Masterlist: Taylor Swift Acronyms & Abbreviations
Swifties often shorten Taylor Swift’s song titles into acronyms, especially on social media. If you see something like “ICDIWABH” or “IKYWT”, that’s Swiftie language for a song title.
But what do those long strings of nonsensical letters mean?
Here’s your complete guide to Taylor Swift abbreviations and acronyms, from A to Z.

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A
AOTGYLB – All of The Girls You Loved Before (The More Lover Chapter)
AH – Anti-Hero (Midnights)
APGH – A Perfectly Good Heart (Debut)
APITW – A Place in This World (Debut)
ATW – All Too Well (Red)
ATW10MV – All Too Well [10 Minute Version]
ATW10MVTVFTVSGAV – All Too Well [10 Minute Version], Taylor’s Version, From the Vault, Sad Girl Autumn Version (This acronym is usually used as a joke, just because it’s so long and ridiculous).
AYHTDWS – All You Had To Do Was Stay (1989)
B
BA – Begin Again (Red)
BB – Bad Blood (1989)
BDILH – But Daddy I Love Him (TTPD)
BS – Blank Space (1989)
BTD – Back To December (Speak Now)
BTR – Better Than Revenge (Speak Now)
BTTWS – Bigger Than The Whole Sky (Midnights)
C
CAY – Cold As You (Debut)
CB – Clara Bow (TTPD)
CBBH – Come Back, Be Here (Red TV)
CC – Castles Crumbling (Speak Now)
CIWTR – Come in With the Rain (Fearless)
CIWYW – Call It What You Want (Reputation)
CLM – cowboy like me (evermore)
CoSoSoM – Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus (TTPD), sometimes also shortened to “CSSM” or “C/S/S/M”
CS – Cruel Summer or Cornelia Street (Lover)
CI – coney island (evermore)
CP – champagne problems (evermore)
CTF – Christmas Tree Farm
D
DBATC – Death By A Thousand Cuts (Lover)
DBM – Don’t Blame Me (Reputation)
DJ – Dear John (Speak Now)
DR – Dear Reader (Midnights)
DWOHT – Dancing With Our Hands Tied (Reputation)
E
EHC – Everything Has Changed (Red)
EG – End Game (Reputation)
F
F&A – Forever & Always (Fearless)
FG – False God (Lover)
FOTS – Fresh Out The Slammer (TTPD)
G
GAH – Girl at Home (Red)
GAS – Guilty as Sin? (TTPD)
GC – Getaway Car (Reputation)
GR – gold rush (evermore)
H
HD – Hits Different (Midnights)
HG – Holy Ground (Red)
HI – High Infidelity (Midnights)
HS – Hey Stephen (Fearless)
HYGTG – How You Get The Girl (1989)
I
IA – illicit affairs (folklore)
IAD – I Almost Do (Red)
IBYTAM – I Bet You Think About Me (Red TV)
ICDIWABH – I Can Do it With a Broken Heart (TTPD)
ICFHNRIC – I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can) (TTPD, usually just shortened to “ICFH”)
ICSY – I Can See You (Speak Now TV)
IDSB – I Did Something Bad (Reputation)
IDWLF – I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Collab for film soundtrack)
IFTYE – I Forgot That You Existed (Lover)
IGGYB – imgonnagetyouback (TTPD)
IHIH – I Hate it Here (TTPD)
IION? – Is it Over Now? (1989 TV)
ILIPW – I Look in People’s Windows (TTPD)
IKP – I Know Places (1989)
IKYWT – I Knew You Were Trouble (Red)
INTHAF – It’s Nice To Have A Friend (Lover)
IOMWIWY – I’m Only Me When I’m With You (Debut)
IS – invisible string (folklore)
ITHK – I Think He Knows (Lover)
ITTG – it’s time to go (evermore)
IWYW – I Wish You Would (1989)
J
JTF – Jump Then Fall (Fearless)
K
KOMH – King Of My Heart (Reputation)
L
LB – London Boy (Lover)
LFRSNRFENTTPDSSM – The order of sets during the Eras Tour: Lover, Fearless, Red, Speak Now, Reputation, Folklore, Evermore, 1989 (using the letter N), The Tortured Poets Department, Secret Songs, Midnights
LH – Lavender Haze (Midnights)
LK – Last Kiss (Speak Now)
LL – Long Live (Speak Now)
LS – Love Story (Fearless)
LSS – long story short (evermore)
LWYMMD – Look What You Made Me Do (Reputation)
M
MA&THP – Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince (Lover) (Miss Americana is also the title of a Netflix documentary, sometimes shortened to “MA”).
MB – mirrorball (folklore)
MBOBHFT – My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys (TTPD)
MIAB – Message in a Bottle (Red)
MM – Mastermind (Midnights) (This is also the title of a Swiftie game, like Swiftball, that fans play during Eras Tour performances, and is sometimes used to indicate the game).
MR – Midnight Rain (Midnights)
MS – Mary’s Song (Oh My My My) (Debut)
MTR – my tears ricochet (folklore)
MW – mad woman (folklore)
N
NBNC – no body, no crime (evermore)
NGU – Never Grow Up (Speak Now)
NN – Nothing New (Red TV)
NR – New Romantics (1989)
NTWDT – Now That We Don’t Talk (1989 TV)
NYD – New Year’s Day (Reputation)
O
OOTW – Out Of The Woods (1989)
OS – Our Song (Debut)
OTY – Only The Young (unreleased, performed in Miss Americana)
P
PTB – Picture To Burn (Debut)
PR – Paper Rings (Lover)
R
RFI – ...Ready For It? (Reputation)
RWYLM – right where you left me (evermore)
S
SB – Stay Beautiful (Debut)
SBT – Sad Beautiful Tragic (Red)
SDG – Say Don’t Go (1989 TV)
SF – Sparks Fly (Speak Now)
SHS – So High School (TTPD)
SIG – So It Goes… (Reputation)
SIO – Shake It Off (1989)
SL – Suburban Legends (1989)
SLL – So Long, London (TTPD)
SOG – State Of Grace (Red)
SOTB – Snow On The Beach (Midnights)
SN – Sweet Nothing (Midnights) or Speak Now (Album and Song)
SSN – Should’ve Said No (Debut)
SSS – Stay Stay Stay (Red)
STF – Sweeter Than Fiction (1989 TV)
SYGB – Soon You’ll Get Better (Lover)
T
TA – The Archer (Lover)
TBD – The Best Day (Fearless)
TBD – The Black Dog (TTPD)
TGW – The Great War (Midnights)
TI – tolerate it (evermore)
TIMT – this is me trying (folklore)
TIWWCHNT – This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things (Reputation)
TL – the lakes (folklore)
TL – This Love (1989)
TLGAD – the last great american dynasty (folklore)
TLO – The Lucky One (Red)
TLT – The Last Time (Red)
TM – The Man (Lover)
TM – Tim McGraw (Debut)
TMIK – The Moment I Knew (Red TV)
TMW – Tell Me Why (Fearless)
TO – The Outside (Debut)
TOMG – Teardrops On My Guitar (Debut)
TM – The Manuscript (TTPD)
TSMWEL – The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived (TTPD)
TSOU – The Story Of Us (Speak Now)
TTDS – ’tis the damn season (evermore)
TTPD – The Tortured Poets Department (Both an Album and a Song)
TTPDTA – The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology (Album)
TV – Indicates “Taylor’s Version”, her series of re-records.
TTWAS – Tied Together With A Smile (Debut)
TYA – thanK you aIMee (TTPD)
TW – That’s When (Fearless TV)
TWAF – Today Was a Fairytale (Fearless TV)
TWILY – The Way I Loved You (Fearless)
V
VS – Vigilante Shit (Midnights)
W
WANEGBT – We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (Red)
WAOLOM – Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me? (TTPD)
WCS – Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve (Midnights)
WD – Wildest Dreams (1989)
WEFIL – When Emma Falls in Love (Speak Now)
WH – White Horse (Fearless)
WTNY – Welcome To New York (1989)
Y
YAIL – You Are In Love (1989)
YAOM – You All Over Me (Fearless TV)
YBWM – You Belong With Me (Fearless)
YLM – You’re Losing Me (Midnights)
YNS – You’re Not Sorry (Fearless)
YNTCD – You Need To Calm Down (Lover)
YOYOK – You’re On Your Own, Kid (Midnights)
What Did I Miss in My Taylor Swift Abbreviations List?
I’ve tried to include every Taylor Swift song title acronym here (at least the song/album titles with more than 2-3 words), but I’m only one person! If I missed something, please email me at Jen (at) Swiftly Sung Stories (dot) com, with the subject line “acronyms.”
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