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Top 100 Text Abbreviations to Save Time

Top 100 Text Abbreviations to Save Time

Do you know your LMK from your IDK or even your IDC? Texting abbreviations are so prevalent these days that they seem to be a language all of their own. There are probably enough of them in existence to fill a dictionary!

Although you'll be acquainted with some texting lingo, you're not alone if you've seen a few acronyms that baffle you.

In this video, we've listed the top 100 text abbreviations that are most commonly used, along with their meaning. Use these to save time talking to friends and family. There's also a specific list of texting abbreviations for business text messages. But first, here's an explainer of the basics...

What are texting abbreviations?

Text abbreviations are simply shortened versions of a word or phrase. They're often used in text messages where space for getting your message across is limited.

(You only have 160 characters to play with in a text message – any more and you'll end up sending multiple texts. And depending on your mobile texting plan, you may pay per text message. So going over the character limit even by a few words will cost you double.)

Depending on how old you are, you might remember the early days of texting, before predictive text became a thing. Finding a particular letter on a mobile phone keypad was somewhat tedious; you'd often have to tap a button numerous times to get to the correct letter to spell out a word. Hence, mobile phone users began to use text abbreviations.

Nowadays, it's much easier to type out a text message on a smartphone keyboard. But texting abbreviations are more widely used than ever before. And not just by younger generations that use text slang day in and day out. Two-thirds of adults use text abbreviations (and seven out of ten use acronyms in email as well).

Text abbreviations are helpful for anyone who needs to be succinct when communicating through text messages. Businesses should also be using them now and then, when appropriate, to stay relevant.

Using text abbreviations can help you fit more content into your text message and save you time, as you don't need to type every word out in full. At the very least, it's essential to know what some of the most popular text abbreviations mean so that you can respond in the right way.

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