Now that you’ve got the cell phone figured out, it’s time to get to the point and cut out all the fluff. The easiest way is to get rid of any letters you don’t need. Here’s a list of useful symbols, phrases and characters (called emoticons) to help you express yourself! Feel free to create and share your own phrases as well. I've highlighted some of the common ones you will probably use.
| Phrase | Symbol or emoticon |
| To, too | 2 |
| For | 4 |
| Today | 2DAY |
| Tomorrow | 2MORO |
| Any | NE |
| Anyone | NE1 |
| Be | B |
| Before | B4 |
| See you later | CUL8R |
| Be right back | BRB |
| See you | CU |
| See ya | CYA |
| Free to talk | F2T |
| Great | GR8 |
| Late | L8 |
| Later | L8R |
| Same place, same time | SPST |
| No-one | NO1 |
| Oh, I see | OIC |
| For what it’s worth | 4WIW |
| Please call me | PCM |
| Please | PLS |
| As far as I know | AFAIK |
| Are | R |
| Are you okay? | RUOK |
| Thanks | THX |
| Thank you | THNQ |
| What do you . . .? | WADYA |
| Want to . . .? | WAN2 |
| What | WOT |
| Kiss | X |
| Hugs and Kisses | XOXOXO |
| As a matter of fact | AAM |
| As soon as possible | ASAP |
| Bye for now | BFN |
| No reply necessary | NRN |
| Can’t wait to see you | CW2CU |
| Have a nice day | HAND |
| For your information | FYI |
| I don’t know | IDK |
| Stay in touch | SIT |
| Keep in touch | KIT |
| And | N |
| Lots of love or laughing out loud | LOL |
| Mind your own business | MYOB |
| Talk to you later | TTUL |
| Good luck | GUDLUK |
| Hate | H8 |
| In my opinion | IMO |
| I love you | ILU |
| In meeting | IMTNG |
| My thoughts exactly | MTE |
| Nothing | NUFN |
| Get a life | GAL |
| Message | MSG |
| Long time no see | LTNS |
| Doing | DoN |
| Long distance relationship | LDR |
| Ta-Ta for now! | TT4N |
| Yours forever | U4E |
| Waiting | W8N |
| Wait for me | W84M |
| Wait | W8 |
| Without | W/O |
| With | W |
| Welcome Back | WB |
| Weekend | WKND |
| What | WOT |
| Where are you? | WRU |
| Way to go! | WTG |
| Excellent | XLNT |
| Shopping | SHPn |
| Movie | MUv |
| Speak | SPK |
| smiley face | :-) |
| sad face | :-( |
| surprised face | :-o |
| winking face | ; -) |
| pig | :@) |
| sticking your tongue out | :-P |
| very happy | :-D |
| devilish grin | >:-) |
| dunces cap | <:-) |
| angelic grin | O:-) |
| crying | :’-( |
| tongue tied | :-& |
| my lips are sealed | :-# |
| makes me sick | :-(*) |
| wearing a cap | d:-) |
| I’m not looking | (><) |
| I am angry | :-X |
| I am bored | :-l |
| Oh my God! | 8-O |
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