The Most-Searched Acronyms of 2025

If you know all of these, you're officially 16 years old :)

 

The site Word Unscrambler used Google Trends to find the most-searched abbreviations of the year so far. 

 

They're all acronyms we use online, and in texts. How many do you know?

 

1.  FAFO:  Short for "[eff] around and find out." It's by far #1 with 50% more searches than anything else on the list.

 

2.  SMH: Short for "shaking my head."  (Less common: "so much hate")

 

3.  PMO:  (Careful!) Short for "pisses me off." It can also mean "put me on," like "hook me up."  ("PMO, can you follow me on Insta?")

 

4.  OTP: "One true pairing." A romantic couple you're rooting for.

 

5.  TBH: "To be honest."

 

6.  ATP: "At this point."

 

7.  TS: "Talk soon."

 

8.  WYF: "Where you from?"

 

9.  NFS: "New friends."

 

10.  ASL: "Age, sex, location."  (It's also short for American Sign Language. Or depending on the context, it can mean "as hell." Like, "I'm tired ASL.")

 

11. POV:  "Point of view."

 

12.  WYLL: "What you look like?"

 

13.  FS: "For sure."

 

14.  FML: "[Eff] my life."

 

15.  DW: "Don't worry."

 

16.  HMU: "Hit me up."

 

17.  ISO: "In search of."

 

18.  WSG: "What's good?" Like, "How are you?" or "What's up?"

 

19.  IMO: "In my opinion."

 

20.  MK:  Short for "mmkay."

 

 

(Mental Floss)

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