Today I learned that the FBI has an 83-page guide to internet speak

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I learned today that there is an 83-page FBI guide to internet slang filled with abbreviations entered either by a complete troll or someone completely ignorant. Thousands of other abbreviations are included in the guide, but I'm not sure if they are real. It's not true that no one actually usesBTDTGTTSAWIO.

The FBI's guide was made available through a FOI request. If you decide to check it out, you should know that it's in poor quality, but it's readable for most of the time. The first time I heard of it was when it was first released, and it hasn't been updated in a while. It is still funny almost 10 years later.

The guide explains that the use of shorthand and abbreviations has exploded with the advent of social media.

The guide says you should find it useful in your work or for keeping up with your children and/or grandchildren, and encourages agents to add more words to the list.

Some of the strangest ones I found.

• 420: Drugs
• BTWITIAILWU: By the way, I think I am in love with you
• DITYID: Did I tell you I’m depressed?
• DBI: Douche bag index
• MAP: Man-alien-predator
• MSR: Mulder Scully Romance
• NAK: Nursing at keyboard
• PIMPL: Pee in my pants laughing
• PMT: Pre-menstrual tension
• SF: Surfer-friendly (low graphics website)
• TBM: Tactical boyfriend mention

Some of the words included are straight up abbreviations that people use in their careers, like Do not resuscitate, and high speed packet data access. Some of them are complete misinterpretations, such as "lame uncomfortable laugh" and "laugh out loud".

I have found some abbreviations that I might want to start using, like IAMA and LIMB.