Acronyms that you might find in e-mails, IMs and chatrooms

This is not a complete listing of chat acronyms. Every parent should be aware of what their child is doing online. Chatrooms can be a danger place where child predators hang out. What out for key terms that may be suggestive and warnings to you. Keep up informed of words and terms you may find not in our list so we can include them.

A B C D E F G H I JK L M N O PQ R S T UVW YZ & Misc

AAMOF	As a matter of fact
ABFL	A big fat lady
ABT	About
ADN	Any day now
AFAIC	As far as I'm concerned
AFAICT	As far as I can tell
AFAICS	As far as I can see
AFAIK	As far as I know
AFAYC	As far as you're concerned
AFK	Away from keyboard
AISI	As I see it
AIUI	As I understand it
AKA	Also known as
AML	All my love
ANFAWFOS	And Now For A Word From Our Sponsor
AOHell	Derogatory term for America Online (AOL)
ASAP	As soon as possible
ASL	Assistant section leader
ASL	Age, sex, location
ASLP	Age, sex, location, picture
A/S/L	Age/sex/location
ASOP	Assistant system operator
ATM	At this moment
AWA	As well as
AWHFY	Are we having fun yet?
AWOL	Absent without leave
AWOL	Away without leave
AYOR	At your own risk
AUD	Are you done?

AAF as a friend
AAK alive and kicking
AAMOF as a matter of fact
AAR at any rate
AAS alive and smiling
AATK always at the keyboard
ABT2 about to
AFAIK as far as I know
AFK away from keyboard
AFN that’s all for now
AKA also known as
ARE acronym-rich environment
ALOL actually laughing out loud
AND any day now
AOTA all of the above
ASAP as soon as possible
A/S/L? age, sex, location
A/S/L/M/H? age, sex, location, music, hobbies
AYSOS are you stupid or something
AYTMTB and you are telling me this because