📚 40 Common English Shortcuts – Learn Everyday Spoken English! 🇺🇸🇬🇧
1–20: Spoken English
1. Gotta – Got to 2. Gonna – Going to 3. Wanna – Want to 4. Gimme – Give me 5. Lemme – Let me 6. Dunno – Don't know 7. Kinda – Kind of 8. Sorta – Sort of 9. Outta – Out of 10. C'mon – Come on 11. 'Cause – Because 12. Boutta – About to 13. Ain't – Am not / Is not / Are not / Has not / Have not (context-dependent) 14. Y'all – You all 15. Could've – Could have 16. Should've – Should have 17. Would've – Would have 18. Might've – Might have 19. Whatcha – What are you / What do you (context-dependent) 20. Gotcha – Got you
21–40: Texting & Everyday Abbreviations
21. Cuz – Because (informal) 22. Thru – Through (informal spelling) 23. Plz – Please 24. Thx – Thanks 25. Prob – Probably 26. Rly – Really 27. Def – Definitely 28. Msg – Message 29. Pic – Picture 30. Info – Information 31. ASAP – As Soon As Possible 32. BTW – By The Way 33. FYI – For Your Information 34. IDK – I Don't Know 35. TBH – To Be Honest 36. LMK – Let Me Know 37. BRB – Be Right Back 38. TTYL – Talk To You Later 39. NVM – Never Mind 40. OTW – On The Way
📌 Important: Some are informal spoken forms, while others are texting abbreviations. Avoid using them in formal writing.