SFS stands for “Shoutout For Shoutout.” It is used on social media — particularly Instagram and Snapchat — as a mutual promotion arrangement between two accounts or creators where each person agrees to publicly mention or feature the other to their respective audiences. When someone sends SFS they are proposing a trade of visibility —…
GM stands for “Good Morning.” It is used in texting and social media to greet someone at the start of the day — a warm, small acknowledgment that the new day has arrived and that the person receiving the message was among the first thoughts of the person sending it. When someone sends GM they…
OTP stands for “One True Pairing.” It is used in texting and social media to describe two people — fictional characters, celebrities, or even real people in someone’s life — who the speaker believes are so perfectly suited to each other that they represent the ideal romantic match. When someone declares an OTP they are…
OFC stands for “Of Course.” It is used in texting and social media to express obvious agreement, confident confirmation, or emphatic assurance — a way of saying yes to something in a manner that communicates not just agreement but the feeling that the answer was never really in question. When someone sends OFC they are…
NSFW stands for “Not Safe For Work.” It is used in texting and social media as a warning label placed before or alongside content — a link, a video, an image, a story, or anything that contains material that would be inappropriate, embarrassing, or professionally damaging to view in a workplace, public space, classroom, or…
LMAO stands for “Laughing My Ass Off.” It is used in texting and social media to express that something is genuinely, intensely funny — funny enough that a plain “haha” or even “lol” would be a significant understatement of how hard the reaction actually is. When someone sends LMAO they are communicating that whatever just…
TBH stands for “To Be Honest.” It is used in texting and social media to signal that what follows is a more candid, direct, or unfiltered take than the speaker might normally offer — a deliberate stepping up of honesty before a statement that could be uncomfortable, surprising, or unusually genuine. When someone sends TBH…
IDK stands for “I Don’t Know.” It is used in texting and social media to express genuine uncertainty, to admit a lack of information, to signal ambivalence about a decision, or simply to communicate that the person sending it does not have a clear answer to whatever was just asked. When someone sends IDK they…
WYA stands for “Where You At.” It is used in texting and social media to ask someone for their current physical location either to find them, meet up with them, coordinate plans in real time, or simply check in on where they are in their day. When someone sends WYA they are not asking a…
WYD stands for “What You Doing.” It is used in texting and social media to check in on what someone is currently up to a casual, low-pressure way of opening a conversation, expressing interest in someone’s day, or gauging availability without the formality of a direct question or a planned invitation. When someone sends WYD…