Singkatan & Akronim Umum Bahasa Inggris di Internet
Abbreviation
Kata abbreviation yang berasal dari bahasa Latin brevis yang berarti ‘pendek’, merupakan bentuk pendek atau singkatan dari sebuah kata atau frasa yang digunakan umumnya pada tulisan untuk mewakili bentuk panjangnya. Abbreviation yang formal (dalam kamus atau dokumen akademis) biasanya diakhiri dengan sebuah tanda titik.
Misalnya: Lib. untuk library / abbr. untuk abbreviation / approx. untuk approximate
Acronym
Kata acronym yang berasal dari bahasa Latin (acro– yang berarti ‘awalan’ dan –onym yang berarti ‘kata, nama’, merupakan sebuah kata yang dibentuk dari huruf awal sebuah frasa.
Misalnya: radar = radio detecting and ranging / ASAP = as soon as possible
Meskipun singkatan dalam berkirim pesan dan berinternet ini termasuk banyak digunakan di masyarakat, tidak semua orang mengerti semua singkatan tersebut. Namun demikian ada beberapa singkatan paling umum dan sederhana yang diketahui oleh sebagian besar pengguna internet:
| 2 | to / too |
| 4 | for |
| B | be |
| C | see |
| I | eye |
| O | owe |
| R | are |
| U | you |
| Y | why |
Kebanyakan singkatan internet dan berkirim pesan ini terdiri dari kata-kata yang informal dan cenderung kasual hingga harus diperhatikan di mana kata-kata tersebut digunakan dan bagaimana penggunaannya.
Popular Texting Abbreviation
Texting abbreviation umum digunakan dalam berkirim pesan melalui pesan instan, media sosial, dan surel.
Abbreviation A to Z
| 2moro | Tomorrow |
| 2nite | Tonight |
| AEAP | As Early as Possible |
| ALAP | As Late as Possible |
| ASAP | As Soon as Possible |
| ASL | Age / Sex / Location |
| B3 | Blah, Blah, Blah |
| B4YKI | Before You Know it |
| BFF | Best Friends, Forever |
| BM&Y | Between Me and You |
| BRB | Be right Back |
| BRT | Be right There |
| BTAM | Be that as it May |
| C-P | Sleepy |
| CTN | Cannot talk now |
| CUS | See You Soon |
| CWOT | Complete Waste of Time |
| CYT | See You Tomorrow |
| E123 | Easy as 1, 2, 3 |
| EM? | Excuse Me? |
| EOD | End of Day |
| F2F | Face to Face |
| FC | Fingers Crossed |
| FOAF | Friend of a Friend |
| GR8 | Great |
| HAK | Hugs and Kisses |
| IDC | I Don’t Care |
| IDK | I Don’t Know |
| ILU / ILY | I Love You |
| IMU | I Miss You |
| IRL | In Real Life |
| J/K | Just Kidding |
| JC | Just Checking |
| JTLYK | Just to Let You Know |
| KFY | Kiss for You |
| KMN | Kill Me Now |
| KPC | Keeping Parents Clueless |
| L8R | Later |
| MoF | Male or Female |
| MTFBWY | May the Force be with You |
| MYOB | Mind Your Own Business |
| N-A-Y-L | In a While |
| NAZ | Name, Address, ZIP |
| NC | No Comment |
| NIMBY | Not in my Backyard |
| NM | Never Mind / Nothing Much |
| NP | No Problem |
| NSFW | Not Safe for Work |
| NTIM | Not that it Matters |
| NVM | Never Mind |
| OATUS | On a totally Unrelated Subject |
| OIC | Oh, I See |
| OMW | On My Way |
| OTL | Out to Lunch |
| OTP | On the Phone |
| P911 | Parent Alert |
| PAL | Parents are Listening |
| PAW | Parents are Watching |
| PIR | Parent in Room |
| POS | Parent over Shoulder |
| PROP(S) | Proper Respect / Proper Recognition |
| QT | Cutie |
| RN | Right Now |
| RU | Are You |
| SEP | Someone else’s Problem |
| SITD | Still in the Dark |
| SLAP | Sounds like a Plan |
| SMIM | Send Me an Instant Message |
| SO | Significant Other |
| TMI | Too Much Information |
| UR | Your / You are |
| W8 | Wait |
| WB | Welcome Back |
| WYCM | Will You Call Me? |
| WYWH | Wish You Were Here |
Popular Internet Acronym
Internet acronym banyak dipakai di website, di forum-forum yang ada di internet, surel, dan obrolan-obrolan di dunia maya lainnya.
Acronyms A to Z
| 2F4U | Too Fast For You |
| 4YEO / FYEO | For Your Eyes Only |
| AAMOF | As a Matter of Fact |
| ACK | Acknowledgment |
| AFAIK | As far as I know |
| AFAIR | As far as I remember / recall |
| AFK | Away from Keyboard |
| AKA | Also known as |
| B2K BTK | Back to Keyboard |
| BTT | Back to Topic |
| BTW | By the Way |
| B/C | Because |
| C&P | Copy and Paste |
| CU | See you |
| CYS | Check your Settings |
| DIY | Do it Yourself |
| EOBD | End of Business Day |
| EOD | End of Discussion |
| EOM | End of Message |
| EOT | End of Thread / .. Text / .. Transmission |
| FAQ | Frequently asked Questions |
| FACK | Full Acknowledge |
| FKA | Formerly known as |
| FWIW | For what it’s Worth |
| FYI / JFYI | (Just) For your Information |
| FTW | Fuck the World / For the Win |
| HF | Have fun |
| HTH | Hope this Helps |
| IDK | I don’t know |
| IIRC | If I Recall / Remember Correctly |
| IMHO | In my Humble Opinion |
| IMO | In my Opinion |
| IMNSHO | In my not so Humble / Honest Opinion |
| IOW | In other Words |
| ITT | In this Thread |
| LOL | Laughing out loud |
| DGMW | Don’t get me wrong |
| MMW | Mark my Words |
| N/A | Not Available / Applicable |
| NaN | Not a Number |
| NNTR | No need to Reply |
| noob / n00b | Newbie |
| NOYB | None of your Business |
| NRN | No Reply Necessary |
| OMG | Oh my God |
| OP | Original Poster, Original Post |
| OT | Off Topic |
| OTOH | On the other Hand |
| PEBKAC | Problem exists between Keyboard and Chair |
| POV | Point of View |
| ROTFL | Rolling on the Floor Laughing |
| RSVP | Repondez s’il vous plait (French: Please reply) |
| RTFM | Read the fine Manual |
| SCNR | Sorry, could not Resist |
| SFLR | Sorry, for late Reply |
| SPOC | Single Point of Contact |
| TBA | To be Announced |
| TBC | To be Continued / To be Confirmed |
| TIA | Thanks in Advance |
| TGIF | Thanks God, its Friday |
| THX / TNX | Thanks |
| TQ | Thank You |
| TYVM | Thank You Very Much |
| TYT | Take your Time |
| TTYL | Talk to you Later |
| w00t | Whoomp, there it is; “Hooray” |
| WFM | Works for Me |
| WRT | With Regard to |
| WTH | What the Hell / What the Heck |
| WTF | What the Fuck |
| YMMD | You made my Day |
| YMMV | Your Mileage may vary |
| YAM | Yet Another Meeting |
| ICYMI | In Case you missed it |
