So what is a chat acronym ? A chat acronym or a chat shorthand is a slang that Internet users have coined and spread. Used particularly in chats and SMSes, terms like these typically originated with the purpose of saving keystrokes.

To get you familiar with chat acronyms, here’s a list of a few of them -

2B or not 2B To Be Or Not To Be
4ever Forever
ASL Age/Sex/Location
AAMOF As A Matter Of Fact
AATK Always At The Keyboard
ABT About
ACD Alt Control Delete
ADN Any Day Now
AFAIC As Far As I’m Concerned
AFDB A Few Days Back
AFK Away From Keyboard
AFTP Anonymous File Transfer Protocol
AFU All F***ed Up
AI As If
ASAP As Soon As Possible
ASF And So Forth
ASL Age/Sex/Location
ASO And So On
AWS As We Speak
AWYR Awaiting Your Reply
AYPI And Your Point Is
AYSOS Are You Stupid Or Something
B/C Because
B4 Before
B4N Bye For Now
BBFN Bye Bye For Now
BBIAB Be Back In A Bit
BBIAF Be Back In A Few
BBL Be Back Later
BBN Bye Bye Now
BBR Burnt Beyond Repair
BBSL Be Back Sooner or Later
BC Because
BFG Big Fat Grin
BFN Bye For Now
BR Bathroom
BRB Be Right Back
BRS Big Red Switch
BRT Be Right There
BS Big Smile
BTC Biting The Carpet
BTU Back To You
BTW By The Way
BTWBO Be There With Bells On
BUGS Bloody User Generated Symptoms
BWDIK But What Do I Know?
BWFH Bastard Webmaster From Hell
BWK Big Wet Kiss
CBL Come Back Later
CIAO Goodbye (in Italian)
CNP Continued in Next Post
COI Come On In
CSL Can’t Stop Laughing
CSW Can’t See Why
CSY Can’t Stop Yawning
CTC Choking The Chicken
CU See You
CUL8R See You Later
CW Complete Wank
CWYL Chat With You Later
CYA See Ya or Cover Your Ass
CYAL8R See You Later
CYL See You Later
D/L DownLoad
DARFC Ducking And Running For Cover
DBAI Designed By An Idiot
DDD Direct Distance Dial
DEC Do Expect Cuts
DEGT Don’t Even Go There
DETI Don’t Even Think It
DGT Don’t Go There
DH Dear Husband or Dick Head
DHYB Don’t Hold Your Breath
DIIK Damned If I Know
DIY Do It Yourself
DKDC Don’t Know Don’t Care
DL DownLoad
DLN Don’t Leave Now
DLTM Don’t Lie To Me
DTP DeskTop Publishing
DTRT Do The Right Thing
DUCT Did You See That?
DW Dear Wife
DWIM Do What I Mean
DYHABF Do You Have A Boyfriend?
DYHAGF Do You Have A Girlfriend?
DYJHI Don’t You Just Hate It
DYJHIW Don’t You Just Hate It When
DYT Don’t You Think
EZ Easy
F2F Face-To-Face or Flesh-To-Flesh
FF French Fry
FF&PN Fresh Fields and Pastures New
FFS For F***s Sake
FGS For Goodness’ Sake
FYM For Your Misinformation
G Grin
G1 Good One
GA Go Ahead
GAFIA Get Away From It All
GAL Get A Life
GASP Go Away Silly Person
GBH Great Big Hug
GBH&K Great Big Hug & Kiss
GD&R Grinning Ducking & Running
GF Girl Friend
GGN Gotta Go Now
GGP Gotta Go Piss
GH Getting Hard
GJ Good Job
GL Good Luck
GM Good Morning
GMAB Give Me A Break
GMAFB Give Me A F***ing Break
GMBO Giggling My Butt Off
GMTA Great Minds Think Alike
GN Good Night
GNBLFY Got Nothing But Love For You
GO Get Out
GOB Good’Ol Boy
GOI Get Over It
GR8 Great
GRRRR it means Growling
GSOAS Go Sit On A Snake
GTG Got To Go
GTGB Got To Go, Bye
GTGP Got To Go Pee
GTH Go To Hell
GTSY Glad To See Ya
GTTB Gee That’s Too Bad
GW Getting Wet
GYPO Get Your Pants Off
H Hug
H&K Hug and Kiss
HAB Hot Asian Babe
HABU Have A Better ‘Un
HAGN Have A Good Night
HAK Hugs And Kisses
HAND Have A Nice Day
HB Hurry Back
HD Hold
HF Have Fun
HH Holding Hands
HHIS Hanging Head In Shame
HHO1/2K Ha Ha, Only Half Kidding
HHOJ Ha Ha Only Joking
HHOK Ha Ha, Only Kidding
HHTYAY Happy Holidays To You And Yours
HMT Here’s My Try
HOHA HOllywood HAcker
HORU How Old Are You
HTH Hope This (or That) Helps
HTSI Hope That Sinks In
HUA Heads Up Asshole or Heads Up Ace
IBT In Between Technology
IBTD I Beg To Differ
ID10T Idiot
IDBI I Don’t Believe It
IDBY I Don’t Believe You
IDC I Don’t Care
IDGAD I Don’t Give A Damn
IDGAF I Don’t Give A F***
IDGI I Don’t Get It
IDK I Don’t Know
IDKY I Don’t Know You
IDM It Doesn’t Matter
IDMTM It Doesn’t Matter To Me
IDST I Didn’t Say That
IDT I Don’t Think
IDTS I Don’t Think So
IDTT I’ll Drink To That
IE Internet Explorer
IFF If and only If
IFU I F***ed Up
IGGP I Gotta Go Pee
IGP I Gotta Pee
IGTP I Get The Point
IHTG I Hate To Go
ILY I Love You
IMAO In My Arrogant Opinion
IMBO In My Bloody Opinion
IMBW I May Be Wrong
IMS I Am Sorry
IMVHO In My Very Humble Opinion
INL I’m Not Laughing
INMP It’s Not My Problem
ISS I Said So
ISTM It Seems To Me
ISTR I Seem To Remember/Recall
ISWYM I See What You Mean
ITA I Totally Agree
ITD In The Dark
ITM In The Money
ITRO In The Region Of
ITRW In The Real World
ITSFWI If The Shoe Fits Wear It
ITWSBT I Think We Should Be Told
ITYM I Think You Mean
IWBNI It Would Be Nice If
IYO In Your Opinion
IYSS If You Say So
IYSWIM If You See What I Mean
J/C Just Checking
J/K Just Kidding!
J/W Just Wondering
JAFO Just Another F***ing Onlooker
JAM Just A Minute
JAS Just A Second
JASE Just Another System Error
JFG Just For Grins
JIC Just In Case
JK Just Kidding
JMO Just My Opinion
JOOTT Just One Of Those Things
JSNM Just Stark Naked Magic
JTLYK Just To Let You Know
JTYWTK Just Thought You Wanted To Know
K Kiss or Okay
KB Kiss Back
KBD Keyboard
KFY Kiss For You
KHYF Know How You Feel
KIQ Keep It Quiet
KISS Keep It Simple Stupid
KIT Keep In Touch
KITB Kick In The Butt
KMA Kiss My Ass
KMG Kiss My Grits
KMRIA Kiss My Royal Irish Arse
KMYF Kiss Me You Fool
KOC Kiss On Cheek
KOL Kiss On Lips
KOTC Kiss On The Cheek
KWIM Know What I Mean
KYPO Keep Your Pants On
L Laugh
L8R Later
L8R G8R Later ‘Gater
LABTYD Life’s A Bitch Then You Die
LAGNAF Let’s All Get Naked And F***
LAQ Lame Ass Quote
LART Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool
LAY Looking At You
LD Long Distance
LDD La Dee Da
LDTTWA Let’s Do The Time Warp Again
LHM Lord Help Me
LHO Laughing Head Off
LHU Lord Help Us
LIFO Last In First Out
LIS Lost In Space
LISP Lots of Infuriating & Silly Parenthesis
LLAL Laughing Like A Lunatic
LLAP Live Long And Prosper
LLTA Lots And Lots Of Thunderous Applause
LMA Leave Me Alone
LMAO Laughing My Ass Off
LMAO Laughing My Ass Off
LMC Let Me See
LMK Let Me Know
LMS Let Me See
LMWIS Lick Me Where I Sweat
LOA Love On Arrival
LOLOL Laughing Out Loud On Line or Lots Of Laughing Out Loud
LOML Light Of My Life
LOOL Laughing Out Outrageously Loud
LOPSOD Long On Promises, Short On Delivery
LOQ Laughing Out Quietly
LRF Little Rubber Feet
LTIP Laughing Till I Puke
LTNS Long Time No See
LTNT Long Time No Type
LTR Later
LTS Laughing To Self
LU4E&A Love You For Ever And Always
LUB Laughing Under Breath
LUWAMH Love You With All My Heart
LWR Launch When Ready
LY Love You
LYL Love Ya Lots
LYLAB Love You Like A Brother
LYLAS Love You Like A Sister
LYLY Love You and Leave You
M8 Mate
MMF Make Money Fast
MOF Male Or Female?
MOO Mud, Object-Oriented
MorF Male or Female?
MOTAS Member Of The Appropriate Sex
MOTD Message Of The Day
MOTO Master Of The Obvious
MOTOS Member Of The Other Sex
MOTSS Members Of The Same Sex
MP My Pleasure
MUG Multi User Game
MUSH Multi User Shared Hallucination
MWBRL More Will Be Revealed Later
MYOB Mind Your Own Business
N/T No Text
N1 Nice One
N2S Needless 2 Say
NBD No Big Deal
NBIF No Basis In Fact
NC No Comment
NCG New College Graduate
NE1 Anyone
NEM Nothing Else Matters
NFI No F***ing Idea
NFW No F***ing Way
NFWM No F***ing Way Man
NG New Game
NHTOB Never Heard That One Before
NIFOC Nude In Front Of The Computer
NIM No Internal Message
NIMBY Not In My Back Yard
NIME Not In My Experience
NIMQ Not In My Queue
NMN No Middle Name
NMP Not My Problem
NONYA None Ya Business
NOYB None Of Your Business
NP No Problem
NPNG No Pain No Gain
NQOCD Not Quite Our Class Dear
NQWI Not Quite With It
NRG Energy
NRN No Reply Necessary
NSS No Sh** Sherlock
NTDW Nothing To Do With
NTDWI Nothing To Do With It
NTK Need To Know
NYCTMI Now You Come To Mention It
OAO Over And Out
OATUS On A Totally Unrelated Subject
OAUS On An Unrelated Subject
OB Obligatory
OBTW Oh By The Way
OL Old Lady
OM Old Man
OMDB Over My Dead Body
OMG Oh My Gosh
OMIK Open Mouth, Insert Keyboard
OMKC On My Knees Crying
OOI Out Of Interest
OOP Out Of Production
OOS Out Of Sight
OOSOOM Out Of Sight Out Of Mind
OOT Out Of Town
OOTB Out Of The Box or Out Of The Blue
OOTC Obligatory On Topic Comment
OP Original Poster
ORN Oh Really now
OS Operating System
OS/2 Obsolete Soon Too
OSOM Out of Sight Out of Mind
OT Off Topic
OTT Over The Top
OUSU Oh You Shut Up
OWTTE Or Words To That Effect
OZ stands for: Australia
PABG Pack A Big Gun
PANS Pretty Awesome New Stuff
PD Public Domain
PDA Public Display of Affection
PDE Puppy Dog Eyed
PDOMA Pulled Directly Out Of My Ass
PDQ Pretty Damn(ed) Quick(ly)
PEST Please Excuse Slow Typing
PG Pretty Good
PIMP Peeing In My Pants
PITA Pain In The Ass
PLMK Please Let Me Know
PLOKTA Press Lots Of Keys To Abort
PLS Please
PLUR Peace Love Unity Respect
PM Personal Message
PMP Peeing My Pants
PMS Pretty Much Sucks
PO Piss Off
PTB Powers That Be
PTL Praise the Lord
PTM Please Tell Me
PTMM Please Tell Me More
Q&A Questions & Answers
QDPSH Quick and Dirty Perl Solution Hacker
QDSM Quick and Dirty Solution Manager
QT Cutie
R Are
R&D Research & Development
R&R Rest & Relaxatio
RGDS Regards
RIP Rest In Peace
RMLB Read My Lips Baby
RMMM Read My Mail Man!
RN Right Now!
RSN Real Soon Now
RTBS Reason To Be Single
RTD Read The Documentation
RUMOF Are You Male Or Female?
RUOK Are You OK?
RWT Repeat Whole Thing
RYFM Read Your F***ing Manual
RYO Roll Your Own
S Sigh or Smile
S&N Smile And Nod
S2R Send To Receive
SBTA Sorry, Being Thick Again
SCNR Sorry Couldn’t Resist
SCSI System Can’t See It
SFAIAA So Far As I Am Aware
SFLA Stupid Four Letter Acronym
SFSG So Far So Good
SH Sh** Happens
SHID Slaps Head In Disgust
SHTSI Somebody Had To Say It
SICS Sitting In Chair Snickering
SIIC See If I Care
SIL Sister In Law
SOB Son Of a B*tch
SOI Stunk On Ice
SOL Sh** Out of Luck
SorG Straight or Gay?
SOS Same Old Story or Some One Special or Help
SYDWBY See Ya Don’t Wanna Be Ya
SYITFP See You In The Funny Pages
SYL See You Later
SYS See You Soon
SYT See You Tonight
TA Thanks Again
TARFU Things Are Really F***ed Up
TBDL To Be Discussed Later
TBDML To Be Discussed Much Later
TBNT Thanks But No Thanks
TCB Trouble Came Back
TDM Too Damn Many
TDTM Talk Dirty To Me
TFDS That’s For Damn Sure
TFH Thread From Hell
TFN Thanks For Nothing
TOBAL There Oughta Be A Law
TOBG This Oughta Be Good
TOY Thinking Of You
TTBOMK To The Best Of My Knowledge
TTFN Ta Ta For Now
TTLFN That’s The Lot For Now
TTT That’s The Ticket -or- To The Top
TTTH Talk To The Hand
TTYL Talk To You Later
TTYRS Talk To You Real Soon
TTYS Talk To You Soon
TTYT Talk To You Tomorrow
TVM Thanks Very Much
TX Thanks
TY Thank You
TYCLO Turn Your CAPS LOCK Off
TYP Thank You Partner
TYVM Thank You Very Much
U You
U/L Upload
U2 You Too
UAE Unrecoverable Application Error
UBD User Brain Damage
UCCOM You Can Count On Me
UIAM Unless I Am Mistaken
UL Upload
unPC unPolitically Correct
UOM$ You Owe Me Money
UR You Are
URYY4M You Are Too Wise For Me
UTSL Use The Source Luke
VBG Very Big Grin
VBS Very Big Smile
VC Venture Capital
VEG Very Evil Grin
VES Very Evil Smile
VFM Value For Money
VM Voice Mail
VWG Very Wicked Grin
VWS Very Wicked Smile
W Whatever or Wink
WAB What A Bummer
WAD Without A Doubt
WAG Wild Ass Guess
WAG Wild Ass Guess
WAI What An Idiot
WAM Wait A Minute
WBMGF Wanna Be My Girl Friend
WBS Write Back Soon
WCA Who Cares Anyway
WD Well Done
WDOI Wouldn’t Dream Of It
WDYC Who Do I Call?
WDYLL What Do You Look Like?
WDYM What Do You Mean?
WDYM What Do You Mean?
WDYMBT What Do You Mean By That?
WDYS What Did You Say?
WDYT What Do You Think?
WE Whatever
WEG Wicked Evil Grin
WG Wicked Grin
WIBNI Would It Be Nice If
WIIFM What’s In It For Me?
WOG Wise Old Guy
WOL Way Of Life or Win Or Lose
WOMBAT Waste Of Money, Brains And Time
WRT With Regard To
WRU Who Are You?
WTG Way To Go!
WTH What The Hell?
WTHDTM What The Hell Does That Mean?
WTSDS Where The Sun Don’t Shine
WTTC Welcome To The Club
WTTM Without Thinking Too Much
WTY Waving To You
WU What’s Up?
WWYL When Will You Learn?
WYP What’s Your Problem?
WYRN What’s Your Real Name?
WYS Whatever You Say
WYSLPG What You See Looks Pretty Good
YA Yet Another
YAOTM Yet Another Off-Topic Message
YBS You’ll Be Sorry
YD Yesterday or You’re Dead
YDKM You Don’t Know Me
YG Young Gentleman
YGBK You Gotta Be Kiddin’
YNK You Never Know
YR Yeah Right
YSYD Yeah, Sure You Do
YYY Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
ZAV Zero Added Value

These are just a few of the chat acronyms. If you want, you can get the full list here.
Happy chatting !!

1. Play Games! : With the internet growing rapidly, online gaming is booming. Thanks to the vast amount of gaming sites present, I cannot name all of them but can only suggest you some of the popular ones like Miniclip or Free Online Games for some Flash fun. If you don’t wanna set your hands on those tiny flash games, then there’s more for you. Welcome to Virtual Worlds. These sites will take you into a totally new era of gaming. Everything out there is virtual and you get a chance to make your character live the way you like. Get into the virtual world with sites like Second Life or There.

2. Social Networking : This one is pretty big and is nowadays really popular. Loads of new sites emerging out. Social Networks today have a huge number of users. If you get into this, you won’t feel like leaving your desktop. Social Networks like MySpace, Orkut, Facebook and hi5 are among the popular contendars.

3. Watch Videos or Images : Checking out videos and pictures uploaded by millions of users worldwide is damn interesting. With the wide variety of media content present on the net, it’s certainly an attraction to go through it while you’re free. Youtube and Metacafe are among the best video sites. If you want to find some pics, then try out Flickr.

4. Download Stuff: Want the latest softwares, music or movies? The internet has it all for you. For your software needs, sites like Download.com and Softpedia are at your service. For movies, check out divxmovies and CinemaNow. For MP3’s, try eMusic. These are just a few sites among the big crowd of websites that exist.

5. Shop Online : Are you in need of buying something? Then why not check the online shopping stores for your needs. Online shopping is getting bigger and bigger. If you want to spend a few bucks, try out sites like eBay and Amazon.

Hope these 5 things will entertain you while you’re getting jaded seeing your browser.
Know of more sites to cherish yourself? Tell us about them in your comments.