BTW IDK ROFL ETC ETC

"ONE in THREE teens texts
more than 100 messages a day"

So what? Is it because we're worried that txt msg shorthands like these will rot their brains?

JK TTYL BRB IDK
TY BTW TFN LOL

Every now and then, we hear from some angry blogger about how the advent of the cell phone robbed the next generation of proper grammar.

And I find this really funny, because this usually comes straight from the same demo of people who actively use all of these shorthands that were popular way before the advent of the txt msg.

FYI MIA TBA TGIF DIY PS
MYOB TBD ASAP TLC

So... let's see how well we all do at shorthand -- both shortcuts made popular by IM'ing and txt-ing... and also "older" business-y type shorthand...

The answers are posted at netlingo.com's website (click on the title to get to the answers)

Top 50 Popular Text & Chat Acronyms:

Top 50 Popular Text Terms Used in Business:

1. 2moro 2. 2nite 3. BRB 4. BTW 5. B4N 6. BCNU 7. BFF 8. CYA 9. DBEYR 10. DILLIGAS 11. FUD 12. FWIW 13. GR8 14. ILY 15. IMHO 16. IRL 17. ISO 18. J/K 19. L8R 20. LMAO 21. LOL 22. LYLAS 23. MHOTY 24. NIMBY 25. NP 26. NUB 27. OIC 28. OMG 29. OT 30. POV 31. RBTL 32. ROTFLMAO 33. RT 34. THX or TX or THKS 35. SH 36. SITD 37. SOL 38. STBY 39. SWAK 40. TFH 41. RTM or RTFM 42. TLC 43. TMI 44. TTYL 45. TYVM 46. VBG 47. WEG 48. WTF 49. WYWH 50. XOXO

1. AFAIC 2. ASAP 3. BHAG 4. BOHICA 5. CLM 6. CYA 7. DD 8. DQYDJ 9. DRIB 10. EOD 11. EOM 12. EOT 13. ESO 14. FRED 15. FUBAR 16. FYI 17. GMTA 18. HIOOC 19. IAITS 20. IANAL 21. KISS 22. LOPSOD 23. MOTD 24. MTFBWY 25. MYOB 26. NRN 27. NSFW 28. NWR 29. OTP 30. P&C 31. PDOMA 32. PEBCAK 33. PITA 34. QQ 35. RFD 36. RFP 37. SBUG 38. SME 39. SNAFU 40. SSDD 41. STD 42. SWAG 43. TBA 44. TBD 45. TWIMC 46. TIA 47. WIIFM 48. WOMBAT 49. WTG 50. YW