Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Txt-to-speech: the full dictionary for the teen-impaired: Part 1 A-F

4 all u ppl who dnt know, i have pt tgthr a txt t4lk dxnary 4 u who r txtn impaired. this will giv u al the t4lk u need 2 know 2 txt in 2day's wrld. (don’t know what it means? Read on!)

A

ABT
About

ABT2
Meaning 'About to'

ADMIN
Administrator

AEAP
As early as possible

AFAIK
As far as I know

AFK
Away from keyboard

AFZ
Acronym Free Zone

AIGHT
Alright

AKA
Also known as

ALOL
Actually laughing out loud

ATM
At the moment

AWC
After awhile crocodile

AWESO
Awesome

AWOL
Absent without leave

AYDY
Are you done yet?

AYOR
At your own risk

AYSOS
Are you stupid or something?

B

B&
Banned

B2W
Back to work

B8
Bait (person teased or joked with, or under-aged person/teen)

B9
Boss is watching

B/G
Background (personal information request)

B4
Before

B4N
Bye for now

BA
Bad *a*

BAK
Back at keyboard

BBQ
Barbeque, "Ownage", shooting score/frag (online gaming)

BC
Because

BC
Be cool

BD
Big deal

BDAY
Birthday

BF
Boyfriend

BFAW
Best friend at work

BF
Best friend

BFF
Best friends forever

BFFL
Best friends for life

BFD
Big freaking deal

BIF
Before I forget

BLNT
Better luck next time

BOE
Meaning "bind on equip" (online gaming)

BOYF
Boyfriend

BRB
Be right back

BRNC
Be right back, nature calls

BRD
Bored

BSOD
Blue screen of death

BTW
By the way

BYOB
Bring your own beer

BYOC
Bring your own computer

C

C4N
Ciao for now

CAD
Control + Alt + Delete

CD9

Code 9, Meaning "parents are around"

CIAO
Good-bye (Italian word)

CMB
Call me back

CMAP
Cover my *a* partner (online gaming)

CMON
Come on

CNP
Continued (in) next post

COH
Company of Heroes (online gaming)

COS
Because

CRIT
Meaning "critical hit" (online gaming)

CRS
Can't remember *stuff*

CSS
Counter-Strike Source (online gaming)

CT
Can't talk

CU
See you

CUL8R
See you later

CYA
See you

CYE
Check your e-mail

CYEP
Close your eyes partner (online gaming)

CYO
See you online

D

DA
Meaning "The"

DC
Disconnect

DFL
Dead *freaking* last (online gaming)

DIY
Do it yourself

DKP
Dragon kill points (online gaming)

DL
Download

DL
Down low

Do not compute (meaning I do not understand)

DNR
Dinner (SMS)

DNT
Don't

d00d
Dude

DPS
Damage per second (online gaming)

DXNARY

Dictionary

E

E2EG
Ear to ear grin

EAK
Eating at keyboard

EBKAC
Error between keyboard and chair

ED
Erase display

EM
E-mail (Twitter slang)

ENUF
Enough

EOD
End of discussion

ETA
Estimated time (of) arrival

EZ
Easy

F

F2F
Face to face

F2P
Free to play (online gaming)

FAAK
Falling asleep at keyboard

FAF
Funny as *freak*

FAQ
Frequently asked questions

FB
FaceBook

FBM
Fine by me

FFA
Free for all (online gaming)

FTL
For the loss

FTW
For the win

FU
*Freak* you

FUBAR
Fouled up beyond all recognition

FW
Forward

FYA
For your amusement

FYI
For your information

More tomorrow! now if you’ll excuse me, I’m about to go AFK for a moment. It’s CD9!

2 comments:

  1. Very nice, Asa. That was rather ... entertaining. It'll be useful for many people, especially parents, who can now tell what it is their kids are saying in text messages!

    -S

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  2. I love the paradoxical nature of AFZ.

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