Dictionary for Teenage Chatting

If you have chat to teenagers living oversea, you already know it''s such a pain to understand what they say. I''m collecting some common words and abbreviations they normally use (special thank to DanDK). Hope this may help

AFK
Pronounced: A-F-K
Direct translation: Away From Keyboard
Rarity: Common
Related abbreviations: BRB, WB
Variations: (None)
Usage: Used mostly when people leave their computer to do something else

BB
Pronounced: B-B
Direct translation: Bye-Bye
Rarity: Common
Related abbreviations: CU, CYA, G2G, TTFN, WB
Variations: (none)
Usage: Say goodbye to people

BRB
Pronounced: B-R-B
Direct translation: Be Right Back
Rarity: Common
Related abbreviations: AFK, BRT, WB
Variations: (None)
Usage: When away for a short period of time

CU
Pronounced: C-U
Direct translation: See You
Rarity: Uncommon
Related abbreviations: BB, G2G, TTFN, WB
Variations: CYA
Usage: Say goodbye and ?~hope to see you again?T

D/C
Pronounced: D-(slash)-C
Direct translation: DisConnect
Rarity: Uncommon
Related abbreviations: (none)
Variations: (none)
Usage: The definition of when lag, Internet failure or other unknown errors cause a player to lose the connection to the server

D/L
Pronounced: D-(slash)-L
Direct translation: DownLoad
Rarity: Common
Related abbreviations: (none)
Variations: (none)
Usage: The opposite of uploading, downloading is to transfer a file from the internet down to your own pc

FU
Pronounced: F-U
Direct translation: F*ck You
Rarity: Uncommon
Related abbreviations: FK, JFC, STFU
Variations: (none)
Usage: Swearing directed to one or more persons in particular

FYI
Pronounced: F-Y-I
Direct translation: For Your Information
Rarity: Rare
Related abbreviations: (none)
Variations: (none)
Usage: Correct someone who has been saying incorrect stuff or answer a question.

G2G
Pronounced: G-2-G
Direct translation: Got To Go
Rarity: Common
Related abbreviations: BB, CU, CYA, TTFN, WB
Variations: (none)
Usage: When you are about to leave and want to let others know, G2G is the quickest thing to say.

IMO
Pronounced: I-M-O
Direct translation: In My Opinion
Rarity: Uncommon
Related abbreviations: (none)
Variations: IMHO
Usage: Declaring a statement that wholeheartedly comes from yourself and noone else.

IRL
Pronounced: I-R-L
Direct translation: In Real Life
Rarity: Uncommon
Related abbreviations: GIRL, IGL, IGN
Variations: (none)
Usage: Pointing out a certain thing as reality and not in chat

J/K
Pronounced: J-(slash)-K
Direct translation: Just Kidding
Rarity: Common
Related abbreviations: (none)
Variations: (none)
Usage: To show that what you said was just for fun?Ts sake and is not to be taken for real.

K
Pronounced: K
Direct translation: Okay
Rarity: Common
Related abbreviations: (none)
Variations: (none)

LMAO
Pronounced: L-M-A-O
Direct translation: Laughing My As* Off
Rarity: Common
Related abbreviations: LOL, ROFL, ROFLMAO, ROFLMFAO
Variations: LMFAO
Usage: When finding a certain thing/situation pretty funny.

LOL
Pronounced: LOL (the number of ?~O?Ts can vary due to funniness of situation)
Direct translation: Laughing Out Loud
Rarity: Common
Related abbreviations: LMAO, LMFAO, ROFL, ROFLMAO, ROFLMFAO
Variations: (none)
Usage: Probably the most used and best known abbreviation on the Internet. Now overused, and people are likely to say ?~LOL?T in any kind of funny situation

ME2
Pronounced: ME-2
Direct translation: Me Too
Rarity: Common
Related abbreviations: (none)
Variations: (none)
Usage: When you agree to something and want others to count you in.

NP
Pronounced: N-P
Direct translation: No Problem
Rarity: Common
Related abbreviations: NVM, THX, TY
Variations: YW
Usage: The average answer to all ?~TY/TYVM/THX?T-sayers, to let them know that it was a pleasure to help them (even though it maybe wasn?Tt).

NVM
Pronounced: N-V-M
Direct translation: Never Mind
Rarity: Common
Related abbreviations: NP
Variations: (none)
Usage: Forget about it; don''t think about it; stop talking anymore of that matter and say something else. Did I make myself clear?

OMG
Pronounced: O-M-G
Direct translation: Oh My God
Rarity: Common
Related abbreviations: JFC, WTF, WTH
Variations: OMG, OMFG, ZOMG
Usage: See ?~OMFG?T

ROFL
Pronounced: R-O-F-L
Direct translation: Rolling On Floor Laughing
Rarity: Common
Related abbreviations: LMAO, LMFAO, LOL, ROFLMAO, ROFLMFAO
Variations: (none)
Usage: When finding a thing/situation funnier than ?~LMAO?T, but not as funny as ?~ROFLM(F)AO?T.

STFU
Pronounced: S-T-F-U
Direct translation: Shut The F*ck Up
Rarity: Common
Related abbreviations: FK, FU
Variations: (none)
Usage: A very harsh way to tell a person to keep quiet.

THX
Pronounced: THanX
Direct translation: Thanks
Rarity: Common
Related abbreviations: NP, TYVM
Variations: TY, Tkz
Usage: When you want to express your gratitude for a certain action done towards you.

TTYL
Pronounced: T-T-Y-L
Direct translation: Talk To You Later
Rarity: Rare
Related abbreviations: (none)
Variations: (none)
Usage: If you?Tre in a hurry and wish to finish a conversation at a later time.

TY
Pronounced: T-Y
Direct translation: Thank You
Rarity: Common
Related abbreviations: NP, TYVM
Variations: THX, Tkz
Usage: See ?~THX?T


TYVM
Pronounced: T-Y-V-M
Direct translation: Thank You Very Much
Rarity: Uncommon
Related abbreviations: THX, TY, NP
Variations: (none)
Usage: When you want to express your gratitude particularly much for a certain action done towards you.


U
Pronounced: U
Direct translation: You
Rarity: Common
Related abbreviations: (none)
Variations: (none)
Usage: /ju:/ pron. (obj. you; poss. your, yours) 1 used with reference to the person or persons addressed or one such person and one or more associated persons. 2 (as int. with a noun) in an exclamatory statement (you fools!). (The Concise Oxford Dictionary, Ninth E***ion)
Honestly, if ?~you?T don?Tt know what ?~you?T means, something?Ts wrong.

WB
Pronounced: W-B
Direct translation: Welcome Back
Rarity: Common
Related abbreviations: BB, CU, CYA, G2G, TTFN
Variations: (none)
Usage: Greet a person who has been away for duration of time.

WTF
Pronounced: W-T-F
Direct translation: What The F*ck
Rarity: Common
Related abbreviations: FK, JFC, OMFG, OMG, STFU
Variations: WTH
Usage: Show that you are really surprised by something, or when you think something (e.g. suggestion) is completely out of place/mind.


WTH
Pronounced: W-T-H
Direct translation: What The Heck
Rarity: Uncommon
Related abbreviations: FK, JFC, OMFG, OMG, STFU
Variations: WTF
Usage: See ?~WTF?T


YW
Pronounced: Y-W
Direct translation: You''re Welcome
Rarity: Uncommon
Related abbreviations: THX, TY
Variations: NP
Usage: See ?~NP''

Once in a while, you?Tll notice some people speaking in a slightly different way, because they like to spell it that way. This is a list of a few common words, alternatively spoken/spelled:


It?Ts ok to speak/spell a little bit different, but make sure people can understand you.


''As if'' - ''sif''
''Assassin'' - ''azn'', ''sin''
''Asian'' - ''azn''
?~Byê?T ?" ?~bai?T
''Cool'' - ''kewl''''
''Cute'' - ''kyot''
''God'' - ''gawd''
''Hot'' - ''hawk'', ''hawt''
''I'' - ''Ah''
''Like - ''liek'', ''lyk'', ''lyke''
?~Lovê?T ?" ?~wub?T
''Me'' - ''meh''
''My'' - ''mah'', ''mai''
''Never'' - ''nevah''
?~Own?T ?" ?~pwn?T
''***'' - ''secks''
''***y'' - ''secksay''
''Thanks'' - ''thx'', ''thankies''
?~That?T ?" ?~dat?T,
?~Thê?T ?" ?~dâ?T, ?~dah?T, ?~teh?T
?~This?T ?" ?~dis?T
''Please'' - ''pls'', ''plz'', ''plx'', ''plox''
''You'' - ''joo'', ''ya''
''What'' - ''wat''
''With'' - ''wif''

For example:

Ah lyk hawk secksay azn gurls = I like hot ***y Asian girls.