In texting, “wsg” stands for “what’s good”. This is a common greeting used particularly by black Americans although it has recently been adopted by larger and larger numbers of people. It is essentially like saying “what’s up?” or “how’s it going?”–a general greeting by inquiry. … Read more
To do something “by the skin of your teeth” means to do it by a very narrow margin—to only just achieve it. You came very close to failing but you managed to “snatch victory from the jaws of defeat”. You succeeded just barely and may … Read more
A blue heart can be used to express a variety of things. It can represent compassion and support, care, love, and happiness. In other words, it can express all the things any other color of love heart can. It is also supposedly used as the … Read more
“BBL” stands for “be back later” in texting. It’s a quick way of letting someone know that you won’t be texting or replying for a while as you have to go somewhere or do something. It does have other meanings, but this is by far … Read more
Faze can have a couple of meanings, though its simplest is certainly just to disrupt or disturb someone. This means unfairly disrupting the game through “meta” means of distraction. Faze can also be used to describe someone who just acts unhelpfully and essentially like a … Read more
VN usually means “very nice” in texting. It’s used as a simple way to compliment someone or even to talk about something that happened to you that you’re pleased about. It can mean a few other things, but this is by far its most common … Read more
^^ is meant to represent a happy face in texting. It can be used to express amusement or happiness. It can simply mean one person agrees with a message sent, or it can be added to messages to indicate emotion. In that sense, it’s really … Read more
WTV is an abbreviation of “whatever” used in texting slang. It is a way of indicating apathy and that you don’t care about what is being said. It can also be used in the common construction “X or whatever”. It’s simply a stand-in for the … Read more
BWT can have a couple of meanings, but more often than not it is simply a misspelling of “BTW”, which means “by the way”. This is a way of framing information as just being a sort of afterthought for the person to consider. BWT itself … Read more
The abbreviation CM most commonly means “call me” when used in texting. It is used as a quick way to ask someone to speak on the phone rather than over text. This abbreviation has been in use since the earliest days of texting and has … Read more