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The hard task of understanding text messages

Since most of cell phones have no QWERTY keyboard people should create an easier way to write their messages, so today you should program your head with this new codes if you want to understand what your colleague, client, supplier, or friend are telling you.

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Because sometimes the obvious it is not so, here is a useful list of some those codes:

A3 – Anytime, anyplace, anywhere

AAMOF – As a matter of fact

AFAIK – As far as I know

AFK – Away from keyboard

ASAP – As soon as possible

B4 – Before

B4N – Bye for now

B/C – Because

BB – BlackBerry

BBL – Be back later

BRB – Be right back

BOL – Best of luck

BRT – Be right there

BTW – By the way

CU – See you

EO&E – Errors, omissions and exemptions

EOD – End of day

FWIW – For what it’s worth

FYEO – For your eyes only

GTG – Gotta go

G2G – Good to go

GJ – Good job

HH – Handheld

IANAL – I am not a lawyer

IDK – I don’t know

IIRC – If I recall correctly

IMHM – I’m home

IML8 – I’m late

IMO – In my opinion

IMHO – In my humble opinion

IMNSHO – In my not so humble opinion

JAM – Just a minute

JK – Just kidding

LOL – Laugh out loud

LTNS- Long time no see

L8R- Later

NE – Any

NE1 – Anyone

NO1 – No one

NP – No problem

NRN – Not right now

PLS – Please

PPL – People

R - Are

RAP – Requires approval

ROFL – rolling on the floor laughing

RU - Are you

STH – Something

TMB – Text me back

TTFN – Tata for now

TTYL – Talk to you later

TY – Thank you

TNX – Thanks

U - You

UR – You are, Your

W – With

WAN2 – Want to?

WO – Without

WTG – Way to go

WRT – With respect to

XLNT – Excellent

YT - You there?

YW – You’re welcome

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