Cramming complex ideas into 140 characters on Twitter can be challenging. So can describing what you had for lunch. Therefore, one abbreviates, uses symbols, hints at meaning.
There is a whole slew of widely accepted acronyms, many of which grew out of the text messaging craze (Thanks, kids!).
To help you get more info into your tweets, here are some of the most-used acronyms on Twitter:
RT – Re tweeting/forwarding an original tweet.
DM – Direct Message. This is a private message that does not show in the public time line.
FAIL – something’s gone wrong (Twitter’s down — so how are you tweeting this?)
LOL – Laugh(ing) out loud
IMHO – In My Humble Opinion
WTH – What the Hell … or “heck”; variant of the cruder WTF
BTW – By the way
IRL – In Real Life
FTF – Face to Face
ASAP – As Soon As Possible
JV – Joint Venture
LMK – Let Me Know
J/K – Joking or Just Kidding
FB – Facebook
OH – Overheard
FTL – For the Loss
FTW – For the Win
TTYL – Talk to you later
TY – Thank you
YW – You’re welcome
TMI – Too much information