首字母縮寫是由每個單詞的第一個字母組合而成的，比如UN就是指United Nations。短信里，首字母縮寫常常被用在習慣用語中。另外，發(fā)聲相似的詞會被字母取代。
舉例：
OIC- Oh I see.
BRB - Be right back
BFN - Bye for now
LOL - Laughing out loud
ASAP - As soon as possible
BTW - By the way
FYI - For your information
JK - Just kidding
TTYL - Talk to you later
還有一種是縮略詞。短信的縮略詞不是指一些約定俗成的如"don't" 或 "they're"之類的縮略，但兩者的目的是一樣的：即當意思很清楚的時候可將一些不需要的詞省略。元音常常會被省略，但是你仍然可以保留這個詞的大概發(fā)音。數(shù)字8有時候會發(fā)eight，所以later就寫成l8r。數(shù)字4通常也被取代成for，就像2這個音就替代了to。
舉例：
Plz - Please
Thx - Thanks
Cya - See you
L8r - Later
K - OK
U - You
R - Are
B4 - Before
2morro - Tomorrow
其它情況：
1. asl=年齡、性別、位置
2. cuz/cos=because 因為
3. 2=to 數(shù)字代替了字母
4. u/ya=you 你
5. howr u/h r u=how are you 你好嗎？你怎么樣？
6. me 2=me too 我也是
7. brb=be right back 一會兒回來
8. wb=welcome back 歡迎回來
9. sup=what'sup 這個是熟人之間問好的常用形式，就好比中國人見面問“嘛呢?"回答就直接告訴別人你正在忙什么，如果沒什么特別的可以回答not much/nothing speical。
10. uni=university 大學
11. gvmt=government 政府
12. goodnite/nite=good night晚安
13. yes/yep/yeah “好”的幾種表達
14. no/nope/nah “不”的幾種表達，個人認為總說no太單調(diào)，而且也太生硬了，可以試著其它的兩種回答
15. gotdc=got disconnected 聊到一半時，卻掉線了，這個時候應該怎么說呢？gotdc是比較簡單的表達。
16. wanna=want to 想要...
17. gotta=got to 要...樣
18. gonna=going to 要去...
19. cya/c u=see you 再見的縮寫
20. dunno=don't know 不知道的縮寫
21. kinda=kind of 一種...
22. prob'ly=probably 很有可能...
23. lemme=let me 讓我...
24. n=and 和
25. r=are/our 是
26. gimme=give me 給我...
27. yrw=you are welcome 不客氣
28. pvt=private 私人的
29. lota=lot of 很多
30. TC=take care 保重的縮寫，聊到最后要離開，說完再見還可以說一句保重，顯得很有禮貌。或者，家里的客人要離開，送到門口時常常會說一句保重之類的話，英文的說法就是take care。
31. favo=favorite 最喜歡的
32. 4=for 為...
33. b4=before 以前
34. jk=just kidding 開玩笑的縮寫
35. ain't=be not 不是
36. nvm=never mind 別介意
37. msg=message 信息
38. luv=love 愛
39. bro=brother 兄弟
40. sis=sister 姐妹
41. doc=doctor 醫(yī)生
42. sorta=sort of 一種...
43. outa=out of ...之外
44. thx=thanks
45. gtg=gotta go 表示要走了
46.lol=laugh of lot 英文聊天中出現(xiàn)頻率的幾個詞之一，其實就是彪悍的笑，如果你不打haha的話，這個lol也可以表示大笑，并且三個字母組合起來的圖案就如某*笑的嘴，很是生動。
更多縮寫：
1ce once
2 to
26y4u too sexy for you
2day today
2mor tomorrow
2nite tonight
4 for
add address
afaik as far as i know
agreemt agreement
aka also known as
asap as soon as possible
atb all the best
ayor at your own risk
b be
b4 before
b4n bye for now
bbl be back late(r)
bcnu be seeing you
b'day birthday
bhl8 be home late
bil boss is listening
brb be right back
btdt been there done that
btw by the way
c see
cid consider it done
cmi call me
ctr center
cu see you
cubl8r call you back later
cul see you later
cyr bos call your boss
cyr bro call your brother
cyr ma call your mother
cyr ofis call your office
cyr pa call your father
dylm do you like me
ez easy
f2f face to face
f2t free to talk
gal get a life
grt great
gtg got to go
gudluk good luck
h8 hate
hak hugs and kisses
hand have a nice day
hot4u hot for you
hp handphone
ic i see
iluvu i love you
im2gud4u i'm too good for you
imho in my humble opinion
jk just kidding
jic just in case
kit keep in touch
kwim know what i mean
l8 late
l8r later
ldn london
lol laughing out loud
lv love
m8 mate
mgmt management
mmfu my mate fancies you
mob mobile
msg message
msia malaysia
mtfbwu may the force be with you
mtg meeting
mth month
myob mind your own business
n/a not applicable
ne any
ne1 anyone
nethng anything
no1 no one
nothing nufn
np no problem
nvm never mind
oic oh i see
omg oh my god
paw parents are watching
pcm please call me
pls please
plz please
plz4gvme please forgive me
po$bl possible
ppl people
prl parents are listening
puks pick up kids
r are
rgds regards
ringl8 running late
ru are you
ru cmng are you coming
ruok are you okay?
shopn shopping
sit stay in touch
spk speak
sum1 someone
tel telephone
thanq thank you
thkq thank you
thx thanks
tmb text me back
tq thank you
ttyl talk to you
tx thanks
tyvm thank you very much
u you
ur your
ura* you are a star
uraqt you are a cutie
w/ with
w/o without
w8 wait
w84m wait for me
waiting w8n
wan2 want to
wan2tlk want to talk?
wel well
wknd weekend
wot what
wru where are you?
wu what's up?
wud? what you doing
wygowm will you go out with me
x kiss
xlnt excellent
y why
yr your
