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Texting language (also known as txt, txtspk or txt talk) refers to the English language slang used on mobile phone SMS, although with the increasing prevalence of predictive text input, it is now less common. It is an abbreviated form of English, derived from rebus, a writing system popular with Benjamin Franklin. It is similar to leet, but without the script kiddie content. Another example of this is AOL speak. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
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Predictive text is an input technology designed for mobile phones. ...
A rebus (Latin: by things) is a kind of word puzzle which uses pictures to represent words or parts of words, for example: H + picture of ear = Hear, or Here. ...
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Internet slang (also AOL speak, AOLbonics — coined to sound like ebonics) consists of slang that users of the Internet have developed and utilized. ...
It evolved from the shorthand used in Internet chatrooms due to the small number of characters allowed in a text message and the small keyboards on mobile phones. A chat room is an online forum where people can chat online (talk by broadcasting messages to people on the same forum in real time). ...
A received SMS being announced on a Nokia phone. ...
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The aim of txt is to reduce the number of characters needed to put across a meaning. One casualty of this principle is that punctuation is widely disregarded. The term punctuation has two different linguistic meanings: in general, the act and the effect of punctuating, i. ...
txt devices
Single letters can be used to replace words. Examples include: - be becomes b
- see becomes c
- are becomes r
- you becomes u
- why becomes y
Equally, single digits can be used to replace words. Examples include: - ate becomes 8
- for becomes 4
- to, too, or two becomes 2
Individual syllables can be replaced with a single letter or digit. Examples: A syllable (Ancient Greek: ) is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds. ...
- ate becomes 8, so:
- activate becomes activ8
- great becomes gr8
- mate becomes m8
- later becomes l8r
- plate becomes pl8
- be becomes b
- for or Fore becomes 4, so:
- before becomes (combining both of the above) b4
- therefore becomes there4
More miscellaneous adaptions of characters include: - ss being replaced with $
- oo being replaced with %
Combinations of the above can be used to shorten single or multiple words. Examples: - your and you are both become ur
Other transcriptions of slang or dialect terms can be used if they are shorter than the original. A good example of this is the way in which because, often pronounced as cos in English, is written like so, saving four characters.
Another device used in text language is the removal of vowels from a verb, such that a set of consonants remain, which should still be recognisable as a word. So, between could become btwn.
Equally, whole words may be omitted, especially articles. An article is a word that is put next to a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun. ...
Another device used, is the replacement of an 'orr' with the abbreviation 'oz'. Hence Sorry would become Soz and Tomorrow would become Tomoz. This can be further abbreviated into 2moz.
'Sorry i forgot to phone you. I will see you tomorrow'
...would become...
soz i 4gt 2 fon u.i c u 2moz
The use of punctuation is limited. Only full-stops and exclamation marks are ever used in general. After a full stop, a space and capital letter is often ommitted.
Abbreviations This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. There are a number of txt abbreviations which are commonly recognised (these are not to be confused with initialisms, which are also commonly used) and can be found in the list below, or can be found at transl8it! where the portal allows for translations made both to and from English: Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations formed from the initial letter or letters of words, such as NATO and XHTML, and are pronounced in a way that is distinct from the full pronunciation of what the letters stand for. ...
- afaik for as far as I know
- atm for at the moment
- bbl for be back later
- bf or b/f for boyfriend and gf or g/f for girlfriend
- brb for be right back
- btw for by the way
- cam for web camera
- cas for cracking a smile
- cnt for can't
- cob for close of business
- cya for see you (later)
- dno for don't know
- dnt for don't
- ffs for for fucks sake
- fnx for thanks
- ftw for for the win
- fya for for your action
- fyi for for your information
- f9 for fine
- g2g or gtg for got to go
- g2p or gtp for got to pee
- gd for goodoften repeated to be gdgd
- gg no re for good game, no rematch
- gg for good game
- gj for good job
- gna for gonna or going to
- idc for i don`t care
- idk for i don`t know
- iirc for if i remember correctly
- ily or ilu for i love you
- jic for just in case
- jk for just kidding
- k for okay
- kk for okay, cool
- kl for cool
- lol for laugh out loud
- lmao for laughing my ass off
- lmfao for laughing my fucking ass off
- n for and (though often completely omitted)
- nm for never mind
- ne for any
- nefin for anything
- np for no problem
- nw for no worries
- omfg for oh my fucking god
- omg for oh my god
- pita for pain in the ass
- pointy for piss off im not telling you
- pos for parents over shoulder or piece of shit
- q for question
- rofl for rolling on floor laughing
- roflmao for rolling on floor laughing my ass off
- rp for roleplay
- slp/slpn for sleep/sleeping
- sry or soz for sorry
- tc for Take Care
- thx thnx or ty for Thanks or Thank you
- tmr or tmz or tomoz for tomorrow
- ttml Talk to me later
- ttyl or ttul for Talk to you later
- ty for thank you
- tym for time
- w/ or w for with
- w/e for weekend or whatever
- w/o for without
- wb for welcome back
- wb2my for write back to my
- wg for well good
- whteva or woteva for what ever
- wk for work or week
- wkd for wicked
- wt or wut for what
- wtf for what the fuck
- wubu2 for What you been up to?
- wuu2 for What are you up to?
- yw for you're welcome
- On MSN or other Instant Messengers, typing "9" is telling the other person that a parent or sibling is in the room, so they should start a new conversation about homework etc. Typing"99" lets the other person know the sibling/parent has gone.
Examples Combining the above "techniques" can shorten whole sentences. Using website portals such as transl8it! a community of users has helped standardize this text speak by allowing users to submit translations, staking claim with their user handle, or to submit top messages and guess the lingo phrases. Using the free website service sms translations can are easily made both to and from English as sampled below:
Short messages can be made shorter still.
- Are you going to the pub tonight? becomes ru goin pub 2nyt
Longer messages may also be considerably shortened. A typical text message might read: - hi m8 u k?-sry i 4gt 2 cal u lst nyt-y dnt we go c film 2moz
- This is 60 characters long.
This would "translate" into standard English as so: Standard English is a general term for a form of written and spoken English that is considered the model for educated people by native English speakers. ...
- Hi mate. Are you okay? I am sorry that I forgot to call you last night. Why don't we go and see a film tomorrow?
- This is 112 characters long.
More Abbreviations - 404 I don't know (adopted from the http error code 404)
- A3 Anytime, anywhere, anyplace
- AAP Always a pleasure
- AAR At any rate
- AAS Alive and smiling
- ADD Address
- ADN Any day now
- AEAP As early as possible
- AFAIK As far as I know
- AFK Away from keyboard
- AISB As it should be
- AKA Also known as
- AML All my love
- AOTA All of the above
- ASAP As soon as possible
- A/S/L Age/sex/location
- ASL Age/sex/location
- AT At your terminal
- ATM At the moment
- AYEC At your earliest convenience
- AYOR At your own risk
- B/F Boyfriend
- B4 Before
- B4N Bye for now
- BAK Back at keyboard
- BAU Business as usual
- BBIAF Be back in a few
- BBIAM Be back in a minute
- BBL Be back later
- BBS Be back soon
- BC Because
- BCNU Be seein' you
- BF Best friend
- BFN Bye for now
- BG Big grin
- BGWM Be gentle with me
- BFG Big f***ing grin
- BLNT Better luck next time
- BM&Y Between me and you
- BOL Best of luck
- BRB Be right back
- BRT Be right there
- BTA But then again
- BTDT Been there, done that
- BTW By the way
- CMIIW Correct me if I'm wrong
- CMON Come on
- COB Close of business
- COS Because
- CR8 Create
- CRB Come right back
- CRBT Crying really big tears
- CU See you
- CUA See you around
- CUL See you later
- CUL8R See you later
- CWYL Chat with you later
- CYA See ya
- CYO See you online
- D/L Download
- DL Download
- DEGT Don't even go there
- DIKU Do I know you?
- DQMOT Don't quote me on this
- DTS Don't think so
- DV8 Deviate
- EBKAC Error between keyboard and chair
- EG Evil grin
- EMA E-mail address
- EMFBI Excuse me for butting in
- EOD End of day
- EOM End of message
- EZY Easy
- F2F Face to face
- F2T Free to talk
- FBM Fine by me
- FC Fingers crossed
- FICCL Frankly I couldn't care a less
- FISH First in, still here
- FOMCL Falling off my chair laughing
- FITB Fill in the blank
- FRT For real though
- FWIW For what it's worth
- FYEO For your eyes only
- FYI For your information
- G Grin
- G/F Girlfriend
- G2CU Good to see you
- G2G Got to go
- G2R Got to run
- G9 Genius
- GA Go ahead
- GAL Get a life
- GB Goodbye
- GBU God bless you
- GDR Grinning, ducking, and running
- GD/R Grinning, ducking, and running
- GFI Go for it
- GG Gotta Go or Good Game
- GIAR Give it a rest
- GIGO Garbage in, garbage out
- GL Good luck
- GL/HF Good luck, have fun
- GLNG Good luck next game
- GMTA Great minds think alike
- GOI Get over it
- GOL Giggling out loud
- GR8 Great
- GR&D Grinning, running and ducking
- GT Good try
- GTG Got to go
- GTRM Going to read mail
- H&K Hugs & kisses
- H2CUS Hope to see you soon
- H8 Hate
- HAGN Have a good night
- HAGO Have a good one
- HAND Have a nice day
- HF Have fun
- HHIS Head hanging in shame
- HOAS Hold on a second
- HRU How are you?
- HTH Hope this helps
- HV Have
- IAC In any case
- IANAL I am not a lawyer
- IB I'm back
- IC I see
- ICBW It could be worse
- IDK I don't know
- IDTS I don't think so
- IDUNNO I don't know
- IG2R I got to run
- IIRC If I remember correctly
- ILBL8 I'll be late
- ILU I love you
- ILY I love you
- IM Instant message
- IMHO In my humble opinion
- IMNSHO In my not so humble opinion
- IMO In my opinion
- IMS I am sorry
- INAL I'm not a lawyer
- IOW In other words
- IRL In real life
- IRMC I rest my case
- IUSS If you say so
- IYKWIM If you know what I mean
- IYO In your opinion
- IYSS If you say so
- j00r Your
- JAC Just a sec
- JIC Just in case
- JJA Just joking around
- JK Just kidding
- JMO Just my opinion
- JP Just playing
- k/b keyboard
- KISS Keep it simple, stupid
- KIT Keep in touch
- KOTC Kiss on the cheek
- KOTL Kiss on the lips
- KNIM Know what I mean?
- l33t leet "elite"
- L8R Later
- LD Later, dude / Long distance
- LERK leaving easy reach of keyboard
- LMAO Laughing my a** off
- LOL Laughing out loud
- LTM Laugh to myself
- LTNS Long time no see
- LYLAS Love you like a sis
- LYK like
- M8 Mate
- MFI Mad for it
- MorF Male or female?
- MoS Mother over shoulder
- MSG Message
- MTF More to follow
- MTFBWU May the force be with you
- MUSM Miss you so much
- MYOB Mind your own business
- n00b Newbie
- N1 Nice one
- NBD No big deal
- NE Any
- NE1 Anyone
- NFM None for me / Not for me
- NIMBY Not in my back yard
- NLT No later than
- NM Nothing much / Never mind
- NMH Not much here
- NO1 No one
- NOYB None of your business
- NP No problem
- NRN No response/reply necessary
- NVM Never mind
- NW No way
- NW) No way out
- OIC Oh, I see
- OMG Oh my God
- OMW On my way
- OO Over and out
- OOH Out of here
- OOTD One of these days
- OP On phone
- OTB Off to bed
- OTL Out to lunch
- OTOH On the other hand
- OTT Over the top
- OTTOMH Off the top of my head
- OTW Off to work
- OVA Over
- PCM Please call me
- PDQ Pretty darn quick
- PLMK Please let me know
- PLS Please
- PLZ Please
- PM Private Message
- PMFI Pardon me for interrupting
- PMFJI Pardon me for jumping in
- POAHF Put on a happy face
- POS Parent over shoulder
- PPL People
- PROLLY Probably
- PRT Party
- PRW People/parents are watching
- PTL Praise the Lord
- PTMM Please tell me more
- PXT Please explain that
- PU That stinks!
- Q Queue
- QIK Quick
- QT Cutie
- RL Real life
- RME Rolling my eyes
- ROFL Rolling on floor laughing
- ROTFL Rolling on the floor laughing
- ROTFLUTS Rolling on the floor laughing unable to speak
- RSN Real soon now
- RTFM Read the f***ing manual
- RUOK Are you okay?
- SAL Such a laugh
- SBTSBC Same Bat-Time, Same Bat-Channel
- SC Stay cool
- SETE Smiling Ear-to-Ear
- S ICNR Sorry, I could not resist
- SIG2R Sorry, I got to run
- SIS Snickering in silence
- SIT Stay in touch
- SLAP Sounds like a plan
- SMHID Scratching my head in disbelief
- SNAFU Situation normal all fouled up
- SO Significant other
- SOL Sooner or later
- SOMY Sick of me yet?
- SOTMG Short of time, must go
- SPK Speak
- SPST Same place, same time
- SRY Sorry
- SS So sorry
- SSDD Same stuff, different day
- SSINF So stupid it's not funny
- STR8 Straight
- STW Search the Web
- SUITM See you in the morning
- SUL See you later
- SUP What's up?
- SYL See you later
- T+ Think positive
- TA Thanks a lot
- TAFN That's all for now
- TAM Tomorrow a.m.
- TBD To be determined
- TBH To be honest
- TC Take care
- TGIF Thank God it's Friday
- THX Thanks
- THNX Thanks
- THNQ Thank-you
- TIA Thanks in advance
- TIAD Tomorrow is another day
- TLK2UL8R Talk to you later
- TMB Text me back
- TMI Too much information
- TMOT Trust me on this
- TMWFI Take my word for it
- TNSTAAFL There's no such thing as a free lunch
- TPM Tomorrow p.m.
- TPTB The powers that be
- TSTB The sooner, the better
- TTFN Ta ta for now
- TTTT These things take time
- TTYL Talk to you later
- TTYS Talk to you soon
- TU Thank you
- TY Thank you
- TYT Take your time
- TYVM Thank you very much
- UGTBK You've got to be kidding
- UKTR You know that's right
- UL Upload
- UR Your / You're
- UV Unpleasant visual
- UW You're welcome
- WAM Wait a minute
- WAN2TLK Want to talk
- WAYF Where are you from?
- W/B Write back
- WB Welcome back
- WEB What ever bitch
- WIIFM What's in it for me?
- WK Week
- WKD Weekend
- WOMBAT Waste of money, brains and time
- WRK Work
- WRUD What are you doing?
- WTF What the fuck
- WTG Way to go
- WTGB!! Way to go bitch
- WTH What the heck?
- WU? What's up?
- WUCIWUG What you see is what you get
- WUF? Where are you from?
- WWJD What would Jesus do?
- WWYC Write when you can
- WYLEI When you least expect it
- WYSIWYG What you see is what you get
- X Kiss
- XLNT Excellent
- YA Your
- YBS You'll be sorry
- YGBKM You've got to be kidding me
- YKWYCD You know what you can do
- YMMV Your mileage may vary
- YR Your
- YW You're welcome
- ZZZZ bored/sleeping
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