Textspeak – “A form of written language as used in text messages and other digital communications, characterised by many abbreviations and typically not following standard grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style.”

Are you often left confused by a message from your children, a colleague or a friend because they’ve used textspeak?

Abbreviations and acronyms used on smartphones or social media are like another language, and can be hard to decipher, especially when new short cuts are being added every day.

But there’s no need to worry, because Yello is here to help with this brief guide to textspeak and some of the most popular abbreviations:

AAMOF – As a matter of fact

BTT – Back to topic

BTW – By the way

CU – See you

EOBD – End of business day

FWIW – For what it’s worth

FYEO – For your eyes only

FYI – For your information

HTH – Hope this helps

IDK – I don’t know

IMHO – In my humble opinion

LOL – Laugh out loud

MMW – Mark my words

NOYB – None of your business

OMG – Oh my gosh

POV – Point of view

ROTFL – Rolling on the floor laughing

TIA – Thanks in advance

TTYL – Talk to you later

WFM – Works for me

YMMD – You made my day

ICYMI – In case you missed it

Source: Smart-words.org