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© St. Petersburg Times, published January 10, 2000
Here's a short glossary of chatspeak:
AYT -- Are you there?
YIAH -- Yes, I am here.
LTNS -- Long time no see.
DIKU -- Do I know you?
DTS -- Don't think so.
WAYF -- Where are you from?
A/S/L -- Request for fellow chatter's age, sex, location.
AFAIK -- As far as I know.
BRB -- Be right back.
BTDT -- Been there, done that.
B/F -- Boyfriend.
G/F -- Girlfriend.
GFETE -- Grinning from ear to ear.
GFUG -- Good for you, girl.
INAL -- I'm not a lawyer.
IMHO -- In my humble opinion.
ICCL -- I couldn't care less.
OMG -- Oh my God, gosh.
UGTBK -- You've got to be kidding.
YOOC -- You're out of control.
YYSSW -- Yeah, yeah, sure, sure, whatever.
GTG, G2G, GG -- Got to go.
TTFN -- Ta ta for now.
CYA -- See ya.
POOF -- Gone, left the chat room.