List of English spoken abbreviations

Modern man is always in a hurry, and therefore he has to constantly accelerate, save time. And even in correspondence with loved ones, in order not to waste extra seconds, we tend to shorten words, or even entire phrases. Words like “pjl”, “sps”, “norm” and others can only puzzle a foreigner. But in the same English, too, there are many abbreviations that are extremely popular among native speakers.

And today's edition. "Site" He'll tell you what. reductions in English in correspondence They are used most often. You’ve probably seen some of these words before in one form or another. In any case, the information below can expand the horizons of knowledge in the language being studied. Now you will always understand what the English-speaking interlocutor wants from you.





Although at first glance abbreviations seem a ridiculous set of letters, on further examination it becomes clear that there is a certain logic here. In some cases, numbers are replaced by consonant parts of words, sometimes vowels are thrown away, and sometimes abbreviations are abbreviations composed of the initial letters of all known words.





  1. 2DAY, 2MORO – Today, Tomorrow
  2. 2U, 4U - to you, for you, for you
  3. AFAIK - as far as I know
  4. ATB - All the Best - All the Best
  5. BAU - Business as usual - as usual
  6. BF - boyfriend - young man (courtman)
  7. BRB - to be right back - I'll be right back
  8. BTW - by the way - by the way
  9. COS - because - because - because
  10. CUL8R – Call You Later –



  11. CWOT – Complete Waste of Time – A Waste of Time
  12. EZ - easy - just (easy)
  13. FYI - for your information - for your information
  14. GTG - got to go - forced to leave
  15. HAND - have a nice day - a good day
  16. HRU - how are you like your business
  17. ICBW - it could have been worse
  18. IMHO - in my humble opinion - in my humble opinion
  19. IYKWIM - if you know what I mean - if you know what I mean
  20. J.K. - Just kidding - Just kidding (just kidding)



  21. KOTC – Kiss on the Cheek
  22. LOL - laughing out loud - very funny
  23. LTNS - Long Time No See - Long Time No See
  24. Luv U2 – I love you too
  25. MON – The Middle of Nowhere
  26. MTE - My thoughts are effective - I think the same thing
  27. I miss you so much, I miss you so much.
  28. MYOB – Mind Your Own Business
  29. NP - no problem - no problem
  30. OIC - oh, I see - Ah, that's it (now understood)



  31. ROFL – rolling of the floor laughing
  32. THNQ - thank you - thank you
  33. TTYL - talk to you later - talk to you later
  34. XOXO - hugs and kisses - hugs and kisses
  35. ZZZ - sleeping - falling asleep (in the arms of Morpheus)





If you can remember more than one hundred (or even a thousand) English words, then reduction of words in English They'll be up to you. But now you will be able to correspond with native speakers on equal terms and even deeper plunge into the English-speaking environment.