The internet is full of acronyms, and plz is one you might encounter in conversations with friends, family, or colleagues.

plz or pls means "Please"

It's just a way to shorten the word, please. You're most likely to see it on chat rooms or forums, and if you're lucky, you don't see it at all.

We can't find anything on the history of plz or pls, but you can bet it all started with Leetspeak. Some leetspeak is as simple as misspelling a word to make it look cool. Plz, and pls were more popular when bulletin boards (BBS) or forums were popular.

Others believe it started over laziness, which also makes sense.

Many autocorrecting apps would make typing plz or pls difficult, so you shouldn't see this outdated acronym nowadays.

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