What the Heck Does That Mean?!

In Whyville chatrooms or in the BBS you may see people "lol"-ing and "brb"-ing left and right. But what does that even mean? Lots of lollipops? Bring rat babies? I'm here to decode all these abbreviations and whatchamacallits for you.

Whyville Related:

• TP- trading post
• SS- style studio
• WC- whycash
• BC- beauty contest
• FS- For sale
• CG- clamgram
• RP- Roleplay
• BBS- Bulletin Board System
• Comp- computer
• Lag- slow loading
• Boot- kick out
• Scion- Car
• MTM- Meet The Makers (meet the city workers)
• CW- city worker
• CH- City Hall (the place or the city worker)
• WW- wishing well/warp wagon
• CR- City records
• GGC- Girl Game Co.
• PYN- Pick Your Nose
• FF- Friend Find(er)
• HC- Help Center
• FFV- Face Factory Voucher
• SDV- Scion Decal Voucher
• null- (when relating to the forums) dead/no longer relevant
• Poof- to disappear from a chatroom
• Bump- to bump your thread to the top of the list on the BBS
• SR- sun roof
• Tables- food court tables
• Y/Why (anything)- whyville related

General:

• lol- laugh out loud
• lmbo- laughing my butt off
• rofl/rotfl- rolling on the floor laughing
• Wb- Welcome Back
• BRB- Be right back
• Ty- Thank you
• yw- You're welcome
• Hmu- Hit me up
• U- you
• R- are
• gr8- great
• BF- boyfriend
• GF- girlfriend
• BFF- Best Friend Forever
• BFFL- Best Friends For Life
• <3/x3- heart
• ily- I love you
• omg- oh my gosh/god/goodness
• FTW- for the win
• AKA- Also known as
• AWK- away from keyboard
• AWC- away from computer
• BTS- Back to school
• bc- because
• Hbu/Wbu?- How/what about you?
• HB- Happy Birthday
• BTW- By the Way
• JSYK- Just so you know
• imo/imho- in my (humble) opinion
• ASL- Age/Sex/Location
• DIY- Do-it-yourself
• Tl;dr- Too long; didn't read
• (on the) dl- on the down-low
• IDTS- I don't think so
• IDK- I don't know
• DW- Don't worry
• IRL- In real life
• FAQ- Frequently Asked Questions
• gtg/g2g- got to go
• TTYS/TTYL- talk to you soon/later
• GL- good luck
• X- kiss
• O- hug
• hw- homework
• Imy/imu- I miss you
• Jw- just wondering
• Jk- just kidding
• Kk- okay, cool
• LMK- let me know
• Nvm- nevermind
• S/O- significant other
• Srsly- seriously
• TBH- To be honest
• TTFN- Ta ta for now
• IDC- I don't care
• WTG- way to go

Did I miss something? Let me know in the comments, tell me your whyville username and I'll mention you!