AAK - Alive And Kicking

AAR - At Any Rate

AAS - Alive And Smiling

ADN - Any Day Now

AFAIK - As Far As I Know

AFK - Away From the Keyboard

AFN - that's All For Now

AKA - Also Known As (you remeber this one...yep it's still alive)

AOTA - All Of The Above

a/s/l or asl - Age/Sex/Location - (used to ask a chatter their personal information)

AV - Avatar - Graphical representation (a picture) often used in chat rooms to depict a person that is in the room and chatting.

b4 - Before

BAK - Back At Keyboard (I'm back)

BBL - Be Back Later

BBS - Be Back Soon

b/c - Because

BCNU - I'll Be Seeing You.

b/f - Boyfriend (also shown as bf, B/F, or BF)

BEG - Big Evil Grin

BFN - Bye For Now

BMA - Bite My A** (became popular with the Simpson's cartoon show)

boot - To get kicked out of a chat room, or have to restart the computer because you couldn't talk in the chat room anymore.

BR - Best Regards

BRB - Be Right Back

BRH - Be Right Here

BSEG - Big S**t Eatin Grin

BTA - But Then Again....

BTW - By The Way

btw - BeTWeen you and me ...

chat room - A web page where people gather using software that allows them to talk to one another in real time.

CRS - Can't Remember S**t

CU - See You - also posted as cya

CUS - Can't Understand S**t (stuff)

CNP - Continued in Next Post (seen more on message boards than chat)

CP - Chat Post

CS - Cyber Sex (very uncommon but know that I don't think it has another meaning)

CUL8R - See You Later

CUOL - See You On Line

CYA - See Ya

dd, ds, dh - Darling or Dear: Dear Son, Dear Daughter, or Dear Husband. Usually exchanged in family chats.

DDSOS - Different Day, Same Old S**t

DEGT - Don't Even Go There (I don't want to talk about it)

DIKU - Do I Know You?

DIS - Did I Say

D/L, DL, d/l, dl - Downloading, or Download it.

EG - Evil Grin

EM - E-Mail

EMA - E-mail Address (example: ?ema or ema? = what is your email address)

EMS - Eat My Shorts (Bart Simpsons' catch phrase)

EOT - End Of Thread (meaning end of discussion)

ez or EZ - easy (one of the really old ones)

F2F - Face To Face

FAQ - Frequently Asked Question

FISH - First In Still Here (someone who is on line TOO much)

FITB - Fill In The Blanks

flame - to insult someone. Used when a person asks a stupid question, or says something rude to irritate the users of a chat room or message board.

FOCL - Falling Off Chair - Laughing (let us hope so)

forum - What todays message boards are called. Often using php as defining language to quickly write 'real time' messages and replies to a web site (or page)

FTS - F*** This S***

fu - F*** you (If you can't figure this one out, you shouldn't be online)

FUBAR - &quot;Fouled&quot; Up Beyond All Repair / Recognition

FUD - Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt

FWIW - For What It's Worth

FYI - For Your Information

G2G - Got to Go

GA - Go Ahead

GAMMD - Go Ahead Make My Day ( Gamer expression, made popular by Dirty Harry)

Gamer - someone who is addicted (or advanced player) to video games

GAL - Get A Life

gest - Gesture ... a small multimedia file played over the internet, usually expressing an emotion or comment.

g/f - Girlfriend (also shown as gf, G/F, or GF)

GFN - Gone For Now

GGOH - Gotta Get Outta Here

GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike

GR - Gotta Run (also GTR &amp; G2R)

GR&amp;D - Grinning, Running, and Ducking.( Usually a Gamer taunt)

GTR - Got To Run

GTRM - Going To Read Mail (leaving chat room to check email)

H&amp;K - Hugs and Kisses

hacker - person who breaks into software, or disrupts a chat room.

HAGD - Have A Good Day

HAGO - Have A Good One

Halsoft - Name of a company that purchased the brand of Chat that Excite offered, now a pay as you go service.

HB - Hurry Back

Hosts - Refers to the people that are running the chat room, they usually have the ability to kick a person off due to rude behavior.

HTH - Hope That Helps

huggles - Hugs

IAC - In Any Case

IB - I'm Back

IC - I See

IDN - I Don't know (Same as IDK)

IDK - I Don't Know

IDTS - I Don't Think So

IANAL - I'm Am Not A Lawyer (expect an uninformed opinion)

IC - I See

ICQ - I Seek You. A computer program used to communicate instantly over the Internet.

ILU or ILY - I Love You (how sweet nerd love....awwww)

IM - Instant Message 

IMHO - In My Humble Opinion (or In My Honest Opinion)

IMO - In My Opinion

IOH - I'm Out of Here

IOW - In Other Words

IQ - Intelligence ( also &quot;Intel&quot; )

IRL - In Real Life

IYO - In Your Opinion

JAS - Just A Second

JIC - Just In Case

JK - Just Kidding

JMO - Just My Opinion

JW - Just Wondering

k, K, or kk - O. K.

KIT - Keep In Touch

L8R - Later (an early one, kind of outdated with current 'young geeks')

LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off

LMFAO - Laughing My F***(freaking) Ass Off (adds alittle more kick)

LOL - Laughing Out Loud (Everyone should know this overused term)

LQTM - Laughing Quietly To Myself ( who laughs out loud...this is more accurate )

LTNS - Long Time No See

LTS - Laughing To ones Self

LY - ( I ) Love Ya.

LYL - Love You Lots

Message Board - A web page where people write comments, and those comments are than added to that web-page for others to view. Used to carry on conversation, request information, and relay messages.

MILF - Mother I'd like to F*** (keep in mind the &quot;ILF&quot; might be used in other manners)

MNP - Meet in Person (also used MIP)

MUG - Refers to a new user of that chat program, goes back to Excite VP days when the AV (or icon) that represented someone new was a picture of a coffee mug.

NE1 - Anyone

newbie - refers to a person who is new to an area or technology. Also seen as nube, nooby, nubie, nb, etc.

NFW - No Feasible (or F***ing) Way

NIMBY - Not In My Back Yard

nm, or NM - Never Mind

NP, np - No Problem

NRN - 1. No Response Necessary 2. Not Right Now

NT - No Thanks

OBTW - Oh, By The Way.

OIC - Oh, I See

OF - Old Fart, someone who has been around for a while.

OJ or OK - Only Joking or Only Kidding

OL - the Old Lady

OM - the Old Man

OMG - Oh My Gosh/God (whichever you prefer it)

OT - Off Topic

oth or OTH - Off The Hook: Something is really popular, or hot. Very exciting.

otr or OTR - Off The Rack: Saying that something is outside the ordinary.

OTE - Over The Edge (beyond common sense or beyond good taste)

OTOH - On The Other Hand ...

OTOMH - Off the Top of My Head ...

OTW - On The Way ... I've sent a file to you, it's &quot;On the way&quot;

P911 - My parents are in the room. P=Parents, and 911=emergency, in other words either drop the subject, or watch the language.

PANS - Pretty Awesome New Stuff (often referring to computer technology)

PCMCIA - Personal Computer Memory Cards International Association

PCMCIA - People Can't Master Computer Industry Acronyms (slang)

PEBCAK - Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard (.ie. &quot;You&quot;...In a non-obvious way)

peeps - People. example: &quot;There sure are a lot of peeps in this room&quot; - meaning a lot of people are in the chat room. (also PPL)

peep this - Hey, listen to this, I've got some interesting news.

PITA - Pain In The Ass ( I suppose write PITB -- if you want to say butt instead of ass)

PLZ - Please

PMJI - Pardon Me for Jumping In (when you enter into a new conversation)

poof - when someone leaves a chat room, often seen as *poof* as in boy he *poofed* in a hurry.

POTS - Plain Old Telephone Service

POS - Parents are looking Over my Shoulder (same as POTS)

POTS - Parents Over The Shoulder - (My parents are watching, I can't really talk)

PPL - People

QT - Cutie 

RFC - Request For Comments (used more in newsgroups, a page or pages that supply technical information)

rl or RL - Real Life (as opposed to being online)

rm or RM - Ready Made: pre-existing

ROFL - Rolling On Floor, Laughing (I know how could they type that and do that?)

ROTF - Rolling On The Floor (laughing is implied...unless they're on fire)

ROTFLMAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off

ROTFLMFAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing F(***ing) My Ass Off ( I know very long )

RSN - Real Soon Now

r/t - Real Time (also: RT, or rt)

RTFM - Read The &quot;Flippin&quot;(or F***ing) Manual (response to beginner question on net, chat, newsgroups, etc.) 

RU - are you?

SEG - Shit Eating Grin (lude...maybe but it is the internet)

SH - Same Here

SMS - Short Message Service (more cell phones and pagers than chat rooms and the Internet)

SN - Screen Name. The name or moniker selected by person in an IM or chat program. ( ex: My &quot;SN&quot; in vp was &quot;-lone.wolf&quot; )

SNAFU - Situation Normal, All &quot;Fouled&quot;(or F***ed) Up

SO - Significant Other

SOL - Shit Out Of Luck

SOS - Same Old S**t (stuff)

SOTA - State Of The Art (latest technology)

SPST - Same Place, Same Time

SSDD - Same S**t, Different Day (Arose from Tom Clansey in his Jack Ryan series)

STR8 - Straight (can refer to sexual preference, or DSTR8 as in Damn Straight)

STW - Search The Web

SY - Sincerely Yours

SYL - See You Later

SYT - Sexy Young Thing (also PYT: Pretty Young Thing)

TAFN - That's All For Now

TC - Take Care

TFH - Thread From Hell (a topic or discussion that won't stop - esp. newsgroups)

TGIF - Thank Goodness (or God) It's Friday

THX - Thanks!

TIA - Thanks In Advance

TM - Text Message (often refers to communications with text over cell phones)

TMI - Too Much Info. (information)

TNT - 'Til Next Time

TPS - That's Pretty Stupid

TPTB - The Powers That Be (can sometimes refer to the people that are running the chat room or server) 

TRDMF - Tears Running Down My Face: Can be with either laughter, or due to saddness.

TS - Tough S**t (or Stuff)

TSFY - Tough S**t For You

TTFN - Ta-Ta For Now

TTTT - These Things Take Time

TTYL - Talk To You Later

TY - Thank You

TYT - Take Your Time

TYVM - Thank You Very Much

VPPH - Virtual Places Page Host

US - You Suck

usa or USA - Until Sides Ache: Usually used with one of the laughter acronyms such as &quot;lolusa&quot; Laughing Out Loud Until my Sides Ache. I've also heard that some folks substitute ush for &quot;Until Sides Hurt&quot;. rotflolush = rolling on the floor, laughing out loud, until my sides hurt.

UV - Unpleasant Visual

UW - you're Welcome

UY - Up Yours

vp or VP - Virtual Places: A brand of chat offered by Excite in the late 90s and early 2000.

WB - Welcome Back (you say this when someone returns to a chat room)

w/b - Write Back

WC - WelCome

WEG - Wicked Evil Grin

WEU - What's Eating You?

WFM - Works For Me

WIIFM - What's In It For Me?

w/o - With out 

WTG - Way To Go (usually sarcastic...not suprising)

WTF - What The F**K

WT? - What The ...? or Who the ...?

WTGP? - Want To Go Private? (move to a private chat room)

WWJD - What Would Jesus Do?

WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get 

YAA - Yet Another Acronym

YBS - You'll Be Sorry

YL - Young Lady

YM - Young Man

YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary

YR - Y eah, Right. (sarcastic)

*ys* - You Stinker

YVW - You're Very Welcome

YW - You're Welcome