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Not sure what all those Acronyms and Abbreviations mean in chat rooms and on your cell phone?

Ever been in a chat room or any place else on the net for that matter and seen something written like this NTTFLS or CYAL8R and had not a clue what it meant?

Has someone text messaged you "KOL" and you had no idea how to reply?

Now you will.

This is a Cyber Speak Dictionary that I have compiled over 10 years of chatting on the internet.

It is a work in progress and I add to it when ever a find a new Acronym or Abbreviation.

If you have one that is not on the list please feel free to email me so I can add it.

Some of the most commonly used Acronyms you may find in chat rooms or on the web.

1. AFSIK             As far as I know
2. ASAP               As soon as Possible
3. BBN                 Bye bye for now
4. BBS                  Be back soon
5. BEG                 Big Evil Grin
6. BF                    Boy Friend
7. BBFL               Best friends for life
8. BBL                Be back Later
9. BG                    Big Grin
10.   BIL                   Brother in law
11.   BRG                 Be right Back
12.   BTW                By the way
13.   BWK               Big wet Kiss
14.   CUIC               See you in Church
15.   CYA                See ya
16.   CYAL8R         See ya later
17.   D&D                Down and Dirty or Dungeons and Dragons
18.   DD                  Dear Daughter
19.   DH                  Dear Husband
20.   DS                   Dear Son
21.   DIL                 Daughter in law
22.   DIY                 Do it yourself
23.   EG                  Evil Grin
24.   FIL                 Father in law
25.   FUBAR          Fouled up beyond all recognition
26.   FYI                 For your information
27.   GAL               Get a life
28.   GF                 Girl Friend
29.   GJ                 Good Job
30.   IMO               In my Opinion
31.   IRL                 In real life
32.   JK                  Just Kidding
33.   KISS              Keep it Simple Stupid
34.   KIT                Keep in touch
35.   KOL              Kiss on the lips
36.   L8R                Later
37.   LAY               Looking at you
38.   LOL               Laughing out loud
39.   LTNC            Long time on see
40.   LY                 Love ya
41.   MIL               Mother in law
42.   NE1               Anyone
43.   NOYB           None of your Business
44.   NPNG           No pain No gain
45.   NT                 Nice Try
46.   NTTFLS        Not till the fat lady sings
47.   OIC               Oh I see
48.   OL                Old lady
49.   OM               Old Man
50.   PTL              Praise the Lord
51.   QT               Cutie
52.   ROTF           Rolling on the floor
53.   ROTFPMP    Rolling on the floor peeing my pants
54.   SETE            Smiling ear to ear
55.   SIL               Sister in law
56.   SNAD          Significantly not as descrided
57.   SO             Significant other
58.   SOS             Same old Story
59.   SSDD           Same stuff Different day
60.   SWAK         Sealed with a Kiss
61.   SYS              See you soon
62.   SYT              See you tonight
63.   TA               Thanks again
64.   TGIF            Thank God it's Friday
65.   TNT             Till next time
66.   TOY            Thinking of you
67.   TTFN           Ta ta for now
68.   TTYL           Talk to ya later
69.   TYVM         Thank you very much
70.   TX                Thanks
71.   UCCOM      You can count on me
72.   UR                You are
73.   YBG             Very big grin
74.   WR or WE     What ever
75.   WB                Write back or Welcome Back
76.   WTH              What the Heck
77.   WEG              Wicked evil grin

Ok so what are what are NR? OOAK? and NWT?

This guide should help you under stand some of those cute little abbreviations Ebayaholics are so fond of using.

Here is a list of common Acronyms used in auction listings and ebay forums.

1. AL                    Auction Listing
2. BBL                  Blocked Bidder list
3. BIN                    Buy it Now
4. BO                     Best Offer
5. BYM                  Bid your Max
6. c.                        Circa
7. C                        Century
8. CT                      Carat
9. CTS                    Carats
10.   CTW                   Total Carat Weight
11.   DC
12.   DIA                     Diamond
13.   DY or DYN         Dynasty
14.   EP                       Electro Plate
15.   FAQ                    Frequently Asked Questions
16.   FP                       Fixed Priced
17.   GP                      Gold Plated
18.   GRK                   Greek
19.   GU                      Gently Used
20.   JPN                     Japan or Japanese
21.   KW                     Key Words
22.   LG                       Large
23.   LN                       Like New
24.   LPUO                  Local pick up only
25.   MIB                     Mint in Box
26.   NIB                      New in box
27.   NNPW                 New Never played with
28.   NPB              Non paying bidder
29.   NPS              Non Performing seller
30.   NR or N/res          No Reserve
31.   NRP                     Not Reproduction
32.   NWT                    New with Tags
33.   NWOB                 New With out Box
34.   NWTO                 New With Tags On
35.   NWOT                 New With out Tags
36.   OOAK                 One of a kind
37.   PP                         Paypal
38.   PWWI                  Pre world war I
39.   PWWII                 Pre world war II
40.   PUO                     Pick up Only
41.   RG                        Rolled Gold
42.   RMN                    Roman
43.   RP                        Reproduction
44.   SP                        Silver Plated
45.   SM                        Small
46.   SYI                        Sell Your Item
47.   TIA                        Pain the the A$$
48.   SIS                        Stores in Search
49.   FVF                        final value fee credit
50.   SNAD                       Significantly not as described

Code Words

The River: Amazon.com

The Moon: Ecrater.com

St. Elsewhere: Any non-Ebay auction site.

OS or Over There: Overstock.com

Yeah!: or the Hoo Yahoo

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