Texting dictionary

A

• abt – About
• abt2 – About to
• acc – Actually
• add – Address
• afaik – As far as I know
• afk – Away from keyboard
• aka – Also known as
• asap – As soon as possible
• asf – As f***
• asl – Age, sex, location
• atm – At the moment

B

• b – Bisexual / Babe
• b4 – Before
• based – Used when agreeing with something; or recognising someone is being themselves
• bc – Because
• bet – yes, okay; affirming something
• bday – Birthday
• blates – Obviously
• bf – Boyfriend/Best friend
• bf4l or bffl – Best friends for life
• bff – Best friends forever
• boyf – Boyfriend
• brat – A strong-willed person who goes against expectations. See more here.
• brb – Be right back
• btw – By the way

C

• cap – Lie (often used as ‘no cap’, meaning no lie)
• cba – Can’t be bothered
• cmb – Call me back
• cmon – Come on
• ctn – Can’t talk now
• cu – See you
• cua – See you around
• cul – See you later
• cya – See ya

D

• da f/dafuq? – What the f***?
• diss – Disrespect
• dkdc – Don’t know, don’t care
• dl – Download
• dm – Direct Message, a form of private messaging
• dnt – Don’t

F

• ema – Email address
• eta  – Estimated time of arrival
• ez – Easy

E

• f – Female
• fam – Short for ‘family’, similar to ‘bro’
• faq – Frequently Asked Questions
• fb – Facebook
• finna – I’m going to
• fire – A word to describe something positive (e.g. That game is fire)
• fr – for real
• fuq/fuqn – F***/f***ing
• fwb – Friends with benefits
• fwd – Forward
• fyi – For your information

G

• g – Gay
• g2cu – Good to see you
• g2g – Got to go
• g2r – Got to run
• gamer – Video game player
• gf – Girlfriend
• gg – Good game
• gj – Good job
• gl – Good luck
• glhf – Good luck have fun
• GOAT – greatest of all time
• gnite – Good night
• gr8 – Great
• gratz – Congratulations
• gtfoh – Get the f*** outta here
• gtg – Got to go
• gud – Good
• Gyat – God d***; exclamation of excitement

H

• h8 – Hate
• hella – Really
• hits different – Something that affects you in a particular way
• hv – Have
• hw – Homework
• hbd – Happy Birthday

I

• ib – I’m back
• ic – I see
• idc – I don’t care
• idk – I don’t know
• ig – I guess or Instagram
• iirc – If I remember correctly
• ik(r) – I know (right?)
• ilu – I love you
• ily – I love you
• im – Instant message
• imho – In my humble opinion
• imo – In my opinion
• insta – Instagram
• irl – In real life
• it’s giving… – Used to describe something (e.g. ‘It’s giving childhood’ could describe something that reminds you of your childhood)
• iykyk – If you know, you know; often used to describe inside jokes

J

• jk – Just kidding

K

• k – Okay
• kewl – Cool
• kthnx – OK, thanks

L

• l – Lesbian
• (take the) l – Loss
• l8 – Late
• l8r – Later
• let them cook – A supportive phrase; to give someone time and space to do something you know they can do
• lit – It describes something as positive
• lmao – Laughing my a** off
• lol – Laugh out loud
• lolll – Laugh out loud a lot
• luv ya – Love you

M

• m – Male
• m.i.r.l – Meet in real life
• mkay – Mmm, okay
• mmo – Massively multiplayer online
• mmorpg – Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
• msg – Message
• mwah – To give a kiss

N

• n/a – Not available or not applicable
• n2m – Nothing too much
• nbd – No big deal
• ne – Any
• ne1 – Anyone
• nm – Not much / Nothing much / Never mind
• no cap – No lie
• noob – Short for ‘newbie’, refers to an inexperienced gamer or online community user
• np – No problem
• nthng – Nothing
• nvr – Never
• nw – No worries

O

• oic – Oh, I see
• om – Oh my
• omg – Oh my God
• omw – On my way
• onl – Online
• ot – Off topic
• ova – Over

P

• peak – Unfortunate
• peeps – People
• pic – Picture
• pir – Parent in room
• pk – Player kill
• pls – Please
• plz – Please
• pm – Private Message
• pmsl – Peeing myself laughing
• pov – Point of view
• ppl – People
• prolly – Probably
• pwn – Own, as in conquer or defeat
• pwned – Owned, as in conquered or defeated

Q

• qt – Cutie
• qtpi – Cutie pie

R

• r – Are or our
• riz/rizz – Charisma
• rizzler – Someone who is good at flirting (because they have rizz)
• rly – Really
• rofl – Rolling on the floor laughing
• rpg – Role playing game
• ru – Are you?
• ruok – Are you okay?

S

• sec – Second
• seggs – Sex; used as a way to get around language filters
• ship – Relationship; or imagining people together (e.g. I ship those two)
• simp/simping – someone who does too much for their crush (often used in sexist context against men)
• skibidi – A reference to a video about an army of toilets taking over the world
• skl – School
• sksksk – Representing laughter
• slaps – Describing something as good (e.g. This song slaps)

• smh – Shaking my head
• sms – Short Message Service
• so – Significant other
• sob – Son of a B*tch
• sos – Help
• spk – Speak
• srs – Serious
• srsbsns – Serious business

• srsly – Seriously
• sry – Sorry
• stan – being a fan of someone
• str8 – Straight
• sup – What’s up
• sus – Suspicious
• sux – Sucks or “it sucks”
• swag – Boasting about one’s skills or style

T

• tbh – To be honest
• tc – Take care
• tea – gossip
• tgif – Thank God it’s Friday
• thanq – Thank you
• thx – Thanks
• tmi – Too much information
• trans, t*, t+ – Transsexual
• ttfn – Ta-ta for now
• ttyl – Talk to you later
• tweet – Twitter post
• txt – Text
• ty – Thank you

U

• u – You
• u2 – You too
• ul – Upload
• unalive – Kill; used to get around language filters
• ur – Your or you’re

V

• vm – Voicemail

W

• w – win
• w@ – What?
• w/ – With
• w/e – Whatever or weekend
• w/o – Without
• w8 – Wait
• wag1 – What’s up
• wbu – What about you?
• wk – Week
• wrk – Work
• wtf – What the f***
• wtg – Way to go
• wyd – What (are) you doing?
• WYSIWYG – What you see is what you get

X

• x – kiss (or the platform formally called Twitter)

Y

• y? – Why?
• yeet – To throw something
• yktv – You know the vibe
• yolo – You only live once
• yr – Your
• yt – white (or YouTube)
• yw – You’re welcome

Z

• (Gen) Z – People born from around 1997-2012
• za – Pizza

#

• 2 – To
• 24/7 – Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week

• 🧢 – The baseball cap emoji is used to call out someone lying
• 🍑 – The peach emoji represents a butt
• 🍆 – The eggplant/aubergine emoji represents male genitalia
• 🍌 – The banana emoji represents male genitalia
• 💀 – The skull emoji is used to show something is so funny they’re ‘dead’
• 🔞 – The under 18 emoji signifies mature content
• 💯 – The 100 emoji is used to show something is cool or true, ‘keeping it 100’
• 🤡 – The clown emoji is used when someone is acting foolishly
• 😭 – The loudly crying face emoji is used to show something is very funny
• 👉👌 – The finger pointing emoji and the OK gesture emoji used together represents sexual intercourse
• 🐀 – The rat emoji is used when accusing someone of snitching, ‘being a rat’
• 🎪 – The circus tent emoji refers to a male erection

• 🔥 – The fire emoji is used as a sign of approval if something is cool or sexy, ‘that’s fire’
• 🔌 – The plug emoji is used to represent a drug dealer
• ❄️ – The snowflake emoji is used as an insult to say someone is easily offended
• 😏️ – The smirk emoji is used to show a comment was flirtatious
• 👽 – The alien emoji is used to show something is strange
• 🌮 – The taco emoji can be used to represent female genitalia
• 🍒 – The cherries emoji represents breasts
• 👉👈 – The fingers pointing to each other emoji means the sender is shy
• 🥦 – The broccoli emoji is used to signify marijuana
• 🔪 – The knife emoji is sometimes used as a threat of violence
• 🐴 – The horse emoji is used to refer to drugs, specifically ketamine
• 💊 – The pill emoji represents drugs

• 🌳 – The tree emoji represents marijuana
• 💦 – The splash emoji is often used to show a message is sexual
• 🔴 – The red circle emoji can be used to show someone is ‘red-pilled’, meaning they are aware of the truth, a Matrix reference that is used in the manosphere
• 🔵 – The blue circle emoji can be used to show someone is ‘blue-pilled’, meaning they are ignorant, a Matrix reference that is used in the manosphere
• ⚫ – The black circle emoji is used to represent the ‘black-pill’, an incel philosophy that there’s nothing someone can do to change their circumstances
• 🔫 – The pistol emoji, updated to look like a water pistol, is used to threaten violence
• 😈 – The devil emoji signals the sender is being mischievous, often in a flirty way
• ❤️ – The red heart emoji is often used to show love or affection, commonly sent to best friends or romantic partners
• 💜 – The purple heart emoji can be used to show a message was sent in a flirtatious way, or that the sender is horny
• 💛 – The yellow heart emoji can be used to represent platonic love for friends