Tips on microblogging
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Useful abbreviations
As microblog posts are limited to approximately 140 characters, a new vocabulary with its own shorthand and abbreviations has emerged to conserve characters. You may be familiar with some of these abbreviations from text messaging.
| Abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| @ | Used in conjunction with @username to post a public reply to a user's micropost |
| # | Prefix used for a hashtag, eg. #OERu (OER university) |
| AFAIK | As far as I know |
| b/c | because |
| BTW | By the way |
| BRB | Be right back |
| CX | Correction |
| DM | Direct message (usually a request to use the direct message feature which only you and the recipient can see) |
| EM | |
| FB | Face book |
| FTF | Face to face |
| G2G | Got to go |
| Gr8 | Great |
| ICYMI | In case you missed it |
| IMHO | In my humble/honest opinion |
| LMK | Let me know |
| LOL | Laughing out loud |
| MT | Modified tweet used in conjunction with @username of the original tweet |
| PRT | Partial re-tweet used in conjunction with @username of the original tweet or Please re-tweet |
| RT | Re-tweet |
| RTHX | Thanks for re-tweet used in conjunction with @username who re-tweeted |
| SMH | Shaking my head |
| TY | Thank you |
| TWB | Tweet me back in relation to question or request |
| YT | YouTube |
