abbreviate

To make briefer, shorten.

Abbreviation for abbreviate is Abbr.

Abbreviate is such a long word for what it means.

abbreviate by LarstaiT November 10, 2003

Abbreviate

To shorten a sentence, for instance LOL is short for Laugh Out Loud.
Same as FYI is short for For Your Information and etc etc etc

Stuff like that are ALL abbreviations.

LOL, LMAO, ILY and more are all abbreviations.

DNA = Do Not Abbreviate

Even though I do it...LOTS

Abbreviate by Your Bloody Valentine October 16, 2007

abbreviate

A shortened word which can mean another word.

Tim: Network is often abbreviated to "net".
John: Really?
Tim: Yeah.

abbreviate by Theguy86 April 14, 2021

Abbreviations 

Idk - I don’t know
Idc - I don’t care
Idm - I don’t mind

Idr - I don’t remember
Idrm - I don’t really mind
Rly / rlly - really
Sme / sm - same
lol -laughing out loud

Lmao - laughing my ass off

Wtf - what the fuck
WTH - what the heck
Lmfao - laughing my fucking ass off
Kys - kill your-self
Kms - kill my-self
Pls / plz - please
ye / yea - yes / yeah
So - significant other / shoutout
Bf & gf - boyfriend & girlfriend

Smh - shaking my head
Cos / cuz / cus / cause - because
Omg - oh my god
Oml - oh my lord
Pic - picture
Wyd / wud - what you doing
Wywd / wuwd - what you wanna do
U - you

Tb - text back
Nr / nrs - no reply(s)
Bro - brother
Nm - nothing much
Nvm - never mind
Dm - direct message / doesn’t matter
Tbh - to be honest
M8 - mate
Prob / probs - probably
Ly - love you

Lysm - love you so much
Lysfm - love you so fucking much
Lyl - love you loads
Ly2 - love you too
Gn - good-night
Gm - good-morning
Jk - just kidding
Jw - just wondering
Ppl - people

Oml I’m lmao cos my gf just posted the cutest pic of my dog but I’m smh cos the dog is shitting like wtf lol

John - Yo Dave wyd bro
Dave - nm u?
John - sme, I’m so bored

Dave - wuwd then?
John - idk and idm tbh
Dave - sme here
Dave - hello??
Dave - John!?
Dave - tb when u get this then
See - abbreviations

Abbreviations by JaszLeo April 24, 2018

Abbreviations 

Idk = I dont know.
Idc = I dont care.
Idr = I dont remember.
Idgaf = I dont give a fuck.
Lol = laughing out loud.
Lmao = laughing my ass off.
Lmfao = laughing my fucking ass off.
Rofl = rolling on floor, laughing
Roflmao = rolling on floor, laughing my ass off.
smh = shaking my head my off
wtf = what the fuck
Wth = what the heck
Gg = good game
Gj = good job
Gl = good luck
Hf = have fun
Cya = see ya
C = see
B = be/bee
D = Dick

I = I/eye
O = oh
P = pea
R = are
T =tea
U = you
Y = why
2 = to
4 = for
6 = Sex
8 = Ate
M8 = mate

These abbreviations are helpful!

Abbreviations by BertBerry June 26, 2016

Abbrevinator 

A Urban Dictionary editor who refuses to publish most if not all abbreviations, feeling they are stupid and overtaking the dctionary. This person thinks enough abbreviations like WTF,LOL and FTW are in the dictionary and if you see the other ones you can figure there stupid meaning out for yourself.

Mike :I keep tryin to get MMVWH published in the urban dictionary,but it keeps gettin shut down.

Tony : Looks an abbrevinator is shuttin you down.

Abbrevinator by TV CAR March 27, 2010

Abbreviation

A shortened form of a word or phrase.

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Types of abbreviations:

There are four main kinds of abbreviations: shortenings, contractions, initialisms, and acronyms. 1 Shortenings of words usually consist of the first few letters of the full form and are usually spelled with a final period when they are still regarded as abbreviations, for example, cont. = continued, in = inch. In the cases when they form words in their own right, the period is omitted, for example, hippo = hippopotamus, limo = limousine. Such shortenings are often but not always informal. Some become the standard forms, and the full forms are then regarded as formal or technical, for example, bus = omnibus, taxi = taxicab, deli = delicatessen, zoo = zoological garden. Sometimes shortenings are altered to facilitate their pronunciation or spelling: bike = bicycle2 Contractions are abbreviated forms in which letters from the middle of the full form have been omitted, for example, Dr. = doctor, St. = saint or street. Such forms are invariably followed by a period. Another kind of contraction is the type with an apostrophe marking the omission of letters: can't = cannot, didn't = did not, you've = you have. 3 Initialisms are made up of the initial letters of words and are pronounced as separate letters: CIA (or C.I.A.), NYC, pm (or p.m.), U.S. (or US). Practice varies with regard to periods, with current usage increasingly in favor of omitting them, especially when the initialism consists entirely of capital letters. 4 Acronyms are initialisms that have become words in their own right, or similar words formed from parts of several words. They are pronounced as words rather than as a series of letters, for example, AIDS, laser, scuba, UNESCO, and do not have periods. In many cases the acronym becomes the standard term and the full form is only used in explanatory contexts.

An example of an abbreviation is abbr, which is short for "abbreviation".

Abbreviation by Jafje September 9, 2007