Find out how to understand the text messages you are receiving from the French friends and/or your kids!
I don’t want to admit it but I think I am getting old. I do not understand any more the language of teenagers (neither Polish or French) and their French slang plus short text messages. It make me feel very stupid. That is why I have already investigated the subject of the French slang here but I have never touched the subjects of the text abbreviations used in the sms and social media. It has been a high time! Finally, I have put together the comprehensive list of the French text messages abbreviations which you can find here. I hope this is useful for you!
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- 12c4: un de ces quatre which means <<one of these days>>.
- a+ or @+: A plus which means<< see you>>, << see you later>>.
- a12c4: à un de ces quatre. Which means <<see you one of these days>>.
- a2m1: À demain which means <<see you tomorrow>>.
- alp: À la prochaine which means <<see you>>.
- ama: à mon avis which means <<in my opinion>>.
- amha: à mon humble avis which means <<in my humble opinion>>.
- ams: à mon sens which means <<as I understand it>>.
- a tt: à tout à l’heure which stands for <<talk to you later, see you later>>.
- auj: aujourd’hui, it means <<today>>.
- asv: âge, sexe, ville. Used in instant messaging to <<ask the age, sex, and location>>.
- b1: bien, phonetic short for <<good>>, <<well>>.
- b1sur: bien sûr which stands for <<of course>>.
- bcp: beaucoup which means <<very much>> , as in “merci bcp” (thanks a lot).
- bjr: bonjour which is obviously <<good day>>.
- biz: bises or bisous which means <<kisses>>.
- bsr: bonsoir which is obviously <<good evening>>.
- c1blag: c’est une blague meaning <<it’s a joke, Just kidding>>.
- c: c’est which means <<it is>>.
- c-a-d: C’est-à-dire which means <<that is to say>>.
- c ca: c ça: C’est ça which can mean anything from <<that’s it>> and <<there you have it>> to <<there you go>>.
- cc: coucou which means <<Hey/ hi!>>.
- c or cé: sais (<< know>> form the verb “savoir). J c= je sais (I know), Tu c = tu sais (you know).
- c cho: c’est chaud, literally <<it’s hot>>, slang to say for instance you could hardly do something, for instance by lack of time, but you have a strong obligation to do it, or you have a very important thing to say, but it may be too hard to achieve it. “c’est chaud” = It would be really difficult!
- chuis: Je suis pronounced (shwee) which means <<I am>>.
- com dab or kom dad: comme d’habitude, which means <<as usual>>.
- cki ?: on se connaît ? which stands for <<Do I know you?>>.
- cpg: c’est pas grave. It means <<it’s no big deal/ not a problem>>.
- ct: c’était which means <<it was>> or <<that was>>.
- dac: d’accord which means <<ok>> or <<all right>>.
- dqp: dès que possible which means <<as soon as possible (ASAP)>>.
- ddd: demande de discussion which means <<request for discussion>>.
- dsl: desolé which means << sorry>>.
- entk: en tout cas which can mean <<in any case>> or <<anyways>>.
- exprd: eplosé de rire and literally means <<exploding with laughter>>. Use like ROFL or LMAO when something is funnier than a simple LOL.
- fds: fin de semaine meaning <<weekend>>.
- fo: faut which means <<we must>>.
- g: j’ai which means <<I have>>.It’s an approximation, because normally the letter “g” and the word “j’ai” doesn’t have the same sound, one is é, and one is è. Example: “g f1” = “j’ai faim”, (I’m hungry.)
- gt: j’étais which means <<I was>>.
- id: idée which means <<idea>>.
- je re : je reviens tout de suite which means <<I’ll be right back>>.
- j’y go: je dois partir. Which means <<got to go>>.
- jms: jamais which means <<never>>.
- jtm: je t’aime which obviously means <<I love you>>.
- jsg: je suis génial which means <<I’m doing good>>. jc: Je sais which means <<I know>>.
- kan or qd: quand which stands for <<when>>.
- kdo: cadeau which stands for <<gift>>.
- keske: qu’est-ce que which means <<what>>.
- ke: que which means <<that>>.
- koi, kwa: quoi which means <<what>>.
- koid9: quoi de neuf? which stands for <<what’s up?>>, because “new” (neuf) in French sound like “neuf” the number nine in French.
- kom: comme which stands for <<how>>.
- lut, lu: less common slang for “salut” meaning <<hi>>.
- mci: merci.It means simply <<thanks>>.
- mda: merci d’avance which means <<thanks in advance>>.
- mdr: mort de rire. It literally means <<dying of laughter>> so it is similar to well known LOL. It seems to be the most used French text message abbreviations around
- mplc: merci pour le cache which simply means <<thank you for the cache>>.
- mr6: merci so the famous <<thanks>>.
- msg: message which means <<message>>.
- nn: non meaning <<no>>.
- nrv: énervé which means <<angry>>.
- ok1: aucun which means <<none, no one>>.
- ouf: fou which means <<crazy>>.
- pb: problème which means <<problem>>.
- peh: pour être honnête meaning <<to be honest>>. Use this when stating your opinion or thoughts on a matter.
- pk: pourquoi which means <<why>>.
- ptdr: pété de rire and means <<you are laughing so much that you just can’t laugh anymore>>. Use it like you would use LMAO when something is even funnier or more amusing than a simple LOL.
- pr toi: pour toi. It means <<for you>>.
- qq1: équelqa’un”. It means <<someone>>. It can be abbreviated as QQ1, QQN or QQUN. It just depends on the user. I don’t list out ever variant. I just list the one I see the most or that I use myself.
- qqc: quelque chose which means <<something>>.
- raf: rien à faire, which means <<nothing to do>>.
- ras: rien à signaler which means <<nothing to report>>.
- re: rebonjour which means <<hello again>>.
- re: de retour which means <<back>>. This is what you write to notify someone that you are back in the conversation after leaving it for a while.
- rstp: réponds, s’il te plaît.Used to ask someone to text, <<please, reply back>>.
- sa va: can be used as a question “ca va?” which means <<how are you?>>.
- slt: salut which means <<Hello, hi>>.
- snif: which means <<I am sad>>.
- STP or SVP: s’il te plait which is the informal way to say <<please>>. If you want to text using the more formal way to say please than you would use SVP (s’il vous plait).
- t1kiet: t’inquiètes!, meaning informally <<don’t worry>>.
- t or t’es: tu es which means <<you are>>.
- texto: sms
- tg: ta gueule which stands for <<shut up>>.
- tlm: tout le monde which stands for <<everybody>>. In messaging: slt tlm = “salut tout le monde”= hello everybody
- tt: tout meaning <<all, everything>>.
- tt: t’étais which means <<you were>>.
- v1: viens which stands for <<come>>.
- vrt: vraiment which means <<really>>.
- X moi: crois-moi which means <<believe me>>, because a cross is a “croix” in French, and it sounds like the verb “crois” (from “croire”, to believe)
- ya: il y a which means <<there is>>.