If you are an ardent user of social media, you may have noticed a ton of jargon or acronyms that are difficult for you to understand. Social media abbreviations like TFW, TBH, and LMK are frequently used in comments, captions, and interpersonal interactions.
Therefore, it’s imperative that you familiarize yourself with the most prevalent social media acronyms and terminology whether you’re responsible for producing social media content or reacting to clients on Twitter. You will be better able to communicate with and comprehend your audience as a result.
Additionally, there are some acronyms that could appear in business meetings, marketing, or sales reports. Because of this, it’s even more important to understand what they stand for.
In this article, we are looking at some of the slangs you may come across on social media.
Popular Twitter Slangs You Should Know
CC = Carbon-copy.
• CX = Correction
• CT = Cuttweet.
• DM = Direct message.
• HT = Hat tip.
• MT = Modified tweet. This implies the tweet you’re seeing is a paraphrase of a tweet originally written by another person.
• PRT = Partial retweet. The tweet you are seeing is the truncated version of someone else’s tweet.
• PRT = Please retweet, a request to people to get your message across by retweeting.
• RT = Retweet. The tweet you are seeing has been sent to you by another user
• EM = Email Marketing
• EZine = Electronic Magazine
• FB = Facebook
• LI = LinkedIn
• SEO = Search Engine Optimization
• SM = Social Media
• SMM = Social Media Marketing
• SMO = Social Media Optimization
• SN = Social Network
• SROI = Social Return on Investment
• UGC = User Generated Content
• YT = YouTube
• # = hashtag, or a way of making a topic trend or arrange a topic on Twitter
• AB/ABT = About
• AFAIK = As far as I know
• AYFKMWTS = Are you f—ing kidding me with this s—?
• B4 = Before
• BFN = Bye for now
• BGD = Background
• BH = Blockhead
• BR = Best regards
• BTW = By the way
• CD9 = Code 9, parents are around
• CHK = Check
• CUL8R = See you later
• DAM = Don’t annoy me
• DD = Dear daughter
• DF = Dear fiancé
• DP = used to mean “profile pic”
• DS = Dear son
• DYK = Did you know, Do you know
• EM/EML = Email
• EMA = Email address
• F2F /FTF = Face to face
• FB = Facebook, F— buddy
• FF = Follow Friday
• FFS = For F—’s Sake
• FML = F— my life.
• FOTD = Find of the day
• FTW = For the win, F— the world
• FUBAR = F—ed up beyond all repair (slang from the US Military)
• FWIW = For what it’s worth.
• GMAFB = Give me a f—ing break
• GTFOOH = Get the f— out of here
• GTS = Guess the song
• HAGN = Have a good night
• HAND = Have a nice day
• HOTD = Headline of the day
• HT = Heard through
• HTH = Hope that helps
• IC = I see
• ICYMI = “In case you missed it,” an easy alternative to apologize for retweeting your own material
• IDK = I don’t know
• IIRC = If I remember correctly
• IMHO = In my humble opinion.
• IRL = In real life
• IWSN = I want sex now
• JK = Just kidding, joke
• JSYK = Just so you know
• JV = Joint venture
• KK = Kewl kewl, or ok, got it
• KYSO = Knock your socks off
• LHH = Laugh hella hard (stronger version of LOL)
• LMAO = Laughing my ass off
• LMK = Let me know
• LO = Little One (child)
• LOL = Laugh out loud
• MM = Music Monday
• MIRL = Meet in real life
• MRJN = Marijuana
• NBD = No big deal
• NCT = Nobody cares, though
• NFW = No f—ing way
• NJoy = Enjoy
• NSFW = Not safe for work
• NTS = Note to self
• OH = Overheard
• OMFG = Oh my f—ing God
• OOMF = One of my friends/followers
• ORLY = Oh, really?
• PLMK = Please let me know
• PNP = Party and Play (drugs and sex)
• QOTD = quote of the day
• RE = In reply to, in regards to
• RLRT = Real-life re-tweet, a close cousin to OH
• RTFM = Read the f—ing manual
• RTQ = Read the question
• SFW = Safe for work
• SMDH = Shaking my damn head, SMH, only more so
• SMH = Shaking my head
• SNAFU = Situation normal, all f—ed up (slang from the US Military)
• SO = Significant Other
• SOB = Son of a B—-
• SRS = Serious
• STFU = Shut the f— up!
• STFW = Search the f—ing web!
• TFTF = Thanks for the follow
• TFTT = Thanks for this tweet
• TJ = Tweetjack,
• TL = Timeline
• TLDR/TL;DR = Too long, didn’t read
• TMB = Tweet me back
• TT = Trending topic
• TY = Thank you
• TYIA = Thank you in advance
• TYT = Take your time
• TYVW = Thank you very much
• W or W/ = With
• W/E or WE = Whatever or weekend
• WTV = Whatever
• YGTR = You got that right
• YKWIM = You know what I mean
• YKYAT = You know you’re addicted to
• YMMV = Your mileage may vary
• YOLO = You only live once
• YOYO = You’re on your own
• YW = You’re welcome
• ZOMG = OMG to the max
Common hashtags and chats:
• #BrandChat = private chat about branding
• #CMAD = Community Manager Appreciation Day
• #CMGR = Community Manger topic chat
• #FB = The user is sending this post to Facebook
• #FF = Follow Friday, or a recommendation that others follow the user
• #in = conveying a post to LinkedIn
• #LI = It implies the post is sent to LinkedIn
• #LinkedInChat = For normal questions about marketing/self-promotion on LinkedIn
• #Mmchat = Marketing and social media chat
• #Pinchat = a chat for maximizing Pinterest use
• #SMManners = Social media manners chat
• #SMOchat = Social Media Optimization chat lead by Stanzr
• #SocialChat = Social media chat lead by SocialParle.
• #SocialMedia = an all-inclusive chat for subjects big and small in the subject of Social Media