SMS Abbreviations Meaning

AFAIK As Far As I Know 

AFK Away From Keyboard 

ASAP As Soon As Possible 

ATK At The Keyboard 

ATM At The Moment 

A3 Anytime, Anywhere, Anyplace 

BAK Back At Keyboard 


BBL Be Back Later 

BBS Be Back Soon 

BFN/B4N Bye For Now 

BRB Be Right Back 

BRT Be Right There 

BTW By The Way 

B4N Bye For Now 

CU See You 

CUL8R See You Later 

CYA See You 

FAQ Frequently Asked Questions 

FC Fingers Crossed 

FWIW For What It's Worth 

FYI For Your Information 

GAL Get A Life 

GG Good Game 

GMTA Great Minds Think Alike 

GR8 Great! 

G9 Genius 

IC I See 

ICQ I Seek you 

ILU I Love You 

IMHO In My Honest/Humble Opinion 

IMO In My Opinion 

IOW In Other Words 

IRL In Real Life 

KISS Keep It Simple, Stupid 

LDR Long Distance Relationship 

LMAO Laugh My Ass Off 

LOL Laughing Out Loud 

LTNS Long Time No See 

L8R Later 

MTE My Thoughts Exactly 

M8 Mate 

NRN No Reply Necessary 

OIC Oh I See 

PITA Pain In The A*8 

PRT Party 

PRW Parents Are Watching 

QPSA? Que Pasa? 

ROFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing 

ROFLOL Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud 

ROTFLMAO Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A** Off 

SK8 Skate 

STATS Your sex and age 

ASL Age, Sex, Location 

THX Thank You 

TTFN Ta-Ta For Now! 

TTYL Talk To You Later 

U You 

U2 You Too 

U4E Yours For Ever 

WB Welcome Back 

WTF What The F... 

WTG Way To Go! 

WUF Where Are You From? 

W8 Wait... 

7K Sick 






SMS Meaning 

:-) Smiley 

(-: Also smiling 

:) Smiling without a nose 

:' ) Happy and crying 

:-( ) Smiling with mouth open 

8-) Smiling with glasses 

[:-) Smiling with walkman 

:-)8 Smiling with bow tie 

{:-) Smiling with hair 

d:-) Smiling with cap 

C|:-) Smiling with top hat 

(:-) Smiling with helmet 

:-)= Smiling with a beard 

&:-) Smiling with curls 

#:-) Smiling with a fur hat 

:-D Laugher 

;-) Twinkle 

;) Twinkle, without nose 

:-* Kiss 

@}--\-,--- A rose 

:-( Sad 

:( Sad, without nose 

:'-( Crying 

:-c Unhappy 

:-|| Angry 

:-(0) Shouting 

:-< Cheated 


:-O Wow 

:-| Determined 

:-* Bitter 

O :-) An angel 

:-9 Salivating 

:-|/:-I No face/poker face 

:-<> Surprised 

%-6 Not very clever 

:-( ) Shocked 

:-~) Having a cold 

:-o zz Bored 

:-\ Sceptical 

: @ Shouting 

:-o Appalled 

:-X Not saying a word 

|-I Sleeping 

|-O Snoring 

%-} Intoxicated 

:-v Talking 

:-w Talking with two tongues 

B-) Sunglasses 

B:-) Sunglasses on head 

8:-) Glasses on head 

{:-) Toupee 

}:-( Toupee blowing in the wind 

=|:-)= Uncle Sam 

<:-| Monk / Nun 

:^) Broken nose 

-:-) Punk 

@:-) Using a turban 

:=) Two noses 

:-# Razes 

<|-) Chinese 

:-{) With a moustache 

:-{} Lip stick 

:-? Smoking a pipe 

:-( Very angry