Say
  • IGS -- I Guess So
  • IGTG -- I got to go
  • IGU -- I Give Up
  • IH8U -- I Hate You
  • IHML -- I Hate My Life
  • IHNC -- I have no clue
  • IHNI -- I Have No Idea
  • HIS -- I Hope So
  • IHT -- I Hate This
  • IHU, IHY -- I Hate You
  • IHYSM -- I Hate You So Much
  • IIRC -- If I Remember Correctly
  • IJ -- I'm Joking
  • IJWTK -- I Just Want To Know
  • IK -- I Know
  • IKHYF -- I Know How You Feel
  • IKMTY -- I Know More Than You
  • IKR -- I Know, Right
  • IKT -- I Knew That
  • IKWUM -- I Know What You Mean
  • IKWYL -- I know where you live
  • IKY -- I Know You
  • IL -- In Love
  • ILH -- I Love Her, I Love Him
  • ILI -- I Love It
  • ILML -- I Love My Life
  • ILMO -- In Loving Memory Of
  • ILU, ILY -- I Love You
  • ILU2, ILY2, ILYT -- I love you too
  • ILUSM, ILYSM -- I love you so much
  • ILYA -- I Love You All
  • ILYAAF -- I Love You As A Friend
  • ILYB -- I Love You Both
  • ILYF -- I'll Love You Forever
  • ILYG -- I Love You Girls, I Love You Guys
  • ILYK -- I'll Let You Know
  • ILYL -- I love you lots
  • ILYLAS -- I Love You Like A Sister
  • ILYLT -- I Love You Long Time
  • ILYM -- I Love You More
  • ILYSDM -- I Love You So Damn Much
  • ILYVM -- I Love You Very Much
  • IMAHO -- In My Absolutely Honest Opinion
  • IMAO -- In My Arrogant Opinion
  • IMB -- I'm Bored
  • IMBO -- in My Biased Opinion
  • IMCO -- In My Considered Opinion
  • IME -- In My Experience
  • IMEO -- In My Educated Opinion
  • IMF -- International Monetary Fund
  • IMH -- In My Head
  • IMHO -- In My Humble Opinion
  • IMING -- Instant Messaging
  • IMK -- In My Knowledge
  • IMMAO -- In My Most Arrogant Opinion
  • IMNSHO -- In My Not So Humble Opinion
  • IMO -- In My Opinion
  • IMOO -- In My Own Opinion
  • IMU, IMY -- I miss you
  • IMYA -- I miss You Already
  • IMYSM -- I Miss You So Much
  • INB -- I'm Not Bothered
  • INBD -- It's no big deal
  • INK -- I Never Knew
  • INNIT -- Isn't It
  • INO -- I Know
  • INORITE -- I Know, Right?
  • INPO -- In No Particular Order
  • INT -- Isn't it
  • INVU -- I envy you
  • IOI -- Indication of Interest, I'm Over It
  • IOU -- I Owe You
  • IOW -- In Other Words
  • IP -- Internet Protocol, Intellectual Property
  • IQ -- Intelligence Quotient
  • IRC -- Internet Relay Chat
  • IRDC -- I Really Don't Care
  • IRDK -- I Really Don't Know
  • IRL -- In Real Life
  • ISB -- I'm So Bored
  • ISLY -- I Still Love You
  • ISO -- In Search Of
  • ISP -- Internet Service Provider
  • ISS -- I'm So Sorry
  • ISTM -- It Seems To Me
  • ISTR -- I Seem To Recall
  • ISWYDT -- I See What You Did There
  • ISWYM -- I See What You Mean
  • ITA -- I Totally Agree
  • ITALY -- I Trust And Love You
  • ITC -- In That Case
  • ITE -- Alright?
  • ITK -- In The Know
  • ITMA -- It's That Man Again
  • ITN -- I Think Not
  • ITS -- I Think So, I Thought So
  • ITT -- In This Thread
  • ITTET -- In These Tough Economic Times
  • ITYF -- I Think You'll Find
  • ITYL -- I'll Tell You Later
  • ITYM -- I Think You Mean
  • IWALY -- I Will Always Love You
  • IWHI -- I Would Hit It
  • IWIK -- I Wish I Knew
  • IWM -- It Wasn't Me
  • IWTD -- I Want To Die
  • IYA -- Hiya, hello
  • IYAM -- If You Ask Me
  • IYBTYBA -- If You Believe That You'll Believe Anything
  • IYD -- In Your Dreams
  • IYDK -- If You Didn't Know
  • IYDM -- If You Don't Mind
  • IYF -- In Your Face
  • IYKWIM -- If You Know What I Mean
  • IYO -- In Your Opinion
  • IYSS -- If You Say So
  • IYSWIM -- If You See What I Mean
  • IYTT -- If You Think That
  • IZ -- Is, it's

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Slang and abbreviation part 9

List of acronyms begin with ‘G’:


G -- Grin

G2E -- Got To Eat

G2F -- Got To Fly

G2G -- Gotta go

G2H -- Go To Hell

G2R -- Got To Run

G4U -- Good For You

G8 -- Great

G9 -- Good Night

GA -- Go Ahead

GAFIA -- Get Away From It All

GAFM -- Get Away From Me

GAL -- Get A Life

GAMMD -- Go Ahead Make My Day

GBFN -- Goodbye for Now

GBH -- Grievous Bodily Harm

GBU -- God Bless You

GBY -- God Bless You

GE -- Good Evening

GF -- Girlfriend

GFAK -- Go Fly A Kite

GFC -- Global Financial Crisis

GFE -- Girl Friend Experience

GFETE -- Grinning From Ear To Ear

GFI -- Go For It

GFN -- Gone For Now

GFU -- Good For You

GFY -- Good For You

GGA -- Good Game All

GGN -- Gotta Go Now

GGOH -- Gotta Get Outta Here

GGW -- Girls Gone Wild

GIGO -- Garbage In, Garbage Out

GIMME -- Give me

GJ -- Good Job

GJOAC -- Go Jump Off A Cliff

GKY -- Go Kill Yourself

GL -- Good Luck

GLHF -- Good Luck, Have Fun

GLA -- Good Luck All

GLBT -- Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transsexual

GLF -- Group Looking For

GLHF -- Good luck, have fun

GLOTR -- Good Luck On The Rebuild

GLTA -- Good Luck to All

GLU -- Guys/Girls Like Us

GLWT -- Good Luck With That

GMAB -- Give Me A Break

GMH -- Gives Me Hope

GMTA -- Great Minds Think Alike

GMV -- Got My Vote

GN -- Good Night

GND -- Girl Next Door

GNO -- Girls/Guys Night Out



GOAT -- Greatest Of All Time

GOI -- Get Over It

GONNA -- Going to

GOOH -- Get Out Of Here

GOTTA --Got to ..., Have you got a …

GOTY -- Game Of The Year

GOU -- Good On You

GPRS -- General Packet Radio Services

GPS -- Global Positioning System

GR -- Gotta Run

GR&D -- Grinning, Running & Ducking

GR8 -- Great

GRATZ -- Congratulations

GRE -- Graduate Record Examination

GSM -- Global System for Mobile communications

GSOH -- Good Sense Of Humor

GTBOSH -- Glad To Be Of Some Help

GTG -- Got To Go

GTH -- Go To Hell

GTHO -- Get The Hell Out

GTK -- Good To Know

GTM -- Giggling To Myself

GTOG -- Got To Go

GTR -- Got To Run

GTS -- Good Times

GTW --Got To Work

GUD --Good

GW --Good Work

GWAAN -- Go on

GWS -- Get Well Soon

GYT -- Get Yourself Tested

GZ -- Congratulations

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Slang and abbreviation part 8

List of acronyms begin with ‘F’:

  • F2F -- Face To Face
  • F2P -- Free To Play, Files To Peers
  • F2T -- Free To Talk
  • F8 -- Fate
  • F9 -- Fine
  • F@ -- Fat
  • FAAK -- Falling Asleep At Keyboard
  • FAB -- Fabulous
  • FAFWOA -- For A Friend Without Access (when about to ask a silly question)
  • FAG -- Cigarette
  • FAI -- Forget About It
  • FAM -- Family
  • FAMALAM -- Family, close friend
  • FAMO -- Friend, dude, family member etc
  • FANNYING -- Wasting time, messing about
  • FAO -- For Attention Of
  • FAQ -- Frequently Asked Question
  • FAUX PAS -- Social blunder (French for 'false step')
  • FAV -- Favorite
  • FB -- Facebook
  • FBI -- Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • FBM -- Fine By Me
  • FBO -- Facebook Official
  • FBSM -- Full Body Sensual Massage
  • FBTW -- Fine, Be That Way
  • FBW -- Fly by wire
  • FC -- Fingers Crossed
  • FCOL -- For Crying Out Loud
  • FE -- Fair Enough
  • FF -- Final Fantasy
  • FFA -- Free For All
  • FFR -- For Future Reference
  • FFTL -- From First To Last
  • FG -- Fat Girl, Family Guy
  • FGJ -- For Great Justice
  • FGS -- For God's Sake
  • FHE -- First Hand Experience
  • FHM -- For Him Magazine
  • FI -- Forget It
  • FIFO -- First In First Out
  • FIL -- Father-in-law
  • FILO -- First In, Last out
  • FIN -- Finished
  • FINA -- About to do (something)
  • FINNA -- Going To
  • FISH -- First In Still Here
  • FITB -- Fill In The Blanks
  • FJ -- Foot Job
  • FK -- French Kiss
  • FKA -- Formerly Known As
  • FL -- Fake Laugh
  • FLAME -- Insult someone over the internet
  • FLS -- Flu-Like Symptoms
  • FMLA -- Family and Medical Leave of Absence
  • FMTKFYTFO -- For Me To Know, For You To Find Out
  • FMV -- Full Motion Video
  • FNA -- For Necessary Action
  • FNE -- Free And Easy
  • FNX -- Thanks
  • FO SHO -- For Sure
  • FOA -- First Of All
  • FOAF -- Friend Of A Friend
  • FOC -- Free Of Charge
  • FOCL -- Falling Off Chair Laughing
  • FOF -- Full of Fail
  • FOFL -- Falling On Floor Laughing
  • FOI -- Freedom Of Information
  • FON --Freak Of Nature
  • FOO --Fool
  • FOOPA -- Fat in belly area
  • FR -- For Real
  • FRILL -- For Real
  • FRONT -- Pretend, falsely represent
  • FS -- For Sale
  • FSBM --Full Sensual Body Message
  • FSHO -- For Sure
  • FSM -- Female Seeking Male
  • FSU -- Friends Stand United
  • FTASB -- Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
  • FTF -- First To Find
  • FTFY -- fixed that for you
  • FTL -- Faster Than Light
  • FTLOG -- For The Love Of God
  • FTM -- Female To Male
  • FTP -- File Transfer Protocol
  • FTR -- For The Record
  • FTW -- For The Win
  • FUBAR -- Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition
  • FUBB -- Fouled Up Beyond Belief
  • FUBU -- Fouled Up Beyond Use
  • FUD -- Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
  • FUTAB -- Feet Up, Take A Break
  • FW -- Forward
  • FWB -- Friends With Benefits
  • FWD --Forward
  • FWIW -- For What It's Worth
  • FWP -- Friend With Privileges
  • FWTD --Fate Worse Than Death
  • FX --Effects
  • FYA -- For Your Amusement
  • FYE -- For Your Entertainment
  • FYEO -- For Your Eyes Only
  • FYI -- For Your Information
  • FYM -- Free Your Mind
  • FYN -- Fine
  • FYP -- Fixed Your Post

Slang and abbreviation part 7

List of acronyms begin with ‘E’:
  • E -- Ecstasy

  • E&OE -- Errors and omissions excluded
  • EDDRESS -- Email address
  • EFA -- Edited For Accuracy
  • ELE -- Everybody Love Everybody
  • ELF -- Every Lady's Fantasy
  • ELLO -- Hello

  • EMA -- E-mail Address
  • EMO -- Emotional
  • ENT -- Isn't
  • EOC -- End Of Conversion
  • EOD -- End Of Discussion
  • EOE -- Equal Opportunity Employer
  • EOF -- End Of File
  • EOL -- End Of Lecture
  • EOM -- End Of Message
  • EOS -- End Of Show
  • EQE -- Easy Quick Efficient
  • ERP -- Erotic Role-Play
  • ESP -- Extra Sensory Perception
  • EST -- Eastern Standard Time, Established
  • ETA -- Estimated Time of Arrival, Edited to Add
  • ETC -- Et Cetera (and so on)
  • ETD -- Estimated Time of Departure
  • EUA -- End User Agreement
  • EUC -- Excellent Used Condition
  • EW -- Exclamation of disgust
  • EWBA -- Everything Will Be Alright
  • EX -- Former
  • EYO -- Hey, you
  • EZ -- Easy
  • E_E -- Tired, exhausted

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Slang and abbreviation part 6

List of acronyms begin with ‘D’:


  • D&D __ Dungeons and Dragons

  • D8 __ Date
  • D: __ Surprised, shocked
  • DAMHIK __ Don't Ask Me How I Know
  • DAMHIKT __ Don't Ask Me How I Know That, Don't Ask Me How I Know This
  • DAQ __ Don't Ask Questions
  • DARL __ Darling
  • DAT __ That
  • DBNT __ Don't Bother Next Time
  • DC __ Don't Care
  • DDF __ Drug and Disease Free
  • DDG __ Drop Dead Gorgeous
  • DDI __ Don't Do It
  • DDT __ Don't Do That
  • DEB __ Don't Even Bother
  • DEC __ Decent
  • DEEZ __ These
  • DEFO __ Definitely
  • DEGT __ Don't Even Go There
  • DEM __ Them
  • DETAI __ Don't Even Think About It
  • DEVO __ Devastated
  • DFTBA __ Don't Forget To Be Awesome
  • DG __ Don't Go
  • DGOT __ Don't Go Over There
  • DGT __ Don't Go There
  • DGTWM __ Don't Go There With Me
  • DHV __ Demonstration of Higher Value
  • DHYB __ Don't Hold Your Breath
  • DIC __ Do I Care?
  • DIKU __ Do I Know You?
  • DIL __ Daughter-In-Law
  • DILLI __ Does It Look Like I Care
  • DIS __ Did I Say
  • DIT __ Details In Thread
  • DITTO __ The same, me too, I agree
  • DIY __ Do It Yourself
  • DIZZY __ Crazy, mad
  • DK __ Don't Know
  • DKDC __ Don't Know, Don't Care
  • DKFS __ Don't Know For Sure
  • DLAM __ Don't Laugh At Me
  • DMAL __ Drop Me A Line
  • DMG __ Damage
  • DMI __ Don't Mention It
  • DMIID __ Don't Mind If I Do
  • DMN __ Damn
  • DMY __ Don't Mess Yourself
  • DN __ Doing Nothing
  • DND __ Do Not Disturb
  • DNDC __ Don't Know, Don't Care
  • DNM __ Does Not Matter, Deep and Meaningful
  • DNO __ Don't Know
  • DNT __ Don't
  • DNW __ Do Not Want
  • DOA __ Dead On Arrival, Deteriorate On Approach, Date Of Admission
  • DOB __ Date Of Birth
  • DOC __ Doctor, Drug of Choice
  • DOD __ Day of Defeat , Date Of Discharge
  • DOE __ Depends On Experience
  • DOL __ Dying Of Laughter
  • Dos __ Disk Operating System
  • DOT __ Damage Over Time
  • DP __ Display Picture
  • DQ __ Disqualified
  • DQYDJ __ Don't Quit Your Day Job
  • DRM __ Digital Rights Management
  • DROVE __ Mad, angry
  • DSD __ Do Some Damage
  • DT __ Down Town
  • DTA __ Don't Trust Anyone
  • DTB __ Don't Text Back
  • DTE __ Down To Earth
  • DTRT __ Do The Right Thing
  • DTT __ Don't Touch That
  • DTTM __ Don't Talk To Me
  • DUCWIC __ Do You See What I See?
  • DUH __ Of course
  • DUI __ Driving Under the Influence
  • DULM __ Do You Love Me?
  • DUNNO __ Don't Know
  • DVD __ Digital Versatile Disc
  • DW __ Don't Worry
  • DWAI __ Don't Worry About It
  • DWBH __ Don't Worry, Be Happy
  • DWI __ Deal with it
  • DWISNWID __ Do What I Say Not What I Do
  • DWL __ Dying With Laughter
  • DYB __ Do Your Best
  • DYHWIH __ Do You Hear What I Hear?
  • DYJ __ do your job
  • DYK __ Did You Know
  • DYKWIM __ Do You Know What I Mean?
  • DYLM __ Do You Love Me, Do You Like Me?
  • DYOR __ Do Your Own Research

Monday, December 14, 2009

Slang and abbreviation part 5

List of acronyms begin with ‘C’:

  • C See
  • C&C Command and Conquer (game)
  • C&P Copy & Paste
  • C2C Consumer to Consumer, Cam to Cam
  • C4C Comment for Comment, Cam for Cam
  • CAUSE Because
  • CBB Can't Be Bothered
  • CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
  • CDR Compact Disc Recordable
  • CEPT Except
  • CG Computer Graphics
  • CHA Yes
  • CHILAXING Chilling and relaxing
  • CHU You
  • CIO Check It Out
  • CL Chain Letter
  • CLUBBING Visiting nightclubs
  • CM Call Me
  • CMAR Cry Me A River
  • CMD Command
  • CMEO Crying My Eyes Out
  • CMI Count Me In
  • CMIIW Correct Me If I'm wrong
  • CML Call Me Later
  • CMNT Comment
  • CMT Comment
  • CMU Cracks Me Up
  • COB Close Of Business
  • COD Cash On Delivery, Call Of Duty
  • COED Coeducational
  • COL Crying Out Loud
  • COOL Awesome, great
  • COS Because
  • COZ because
  • CRUNK Crazy and drunk
  • CTN Can't Talk Now
  • CTRN Cant Talk Right now
  • CU See You
  • CUL See You Later
  • CUOL See You On Line
  • CUPPA Cup of
  • CUT See You Tomorrow, See You There
  • CUTIE Cute, attractive person
  • CUZ Because
  • CWOT Complete Waste Of Time
  • CWTCU Can't Wait To See You
  • CWYL Chat With You Later
  • CYA See Ya
  • CYL Catch You Later
  • CYM Check Your Mail
  • CYO See You Online
  • CYT See You Tomorrow

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Slang and abbreviation part 4

List of acronyms begin with ‘B’:

  • B& - Banned, Band
  • B&M - Bricks and Mortar
  • B2B - Back To Back
  • B2W - Back To Work
  • B4 - Before
  • B4N - Bye For Now
  • B4U - Before you
  • BAC - Back At Computer
  • BAE - Baby
  • BAH - Bored As Hell
  • BAI - Bye
  • BAK - Back At Keyboard
  • BAMN - By Any Means Necessary
  • BAU - Business As Usual
  • BAY - Baby
  • BBAM - Be Back After Meal
  • BBFN - Bye Bye For Now
  • BBG - Best Be Going
  • BBIAB - Be Back In A Bit
  • BBIAF - Be Back In A Few
  • BBIAM - Be Back In A Minute
  • BBIAS - Be Back In A Sec
  • BBL - Be Back Later
  • BBM - Blackberry Messaging
  • BBML - Be Back Much Later
  • BBQ – Barbecue, Better Be Quick
  • BBS - Be Back Soon
  • BBT - Be Back Tomorrow
  • BCC - Blind Carbon Copy
  • BCNU - Be Seeing You
  • BCOS - Because
  • BD - Big Deal
  • BDSM - Bondage and Discipline, Sadism and Masochism
  • BEF - Best Enemies Forever, Best Email Friend
  • BESTE - Best Friend
  • BF - Boyfriend
  • BF4L - Best Friends For Life
  • BFA - Best Friends Always
  • BFF - Best Friends Forever
  • BFF4L - Best Friends Forever For Life
  • BFFAE - Best Friends Forever And Ever
  • BFFE - Best Friends Forever
  • BFFFL - Best Friend Forever For Life
  • BFFL - Best Friend For Life
  • BFFN - Best Friend For Now
  • BFFWB - Best Friend Forever With Benefits
  • BFN - Bye For Now
  • BFUT - Best Friends Until Tomorrow
  • BGM - Background Music
  • BH - Be Happy
  • BHH - Bless His/Her Heart
  • BHM - Big Handsome Man
  • BI - Bad Influence
  • BICBW - But I Could Be Wrong
  • BIL - Brother In-Law
  • BIN - Buy It Now
  • BION - Believe It Or Not
  • BKA - Better Known As
  • BL - Bad Luck
  • BLNT - Better Luck Next Time
  • BLOL - Big Laugh Out Loud
  • BLTN - Better Late Than Never

  • BM - Bowel Movement, Black Man
  • BMF - Be My Friend
  • BNB - Bread 'N' Butter

  • BO - Body odour / Body Odor
  • BOL - Best Of Luck
  • BOLO - Be On The Lookout
  • BOOMM - Bored Out Of My Mind
  • BOT - Back On Topic
  • BOTTS - Back On To The Subject
  • BR - Best Regards
  • BRB - Be Right Back
  • BRGDS - Best Regards
  • BRH - Be Right Here
  • BRT - Be Right There
  • BSOF - Big Smile On Face
  • BSOFN - Big Smile On Face Now
  • BST - But Seriously Though
  • BTB - By The By
  • BTGOG - By The Grace Of God
  • BTL - Between The Lines
  • BTM - Be There Moment
  • BTTT - Back To The Top
  • BTW - By The Way
  • BTY - Back To You
  • BW - Beautiful Woman
  • BWL - Bursting With Laughter
  • BYAM - Between You And Me
  • BYTM - Better You Than Me

Friday, December 4, 2009

Slang and abbreviation part 3

List of acronyms begin with ‘A’.

  • A&F- Always And Forever
  • A3 - Anywhere, Any time, Any place
  • AA - Alcoholics Anonymous,African-American,Automobile Association
  • AAB - Average At Best
  • AAF - Always and Forever
  • AAK - Alive And Kicking
  • AAMOF - As A Matter Of Fact
  • AAP - Always A Pleasure
  • AAR - At Any Rate
  • AAWY - And Also With You
  • AAYF - As Always Your Friend
  • ABS - Absolutely
  • ABT - About
  • ABT2 - About To
  • ACK - Disgust, frustration, Acknowledgement
  • ADL - All Day Long
  • ADN - Any Day Now
  • AEAE - And Ever And Ever
  • AEAP - As Early As Possible
  • AFAIAC - As Far As I Am Concerned
  • AFAIC - As Far As I'm Concerned
  • AFAICS - As Far As I Can See
  • AFAICT - As Far As I Can Tell
  • AFAIK - As Far As I Know
  • AFAIR - As Far As I Remember
  • AFAP - As Far As Possible
  • AFC - Away From Computer
  • AFFA - Angels Forever, Forever Angels
  • AFK - Away From Keyboard
  • AFN - that's All For Now
  • AFS - Always, Forever and Seriously
  • AHEM - Throat clearing sound
  • AIGF - All In Good Fun
  • AIGHT - All right
  • AIIC - As If I Care
  • AIKRN - All I know right now
  • AISB - As I Said before
  • AISI - As I See it
  • AIT - Alright
  • AITE - Alright
  • AIUI - As I Understand it
  • AKA - Also Known As
  • ALIHAL - At Least I Have A Life
  • ALOL - Actually Laughing Out Loud
  • ALOTBSOL - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life
  • AMA - Ask Me Anything, Against Medical Advice
  • AMEX - American Express
  • AMG - Ah My God
  • AMIRITE - Am I Right?
  • AML - All My Love
  • AMZ - Amazing
  • ANON - Unknown person
  • ANY1 - Anyone
  • AOB - Any Other Business
  • AOE - Area Of Effect
  • AOL - American Online
  • AON - All Or Nothing, As Of Now
  • AOT - As Opposed To, Among Other Things
  • AOTA - All Of The Above
  • APPROX - Approximately
  • APU - As Per Usual
  • ARK - Act of Random Kindness
  • ASAIC - As Soon As I Can
  • ASAP - As Soon as Possible
  • ASAS - As soon as sensible
  • ASL - Age, Sex, Location
  • ASP - At Some Point
  • ATB - All The Best
  • ATEOTD - At The End Of The Day
  • ATF - All Time Favorite
  • ATK - Attack
  • ATN - Any Time Now
  • ATST - At The Same Time
  • ATT - At This Time, All The Time
  • ATTN - Attention
  • ATV - All Terrain Vehicle
  • ATWA - Air, Trees, Water, Animals, All The Way Alive
  • ATYS - Anything You Say
  • AUO - I don't know
  • AWA - As Well As
  • AWHFY - Are We Having Fun Yet
  • AWNP - All Work, No Play
  • AWSM - Awesome
  • AWW - Any Which Way
  • AYE - Yes
  • AYFR - Are You For Real?
  • AYKM - Are You Kidding Me?
  • AYL - Are You Listening?
  • AYO - Hey, You
  • AYOR - At Your Own Risk
  • AYS - Are You Serious?
  • AYSOS - Are You Stupid Or Something?
  • AYT - Are You There?
  • AYW - As You Wish
  • AZN - Asian

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Affect and effect

Affect is usually a verb.

1. To influence someone or something, or cause them to change.

  • It’s a disease which affects many younger people.
  • The noise affects my performance.
  • The problem affects everyone.

2. To cause a strong emotion, especially sadness (often passive).

  • The house was affected by the fire.
  • He was deeply affected by the film.
  • The people are affected by flood.

Effect is usually a noun.
A change, reaction, or result that is caused by something.

  • The promotion had a huge effect on his life.
  • Effects of the flood are destructive.

Effect as a verb:
To make something happen.

  • The quit India movement effected a huge change.

Monday, November 30, 2009

Slang and abbreviation part 2

0.0 Surprise

0/ Waving

143 I Love You

14344 I Love You Very Much

1437 I Love You Forever

153 I Adore You

1AAT One At A Time

2 To

2B To Be

2BH To Be Honest

2DAY Today

2G2BT Too Good To Be True

2K4U To Cool For You

2L8 Too late

2M Tomorrow

2MRW Tomorrow

2MI Too Much Information

2NITE Tonight

2NYT Tonight

2U To You

2U2 To You Too

3G Third Generation mobile phone network

4 For

4COL For Crying Out Loud

4E4 Forever

4GET Forget

4GM Forgive me

4M Forum

4RL? For Real?

4U For You

5N Fine

7DAW Seven Days A Week

10-4 Understood, OK

10Q Thank you

10X Thanks

Slang and abbreviation: Part 1

Followings are commonly used in communications like SMS, websites, etc.


:$ Embarrassed

:’( Crying

:) Happy

:-( Sad

:-) Smile

:-* Kiss

:/ Sarcasm

:3 Cute / goofy face

:9 Yum

:? Confused

:@ Angry

:C Very Sad

:D Happy

:L Laughing

:O Surprised

:S Confused

:X Zipped lips

;( Crying

;-) Wink


;D Wink

;P Winking and sticking tongue out


;O Joking

=.= Tired

=X No Comment

@_@ Hypnotized

^O^ Hurrah

^^ Happy

$_$ Has money

%) giddy

>.> Suspicious

>.<
Frustrated

>3 Evil but happy

>:( Angry

>:) Evil Grin

>:O Angry

<> Not equal

*_* In love, dazed

-.- Annoyance

-_- Annoyed, tired


:B Buck teeth


:P Sticking tongue out

(8) Musical note (MSN)

(A) Angel (MSN)

(H) Cool dude emoticon (MSN)

(K) Kiss (MSN)

(L) Love heart (MSN)

(N) Thumbs down (MSN)

(Y) Thumbs up (MSN)

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Informal Contractions

Informal contractions are short forms of other words used when speaking casually. They are a little like slang.

For example, "gonna" is a short form of "going to". If "going to" is said very fast, without carefully pronouncing each word, it sounds like "gonna".

They are not used in "correct" speech.
What are you going to do? = Whatcha going to do? = Whatcha gonna do?

Do you want a book? = Do you wanna book? = D'you wanna book? = D'ya wanna book? = Ya wanna book? = Wanna book?

ain't = am not/are not/is not
I ain't Murugan.You ain't my uncle.

ain't = has not/have not

I ain't gone there.
He ain't drawn yet.

gimme = give me

Gimme your pencil.

gonna = going to

What are you gonna do?

gotta = (have) got a

I've gotta pen.
I gotta gun.

gotta = (have) got to
I've gotta go.
I gotta go.

kinda = kind of
The baby’s kinda cute.

lemme = let me

Lemme swim!

wanna = want to

I wanna go now.

wanna = want a
I wanna chair.

whatcha = what are you

Whatcha going to do?

whatcha = what have you

Whatcha got there?

ya = you

Who saw ya?

Advice and advise

Advice is a noun. This word is not countable. It is a recommendation. It means guidance. It is an opinion that someone offers.

“My teacher’s advice was sound and everyone listened to him.”

"I need someone to give me some advice."

“I need some advice”.

You can give someone a 'piece of advice'.

“Let me give you some advice about traveling.”

“His advice was very useful.”


Advise is a verb. It means "to give advice", “to recommend" or "counsel”. It refers to the act of giving advice.

"Ram advices Sita to see a lawyer."

"I would advise you to submit your resignation in view of this scandal."

"My lawyer has advised me to settle this matter out of court."

"He advises Latha to be nice to her parents."


Mary advised (verb) Tom not to see John. He should have followed her advice (noun).

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Adults and their young ones

Kitten is the young one of cat. Let us see some adults and their respective young ones.

  • ADULT: YOUNG
  • ant: grub
  • bear: cub
  • bee: grub
  • beetle: grub
  • bird: fledgling, nestling
  • buffalo: calf
  • butterfly: caterpillar
  • camel: calf
  • cat: kitten
  • cockroach: nymph
  • cow: calf
  • deer: fawn
  • dog: puppy
  • dragonfly: nymph
  • duck: duckling
  • eagle: eaglet
  • elephant: calf
  • fox: cub
  • frog: tadpole
  • giraffe: calf
  • goat: kid
  • goose: gosling
  • grasshopper: nymph
  • hen: chick
  • hippopotamus: calf
  • horse: foal
  • housefly: maggot
  • king: prince, princess
  • leopard: cub
  • lion: cub
  • man: baby, child
  • mosquito: wriggler
  • moth: caterpillar
  • ostrich: chick
  • owl: owlet
  • oyster: spat
  • pig: piglet
  • pigeon: squab
  • rat: pup
  • rhinoceros: calf
  • seal: pup
  • shark: cub
  • sheep: lamb
  • swan: cygnet
  • toad: tadpole
  • tiger: cub
  • trout: fry
  • turtle: hatchling
  • whale: calf
  • wolf: cub
  • zebra: foal

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Work, job, occupation, career and profession

The noun forms of work, job, occupation, career and profession.

Work is done to earn money.

  • Have you got any work yet?

Work is an activity.

  • She has got a lot of work to do.
  • Lakshmi enjoys her work in the kitchen.

Job is used to talk about the particular work activity.

  • Editing is an important job.
  • Mohan is looking for a job in engineering.

Occupation is a formal word. It means the job done by someone. It is usually used to fill the forms.

Career is a job, done for a long period of one’s life.

  • I selected ‘marketing’ as my future career.

Profession is a type of work that needs special education or training.

  • He is acting in films but he is a pilot by profession.

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