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ABBREVIATIONS in America
This is America
WTM
☞
w
here
t
o
m
eet /
w
hat’s
t
he
m
ove
where are we meeting? what’s the plan?
LMK
☞
l
et
m
e
k
now
tell me
FR
☞
f
or
r
eal
seriously
FT
☞ FaceTime
video call
ISTG
☞
I
s
wear
t
o
G
od
I promise
ONG
☞
o
n
G
od
that’s a fact, I agree
OM
☞
o
n
m
e
same as above
ASAP
☞
a
s
s
oon
a
s
p
ossible
as quickly as you can
WYD
/
wud
☞
w
hat
y
ou
d
oing
what are you doing?
IFLY
☞
I
f
reaking
l
ove
y
ou
I really love you
ILYT
☞
I
l
ove
y
ou
t
oo
love you back
IKR
☞
I
k
now
r
ight
I know!
OMW
☞
o
n
m
y
w
ay
I’m coming
WYM
☞
w
hat
y
ou
m
ean
what do you mean?
WYA
☞
w
here
y
ou
a
t
where are you?
BTW
☞
b
y
t
he
w
ay
by the way…
OMG
☞
o
h
m
y
g
od
oh my gosh! (surprise)
BRB
☞
b
e
r
ight
b
ack
I’ll be right back
HMU
☞
h
it
m
e
u
p
text me / reach out
OMM
☞
o
n
m
y
m
omma, I swear it’s true
I swear on my mom, it’s true
OFC
☞
of
c
ourse
of course
DHMU
☞
d
on’t
h
it
m
e
u
p
I’m not interested in talking right now
TTYL
☞
t
alk
t
o
y
ou
l
ater
talk later
WYWTA
☞
w
hat
y
ou
w
anna
t
alk
a
bout
what do you want to talk about?
NM
☞
n
ot
m
uch
not much
NVM
☞
n
e
v
er
m
ind
forget it
p.s. My American friends helped me with this list, and I did all the translations myself—so they might be a little different from what you’d expect.
Now it’s your turn!
Try texting only in abbreviations for a day and see if you can keep up.
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