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What are LOL, TTYL, ROTFLMAO, and all that? (IM, PM, & Chat Abbrevs)

The shortcut speech used in IM's, posts, and chat rooms changes almost daily, but some are with us forever. This link explains the most common ones, as well as some of the often-used emoticons: WebSlang.

An alternate source for these kinds of acronyms is the Internet Acronyms Dictionary.

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What are LOL, TTYL, ROTFLMAO, and all that? (IM, PM, & Chat Abbrevs)