I may happend that you, like me, come across abbreviations when reading tweets that I have no idea of what they mean. I have collected the ones I see the most and that I either knew from before, or managed to figure out the meaning of, here. Feel free to add more in the comments!
Abbreviation | Full meaning |
---|---|
AFAICR | As Far As I Can Remember |
AFAICT | As Far As I Can Tell |
AFAIK | As Far As I Know |
AKA | Also Known As |
DYK | Did (Do) You Know |
FWIW | For What It’s Worth |
ICYMI | In Case You Missed It |
IIRC | If I Recall Correctly |
IJK | I’m just kidding |
IMHO | In My Humble Opinion |
IMO | In My Opinion |
LOL | Laughing Out Loud |
OH | OverHeard |
OTOH | On the Top Of my Head |
POC | Person Of Color |
PSA | Public Service Announcement |
ROFL | Rolling On the Floor laughing |
TFW | That Feeling When |
TIA | Thanks In Advance |
URM | UnderRepresented Minority |
YOLO | You Only Live Once |
See also this appropriate cartoon I found on Twitter:
How much do I love thee Tom Gould! pic.twitter.com/yV5SPl6S84
— Lilian Edwards (@lilianedwards) September 10, 2018
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