atb: all the best

ne1: anyone

n e thing: anything

r u ok: are you okay?

afaik: as far as i know

gr8: great

qt: cutie

d8: date

dnr: dinner

b: be

bbl8r: be back later

bbs: be back soon

brb: be right back

bcnu: be seeing you

b4: before

btw: by the way

b4n: bye for now

cm: call me

911: emergency

xlnt: excellent

fst: fast

by: goodbye

gt2go: got to go

gudluk: good luck

hlo: hello

hwru: how are you?

——–FYI————

Text messaging is the most widely used mobile data service on the planet, with almost 2 billion active users.

Canadians set an average of 45.3 million text messages every day in Mar 2008.

There were over ten billion text messages sent in Canada in 2007; over 40% of cell phone owners used text messaging in Mar 2008.