Will it all be down to 140 characters in the future? Does enterprise know how to speak Twitter?

Source: Geek and Poke

To shorten the learning curve here are some popular shortcuts or technically called acronym or abbreviation:

• AFAIK – As Far as I Know
• B/C = Because
• BG = Background
• BFN = Bye for now
• BR = Best regards
• BRB = Be right back
• BTW = By the way
• DM = Direct message
• EM = Email
• EOD = End of discussion
• FB = Facebook
• FTF = Face to face
• FWIW = For what it’s worth
• Gr8 = Great
• HTH =  hope that helps
• IDK = I Don’t Know
• IMO = In my opinion
• IRL = In real life
• J/K = Just kidding
• LI = LinkedIn
• LMK = Let me know
• LOL = Laughing out loud
• NP = No problem
• PLZ = Please
• RT = Retweet
• RTHX = Thanks for the retweet
• THX = Thanks
• TMB = Tweet me back
• TMI = Too much information
• TTYS = Talk to you soon
• TTYL = Talk to you later
• TY = Thank you
• YW = You’re welcome
• W/ = With

And a German one:

• MFG = Mit freundlichen Grüßen

I’m sure there may be some I’ve forgotten, so please leave them in a comment below.

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