Commonly used English terms on Social Networks
| Term | Meaning |
|---|
| @reply | A reply directed to another user |
| #subject | Define the main topic of the tweet; hash tag |
| #PP | Profile Picture |
| #TT, TT | Trending Topic |
| ABT | About |
| AFAIK | As Far As I Know |
| B | B |
| B4 | Before |
| b/c | because |
| BFN | Bye For Now |
| BGD | Background |
| BR | Best Regards |
| BTW | By The Way |
| CC | Carbon Copy (same as email) |
| CD9, 22(French) | Parents are around |
| CHK | Check |
| CLD | Could |
| CLK | Click |
| CRE8 | Create |
| CT | Cuttweet (partial retweet) |
| CX | Correction |
| da | the |
| DAM | Don't Annoy Me |
| DM | Direct Message |
| DYK | Did/do You Know |
| EMA | e-mail Address |
| FAB | Fabulous |
| FTF, F2F | Face To Face |
| FOTD | Find of the Day |
| FTW | For The Win, F... the World |
| FTL | For the Loss/Loose |
| Following | People that you follow |
| Followers | People following you |
| GR8 | Great |
| IC | I See |
| IDK | I don't K now |
| IMHO | In My Honest Opinion |
| IRL | In Real Life |
| LMK | Let Me Know |
| LOL | Laugh Out Loud |
| MT | Modified Tweet |
| NSFW | Not Safe For Work. Don't open the link if you are at work. |
| OH | Overheard |
| OMG | Oh My God ! |
| PRT | Please Retweet or Partial Retweet |
| RE | In Reply To |
| RT | Retweet. |
| Timeline, TL | Messages ordered by the most recent. |
| TMB | Tweet Me Back. |
| TY | Thank You |
| Tweet | Short message posted on Twitter. |
| Twitterworld, Twitterland, Twittosphère (French) | Twitter universe including all users. |
| Twittos (French), Twitteux (French) | Twitter user. |
