Millennials and Gen Z are continually evolving, implementing ways to shorten the words they use while texting or crafting their social media posts, which has led to text message abbreviations and internet acronyms bombarding our chat rooms and social media feeds.

Hence, intrigued to find out which texting abbreviations make people scratch their heads most, Case24.com/uk extracted global search volume data from online analytics tool Ahrefs for 100 abbreviations, to divulge which abbreviations are the hardest to decipher as online users turn to Google for clarification.

1 SMH (Shake my head) 897,600
2 LMAO (Laughing my a** off) 429,600
3 TBH (To be honest) 398,200
4 LOL (Laughing out loud) 344,300
5 HMU (Hit me up) 303,000
6 FOMO (Fear of missing out) 292,800
7 NGL (Not gonna lie) 280,200
8 DM (Direct message) 279,900
9 AFK (Away from keyboard) 266,600
10 BAE (Before anyone else) 224,900
11 GOAT (Greatest of all time) 215,700
12 IMO (In my opinion) 214,900
13 NSFW (Not safe for work) 200,100
14 OFC (Of course) 177,400
15 BBL (Be back later) 166,100
16 TFW (That feeling when) 164,800
17 TLDR (Too long didn’t read) 162,400
18 FYI (For your information) 156,200
19 POV (Point of view) 156,000
20 YOLO (You only live once) 146,200

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