The following are characters, figures, words and phrases that are most commonly contracted in text messaging.
a - preferred over per
attn - attention
b - be, bee (Wana b my txtm8?)
b4 - before
bc - busy
bin - not a good substitute for been (Bin means container.)
btw - by the way
btwn - between
bye - good bye
coz - because
cul8r - See you later.
d8 - date
dat - that
dem - them
dey - they
dis - this, these
dnt - do not
dsnt - does not
every - evry
f - if
fil - feel
frens - friends
frm - from
fyi - for your information
g - gee
more...
l8 - late
more....
laf - laugh
k - okay
luv - love
n - and, in
need - nid
nite - night, knight
nt - not
nxt - next
ol - all
pis - fish, peace (Office becomes opis.)
pls - please
r - are (Hu r u?)
rsvp - respond upon receiving
smyl - smile
t - tee, tea
til - until
tnx - thanks
text - txt