Texting Abbreviations and Symbols

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For the tech-savvy world that always needs something new, here is a list of some important texting abbreviations and symbols. All this to make your life simpler still. Use these for a greater appeal in the social world.

'Nm' she pinged back. 'Lol' he said for the joke she'd cracked. And a normal conversation carried through and through.

At one point of time, these texting abbreviations and symbols would've gotten me really confused. What would've been even more confusing was the fact that everyone using them, was doing so with perfect ease.

For the people using them, there was no confusion and nothing to doubt. People carried on with their conversations with elan and ease and invented newer symbols as time passed. It was only after I got into the tech-savvy world of phones and chats that I realized how much easier these texting signs and symbols made things.

Either it was the fact that in a fast-paced world these symbols helped, or the fact that sheer laziness made their invention a compulsory affair―whatever led to the invention of these, it was a mighty good thing.

With newer and better abbreviations and symbols coming up everyday, a handy note or chart is what will help for reference. And that is exactly what the following article will provide for you.

Note - ('Nm' is Nothing much and 'Lol' is laughing out loud. If you didn't already know.)

So rest assured, this text symbols chart will give you some of the most prominent and oft used texting abbreviations and meanings. Like I said, something for easy reference always helps.

A AML ~ All my love & ~ And NE ~ Any R ~ Are AFAIK ~ As far as I know B B ~ Be BRB ~ Be Right Back BCNU ~ Be seeing you BC ~ Because B4 ~ Before BFF ~ Best friends forever BF ~ Boyfriend BTW ~ By the way

C-F CYA ~ See ya COS ~ Because CUL8R ~ See ya later D8 ~ Date EZ ~ Easy FWIW ~ For what it's worth

G-I GF ~ Girlfriend GL ~ Good luck G2G ~ Got to go GTG ~ Got to go GR8 ~ Great IC ~ I see IMHO ~ In my humble opinion IMO ~ In my opinion IDK ~ I don't know

J-L JK ~ Just kidding KNO ~ Know K ~ Okay L8 ~ Late L8R ~ Later LOL ~ Laughing out loud LY ~ Love you

M-Q MSG ~ Message N ~ No NE1 ~ Anyone NBD ~ No big deal NP ~ No problem OIC ~ Oh, I see PPL ~ People PLZ or PLS ~ Please PCM ~ Please call me PWB ~ Please write back QT ~ Cutie

R-U RUCMNG? ~ Are you coming? RUOK? ~ Are you OK? ROFL ~ Rolling on floor laughing SWIM ~ See what I mean? STR8 ~ Straight SUP ~ What's up? TY ~ Thank you TYVM ~ Thank you very much THX ~ Thanks TMI ~ Too much information TTYL ~ Talk to you later TBD ~ To be decided/determined UR ~ You are/you're U ~ You

W-Z W? ~ Why WTG ~ Way to go! WE ~ Whatever Y ~ Why? Y/N? ~ Yes or No? XLNT ~ Excellent XO ~ Kiss and Hug X: ~ Kiss ZZZZ ~ Sleeping/Bored Other Texting Symbols

Here are some other texting abbreviations and symbols that are commonly used in daily corresponding chats over texting and computer chats. These are simple and easy to use. After you start using them frequently, you'll notice that they are quite easy to pick up.

Symbol - !!!! Meaning - Talk to the Hand Symbol - 10Q Meaning - Thank You Symbol - 121 Meaning - One to One Symbol - 143I Meaning - Love You Symbol - 182I Meaning - Hate You Symbol - 2moro Meaning - Tomorrow

Symbol - 2nite Meaning - Tonight Symbol - 4U Meaning - For you Symbol - 4EVER Meaning - Forever Symbol - 4 Meaning - For Symbol - 4Q Meaning - F*** You Symbol - @ Meaning - At

Symbol - 8 Meaning - Ate Symbol - :-* Meaning - Kiss Symbol - o:-) Meaning - Angel smiley Symbol - :-X Meaning - Big Kiss Symbol - %-) Meaning - Confused Symbol - :'-( Meaning - Crying

Symbol - :-D Meaning - Laughing Symbol - 8-) Meaning - Sunglasses face Symbol - :-P Meaning - Tongue in cheek Symbol - 2DAY Meaning - Today Symbol - 2 Meaning - To/too

Like I said, these abbreviations and symbols are some of the simplest bits to pick up. It might be the case that you already know these, but might have forgotten. Let these text shorthand symbols act as a reminder of some of the cool things that you can create with them. Pretty sure you'll start out soon enough.