Internet Acronyms

Net Acronyms

ACRONYMS USED ON THE LIST

Those unique to "the community":

g/b/l/t: a common abbreviation used for gay/bi/lesbian/transsexual

tgt: one most of us dislike but we haven't developed anything better, means "the gay thing"

tbt: "the bi thing"

tgo: "the gay one"

tso: "the straight one"

gso: "gay significant other"

gf: "girlfriend"

bf: "boyfriend"

f2f: "face-to-face" (sometimes f/f is used but f/f has a second meaning so look at the context)

f/f: "female/female" – usually used in denoting a couple or type of relationship

m/m: "male/male" – follows same usage as f/f

mo: "mixed orientation"

mor: showing up on SSML and starting to bleed to here "mixed orientation relationship"

mom: on a rare instance is used for "mixed orientation marriage"

om: "open marriage"

Ones used almost everywhere on the net now:

lol: "laughing out loud"

rofl: "rolling on floor laughing"

imho: "in my humble opinion"

imnsho: "in my not so humble opinion"

btw: "by the way"

fwiw: "for what it's worth"

ymmv: "your mileage may vary" – means this works for me but it might be different for you

btdt: "been there, done that"

And the ever loveable emoticons:

:-): "smile"

:-( or <f> : "frown"

;-) : "wink"

:-D: "big smile"

<g> : "grin"

<eg> : "evil grin"

<weg> : "wicked evil grin"

NOTE: do not use <s> since AOL members receive this as html text and their emails will have strike-throughs.