Here's a test to make you feel old . . . or young if you nail it. Someone posted a list of the most popular abbreviations people use online.
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If you pay attention even a little, you probably know a lot of the MOST popular ones. Like, LOL means "laugh out loud," and FYI means "for your information"
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But how many of these other ones do you know? We did our best to rank them, so they should get a little harder as we go . . .
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1. DM: Direct message
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2. JK: Just kidding
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3. BRB: Be right back
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4. TBH: To be honest
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5. IRL: In real life
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6. NSFW: Not safe for work
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7. TTYL: Talk to you later
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8. NBD: No big deal
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9. IMO: In my opinion. Or, IMHO is "in my humble opinion."
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10. FTW: For the win
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11. SMH: Shaking my head.
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12. IDK: I don't know
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13. IDC: I don't care
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14. MSG: Short for the word "message"
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15. OMW: On my way
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16. G2G: Got to go
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17. TFW: That feeling when
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18. MFW: My face when
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19. ILY: I love you
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20. IMU: I miss you  (Yes, a 'U' even though the word "you" starts with a 'Y'.)
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21. ICYMI: In case you missed it
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22. SRSLY: Short for the word "seriously"
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23. TLDR: Too long, didn't read  (Technically, there's a semi-colon in that one: TL;DR.)
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24. BAE: Before anyone else  (Bae is also just short for "baby" or "babe.")
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25. SOML: Story of my life
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(Fox News)