Grind your words to save your & others' time

Grind your words to save your & others' time

Times of writing tons of letters on a paper is far behind and members of business communities try shortening long phrases into a couple and reducing number of words into abbreviations. Normally, abbreviations are used to make the conversation or the written form of words be faster to express and understand. Abbreviations, and particularly initialisms are useful in making word sets easier and quicker to remember, write and say.

Switching from paper correspondence into electronic one, native English speakers almost simultaneously and unanimously started using abbreviations in correspondences to save time effectively. 

Here is an example:

My smmr hols wr CWOT. B4, we used 2go2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & thr 3 :- kids FTF. ILNY, it’s a gr8 plc.

Which means: My summer holidays were a complete waste of time. Before, we used to go to New York to see my brother, his girlfriend and their 3 kids face to face. I love New York, it’s a great place.

Below are the most common and basic of those abbreviations that are popular among native English-speakers to follow suit:  

0 = nothing

AFAIK= as far as I know

ATB = all the best

BBL = to be back later

BC = because

BRO = brother

CUL = see you later

CWOT = complete waste of time

EOD = end of debate

F2F = face to face

FYI = for your information

HAND = have a nice day

HB2U = happy birthday to you

HOLS = holidays

HRU = how are you

ICBW = it could be worse

IDK = I dont know

IDTS = I don’t think so

IMHO = in my humble opinion

JK = just kidding

KIT = keep in touch

L8 = late

LOL = laughing out loud

LTNS = long time no see

MYOB = mind your own business

N2S = needless to say

NP = no problem

OIC = oh, I see

PCM = please call me

ROFL / ROTFL = rolling of the floor laughing

TTYL = talk to you later

XOXO = hugs and kisses


P.S.

Note that these imply ONLY to informal correspondences!!!


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