| Rank has it's privileges | RHIP | 
| Rate | R8 | 
| Read between the lines | RBTL | 
| Read line or message above | ^^ | 
| Read my lips | RML | 
| Read my mind | RMM | 
| Read the FAQ | RTFAQ | 
| Read the manual | RTM | 
| Read the screen | RTS | 
| Read up please | ^RUP^ | 
| Read your screen | RYS | 
| Reading my mind again | RMMA | 
| Real life conference | RLCO | 
| Real strong | TANK | 
| Real time | RT | 
| Reason to be single | RTBS | 
| Recommend if you like | RIYL | 
| Rectal cranial inversion | RCI | 
| Red rose | @ >-->-- | 
| Regards | RE | 
| Remake | RM | 
| Remote control | RC | 
| Remotely activated Trojan | RAT | 
| Reply | RE | 
| Reply not necessary | RNN | 
| Request for discussion | RFD | 
| Research and development | R&D | 
| Rest and relaxation | R&R | 
| Rest in peace | RIP | 
| Retention email | RTNTN | 
| Return receipt requested | RRQ | 
| Return receipt requested | RRR | 
| Return to keyboard | RTK | 
| Return to sender | RTS | 
| Returning to base | RTB | 
| Right back at you | RB@YA | 
| Right back at you | RBAY | 
| Right now | RN | 
| Right on the money | ROTM | 
| Right on time | ROT | 
| Right thing to say | RTTS | 
| Roger | RGR | 
| Role playing games | RPG | 
| Rolling my eyes | RME | 
| Rolling on the floor laughing | ROFL | 
| Rolling on the floor laughing | ROTFL | 
| Rolling on the floor laughing out loud | ROTFLOL | 
| Rolling on the ground laughing | ROTGL | 
| Roundhouse kick | RHK | 
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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