I was having lunch with a friend the other day and he had received a text from a co-worker. He looked puzzled and asked me “what does HMU mean”? I answered, “hit me up”. I knew that because my son Andre, uses it quite often in his texts to me.
This got me thinking to post something here about the top most requested abbreviations. You’ll notice the absence of “LOL” because everybody knows what that means, I hope you do too.
A’s
|
Rank |
Text Abbreviation |
Monthly Search Volume in USA |
|
1 |
SMH (Shaking my head) |
231,450 |
|
2 |
POV (Point of view) |
155,800 |
|
3 |
NSFW (Not safe for work) |
126,800 |
|
4 |
FOMO (Fear of missing out) |
121,600 |
|
5 |
TLDR (Too long; didn’t read) |
118,600 |
|
6 |
IYKYK (If you know, you know) |
98,500 |
|
7 |
OFC (Of course) |
96,300 |
|
8 |
IMO (In my opinion) |
75,100 |
|
9 |
IIRC (If I recall correctly) |
65,900 |
|
10 |
HMU (Hit me up) |
64,300 |
|
11 |
LMAO (Laughing my ass off) |
63,700 |
|
12 |
AFK (Away from keyboard) |
59,250 |
|
13 |
NGL (Not gonna lie) |
59,100 |
|
14 |
OOTD (Outfit of the day) |
55,800 |
|
15 |
IG (I guess) |
53,500 |
|
16 |
TBH (To be honest) |
51,350 |
|
17 |
TTYL (Talk to you later) |
51,150 |
|
18 (tie) |
DM (Direct message) |
46,800 |
|
19 (tie) |
YOLO (You only live once) |
46,800 |
|
20 |
FWIW (For what it’s worth) |
44,400 |
