Top 150+ Twitter Abbreviations(Acronyms) you Need to Know

Twitter is probably the only social media with a word limit of only 280 characters. In these 280 characters, users have to say what they want to say and at the same time, make sense to other users as well.  For this purpose, Twitter abbreviations(acronyms) exist.

Useful Twitter Abbreviations(acronyms) for Business

Twitter abbreviations(acronyms) are odd mash-up of old-school chat room phrases, text slang, corporate buzz words, and common sense short forms.

There is nothing more embarrassing than finding out that the word you thought was a compliment in some other language was actually a drug reference or a product slang.

To save you from such embarrassments in the future, I have curated some of the most famous Twitter slang for you, and while it is not a comprehensive dictionary of all things Twitter, it will give you a basic idea.

Technical Twitter Abbreviations

There are many abbreviations used on twitter for referring the technical terms and are used often on the platform.

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Industry Twitter Acronyms

Industrial abbreviations are generally used for referring to the industrial terms in a conversation. They are very easy and catchy in nature and are hence used very commonly on the platform.

Conversational Twitter Abbreviations

These terms are very commonly used in the informal conversation for example.

# = start to a hashtag on Twitter

Common Hashtags and Chats

1. #BrandChat = private chat about branding
2. #FB = The user is sending this post to Facebook
3. #CMGR = Community Manager topic chat
4. #CMAD = Community Manager Appreciation Day
5. #in = the user is sending this post to LinkedIn
6. #LI = This user is sending this post to LinkedIn
7. #SMManners = Social media manners chat
8. #Mmchat = Marketing and social media chat
9. #FF = Short way of saying Follow Friday, or a recommendation that others follow the user
10. #SMOchat = Social Media Optimization chat lead by Stanza
11. #SocialMedia = an all-inclusive chat for subjects big and small in the subject of Social Media
12. #SMMeasure = For discussion of analytics and measurement, lead by MarketWire and Sysomos
13. #Pinchat = a chat for maximizing Pinterest use
14. #SocialChat = Social media chat lead by SocialParle.
15. #LinkedInChat = For general use questions and questions about marketing/self-promotion on LinkedIn

In Conclusion

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