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Text messaging is clearly all the rage among notable Republicans in the US Congress. So as a public service  here is a list of text message abbreviations that night help their politicians understand the messages sent by their young proteges. (((H))) 2 all !!

Abbreviation Meaning 404 I don't know A3 Anytime, anywhere, anyplace AAP Always a pleasure AAR At any rate AAS Alive and smiling ADN Any day now AEAP As early as possible AFAIK As far as I know AFK Away from keyboard AISB As it should be AML All my love AOTA All of the above A/S/L Age/sex/location ASL Age/sex/location AT At your terminal ATM At the moment AYEC At your earliest convenience AYOR At your own risk B/F Boyfriend B4 Before B4N Bye for now BAK Back at keyboard BAU Business as usual BBIAM Be back in a minute BBL Be back later BBS Be back soon BC Because BCNU Be seein' you BF Best friend BFN Bye for now BG Big grin BGWM Be gentle with me BFG Big  f***ing grin BLNT Better luck next time BM&Y Between me and you BOL Best of luck BRB Be right back BRT Be right there BTA But then again BTDT Been there, done that BTW By the way CMIIW Correct me if I'm wrong CMON Come on COB Close of business COS Because CR8 Create CRB Come right back CRBT Crying really big tears CU See you CUA See you around CUL See you later CUL8R See you later CWYL Chat with you later CYA See ya CYO See you online DL Download DEGT Don't even go there DIKU Do I know you? DQMOT Don't quote me on this DTS Don't think so DV8 Deviate EBKAC Error between keyboard and chair EG Evil grin EMA E-mail address EMFBI Excuse me for butting in EOD End of day EOM End of message EZY Easy F2F Face to face F2T Free to talk FBM Fine by me FC Fingers crossed FICCL Frankly I couldn't care a less FISH First in, still here FOMCL Falling off my chair laughing FITB Fill in the blank FRT For real though FWIW For what it's worth FYEO For your eyes only FYI For your information G Grin G/F Girlfriend G2CU Good to see you G2G Got to go G2R Got to run G9 Genius GA Go ahead GAL Get a life GB Goodbye GBU God bless you GDR Grinning, ducking, and running GFI Go for it GG Gotta Go or Good Game GIAR Give it a rest GIGO Garbage in, garbage out GL Good luck GL/HF Good luck, have fun GLNG Good luck next game GMTA Great minds think alike GOI Get over it GOL Giggling out loud GR8 Great GR&D Grinning, running and ducking GT Good try GTG Got to go GTRM Going to read mail H&K Hugs & kisses H2CUS Hope to see you soon H8 Hate HAGN Have a good night HAGO Have a good one HAND Have a nice day HF Have fun HHIS Head hanging in shame HOAS Hold on a second HRU How are you? HTH Hope this helps HV Have IAC In any case IANAL I am not a lawyer IB I'm back IC I see ICBW It could be worse IDK I don't know IDTS I don't think so IDUNNO I don't know IG2R I got to run IIRC If I remember correctly ILBL8 I'll be late ILU I love you ILY I love you IM Instant message IMHO In my humble opinion IMNSHO In my not so humble opinion IMO In my opinion IMS I am sorry INAL I'm not a lawyer IOW In other words IRL In real life IRMC I rest my case IUSS If you say so IYKWIM If you know what I mean IYO In your opinion IYSS If you say so j00r Your JAC Just a sec JIC Just in case JJA Just joking around JK Just kidding JMO Just my opinion JP Just playing k/b keyboard KISS Keep it simple, stupid KIT Keep in touch KOTC Kiss on the cheek KOTL Kiss on the lips KNIM Know what I mean?

Abbreviation Meaning L8R Later LD Later, dude / Long distance LMAO Laughing my a** off LOL Laughing out loud LTM Laugh to myself LTNS Long time no see LYLAS Love you like a sis M8 Mate MFI Mad for it MoS Mother over shoulder MTF More to follow MTFBWU May the force be with you MUSM Miss you so much MYOB Mind your own business n00b Newbie N1 Nice one NBD No big deal NE Any NE1 Anyone NIMBY Not in my back yard NLT No later than NM Nothing much / Never mind NO1 No one NOYB None of your business NP No problem NRN No response/reply necessary NVM Never mind NW No way NW) No way out OIC Oh, I see OMG Oh my God OMW On my way OO Over and out OOH Out of here OOTD One of these days OP On phone OTB Off to bed OTL Out to lunch OTOH On the other hand OTT Over the top OTTOMH Off the top of my head OTW Off to work OVA Over PCM Please call me PDQ Pretty darn quick PLMK Please let me know PLS Please PM Private Message PMFI Pardon me for interrupting POAHF Put on a happy face POS Parent over shoulder PPL People PROLLY Probably PRT Party PRW People/parents are watching PTL Praise the Lord PTMM Please tell me more PXT Please explain that PU That stinks! Q Queue QIK Quick QT Cutie RL Real life RME Rolling my eyes ROFL Rolling on floor laughing ROTFL Rolling on the floor laughing ROTFLUTS Rolling on the floor laughing unable to speak RSN Real soon now RTFM Read the f***ing manual RUOK Are you okay? SAL Such a laugh SC Stay cool SETE Smiling Ear-to-Ear SICNR Sorry, I could not resist SIG2R Sorry, I got to run SIS Snickering in silence SIT Stay in touch SLAP Sounds like a plan SMHID Scratching my head in disbelief SNAFU Situation normal all fouled up SO Significant other SOL Sooner or later SOMY Sick of me yet? SOTMG Short of time, must go SPK Speak SPST Same place, same time SRY Sorry SS So sorry SSDD Same stuff, different day SSINF So stupid it's not funny STR8 Straight STW Search the Web SUITM See you in the morning SUL See you later SUP