With more and more people using Internet chat rooms and text messaging as a communication media a new language was specially tailored to meet the demands of timesaving immediacy and compactness. If you have received a text message from someone that seemed to be in its own foreign language, or got stuck in an online conversation unable to understand a thing, this list will help you find the key.

Abbreviation	Meaning
@	At
ASAP	As soon as possible
ATM	At the moment
B/F	Boyfriend
B4	Before
B4N	Bye for now
CMON	Come on
COS	Because
CU	See you
G/F	Girlfriend
GB	Goodbye
GL/HF	Good luck, have fun
GR8	Great
H&K	Hugs&kisses
H2CUS	Hope to see you soon
H8	Hate
HAND	Have a nice day
HRU	How are you?
IDUNNO	I don’t know
ILBL8	I’ll be late
ILU	I love you
IM	I am
KIT	Keep in touch
L8R	Later
M8	Mate
MSG	Message
NE1	Anyone
NYM	Never mind
NP	No problem
OIC	Oh, I see
PCM	Please call me
PLS	Please
PRT	Party
R	Are
QIK	Quick
SPY	Sorry
TGIF	Thank God it’s Friday
THX	Thanks
TMB	Text me back
TXT	Text
U	You
W/	With
WKD	Weekend
WRUD	What are you doing?
X	Kiss/ex-
YR	Your
ZZZZ	Sleeping
2	To/Too/To-