How to write abbreviation vocabulary

Prity Mallick

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A		B		C
‘a&f	always and forever	bi	bye	c	see
a’rt	alright	b’d8	birthday	‘c/t	can’t talk
a/l	age and location	bc	because	‘c/r	can’t remember
a/s/l	age/sex/location	b’g	background	‘c/tl	can’t stop laughing
a/s/l/p	age/sex/location/picture	b’w	between	‘c2	come to
a/s/l/r	age/sex/location/race	‘b2w	back to work	‘cb	come back
a/s/e	age/sex/ethnicity	b4	before	‘cfid	check for identification
a3	anyplace, anywhere, anytime	‘b4n	bye for now	cgra	congratulation
‘afaic	As far as I’m concerned	bat	batteries	chr	character
‘afaik	As far as I know	B/b’f	best boyfriend	chk	check
‘afaict	As far as I can tell	B/g’f	best girlfriend	cig	cigarette
‘afair	As far as I recall	‘bbiam	be back in a minute	cigs	cigarettes
‘afaiu	As far as I understand	‘bbias	be back in a second	cg’	seeing
agn	again	bf’s	boyfriend’s	‘cis	computer information science
‘asap	As soon as possible	bn	been	‘cm	call me
‘aaf	as a friend	b/o/dum	both of them	‘cmb	comment me back
abt	about	b’r	bathroom	‘cmcp	call me cell phone
acc	account	brd	bored	comnt	comment
ack	acknowledged=thua nhan	bda	brother	comp	computer
admin	administrator	btfl	beautiful	contrib	contribution
‘ai	artificial Intelligence	btr	better	convo	conversation
‘atm	at the moment	bzns	business	cld	could
‘atp	answer the phone	bzy	bysy	‘cu	see you
‘atw	all the way
‘aamof	as a matter of fact	B4	before	cp.	compare
‘aa	as above	bc	because	cont	continue
add	address	bg	background	ctry	country
‘ah	at home	BTW	by the way	C of E	church of England
Aif	as if	bus mgt	business management	C.O	commading officer
amzn	amazing	B+B	bed and breakfast	c/o	care of
‘awa	as well as	b.	born	CEO	chief executive officer
‘ayk	as you know	BA	Bachelor of Arts
		BEd	Bachelor of Education
A	beginning, star sth new	BEng=BE	Bachelor of Engineering
a.	around, approximately, about	BSc	Bachelor of Science
?a	answer
ass’n	association=hiep hoi, su ket hop
ass’t	assignment=su giao viec
a/c	account
A lvl	advanced level
A.bomb	atomic bomb = bom ngtu
A.D	anno domini = sau công nguyên
BC	before Christ
a.m	ante meridiem=morning
A.V	audiovisual(adj)= nghe nhìn

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diameter

extremely

fuck you

def

definity

most extremely

‘f&e

forever and ever

dept

department

elem

elementary

‘fml

fuck my life

diffe

diffirent

emph

emphasize

‘f2f

face to face

diffi

difficult, diffculty

etc

etcetera, so on

‘f2p

face to play

discs

discusion

excl

exclude

‘f2t

free to talk

dist

distance

electronic

fate=so menh

don’t know

e.g

example

fat

doctor

e.i

that is

fav

favorite

D.O.A

dead on arrival

efct

effect

‘fc

fruit cake

d.o.b

date of birth

el!t

elite

fed^

Fed up

the

emp

eat my pussy

fine

date

enuf

enough

‘fcfs

first come, first service

d’l

download

esc

escape

‘fio

figure it out

‘d/w

don’t worry

‘eos

end of story

fiv

five

‘d/m

doesn’t matter

‘eol

end of lecture

folo

dat

that

‘e2p

eager to please

fone

phone

dats

that’s

ev1

everyone

foo

fool

database

evr

ever

frm

from

D/C

Don’t care

evry

every

frd

friend

dcd’

disconnected

ex-bf

ex boyfriend

fwd

forward

dctnry

dictionary

ex-gf

ex-girl friend

‘fya

for your attention

def

definitely

exp

experience

flw

flower

dem

them

ezi

easy

fwg’

flowing

der

there

‘d/etai

don’t even think about it

dey

they

‘d/g

don’t go

‘d/ga

don’t go anywhere

‘d/hac

don’t have a clue

‘dhlu

does he like you

‘diacf

die in a car fire

‘diah

die in a hole

‘diaf

die in a fire

‘diku

do I know you

‘dil

Daughter in law

din

didn’t

dis

this

‘diy

do it yourself

duno

don’t know

dup.e

duplicate

‘d/w

don’t worry

‘d/wai

don’t worry about it

‘d/wmt

don’t waste my time

‘dyw2gwm

do you want to go with me

‘dym

do you mean

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G		H
g’ at end	ing	h	have, has
gp	group	hw	homework
gra	gradually	h?	how
gvt	government	H-bomb	hydrogen Bomb = nuclear bomb
g9	good night	‘ho	hold on
gf	girlfriend	h’e	however
g2	go to	h/u	hold up
g2cu	glad to see you	hw	homework
g2k	good to know	h2o	water
g4u	good for you	‘h2gtb	have to go to the bathroom
g8	gate	‘h2sys	hop to see you soon
‘ga	go ahead	h8	hate
‘gafm	get away from me	hpy	happy
‘gb2	go back to	hpybdy	happy birthday
‘gbtw	go back to word	hr	hour
gimme	give me	hre	here
‘gooh	get out of here	hru	how are you
good point	gp	hrud	how are you doing
gl	girl	hv	have
		hvnt	haven’t
		hwz	how is
		hyg	here you go

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I		I		J		K		L
i.e	that is	‘itc	in that case	‘j4u	just for you	k	ok	l2	learn to
ie	for example	ir9	alright	jkz	jokes	kinda	kind of	‘lq2m	laugh quietly to myself
iF	irregular figure	i8u	I hate you	‘jmo	just my opinion	‘kig	keep it going	‘lt	long time
incl	include	‘iab	I am bored	‘jtlyk	just to let you know	kw	know	‘ltns	long time no see
info	information	‘iag	It’s all good	jus	just	‘ko	knock out	ltr	later
inv	involved	‘iai	I am interested					l	little
irr	irregular	‘iawy	I agree with you					L	Large
jr	junior	‘ib	I’m back					lang.	language
I C	I see	‘icbu	I can’t believe you					lg	long
‘iow	in other words	‘icr	I can’t remember					lk	like
‘imo	in my opinion	‘idby	I don’t believe you					LOL	laughing out loud
‘irl	in real life	‘idc	I don’t care					ltd	limited
incrz	increase	‘idk	I don’t know
indpd	independent	‘idkw	I don’t know why
inet	internet	‘idkt	I don’t know that
ikw	I know	‘idl	I don’t like
‘icul	I’ll see you later	‘idr	I don’t remember
‘itn/	I think not	‘idrk	I don’t really know
‘iwmy	I will miss you	‘idrts	I don’t really think so

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N		O		P		Q
n/a	not applicable	o rly	oh really	p2p	peer to peer	‘q4u	question for you
n/a/s/l	name,age,sex,location	obvi	obviously	pf	profile	‘qfe	quoted for emphasis
‘nm	not much	occ	occupation	‘pfm	please forgive me	‘qltm	quietly laughing to myself
‘nmw	no matter what	‘oe	or else	pic	picture	‘qoty	quote of the year = don hang ca nam
nywy	anyway	oftn	often	po	police	qlty	quality
nythg	anything	oh ic	oh I see	pz	peace	Q; q.	questions
‘nwy	no way	‘oyo	on your own	p^s	parent over shoulder
ny1	anyone	‘oyr	oh yeah right	pzld’	puzzled
nxt	next	o’	oclock	p	page, penny; pence
‘nyf	not your fault	ov	over	pop	population
n	on, an			p.	popular
n.	no, not			PLOS	parent looking over shoulder
no.	number			pls	please
oppty	opportunity			poss.	possible
OTOH; \|<	on the other hand			prob.	probably
N	north or northern			p.w	per week
N/A	not available			p.a	per annum=each year
n’t	handn’t, wouldn’t , won’t			PE	physical education
				PO	post office
				PS	postscript= a note add
				PM	prime minister=bo truong
				VM	Vice minister=thu truong
				PMS	premenstrual syndrome
				PE	physical education = môn thể dục
				PT	part time
				FT	full time
				PMS	premenstrual syndrome

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are

sml

smile

tda

today

you

rate

s’pose

suppose

tho’

though(lien tu)=mac du

u’d

you would

r8p

rape

‘sit

stay in touch

thro’

throught=nghi

u”ll

you will

rcks

rocks

‘sb

should be

thru

through=xuyen qua (adv)

u’r

you’re

rcvd’

received

‘s2u

same to you

tmo

tomorrow

u’v

you have

rep

represent

‘sfsg

so far so good

t/a

try again

u/l

upload

r9t ; ryt

right

‘sfw

safe for work

‘t2m

talk to me

u/n

username

rjct

reject

‘s if

as if

‘t2u

talk to you

you too

‘rl

real life

‘s if n’t

as if not

‘t2ul8r

talk to you later

u2u

up to you

rlly

really

sig

signature

‘t4a

thank for asking

ud’nc

you don’t care

rlz

rules

sis

sister

‘ta

thank again

unlucky

room

‘sob

son of a bitch

‘taig

that’s all I got

uftnly

unfortunately

rmb

remember

‘sof

smile on face

‘tal

thank a lot

your

rnt

aren’t

‘sok

it’s ok

‘tb4u

too bad for you

ura

you are a

roleplay

sth

something

‘tba

to be anounced

urs

yours

‘rr

rest room

someone

‘tbc

to be continued

‘yrtb

you are the best

rspct

respect

‘s sry

so sorry

‘tbf

to be fair

u2u

it’s up to you

are you

st8

state

‘tbfu

too bad for you

‘ruk

are you ok

‘stg

swear to god

‘tbhimo

to be honest in my opinion

‘rur

are you ready

‘syl

see you later

‘tc

take care

round

‘sys

see you soon

thx

thank you

ref.

reference

‘sz

sorry

til

until

rsn

reason

such, so

‘tioli

take it or leave it

review

sftw

software

‘tl;dnr

too long ; didn’t read

sig

significant

tld

told

small

ttl

total

someone

‘t2ml

talk to me later

spr

separate

‘2ttt

to the the truth

something

‘tyvm

thank you very much

st 9…13

start from 9 to 13 th

the AMA

american medical Association

st’d

student

The UN

the United Nations

STEP

scocial techlogical economic political

sth

something

sub

subject

sud.

suddenly

svr

several

svc

sevice

south, southern, small

S & L

savings and loan association

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V		U		X
‘vb	visual basic	UK	united king dom	x-bf	ex-boyfriend
‘vf	very fun	unnec	unneccessary	x-gf	ex-girlfriend
vid	video	US	united states	xep	except
vids	videos	USA	united states of america	xit	exit
vz	visit			xl	extra large
vry	very			xlnt	excelent
v9	very nice			xmas	christmas
VP	vice president=pho tong thong			xmpl	example
VM	vice minister=thu truong			xtra	extra
v.	very			‘w2g	way to go
var.	variable			w8	wait
vs	versus			‘wam	wait a minute
				w8g’	waiting
				w8tr	waiter
				w^	what’s up
				wana	want to
				‘wdycb	when do you come back
				‘wayd	what are you doing
				waz	what is
				‘wb	welcome back
				‘wd	well done
				‘wdtm	what does that mean
				‘wdum	what do you mean
				‘wen	when
				whr	where
				wat	what

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W		Y
w	will	y	why
w’	won’t	y w	you’re welcome
w/n	within	y!a	yahoo answers
wk	work	y’all	you all
wt	what	y/n	yes or no
w’t	waiting for	y/o	years old
‘w’sup	what’s up	ya	yeah
‘wbs	write back soon	‘yaagf	you are a good friend
wev	whatever	‘yid	yes, I do
w/	with	yta	yesterday
w/b	write back
w’k	weekend
w/o	with out
w/u	with you
‘w2d	what to do
‘yki	you know it
‘ykwim	you know what I mean

Z
zup	what’s up
zzz	sleeping
z	zero

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