Friday 29 January 2016

Fifty-One Social Media Acronyms #SocialMedia #GrowYourVocab

With so many acronyms used on social media, I often feel I need someone to ELI5 (explain like I'm 5 years old) all the different terms and short forms.

I understand why we use them; out of necessary (140 character limit), to save time, and just for fun. This post is about growing your vocabulary and shrinking it all at the same time.


I have compiled a list of 51 social media acronyms,
with my absolute favourites highlighted in red.

A
AFAIK - as far as I know
AWHFY - are we having fun yet
B
BRB - be right back
BION - believe it or not
C
C4N - ciao for now
CTA - call to action
D
DAE - does anyone else
DFTBA - don't forget to be awesome
E
ELI5 - explain like I'm 5 years old
EOR - end of rant
F
FF - follow Friday
FTW - for the win
G
GTG (G2G) - got to go
GNSD - good night, sweat dreams
H
HTH (H2H) - happy to help
HT - hat tip
I
ICYMI - in case you missed it
IKR - I know right?!
J
JK - just kidding
JSYK - just so you know
K
KHYF - know how you feel
KIT - keep in touch
L
LLPOF - liar liar pants on fire
LSS - long story short
M
MT - modified tweet
MTF - more to follow
N
NP - no problem
NTS (N2S) - note to self 
O
OOTD - outfit of the day
ORL - oh really?!
P
POIDH - photos or it didn't happen
PSOG - pure stroke of genius
Q
QQ - quick question
QOTD - quote of the day
R
RBAY (RBAU, RB@Y RB@U) - right back at you
ROFL - rolling on the floor laughing
S
SMB - small business
SO (S/O) - shout out
T
TBT - throwback Thursday
TL;DR - too long; didn't read
U
U2U - up to you
URTB - you are the best
V
VBD - very big deal
VBG - very big grin
W
w/ - with 
WOTD - word of the day
X
XBF (XGF) - ex-boyfriend, ex girlfriend
XTL - cross the line
Y
YOLO - you only live once
YSK - you should know
Z
ZZZ - sleep or snore

Do you have any favourites I missed? 

Please share in the comments section. 
Consider this my work so no NSFW (not safe for work) shares please.

Yep, just me Cathy thinking out loud about some of the IMHO (in my humble opinion) best or more useful SM (social media) acronyms. 

2 comments :

  1. Great list. LOL. I learned a few things too, so I guess my fave is ELI5.

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  2. Love it! I knew quite a few of these but many are new! Bookmarked :)

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