As themicrobloggingOn platforms such as Twitter, it becomes more common to use certain acronyms and abbreviations that make it easier to transmit messages and information in just 140 characters. Here we gather some that you should know.
B / C: abbreviation in English for “Because …” (Because)
BFN: acronym in English for “See you later” (Bye for now).
DM: acronym for “Direct Message” (Direct Message).
EM: abbreviation for “Email”.?
FTF: English abbreviation for “Face to Face” (Face to face).
ICYMI: acronym in English for “In case you have forgotten” (In case you missed it), used when forwarding an old tweet.
IMHO: acronym for “In my humble opinion”.
IRL: acronym in English for “In real life” (In real life).
LMLT: acronym in English for “Look at my last tweet” (Look my last tweet).
NP: acronym for “No Problem”.
OH: short for “Heard like rumor” (OverHead).
Plz: Abbreviation for “Please”.
QOTD: acronym in English for “Phrase of the Day” (Quote of the day).
RT: short for retweet, that is, forwarding a tweet.
PRT: English abbreviation for “partial retweet” (parcial retweet). It is used when the tweet that is sent is one shortened by the user.
RTRL: English acronym for “Real Life Retweeted” (Retweet real life), which transcribes information heard in an off-line conversation.
TMI: acronym in English for “Too Much Information” (Too much information).
TY: acronym in English for “Thank you” (Thank you).
