Twitter Speak: A guide to the top 20 twitter acronyms and initialisms
I found Twitter a foreign language when I started and it took me a while to pick up on the acronyms and initialisms at play. I was also really worried about saying something stupid or misreading the etiquette. Because you only have 140 characters on Twitter, less if you attach a link, the language that has evolved on Twitter employs acronyms really well. Practice using them and they will become second nature in no time.
RT – Retweet
RTHX – Thanks for the retweet
MT – Modified retweet
BTW – By the way
ICYMO – In case you missed out
AFAIK – As far as I know
b/c – Because
CX – Correction
IMO – In my opinion
FB – Facebook
LI – LinkedIn
DM – Direct message
FWIW – For what its worth
BR – Best regards
FTF – Face to face
TL;DR – Too long; didn’t read
SMH – Shake my head
^ is used on a shared account and the initials are the person tweeting
FF – Follow Friday: a recommendation to follow someone from within your network, posted on a Friday
@via – Lets people know where the information came from (credit where credit is due)
HT – Hat tip. Sharing something you heard from someone else and paying them credit for the comment
Michelle GallaherÂ
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