@ at
a/c account
AGM annual general meeting
a m ante meridiem (before noon)
ATM automatic teller machine
AWOL absent without official leave
CAD computer aided design
Caps capital letters
CBD central business district
CD compact disc
CID criminal investigation department
COD cash on deliver
Col cost of living
Co-op Co-operative Society
CV curriculum vitae
Dept department
DICT dictionary
DIY do it yourself
Dr debtor
ESP extra-sensory perception
Etc etcetera
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
GDP gross domestic product
GPO general post office
HIV human immunodeficiency virus
HP hire purchase
HQ head quarters
ICU intensive care unit
IMF international monetary fund
IOU I owe you
IQ intelligence quotient
LTD limited
NB nota bene (mark well)
Par paragraph
PAYE pay as you earn
PC personal computer
PRO public relations officer
Pro professional
PTO please turn over
RIP rest in peace
SOS save our souls
UFO unidentified flying object
UN United Nations
VAT value added tax
VIP very important person
abbr abbreviation
absol absolute, absolutely
Acad Academy
act active
adj adjective
adv adverb
Agric Agriculture
alt altitude
anat anatomy
ant antonym
apos apostrophe
approx approximate, approximately
arch archaic
archaeol archaeologist
archit architecture
art article
Assoc Association
astron, astr astronomer, astronomy
atty attorney
av average
bef before
bet between
bibliog bibliography
excl excludes, excluding, exclusive
exclam exclamation
Fahr Fahrenheit
fem, f feminine
ff following
fig figurative, figuratively
fut future
geog geography
geol geology
geom geometry
govt government
gram grammar
hist historian, history
hort horticulture
i.e. id est (that is)
incorp incorporated
indef indefinite
indep independent
interj interjection
interrog interrogative
irreg irregular
ital italic
lit literally; literary
m meters; mile; masculine
masc masculine
max maximum
Mech Mechanical
mech mechanics
Med Medical
med medicine
met metropolitan
min minister
mod modern
munic municipal
mus music
myth mythology
n pl noun plural
N north, northern
n northern; noun
naut nautical
neut neuter
nom nominative
nr near
obs obsolete
occas occasionally, occasional
off official
opp opposite
org organized
p page
part participle
pass passive
path pathology
perf perfect
phys physics, physical
pl plural
polit political, politician
pop population
pp past participle; pages
prep preposition
pres present; president
prob probably
pron pronoun; pronunciation, pronounced
pronunc pronunciation
prp present participle
rel relative
rhet rhetoric, rhetorical
S south, southern
Sch School
sci science
secy secretary
sig signature
specif, spec specifically
substand substandard
superl superlative
syn synonym, synonymy
Tec Technology
techn technical
theat theatre
univ university
usu usually, usual
v, vb verb
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With the advent of SMS or short message
system, abbreviations have become ever more important. In the
past abbreviations were used only occasionally. Now
abbreviations are used routinely by millions of people.
Inventive users are making up new acronyms and abbreviations
to send text messages. Here are some examples:
|
ALWZ |
always |
ASAP |
as soon as possible |
|
ATM |
at the moment |
B4 |
before |
|
BBS |
be back soon |
BFN |
bye for now |
|
BHL8 |
be home late |
BOL |
best of luck |
|
CWOT |
complete waste of time |
DUR? |
do you remember? |
|
GAL |
get a life |
GR8 |
great |
|
shopN |
shopping |
SOL |
sooner or later |
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