Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You might see someone write "FWIW" in a social media caption, or maybe you've been staring at those letters that were written in a ...

FWIW means “for what it’s worth.” It almost always comes at the start of a statement to preface whatever follows with a sense of, “You may choose to ignore this, but I’ll say it anyway.” In this sense ...

There are so many ways to abbreviate and shorten what you want to say: from "ngl" and "IMO" to "tbh" and "hmu." You could form an entire sentence just by using text lingo. Even though these phrases ...

Leetspeak, Internet shorthand, computer jargon for instant messaging — whatever you call them, initialisms like BRB, LOL and BTW have now entered the public lexicon. (I know a few teenagers who ...

Acronyms and internet lingo are a huge part of texting and being online in general. There are many acronyms that are commonly known—like JK (just kidding) or LOL (laughing out loud). But some acronyms ...