The magic number in the Twitterverse is 140: you have 140 characters to get your message across. We’ve put together a list of handy abbreviations you can use when you’re composing your Tweets. If you’ve spent any time in the last 15 years using email, chat, instant messaging, or SMS messaging, some of these will be familiar. We hope having them all in one place is helpful.

Commonly Used Twitter Abbreviations (Graphic)

Many of these abbreviations are commonly used with instant messaging or texting so they may be familiar.

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