Author name: Amelia

Two-letter abbreviations are the hardest kind of slang to decode, and “FJ” is a perfect example. If someone has sent

“What time will you get here?” you text your friend. The reply comes back: “seven-“ish”.” Seven-ish. Not seven. Not seven

If you have come across “kms” in a comment, a game chat, or a message from a friend, it is

Some messages get a “lol.” Others get a “haha.” And then there is the reply that arrives in all caps

You open your Instagram messages, glance at a friend’s profile picture, and notice a small bright dot in the corner

Most slang abbreviations are easy to find in everyday chats, but every so often you meet one that only lives

It is one of the shortest messages a person can send, and one of the warmest: “bby”. Three letters, no

Scroll through fashion TikTok and you will keep tripping over two words: “von dutch”. A pop star titles a song

You are scrolling through comments under a post when you spot something strange: a commenter whose name reads “(null)”. No

The message is only three letters long, but it lands like a raised hand in a courtroom: “stg”. Your friend