Le service de messagerie SMS, plus connu sous le sigle de SMS (pour « Short Message Service ») ou les noms de « texto » ou de « mini message », permet de transmettre de courts messages textuels. Voici une liste des sigles SMS les plus connus en anglais, impossible désormais de ne plus comprendre un message de votre correspondant anglais. testez vos connaissances avec cet exercice.
| Characters | Meanings |
|---|---|
| & | and |
| 0 | nothing |
| 2 | two, to, too |
| 2DAY | today |
| A | a / an |
| B | be |
| B4 | B4 |
| BC | because |
| BF | boyfriend |
| BK | back |
| BRO | brother |
| BT | but |
| C | see |
| D8 | date |
| DNR | dinner |
| EZ | easy |
| F8 | fate |
| GF | girlfriend |
| GR8 | great |
| HOLS | holidays |
| HV | have |
| I | I, it |
| Its | it is |
| KDS | kids |
| L8 | late |
| L8R | later |
| M8 | mate |
| NE1 | anyone |
| PLS | please |
| PS | parents |
| QT | cutie |
| R | are |
| SIS | sister |
| SKOOL | school |
| SMMR | summer |
| U | you |
| WR | were |
| A3 | anyplace, anytime, anywhere |
| ASAP | as soon as possible |
| B4N | Bye for now |
| BAU | business as usual |
| BRB | I'll be right back |
| BTW | by the way |
| CUL | see you later |
| CWOT | complete waste of time |
| FTF | face to face |
| FYI | for your information |
| GMTA | great minds think alike |
| HAND | have a nice day |
| HRU | how are you |
| ICBW | it could be worse |
| IDTS | I don't think so |
| IMHO | in my humble opinion |
| IYKWIM | if you know what I mean |
| JK | just kidding |
| KOTC | kiss on the cheek |
| LOL | laughing out loud |
| LSKOL | long slow kiss on the lips |
| LTNS | long time no see |
| Luv U | I love you |
| Luv U2 | I love you too |
| MON | the middle of nowhere |
| MTE | my thoughts exactly |
| MU | I miss you |
| MUSM | I miss you so much |
| NP | no problem |
| OIC | oh, I see |
| PC&QT | peace and quiet |
| PCM | please call me |
| ROTFL | rolling on the floor laughing |
| RUOK | are you ok? |
| THNQ | thank you |
| U4E | you forever |
| UROK | you are okay |
| WUCIWUG | what you see is what you get |
| WYSIWYG | what you see is what you get |
| XLNT | excellent |
| :-) | smiling |
| :-* | kiss |
| :-)) | very happy |
| :-0 | shocked |
| :") | blushing |
| :-| :-| | deja vu |
| (_x_) | kiss my arse/butt |
| <:3 )~ | mouse |
| :@) | pig |
| :’-) | tears of laughter |
| :-P | stick tongue out |
| :-(*) | you make me sick |
| x-( | you are mad |
| :-" | whistling |
| ;-) | wink |
| :-@ | screaming |
| O:-) | saintly |