| O4U | Only for you |
| O | Opponent |
| OA | Online auctions |
| OAO | Over and out |
| OATUS | On a totally unrelated subject |
| OAUS | On an unrelated subject |
| OB | Oh brother |
| OBE | Overcome by events |
| OBO | Or best offer |
| OBTW | Oh by the way |
| OCD | Obsessive compulsive disorder |
| ODTAA | One damn thing after another |
| OI | Operator indisposed |
| OIC | Oh, I see |
| OJ | Only joking |
| OK | Okay |
| OLO | Only laughed once |
| OM | Oh my |
| OMDB | Over my dead body |
| OMG | Oh my God |
| OMGYG2BK | Oh my God you got to be kidding |
| OMO | On my own |
| OMW | On my way |
| ONL | Online |
| ONNA | Oh no not again |
| ONSD | Oh no she didn't |
| ONUD | Oh no you didn't |
| OO | Over and out |
| OOAK | One of a kind |
| OOB | Out of box |
| OOC | Out of control |
| OOF | Out of facility |
| OOI | Out of interest |
| OOO | Out of office |
| OOS | Out of stock |
| OOTB | Out of the blue |
| OOTB | Out of the box |
| OOTD | One of these days |
| OOTO | Out of the office |
| OP | On phone |
| OP | On purpose |
| OST | On second thought |
| OT | Off topic |
| OTB | Off to bed |
| OTC | Over the counter |
| OTF | Off the floor |
| OTH | Off the hook |
| OTL | Out to lunch |
| OTOH | On the other hand |
| OTOTW | On top of the world |
| OTP | On the phone |
| OTT | Over the top |
| OTW | Off the wall |
| OTW | Off to work |
| OYO | On your own |
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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