Bildiğiniz gibi Twitter’da 140 karakter limiti bulunuyor. Bu nedenle bir çok Twitter kullanıcısı twitlerinde daha çok şey yazabilmek için sıklıkla kısaltma kullanmayı yeğliyor. Eğer İngilizce Twitleri takip ediyorsanız aşağıdaki liste işinize yarayacaktır. Twitter üyelerinin kullandıkları kısaltmalar MSN Türkçe’sine taş çıkartacak türden.

• 1 = one, won
• 2 = to, too, two
• 4 = for, four
• 4ward = forward
• 4U = for you
• ab or abt = about
• B = be
• b4 = before
• b/c = because
• BFN = bye for now
• bgd = background
• BR = best regards
• BTW = by the way
• chk = check
• cld = could
• clk = click
• da = the
• DM = direct message
• EM/eml = email
• EMA = email address
• fab = fabulous
• fav/fave = favorite
• F2F = face to face
• FYI = for your information
• fwd = forward
• GR8 = great
• IC = I see
• IM = instant message
• itz = it is
• IRL = in real life
• JK or j/k = just kidding
• JSYK = just so you know
• IMHO = in my humble opinion
• K = okay
• kewl = cool
• L8 = late
• L8er = later
• lmk = let me know
• LOL = laughing out loud
• LMAO = laughing my ass off
• mil = million
• Njoy = enjoy
• OH = overheard
• OMG = oh my god/gosh
• peeps = people
• twitter pple = people
• props = proper respect
• plz = please
• R = are
• ROFL = rolling on the floor laughing
• RT / Retweet = when you repeat a tweet from someone else
• RU? = are you?
• shld = should
• thx/tx = thanks
• TIA = thanks in advance
• tweeps / tweeple = peeps / people
• TY = thanks
• ttyl = talk to you later
• ttys = talk to you soon
• TYT = take your time
• TYVM = thank you very much
• Tweetup = an in-person meet up of Twitter members
• U = you
• u’ve = you have
• ur = your
• V2V = voice to voice
• w or w/ = with
• w/e = weekend
• wazzup?/whaddup? = what’s up?
• wld = would
• wth = what the heck
• wtf = what the f***
• woz = was
• w00t! = an expression of joy/excitement!
• imageyep/yeppers = yes
• yr = your
• YW = you’re welcome
• YVW = you’re very welcome