WEB RANGERS
Media Monitoring Africa initiative
Learn to critically engage with social media
Knowing your LOLs and your Pos
If u have FOMO on the sort of lingo used on social media networks, then gr8 dis guide is 4 u.
- 10Q – Thank You
- AAMOF – As A Matter Of Fact
- ASLR : Age, Sex, Location, Race
- AMS : Ask Me Something
- AYT – Are You There
- B3flat- Battery Flat
- B/C – Because
- B4- Before
- B4N – Bye For Now
- BBB – Busy Beyond Belief
- BFF- Best Friend Forever
- BRB- Be right Back
- BTW- By the Way
- C- See
- CU – See yoU
- CUL8R- See you later
- F2F – Face To Face
- FOMO- Fear of Missing Out
- F9 / Fyn : Fine
- G2E: Got to Eat
- G2G- Got to Go
- GTP – Got To Pee
- GGN – Gotta Go Now
- GR8- Great
- H8- Hate
- HUD- How you doing?
- IC – I See
- IKR – I Know Right (?)
- IOU – I Owe You
- JAM – Just A Moment/Minute
- K – oKay
- KISS – Keep It Simple Stupid
- L2M- Listening to music
- L8R- Later
- LIB-Lying in Bed
- LMAO- Laugh My Ass Out
- LMC – Lost My Connection
- LOC – Lying On Couch
- LOL- Laugh out Loud
- LOMB – Lying On My Bed
- MAY – Mad About You
- Mwah- Kiss
- NU – aNd U
- OMG- Oh my gosh/God
- PEST – Please Excuse Slow Typing
- Plz- Please
- POS – parent over shoulder
- PPL – PeoPLe
- QT- cute/ cutie
- ROFL- Rolling on Floor Laughing
- ROTF – Rolling On The Floor
- ROTFL- Rolling on the Floor Laughing
- ROTFLAS – Rolling On The Floor Laughing And Snorting
- RUMF – aRe yoU Male or Female
- SMH-Shaking my head
- TBT-Throw Back Thursdays
- TGIF – Thank God Its Friday
- TMS – Tell Me Something
- TNTL – Trying Not To Laugh
- Tx- Thanks
- U- yoU
- UOK – yoU OK?
- VH – Virtual Hug
- W8 – Wait
- W8ING – Waiting
- WAM – Wait a minute
- WTH- What The Hell
- WTV- Watching TV
- WUD- What you doing?
- WUU2 – What yoU Up 2
- WWW- Where Were We
- Xoxo- Hugs and kisses
- YOLO- You only live once
This language is cool but only on social networking sites not in your school assignments.