acronyms
With more than 82 million people texting regularly, it's no wonder you've seen this cryptic looking code! Commonly used wherever people get online -- including IMing , SMSing , cell phones , Blackberries , PDAs , Web sites , games , newsgroup postings , in chat rooms , on blogs -- these abbreviations are used by people to communicate with each other. The actual definition of an acronym and text shorthand is here.
The Largest List of Text Message Shorthand (IM, SMS) and Interne
The Most Popular Twitter Acronyms
Twitter, on account of the 140 character limit, encourages extensive use of shorthand typing.
