For those of us who send a lot of text messages or chat a lot with instant messenger then text abbreviations¹ save our poor fingers a lot of work. Do you know these ones? 对于那些总是发短信或者老上线聊天的人来说，缩写语能解救我们可怜的手指。下面是一些常见的缩写，你都认得吗？

1. LOL Laugh out loud 1.大笑

2. ASL Age sex location 2.年龄，性别，地点

3. BRB Be right back 3.马上回来

4. CUL8R See you later 4.再见

5. E1 Everyone 5.每个人

6. EMA Email address 6.电子邮件地址

7. F2F Face to face 7.面对面

8. FYI For your information 8.仅供参考

9. GR8 Great 9.很好

10. H8 Hate 10.讨厌

11. HAND Have a nice day 11.过得愉快

12. HRU How are you? 12.你好吗？

13. ILU I love you 13.我爱你

14. MOOS Member of the opposite sex 14.异性成员

15. NE1 Anyone 15.每个人

16. PLZ Please 16.请

17. QT Cutie 17.可爱的女孩

18. SYL See you later 18.等会儿见

19. THX Thanks 19.谢谢

20. TTYL Talk to you later 20.待会儿再聊

Here is an example of a conversation between two teenage girls, can you follow it? The full English is in brackets². 下面是两个十来岁女生对话的例子，你能理解吗？完整版的英文在括号内。

wsup (what's up?) 你怎么了？

not much, wsup w/u (not much, what's up with you?) 没什么，你呢？

nothing jc (nothing, just chilling³.) 没什么，单纯地在放松。

me too 我也是

how was ur day (how was your day?) 你今天过得怎么样

fine 挺好的

gd (good) 好

urs (yours?) 你呢？

gd gd 也不错

so u datin any1 (so, are you dating anyone?) 你有在约会吗

yup y (yes, why?) 有，为什么这么问？

o im jw. seems like u got a new bf evry wk (Oh, I'm just wondering. Seems like you've got a new boyfriend every week.) 哦，我只是在想你好像每个礼拜都有个新男友

shut up lol (shut up -- laughing out loud) 哦，闭嘴（大笑）

yeah neways (yeah, anyways.) 啊，好吧~