MuckRock, a site
that specializes in filing freedom of information requests, has obtained an 83-page document,
which was created by the FBI to explain crazy acronyms kids use these days.
The document, which is called “Twitter Shorthand,” is
literally just a list of nearly 3,000 Internet acronyms and their definitions.
Here are a few of them.
BEF = best enemies forever/ best e-mail friend
BL = belly laughing/bottom
line/bad luck
BMT = before my time/basic military training
BRB = be right back
BTW = by the way
DOS = dozing off soon/dad over shoulder/disk
operating system
HOH = head over heels/hard of hearing
IFF = if and only if/Internet friends forever/identification: friend or foe
JC = Jesus Christ/Just
curious/just chilling
JFK = just for kicks/JF
Kennedy/JFK Airport
KIA = killed in action/know it all
LBH = let’s be honest/loser back home
LI = LinkedIn/laughing
inside
LOL = laugh(ing) out loud
LV = Louis Vuitton/Las
Vegas/level
NSFV = not safe for viewing/vegetarians/vegans
OW = other woman/oh, well
PST = please stand tall/pacific standard time
PTB = powers that be/pass the buck/please text back
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