B4- Before
b/c, bc- Because
BRB - Be Right Back
BTW - By The Way
DM- Direct message, a private message or “direct message” to a person you follow.
EM or EML- Email
Fab- Fabulous
FB- Facebook
FF- Follow Friday(#followfriday) A Twitter “endorsement” Tweeted show the user’s favorite people on twitter.
Followers- Twitter Members that follow user updates
F2F (and while we’re at it, B2B, B2C): face to face, Business to business, Business to Client (Business to Community)
FYI- For Your Information
Gr8- Great GTG, G2G- Got To Go
Hashtag #: A way of organizing your updates for Twitter search engine & to enable others to discover relevant posts. For example, here are some of the worlds favorite hashtags from 2011:
- #egypt
- #tigerblood
- #threewordstoliveby
- #idontunderstandwhy
- #japan
- #improudtosay
- #superbowl
- #jan25
- #thingslongerthankimsmarriage
- #thankyousteve
- #prayforjapan
- #winning
- #inthe90s
- #rw2011
- #theawkwardmoment
- #11/11/11
IC - I See
IDC- I don’t care
IDK- I don’t know
IM- Instant Message
JK or J/K- Just Kidding (or for UK people, Joking)
L8- Late
LI- LinkedIn
LMAO- Laughing My A** Off
LMK- Let Me Know
LOL- Laughing Out Loud– not “lots of love” like my mother thinks it is.
NSFW- Not Safe For Work
OH- Overheard
OMG- Oh My God
OMW - On My Way
ORLY- Oh Really?!!
ROFL- Rolling On The Floor Laughing
@reply: a Twitter update (a tweet) that is directed to another user within their tweet.
RT- ReTweet
SMH- Shaking My Head
Thx or Tx- Thanks
TMI- Too Much Information
Trend- A topic “Trending” or “popular” right now on Twitter
TTYL- Talk To You Later
TTYS- Talk To You Soon
TY- Thank You
YT- YouTube
Twitter is an amazing thing. I mean, it is a platform for social change, advertising, communications, brand identity, and etc. Join the stream– and of course, follow me @bradhuss!
