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1. IG
Means… Instagram
2. FB
Means… Facebook
3. TW
Means… Twitter
4. YT
Means… YouTube
5. DM
Means… Direct Message
6. PM
Means… Private Message
7. RT
Means… Retweet
8. In
Means… LinkedIn
9. AFAIK
Means… As far as I know
10. AKA
Means… Also known as
This is quite popular. You can say it by pronouncing each letter at the time.
11. AMA
Means… Ask Me Anything. Obviously.
12. ASAP
Means… As Soon As Possible
13. BRB
Means… Be Right Back
14. BTS
Means… Behind The Scenes
15. BTW
Means… By The Way
16. CMV
Means… Change My view
17. DYK
Means… Did You Know
18. ELI5
Means… Explain (it to me) Like I’m 5
19. FBF
Means… Flash Back Friday
20. FOMO
Means… Fear Of Missing Out
21. FTW
Means… For the win
22. FWIW
Means… For what it’s worth
23. FYI
Means… For your information
24. H/T
Means… Hat tip
25. ICYMI
Means… In case you missed it
26. IMO/IMHO
Means… In my opinion / In my humble opinion
27. IRL
Means… In real life
28. JSYK
Means… Just so you know
29. LMK
Means… Let me know
30. MFW
Means… My face when
31. NBD
Means… No big deal
32. NP
Means… No problem
33. NSFW
Means… Not safe for work
34. NYT
Means… Name your trade
35. OC
Means.. Original content
36. WFH
Means… Working from home
37. SMH
Means… Shaking my head
38. TBH
Means… To be honest
39. TBT
Means… Throwback Thursday
40. TFTF
Means… Thanks for the follow
41. TFW
Means… That feeling when
42. TGIF
Means… Thank God it’s Friday
43. TL;DR
Means… Too long; Didn’t read
44. WBW
Means… Wayback Wednesday
45. WCW
Means… Woman crush Wednesday
46. B2B
Means… Business to business
47. B2C
Means… Business to consumer
48. CMGR
Means… Community manager
49. CTA
Means… Call to action
50. EOD
Means… End of day
51. EOW
Means… End of week
52. EM
Means… Email me
53. ETA
Means… Estimated Time Of Arrival
54. F2F
Means… Face to face
55. IAM
Means… In a meeting
56. ISO
Means… In search of
57. IT
Means… Information technology
58. KPI
Means… Key performance indicator
59. MoM
Means.. Month over month
60. OOO
Means… Out of office
61. P/E
Means.. Price to earnings
62. ROI
Means… Return on investment
63. SEM
Means… Search engine marketing
64. SEO
Means… Search engine optimization
65. SERP
Means… Search engine results page
66. SMART (goals)
Means… specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, timely
67. SMB
Means… Small and midsize businesses
68. SMM
Means… Social media marketing
69. SMO
Means… Social media optimization
70. SoLoMo
Means… Social, local, mobile
71. SRP
Means… Social relationship platform
72. TBD
Means… To Be decided/determined
73. TOS
Means… Terms of service
74. UGC
Means… User-generated content
75. WOM
Means… Word of mouth
76. API
Means… Application programming interface
77. CMS
Means… Content management system
78. CPC
Means… Cost per click
79. CR
Means… Conversion rate
80. CRO
Means… Conversion rate optimisation
81. CTR
Means… Click-through rate
82. CX
Means… Customer experience
83. ESP
Means… Email service provider
84. FTP
Means… File transport protocol
85. GA
Means… Google Analytics
86. IM
Means… Instant messaging
87. OS
Means… Operating system
88. PV
Means… Page views
89. RSS
Means… Rich site summary
90. Saas
Means… Software as a Service
91. SOV
Means… Share of voice
92. UI
Means… User interface
93. URL
Means… Uniform resource locator
94. UV
Means.. Unique views
95. UX
Means… User experience
96. VPN
Means… Virtual private network
97. 411
Means… Information
98. AF
Means… As f–––
99. AFK
Means… Away from keyboard
100. BAE:
Means… Before anyone else
101. BC
Means… Because
102. BFF
Means… Best friends forever
103. FFS
Means… For f–––‘s sake
104. FML
Means… F––– my life
105. GOAT
Means… Greatest of all time
106. HMU
Means… Hit me up
107. IDK
Means… I don’t know
108. IDGI
Means… I don’t get it
109. ILY
Means… I love you <3
110. JK
Means… Just kidding
111. JTM
Means… Just the messenger
112. KK
Means… Okay (in a more “cool” way)
113. LOL
Means… Laughing out loud
114. LOML
Means… Love of my life
115. LMAO
Means… Laughing my a–– off
116. MRW
Means… My reaction when..
117. NVM
Means… Nevermind
118. Obvs
Means… Obviously
119. OH
Means… Overheard
120. OMG
Means… Oh my God
121. OMW
Means… On my way
122. Pls
Means… Please
123. POV
Means… Point of view
124. PSA
Means… Public service announcement
125. RN
Means… Right now
126. ROFL
Means… Rolling on the floor laughing
127. SRSLY
Means… Seriously
128. TMI
Means… Too much information
129. TTKU
Means… Try to keep up
130. TY
Means… Thank you
131. WBU
Means… What about you
132. WDYM
Means… What do you mean
133. WTF
Means… What the f–––
134. YOLO
Means… You only live once
135. YW
Means… You’re welcome