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Englische Abkürzungen

OMG, YOLO und WFT – Jeder kennt sie, alle benutzen sie. Heutzutage finden wir überall Abkürzungen, egal ob in unseren Chats, in Briefen oder bei einem kurzen Plausch. Weißt du was PM, OOTD und JK bedeuten? Nein? Dann mach dir keine Sorgen. Bald ist IDK (I don’t know) keine Option mehr. Damit du ASAP (as soon as possible) mitreden kannst und weißt was abgeht, haben wir für dich die wichtigsten Abkürzungen im Englischen zusammengestellt.

A/C (auch: AC)	air conditioning
AC/DC	alternating current/direct current
ADN	any day now
AFAIK	as far as I know
AFK	away from keyboard
AKA	also known as
ASAP	as soon as possible
B2B	Business-to-Business
B2C	Business-to-Consumer
BBL	be back later
BFF	best friends forever
CUL	see you later (C für „see“, U für „you“)
DIY	do it yourself
e.g.	example given
F2F	face-to-face
FAQ	frequently asked questions
FYI	for your information
GIF	graphics interchange format
GOAT	greatest of all time
HR	human resources
i.a. (lat: inter alia)	among other things
ID	identification
IDC	I don’t care
IDK	I don’t know
i.e. (lat: id est)	that is (to say)
ILY	I love you
IM(H)O	in my (humble) opinion
incl.	including
IOU	I owe you
JK	just kidding
KISS	keep it simple stupid
LMAO	laughing my ass off
LOL	laughing out loud
misc.	miscellaneous
MUSM	miss you so much
MVP	most valuable player, minimal viable product
NB	nota bene
NP	no problem
OAP	old-aged pensioner
OMG	oh my God
OOO	out of order, out of office
OOTD	outfit of the day
PANS	pretty awesome new stuff
PAP	post a picture
PM	personal message
POV	point of view
PR	public relations
PTO	please turn over
RL	real life
ROFL	rolling on the floor laughing
RUOK	Are you ok? (R für „are“, U für „you“)
TBH	to be honest
TGIF	Thank God it‘s Friday
tl;dr	too long, didn’t read
TMI	too much information
TTT	thought that too
TTYL	talk to you later
UW (auch: YW)	you‘re welcome
VIP	very important person
w/o	without
WFM	works for me
WTF	What the fuck?
XOXO	hugs and kisses
YOLO	you only live once