em? ptb (Excuse me? Please text back)

There was a time when "all thumbs" meant clumsy. Today, it is an essential part of the Blackberry world. We may be experiencing a "text generation gap" as younger workers are not only faster on the micro- keypad, but have developed their own text language. The website www.netlingo.com is a good source of text abbreviations.

Here is a list of 50 new business shorthand terms for text messages.

1 AFAIC As Far As I'm Concerned
2 ASAP As Soon As Possible
3 BHAG Big Hairy Audacious Goal
4 BOHICA Bend Over Here It Comes Again
5 CLM Career Limiting Move
6 CYA Cover Your Ass
7 DD Due Dilligence
8 DQYDJ Don't Quit Your Day Job
9 DRIB Don't Read If Busy
10 EOD End Of Day
11 EOM End Of Message
12 EOT End Of Thread
13 ESO Equipment Smarter than Operator
14 FRED F***ing Ridiculous Electronic Device
15 FUBAR F***ed Up Beyond All Recognition
16 FYI For Your Information
17 GMTA Great Minds Think Alike
18 HIOOC Help, I'm Out Of Coffee
19 IAITS It’s All In The Subject
20 IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer
21 KISS Keep It Simple Stupid
22 LOPSOD Long On Promises, Short On Delivery
23 MOTD Message Of The Day
24 MTFBWY May The Force Be With You
25 MYOB Mind Your Own Business
26 NRN No Reply Necessary
27 NSFW Not Safe For Work
28 NWR Not Work Related
29 OTP On The Phone
30 P&C Private & Confidential
31 PDOMA Pulled Directly Out of My Ass
32 PEBCAK Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard
33 PITA Pain In The Ass
34 QQ Quick Question
35 RFD Request For Discussion
36 RFP Request For Proposal
37 SBUG Small Bald Unaudacious Goal
38 SME Subject Matter Expert
39 SNAFU Situation Normal All F***ed Up
40 SSDD Same Sh**, Different Day
41 STD Seal The Deal
42 SWAG Scientific Wild Ass Guess -or- SoftWare And Giveaways
43 TBA To Be Announced
44 TBD To Be Determined
45 TWIMC To Whom It May Concern
46 TIA Thanks In Advance
47 WIIFM What's In It For Me
48 WOMBAT Waste Of Money, Brains And Time
49 WTG Way To Go
50 YW You're Welcome

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