TTY Abbreviations
These are some of the word abbreviations you are likely to see during a text telephone conversation.
ABT About
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
AM Morning
AMBL or AMBU Ambulance
ANS Answer
ANS MACH Answering Machine
ASAP As Soon As Possible
ASST Assistant
BIZ Business
BYE Goodbye
CA Communications Assistant
CC Closed Captioned
CD or CLD Could
CI Cochlear Implant
CLR Clear
CU See You
CUL See you later
CUZ or BEC Because
CN Can
DOB Date of Birth
DR or DOC Doctor
EDUC Education
FIGS Figures
GA Go Ahead
GA SK or GA to SK About to hang up (anything else you
want to talk about?)
GOVT Government
HAND Have A Nice Day
HD or HLD Hold
HOH Hard of Hearing
HOSP Hospital
ILY I Love You
IMPT Important
INFO Information
INT or TERP Interpreter
KIT Keep In Touch
LD Long Distance
LTRS Letters
LV Leave
MSG or MSSG Message
MIN Minute
MISC Miscellaneous
MTG Meeting
MYOB Mind Your Own Business
N And
NITE Night
NP or NO PBLM No Problem
NBR Number
OFC Office
OIC Oh, I see
OK Okay
OPR Operator
PH Phone
PM Evening
PPL People
PLS Please
PRO Professional
Q or QQ Question
R Are
RD Read
REC or RCV Receive
SD or SHD Should
SK Stop Keying (end of message)
SKSK Hanging up
STRM Storm
THKS or THX or TKS Thanks
THOT Thought
THRU Through
TMR or TMW Tomorrow
TTY or TDD Text Telephone
U You
UR Your
URS Yours
WD or WUD Would
XOXO Hugs and kisses
XXXX Erases an error