| W@ | What |
| WS^ | What's up? |
| W/ | With |
| W/O | Without |
| W3 | WWW |
| W4M | Woman for man |
| W8 | Wait |
| W9 | Wife in room |
| WAD | Without a doubt |
| WAEF | When all else fails |
| WAG | Wild --- guess |
| WAH | Work at home |
| WAI | What an idiot |
| WAJ | What a jerk |
| WAM | Wait a minute |
| WAMM | With all my might |
| WAWA | Where are we at? |
| WAYD | What are you doing? |
| WAYF | Where are you from? |
| WAYN | Where are you now? |
| WB | Write back; Welcome back |
| WBS | Write back soon |
| WBU | What about you |
| WC | Who cares; Welcome |
| WCA | Who cares anyway? |
| WD | Well done |
| WDAMYB | Who died and made you boss? |
| WDYK | What do you know |
| WDR | With due respect |
| WDT | Who does that? |
| WDYM | What do you mean? |
| WDYS | What did you say? |
| WDYT | What do you think? |
| WE | Whatever |
| WEND | Weekend |
| WF | Way fun |
| WFM | Works for me |
| WG | Wicked grin |
| WGUMCD | What goes up must come down |
| WH5 | Who, what, when, where, why |
| WIBNI | Wouldn't it be nice if |
| WID | When in doubt |
| WIIFU | What's in it for you? |
| WIP | Work in progress |
| WITP | What is the point? |
| WITW | What in the world |
| WIU | Wrap it up |
| WKD | Weekend |
| WL | With love |
| W/O | Without |
| WOA | Work of art |
| WOM | Word of mouth |
| WOM | Waste of money |
| WOOT | We own the other team |
| WORD | Cool |
| WOTAM | Waste of time and money |
| WP | Well played |
| WRK | Work |
| WRT | With regard to |
| WRU | Where are you? |
| WRU@ | Where are you at? |
| WRUD | What are you doing? |
| WT | Without thinking |
| WTB | Want to buy |
| WTG | Way to go |
| WTH | What the heck |
| WTM | Who's the man |
| WTMI | Way too much information |
| WU | What's up? |
| WUCIWUG | What you see is what you get |
| WUF | Where are you from? |
| WUP | What's up? |
| WUWH | Wish you were here |
| WUZUP | What's up? |
| WWU | Where were you? |
| WWUC | Write when you can |
| WYCM | Will you call me? |
| WYGAM | When you get a minute |
| WYLEI | When you least expect it |
| WYM | What do you mean? |
| WYP | What's your problem? |
| WYS | Whatever you say |
| WYT | Whatever you think |
Background |
| Author: R. Strucel. This reference was created for Globalrph to help translate occasional texting codes that appear sporadically in correspondence from friends, colleagues, and other professionals. At least once a month I receive messages from younger professionals that are difficult to decipher based on the presence of several texting shorthand abbreviations. I had the author create two separate versions. The primary version simply lists the acronym followed by the definition. The alternative version lists the phrase / translation first and the texting code that represents the phrase. |
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VERSION 1: Texting acronym followed by the translation
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