113 Twitter Abbreviations, Commands, Apps and Kansas City Hashtags - Learn how to use Twitter more effectively!

Getting started on Twitter or looking to improve your Twitter skills? This cheat sheet will help. If you have been reading your daily tweets from the members of the Twitter community you are following, you’ve noticed that people are using various message commands such as @username, hash tags such as #SMCKC and abbreviations or shorthand because Twitter is limited to 140 characters. This cheat sheet will help you become a little more effective on Twitter and make it easier to be more effective within the character space limit.

Hopefully this cheat sheet will help you get the maximum benefit for you and your local business when using Twitter.

Twitter Message Commands
1) @username = This symbol @ is a reply to a tweeter. It will look like: @(username) or @DowellTaggart. DowellTaggart is a Twitter username.
2) D @username = is a Direct Message to a Tweeter ex. @DowellTaggart
3) DM @username = is a Direct Message to a Tweeter ex. @DowellTaggart
4) #followfriday or #ff = A list of recommended users to follow on Fridays.
5) # = is a Hashtag used for easily searching on Twitter. ex. #SMCKC
6) via is not an abbreviation or acronym. It simply means that a tweet is from @(username)

Hashtags you may want to follow in Kansas City:
#smbhoulihans - Monthly Social Media Breakfast at the Olathe Houlihans.
#smckc - Social Media Club of Kansas City
#smcjoco - Social Media Club of Johnson County
#kcn - Kansas City Networking Group
#ks - Kansas
#kansas - Kansas
#kc - Kansas City
#imsmop - Internet Marketing and Social Media Meetup in Overland Park, KS.
#kccal - Things To Do in Kansas City
#kcre - Kansas City Real Estate
#Olathe - Olathe, Kansas
#OP - Overland Park, Kansas
#(Your City) - Things in your city

Popular apps to monitor your Twitter account:
1) Twitter
2) Hootsuite
3) Tweetdeck
4) Seesmic


Twitter Abbreviations and Acronyms (they also work well for SMS):

1 is an abbreviation for one

2 is an abbreviation for to, too or two

4 is an abbreviation for for or four

4U2C  is an abbreviation for For You To See

Abt or AB is an abbreviation for About

AFAIK is an abbreviation for As Far As I Know

B4 is an abbreviation for Before

b/c is an abbreviation for Because

BFN is an abbreviation for Bye For Now

BGD is an abbreviation for Background

BR is an abbreviation for Best Regards

BRB  is an abbreviation for Be Right Back

BTW is an abbreviation for By The Way

CLK is an abbreviation for Click
Deets is an abbreviation for Details

EM or EML is an abbreviation for Email

FAB is an abbreviation for Fabulous

FAVE or FAV is an abbreviation for Favorite

FB is an abbreviation for Facebook

Followers is an abbreviation for Twitter Members That Follow Updates

FTF is an abbreviation for Face To Face or Fair Trade Commission

FTL is an abbreviation for For The Loss

FTW is an abbreviation for For The Win

FWD is an abbreviation for Forward

FWIW is an abbreviation for For What It’s Worth

FYI is an abbreviation for For Your Information

GR8 is an abbreviation for Great

GTG  is an abbreviation for Got To Go

HT is an abbreviation for Hat Tip

HTH is an abbreviation for Hope That Helps

IC is an abbreviation for I See

IM is an abbreviation for Instant Message

IOW is an abbreviation for In Other Words

ITZ is an abbreviation for It Is

ICWYM is an abbreviation for I See What You Mean

IMHO is an abbreviation for In My Humble Opinion

IMO is an abbreviation for In My Opinion

IRL is an abbreviation for In Real Life

JSYK is an abbreviation for Just So You Know

JV is an abbreviation for Joint Venture

JK or J/K is an abbreviation for Just Kidding

K is an abbreviation for Okay

L8ER is an abbreviation for Later

L8 is an abbreviation for Late

LI is an abbreviation for LinkedIn

LMAO is an abbreviation for Laughing My Ass Off

LMK is an abbreviation for Let Me Know

LOL is an abbreviation for Laughing Out Loud. Older people will think it means Lots of Love

Mil is an abbreviation for Million

Njoy is an abbreviation for Enjoy

NSFW is an abbreviation for Not Safe For Work

OH is an abbreviation for Overheard

OMG is an abbreviation for Oh My God

OMW is an abbreviation for On My Way or Oh, My Word

ORLY  is an abbreviation for Oh Really!

Peeps is an abbreviation for People

ROFL is an abbreviation for Rolling On The Floor Laughing

PRT is an abbreviation for Partial ReTweet (at the start of a tweet) old school abbreviation Please ReTweet

RR is an abbreviation for Re-Run

RT is an abbreviation for ReTweet

RTF is an abbreviation for Read The FAQ or Rich Text File

RTM is an abbreviation for Read The Manual

RTQ is an abbreviation for Read The Question or Retweet Question

RTHX is an abbreviation for Thanks For The Retweet

RU? is an abbreviation for Are You?

Shld is an abbreviation for Should

SMH  is an abbreviation for  Shaking My Head

Thx or Tx is an abbreviation for Thanks

TIA is an abbreviation for Thanks In Advance

TMB is an abbreviation for Tweet Me Back

TMI is an abbreviation for Too Much Information

Tmrw  is an abbreviation for Tomorrow

TTYL is an abbreviation for Talk To You Later

TTYS is an abbreviation for Talk To You Soon

Twadd is an abbreviation for To Add Someone As A Friend

Twaiting is an abbreviation for Twittering While Waiting

TY  is an abbreviation for  Thank You

TYT is an abbreviation for Take Your Time

TYVM is an abbreviation for Thank You Very Much

UR is an abbreviation for Your

U is an abbreviation for You

V2V is an abbreviation for Voice to Voice (Chatting on the Phone)

W or W/ is an abbreviation for With

Wazzup? is an abbreviation for What’s Up

Wld is an abbreviation for Would

YGTR  is an abbreviation for You Got That Right

YMMV is an abbreviation for Your Mileage May Vary

YT  is an abbreviation for YouTube

YVW is an abbreviation for Your Very Welcome

YW is an abbreviation for You’re Welcome

Hope this helps. We will post applications that you may want to use to create a more enjoyable experience. If you have any suggestions, feel free to add. Mashable has put together an aweome Twitter guide book. You can get to by going to the Mashable Twitter Guide Book

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Blog post written by the Dowell Taggart Team of RE/MAX Best Associates