ILYSMM

What Does ILYSMM Mean in a Text?

Expressing Love in a Text

There are over 100 novel ways to express love in a text message. Some of them were invented by the iKids (i.e., Millennials, Generation Z, and Generation A), making them just a few decades old, but many of them have been around for centuries. Here's the one that matters to you: ILYSMM means "I Love You So Much More."

More Observations...

ILYSMM is a response to someone declaring their love for you. It is often said with an element of competitiveness (i.e., the responder then expects the first person to say ILYSMM too, and so it escalates). Said in other words, ILYSMM means "I love you more than you love me."

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When I write ILYSMM, I mean this:

"I love you so much more" (ILYSMM) means I love you more than you love me.

Summary of Key Points

"I Love You So Much More" is, by far, the most common meaning for ILYSMM when it is used in a text. (Bear in mind that it could have another meaning if used in a different context.)

ILYSMM
Definition:	I Love You So Much More
Type:	Abbreviation
Guessability:	4: Difficult to guess
Typical Users:	Adults and Teenagers

Examples of ILYSMM in Sentences

Here are examples of ILYSMM in conversations:

Tony: You are the most wonderful person on this planet. I love you.
Jordan: Ditto but ILYSMM.

Tony: I love you to the moon and back.
Jordan: ILYSMM. In fact, to the sun and back.

An Academic Look at ILYSMM

ILYSMM is a declarative sentence (i.e., a statement). In other words, it is not used as a part of speech in a wider sentence. As it is pronounced using its individual letters (i.e., "Aye El Wye Ess Em Em"), ILYSMM is classified as an initialism abbreviation. Initialisms are different to acronyms, which are spoken like words.