Twitter Acronyms that aren’t Creative Curses

by Aditya on February 25, 2010

It is no doubt that Twitter makes you a good summary writer. However to save on 140 characters limit that Twitter imposes, people on Twitter use many sorts of acronyms. I don’t use much of mobile devices and I was never in habit of texting (prior to joining Twitter). So, for my first year on Twitter these acronyms seemed to be like creative ways to curse me. However, it was later that I realized that people on Twitter are not so rude to cuss me. Rather, they were using shorthand version of some commonly used words. In this post, we will see some most commonly used Twitter acronyms so that you may not mistake these as a creative curse.


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TT – it is shorthand for ‘Trending Topic’, a Twitter feature which shows most talked about things or people globally or locally (as according to your Twitter settings).

DM – it stands for ‘Direct Message’, a message sending option in Twitter which lets you send private message to a fellow tweep. This direct message doesn’t appear on your profile and it is seen only the only recipient. Followers of either tweep are not able to see a direct message.

SMH – stands for ‘Shaking My Head’, used when showing disappointment, shame or when something is not understood.

WWF – stands for ‘Words with Friends’. (PS – for a long time, I thought it to be an acronym for World Wrestling Federation and people calling my action to resemble those of the violent creatures bullying there.)

MM – stands for ‘Music Monday’, a Twitter fashion where people share their music likes or the songs they are listening.

FF – stands for ‘Follow Friday’, a Twitter custom to recommend worthy tweeps to your followers.

TBH – stands for ‘To be Honest’, often used to convince someone of your point.

LMK - stands for ‘Let Me Know’, used by tweeps, facebookers and gamers alike.

AFAIK – well yes, this too isn’t a creative curse. It simply means – ‘As far as I know’.

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