If you’ve ever been bewildered by the abbreviations you’ve seen on social media, you’re not alone. After all, social media is a different world with a different language.

Most abbreviations are common across social media platforms, so chances are you’ve seen a few pop up on more than one app. Here are some of the most common abbreviations used on social media.

POV stands for “point of view”. It tells the viewer of a video that you should imagine yourself in the position of the description. It gives short, concise, and interesting context to a video.

For example, a video saying “POV: You have no more chores to do” indicates that you should imagine a person in that position for the context of the video.

FYP is short for “For You Page”, which is TikTok’s personal recommendations feed. It shows you what it thinks you’ll like based on the content you already enjoy. Every TikTok creator wants their videos to be featured on the FYP. In fact, the #FYP hashtag on TikTok had 49,775.4 billion views at the time of writing.

IYKYK stands for “if you know, you know”. This abbreviation is used to refer to an inside joke or something that only certain people would understand. It’s typically used without an explanation.

GRWM means “get ready with me”. The term is most popular on TikTok for videos showing creators getting ready for the day. This could be in preparation for running errands, attending an event, or going on a date.

A DM is a direct message sent on a social media app. It’s where users can communicate privately instead of publicly, like in post comments. For example, you can send aDM on social mediawhen you want to share someone’s post with a friend privately.

#F4F means “follow for follow”. Users often leave this hashtag in your comments after following you. It’s their way of letting you know they’ve just followed you and asking you to follow them back. You aren’t necessarily obligated to follow them back, but you may lose them as a follower if you don’t.

Similar to #F4F, the #L4L hashtag stands for “like for like”. People leave this hashtag on your post when they’ve liked your posts and would like you to return the favor.

On X (formerly Twitter), RT stands for retweet, which means to repost a tweet. Retweets help posts get more visibility and engagement. If you see someone’s retweets so often they start annoying you, you canturn off their retweets without unfollowing them.

While the terms “tweet” and “retweet” have technically been retired with X’s rebranding in 2023, you’ll still find people using the terms.

ATP means “at this point”. This abbreviation shows up in social media captions and comments. It means at this moment in time. For example, “I don’t know what to do about this situation ATP.” It’s also commonly written in lowercase letters.

ATM is short for “at the moment”. Similar to ATP, ATM simply means right now.