Ketika membaca email, membaca posting di forum atau menerima pesan dari teman, mungkin Anda sering menemui beberapa kata singkatan dalam bahasa Inggris seperti IMHOW, BTW, FYI, CMIIW dsb.
Beberapa singkatan bahasa inggris tersebut kadang berguna untuk mempercepat penulisan dan menghemat jumlah karakter dalam chat misalnya. Namun terkadang tidak semua singkatan dalam bahasa Inggris tersebut kita paham.
Berikut adalah beberapa singkatan dalam bahasa inggris yang sering digunakan.
AFAIK = As Far As I Know
AFK = Away From Keyboard
AKA = Also Known As
ASAP = As Soon As Possible
ATM = According To Me
ATTN = Attention
BAK = Back At the Keyboard
BBIAB = Be Back In A Bit
BBL = Be Back Later
BBS = Be Back Soon
BFN = Bye For Now
BIF = Basis In Fact
BION = Believe It Or Not
BL = Belly Laughing
BRB = Be Right Back
BTA = But Then Again
BTT = Back To Topic
BTW = By The Way
CMIIW = Correct Me If I’m Wrong
CU = see you
CUA = Common User Access
CUL = see you Later
CWYL = Chat With Ya Later
CYO = See You Online
DBA = Doing Business As
DIKU? = Do I Know You?
DITYID? = Did I Tell You I’m Distressed?
DIY = Do It Yourself
DTRT = Do The Right Thing
EMFBI = Excuse Me For Butting In
EOM = End Of Message
EOS = End Of Show
EOT = End Of Thread
FTF = Face To Face
FAQ = Frequently Asked Question(s)
FISH = First In, Still Here
FOMCL = Falling Off My Chair Laughing
FUD = Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt
FWIW = For What It’s Worth
FYA = For Your Amusement
FYEO = For Your Eyes Only
FYI = For Your Information
GA = Go Ahead
GAL = Get A Life
GIGO = Garbage In, Garbage Out
GIWIST = Gee, I Wish I’d Said That
GMTA = Great Minds Think Alike
GOL = Giggling Out Loud
GRD = Grinning, Running & Ducking
GTG = Got to Go
GWS = Get Well Soon
GTRM = Going To Read Mail
HHOK = Ha Ha, Only Kidding
HHOS = Ha Ha, Only Serious
HNG = Horny Net Geek
HTD = Have To Disagree
HTH = Hope This Helps
HTHBE = Hope This Has Been Enlightening
IAC = In Any Case
IAG = I’m A Genius
IAE = In Any Event
IANAL = I Am Not A Lawyer
IC = I see
ICAM = I Couldn’t Agree More
ID = I Disagree
IHA = I Hate Acronyms
IIRC = If I Remember Correctly
ILY or ILU = I Love You
IMAO = In My Arrogant Opinion
IMCO = In My Considered Opinion
IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO = In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO = In My Opinion
IOW = In Other Words
IPN = I’m Posting Naked
IRL = In Real Life IRT = In Real Time
ITA = I Totally Agree
ITD = I Totally Disagree
ITRW = In The Real World
IOW = In Other Words
JAT = Just A Thought
JFU = Just For You
JIC = Just In Case
JK = Just Kidding (or Joke)
JMHO = Just My Humble Opinion
JMO = Just My Opinion
KWIM? = Know What I Mean?
L8R = Later
LBAY = Laughing Back At You
LD = Later Dude
LDR = Long=Distance Relationship
LLTA = Lots and Lots of Thunderous Applause
LMAO = Lauging My Ass Off
LOL = Laughing Out Loud or Lots Of Luck
LOLBAY = Laughing Out Loud Back At You
LTM = Laugh To Myself
LTNS = Long Time No See M/F? = Male or Female?
MEGO = My Eyes Glazed Over
MHOTY = My Hat’s Off To You
MINK = Multiple Income No Kids
MMHA2U = My Most Humble Apologies to you
MOOS or MOTOS = Member Of The Opposite Sex
MOSS or MOTSS = Member Of The Same Sex
MOTD = Message Of The Day
MOTO = Member Of The Opposant
MUD = Multi=User Dungeon (or Dimension)
NBIF = No Basis In Fact
NBIR = No Basis In Reality
NW = No Way
NP = No Problem
NRN = No Reply Necessary
OIC = Oh, I see
OLL = On=Line Love
OMG = Oh My God
OOT = Out Of Topic
OOTB = Out Of The Box
OPM = Other People’s Money OTF = On The Floor
OTOH = On The Other Hand
OTOOH = On The Other, Other Hand
OTP = On The Phone
OTTH = On The Third Hand
OTTOMH = Off The Top Of My Head
OTW = On the Way
PANS = Pretty Awesome New Stuff
PC = Politically Correct or Personal Computer
PDA = Public Display of Affection
PDQ = Pretty Darn Quick
PEBCAK = Problem Exists Between Chair And
Keyboard
PI or PIC = Politically Incorrect
PITA = Pain In The Ass
PMFJI = Pardon Me For Jumping In
PMJI = Pardon My Jumping In
POTS = Plain Old Telephone Service (or Pretty Old Tired Stuff)
POV = Point Of View
PPL = Peed Pants Laughing or People
RL = Real Life
ROAR = laughing as loud as a lion
ROFL = Rolling On Floor Laughing
RP = Romantic Partner
RPG = Role Playing Games
RSN = Real Soon Now
RTM = Read The Manual or Message
RW = Real World
RYO = Roll Your Own
SINK = Single Income No Kids
SITD = Still In The Dark
SO = Significant Other
SOL = Smiling Out Loud
SOMY? = Sick Of Me Yet?
SOS = Someone On Shoulder
STD = Sick To Death
STS = Sorry To Say
TAF = That’s All Folks
TAFN = That’s All For Now
TANSTAAFL = There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free
Lunch
TBH = To Be Honest
TCN = Take Care Now
TFH = Thread From Hell
TFI = The Fact Is
TFM = Thanks From Me
TFMT = Thanks From Me Too
TFS = Thank For Sharing
TGIF = Thank God It’s Friday
TGTBT = Too Good To Be True
TFRM = Thanks For Remind Me
THX = Thanks
TIA = Thanks In Advance
TIC = Tongue In Cheek
TIG = This Is Great TIIC = The Idiots In Charge
TLA = Three=Letter Acronym
TPTB = The Powers That Be
TTFN = Ta Ta For Now
TTYL = Talk To You Later
TQ or TX or TXS or THX = Thanks (or Thank You)
TYSM = Thank You So Much
TYVM = Thank You Very Much
UAPITA or
YAPITA = You’re A Pain In The Ass
USTM or YSTM = You Should Thanks Me
VWP = Very Well Put
W4W = Word for Word
WAGS = What A Great Story
WAI = What An Inspiration!
WB = Welcome Back
WDALYIC? = Who Died And Left You In Charge?
WFM = Works For Me
WIBNI = Wouldn’t It Be Nice If
WP = Well Put
WT? = What/Who The?
WTH? = What The Hell?
WTG = Way To Go
WTGP? = Want To Go Private?
WTS = With That Said
WU? = What’s Up?
WUF? = Where are you From?
WYSIWYG = What You See Is What You Get
XOXO = kisses and hugs
XX = kisses
YAAG = You Are A Genius
YABR = You Are Being Replaced
YGBSM = You’ve Gotta Be Shittin’ Me
YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary
YRR = You ‘R’ Right
YVMW = You’re Very Much Welcome
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