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twitter lingoI don’t know about you, but I am not used to expressing myself in 140 characters. Hence, I completely understand and share the need to create some shortcuts.

“Creating some shortcuts” though took on a whole life of its own and just about became a language of its own… well, maybe not a language, but a dialect at the very least.

The other day my husband came back from work and asked me what IHIH (I hope it helped) meant. I am not sure why he thought I would know this, but it lead me to doing some research and putting together an abbreviated Twitter dictionary, which I called “Twitter Lingonary” (thumbs up or down on the name? – let me know in comments).

This is certainly not an exhaustive resource, so feel free to contribute to my every-growing “Twitter Lingonary” in comments.

BTW, IHA. (By the way, I hate acronyms).

• AAMOF = As A Matter Of Fact
• ABT = About
• AND = Any Day Now
• AFAIK = As Far As I Know
• AISB = As I Said Before
• AML = All My Love
• ATB = All The Best
• B/C = Because
• B4 = Before
• B4N = Bye For Now
• BION = Believe It Or Not
• BM = Bite Me
• BOL = Best Of Luck
• BR = Best regards
• BTU = Back To You
• BTW = By The Way
• DM = Direct message
• F4T = Food For Thought
• HAND = Have A Nice Day
• HB = Happy Birthday
• HIH = Hope It Helps
• IDK = I Don’t Know
• IDM = It Doesn’t Matter
• IK = I Know
• ITA = I Totally Agree
• IWIK = I Wish I Knew
• J4F = Just For Fun
• JIC = Just In Case
• JK = Just Kidding
• KIT = Keep In Touch
• LMK = Let Me Know
• LMS = Let Me See
• LTP = Learn To Play
• LTR = Later
• MP = My Pleasure
• MPTY = More Power To You
• MYOB = Mind Your Own Business
• N1 = Nice One
• N2S = Needless 2 Say
• NBD = No Big Deal
• NP = No Problem
• NPAA = No Problem At All
• NRN = No Reply Necessary
• OIC = Oh, I See
• OTL = Out To Lunch
• OTOH = On The Other Hand
• PLMK = Please Let Me Know
• PTM = Please Tell Me
• PTMM = Please Tell Me More
• ROTM = Right On The Money
• RT = Retweet
• TIA = Thanks In Advance
• TMB = Tweet me back
• TMI = Too Much Information
• TTFN = Ta Ta For Now
• TVM = Thanks Very Much
• TWYT = That’s What You Think
• TX = Thanks
• TY = Thank You
• TYVM = Thank You Very Much
• WAB = What A Bummer
• WAD = Without A Doubt
• WDYT = What Do You Think
• WGO = What’s Going On
• YW = You’re welcome
• <3 = This is the text version of a heart

Well, here ya go. If you want to learn more about Twitter (who doesn’t, eh?), read about how to get more Twitter Retweets here.

If you like what you’ve read, please post a comment and retweet – it will be much appreciated!

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