The Scenario:

You’re in a chat room.

The Agenda:

You want to impress you’re friends with your savvy knowledge of internet terminology / acronyms / web jargon etc.

The Predicament:

You haven’t stored enough internet terminology / acronyms / web jargon in your head, and find yourself repeating ‘lol’ a lot.

The Resolution:

My list of forty favorite web acronyms, numbered and alphabetized for your convenience. You can thank me later.

1. AFAIC - As Far As I’m Concerned
2. B4N - Bye For Now
3. BCNU - Be Seeing You
4. BRB - Be Right Back
5. BTW - By The Way
6. CYA - Cover Your Ass
7. DILLIGAS - Do I Look Like I Give A Sh**
8. EBCAK - Error Between Chair And Keyboard
9. FRED - F***ing Ridiculous Electronic Device
10. FUBAR - F***ed Up Beyond All Recognition
11. FWIW - For What It’s Worth
12. FYI - For Your Information
13. GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike
14. GR8 - Great
15. IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
16. J/K - Just Kidding
17. KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid
18. L8R - Later
19. LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off
20. LOL - Laughing Out Loud -or- Lots Of Love
21. MTFBWY - May The Force Be With You
22. NP - No Problem
23. OIC - Oh, I See
24. OMG - Oh My God
25. OT - Off Topic
26. QQ - Quick Question
27. ROTFLMAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off
28. SH - Sh** Happens
29. SITD - Still In The Dark
30. SNAFU - Situation Normal All F***ed Up
31. SOL - Sh** Out of Luck
32. STBY - Sucks To Be You
33. THX - Thanks
34. TMI - Too Much Information
35. TTYL - Talk To You Later
36. TYVM - Thank You Very Much
37. WIIFM - What’s In It For Me
38. WTF - What The F***
39. WTG - Way To Go
40. YW - You’re Welcome