Twitter Acronyms You Need To Know - Business Insider

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This list is hardly exhaustive, so please add abbreviations we should include in the comments.

Technical Twitter abbreviations:

• MT = Modified tweet. This means the tweet you're looking at is a paraphrase of a tweet originally written by someone else.
• RT = Retweet. The tweet you're looking at was forwarded to you by another user.
• DM = Direct message. A direct-message is a message only you and the person who sent it can read. IMPORTANT: To DM someone all you need to type is D username message.
• PRT = Partial retweet. The tweet you're looking at is the truncated version of someone else's tweet.
• HT = Hat tip. This is a way of attributing a link to another Twitter user.
• CC = Carbon-copy. Works the same way as email.

Conversational abbreviations:

• IMHO = In my humble opinion.
• AYFKMWTS = Are you f---ing kidding me with this s---?
• GTFOOH = Get the f--- out of here
• OH = Overheard.
• RLRT = Real-life re-tweet, a close cousin to OH.
• GMAFB = Give me a f---ing break
• NBD = No big deal
• SMH = Shaking my head
• IDK = I don't know
• STFU = Shut the f--- up!
• NFW = No f---ing way
• IRL = In real life
• NSFW = Not safe for work.
• SFW = Safe for work
• FML = F--- my life.
• FWIW = For what it's worth.
• QOTD = quote of the day
• LMAO = Laughing my ass off
• HOTD = Headline of the day
• FTW = For the win
• BTW = By the way
• BFN = Bye for now
• AFAIK = As far as I know'
• LOL = laugh out loud
• TY = Thank you
• YW = You're welcome

Common hashtags:

• #FB = The user is sending this post to Facebook
• #LI = This user is sending this post to LinkedIn
• #FF = These are people you should follow

We miss any big ones? Please let us know in the comments below.

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