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The chat rooms available to you when you are playing online bingo are great way to connect with other players, make some new friends and enhance your online bingo gaming experience. Many new players would like to take part in the chat function of an online bingo site but are a little intimidated by the abbreviated speech that the chatters use.

It can certainly be a little scary to talk to people who are sending you notes that you don’t understand! You imagine all sorts! Following is a listing of some of the abbreviations chatters use to communicate with online bingo players. This will be a guide for you to get familiar with what is being said. You can also jump into the chatting function with a lot more confidence if you have a few abbreviations under your belt before you do.

For your chatting convenience, use these short versions of popular words and phrases. You will sound like a pro in no time and save a whole lot of keystrokes besides!

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AFAIK

As far as I know

BBL

Be back later

AFK2P

Away from the keyboard to pee!

FWIW

For what it’s worth

BBIAM

Be back in a minute

BLNT

Better luck next time

BDT

Bout darn time

CYA

See ya

GLA

Good luck all

GF

Girlfriend

GMTA- Great minds think alike

GG

Good game

HHIS

Hanging head in shame

IYKWIM

If you know what I mean

KIT

Keep in touch

IRL

In real life

NETUA

Nobody ever tells us anything

NP

No problem

KOTL

Kiss on the lips

JK

Just kidding

KOTC

Kiss on the cheek

JMO

Just my opinion

L8R

Later

OMG

Oh my goodness

PITA

Pain in the ass

LY

Love ya

PM

Private message

POOF

I have left the chat

SOHF

Sense of humour failure

TOY

Thinking of you

QT

Cutie

ROFL

Rolling of floor laughing

SRY

Sorry

SYS

See you soon

TTFN

Ta ta for now

TYVM

Thank you very much

VEG

Very evil grin

YVW

You’re very welcome

WB

welcome back

TC - Take care

New and Improved Bingo Abbreviations

When participating in the online bingo chat rooms, you may still run into an abbreviation that isn’t on this list. Some groups of chatters have their own dialect and you may have to ask a chatter to explain a meaning now and again. Don’t be afraid of asking – most chatters are very agreeable to explaining what they mean.

Don’t let the fear of Bingo chat lingo be an obstacle to your online social life Read over this list a couple of times to gain familiarity and then watch some of the chatting that goes on so that you start to recognize the phrases Then jump in! Usually when a new chatter joins in, the existing chatters will say hello and engage them If not, don’t be afraid to introduce yourself and engage them In any case just remember to have fun with it.