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Common terms and abbrieviations:

We've all seen them, these three, four letters which make no sense to us. LOL, LMAO, GL, GG, HF etc. What do they all mean? Well, these are acronyms (a series of letters, each of which stand for an actual word), and are used to lessen the need to type more than you actually need to.
Just so you don't misunderstand, here are some of the most commonly used terms and phrases you will undoubtly find whilst playing a game, or in the forums:

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Abbreviation|                       Meaning(s)
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?           |What?
@COLL       |At College
@HM         |At Home
@SCHL       |At School
@WRK        |At Work
^)^ ^(^     |People Talking
~~~c___     |Beach
:-|:-|      |Deja' vu
1DAFUL      |Wonderful
2           |To, Too, Two
24/7        |Twenty Four Hours a Day, Seven Days a Week
2B          |To Be
2BCTND      |To Be Continued
2D4         |To Die For
2DAY        |Today
2L8         |Too Late
2MORO       |Tomorrow
2NITE       |Tonight
4           |For, Four
4E          |Forever
7K          |Sick
8           |Ate, Eight
A/S/L?      |Age/Sex/Location
ACTIV8      |Activate
ADD         |Address
ADN         |Any Day Now
AFAIAA      |As Far As I Am Aware
AFAIAC      |As Far As I Am Concerned
AFAICT      |As Far As I Can Tell
AFAIK       |As Far As I Know
AFAIR       |As Far As I Remember
AFAIUI      |As Far As I Understand It
AFK         |Away From Keyboard
AI          |Artifical Intelligence
AISB        |As I Said Before or As It Should Be
AISI        |As I See It
AIUI        |As I Understand It
AIW         |As It Were
AKA         |Also Known As
ALIWANISU   |All I Want Is You
AMAP        |As Much As Possible
AML         |All My Love
ANYTNG      |Anything
AOB         |Any Other Business
ASAP        |As Soon As Possible
ATB         |All The Best
ATK         |At The Keyboard
ATM         |At The Moment
A3          |Anytime, Anywhere, Anyplace
ATTN        |Attention
ATW         |At The Weekend
AU          |Australia
AVDB        |Alles Van Die Beste
AVG         |Average
AX          |Across
AYOR        |At Your Own Risk
AYT         |Are You There?
B           |Be, Bee
B/C         |Because
B2          |Back To
B2B         |Back To Business
B4          |Before
B4N         |Bye For Now
BBB         |Busy Beyond Belief
BBIAB       |Be Back In A Bit
BBIAF       |Be Back In A Flash
BBIAM       |Be Back In A Minute
BBIAS       |Be Back In A Second
BBL         |Be Back Later
BBS         |Be Back Soon
BCNU        |Be Seeing You
BCUM        |Become
BD          |Big Deal
BF          |Boyfriend
BG          |Big Grin
BION        |Believe It Or Not
BN          |Been or Being
BFN/B4N     |Bye For Now
BOL         |Best Of Luck
BRB         |Be Right Back
BRT         |Be Right There
BTA         |But Then Again
BTDT        |Been There Done That
BTM         |Beats Mee
BTR         |Better
BTW         |By The Way
BWD         |Backward
BYKT        |But You Knew That
C           |See
CZIN        |Season
C%D         |Could
C%L         |Cool
C&G;        |Chuckle & Grin
CUL8ER/CUL8R|See You Later
C/O         |Care Of
CID         |Crying In Disgrace or Consider It Done
CIO         |Cut It Out
CN          |Can
COS/COZ     |Because
CR8         |Create
CSG         |Chuckle, Snicker, Grin
CART        |CAn't Remember a Thing
CU          |See You
CU @ 7      |See You At 7
CU2MORO     |See You Tomorrow
CU2NITE     |See You Tonight
CUS         |See You Soon
CUZ         |Because
CYA         |See You
D           |The
DD          |Dead
DINR        |Dinner
DK          |Don't Know
DL          |Download
DM&         |Demand
DOIN        |Doing
D/L         |Download
DAMHIK      |Don't Ask Me How I Know
DIKU?       |Do I Know You?
DIM         |I'll Do It Myself
DIY         |Do It Yourself
DK          |Don't Know
DNA         |Did Not Answer
DON         |Doing
DQMOT       |Don't Quote Me On This
DUCWIC      |Do You See What I See?
DUR         |Do You Remember?
DV8         |Deviate
DWB         |Don't Write Back
DXNRE       |Dictionary
EG          |Evil Grin
EMFBI       |Excuse Me For Buttin In
EMSG        |E-mail MeSsaGe
ESP         |Especially
EZI/EZY     |Easy
F?          |Friends?
F2F         |Face To Face
F2T         |Free To Talk
FAQ         |Frequently Asked Question(s)
FC          |Fingers Crossed
FIFO        |First In First Out
FIOFY       |Figure It Out For Yourself
FISH        |First In Still Here
FOCL        |Fell Off Chair Laughing
FONE        |Phone
FST         |Fast
FTAC        |Fantasy
BTBOMH      |From The Bottom Of My Heart
FTBL        |Football
FTL         |Faster Than Light
FUNE        |Funny
FWIW        |For What It's Worth
FYA         |For Your Amusement
FYI         |For Your Information
G2CU/G2SY   |Glad/Good To See You
G2G/GTG     |Got To Go
GA          |Go Ahead
GAFIA       |Get Away From It All
GAL         |Get A Life
GBH&K;      |Great Big Hugs & Kisses
GBH&KB;     |Great Big Hugs & Kisses Back
GD&R;       |Grinning, Ducking, and Running
GF          |Girlfriend
GFN         |Gone For Now
GG          |Go to Go or Good Game
GJ          |Good Job
GL          |Good Luck
GMAB        |Give Me A Break
GMT         |Greenwich Mean Time
GNR8        |Generate
GNRLE       |Generally
GONNA       |Going To
GOWI        |Get On With It
GR8         |Great
G9          |Genius
GT          |Good Try
GTG         |Got To Go
GUDLUK      |Good Luck
H2          |How To
H2CUS       |Hope To See You Soon
H8          |Hate
HAGN        |Have A Good Night
HAGO        |Have A Good One
HAK         |Hugs And Kisses
HAMRD       |Hammered
HAND        |Have A Nice Day
HB          |Hug Back
HH          |Holding Hands
HICA        |Here It Comes Again
HIG         |How's It Going
HOAS        |Hold On A Second
HOPR        |Hang On, Phone's Rining
HOUER       |Hanging On Your Every Word
HOWRU?      |How Are You?
HP          |Home Page
HTH         |Hope This Helps
HV          |Have
IB          |I'm Back
IC          |I See
ICAM        |I Couldn't Agree More
IDGI        |I Don't Get It
IDTS        |I Don't Think So
IDTT        |I'll Drink To That
IIRC        |If I Remember Correctly
IJLS        |I Just Like Saying
IKWUM       |I Know What You Mean
AM          |I Am
IMBO        |In My Biased Opinion
IME         |In My Experience
IMHO        |In My Honest Opinion
IMI         |I Mean It
IMMOR       |I Make My Own Rules
IMNSHO      |In My Not So Honest Opinion
IMO         |In My Opinion
IMPOV       |In My Point Of View
IMPRS       |Impress
IMS         |I Must Say
INT         |I'll Never Tell
IOU         |I Owe You
IOW         |In Other Words
ISC         |I Stand Corrected
ISO         |In Search Of
ISTR        |I Seem To Remember
ITUFIR      |I Think You yoU'll Find I'm Right
ITYM        |I Think You Mean
IUSS        |If You Say So
IUTKATS     |I Used To Know All That Stuff
IWIK        |I Wish I Knew
IYDKIDKWD   |If You Don't Know, I Don't Know Who Does
IYD         |In Your Dreams
IYKWIM      |If You Know What I Mean
IYQ         |I Like You