WTM
/double-you tee em/initialism · interjection
Meaning
WTM usually means “what’s the move?” and is used in texts, group chats, gaming communities, and social posts to ask what the plan is, what everyone is doing, or what action makes sense next.[2][3][4]
- 1. A request for a plan or activity, especially when asking friends what they want to do.
- 2. A question about the next step in a situation, including which option or strategy someone should choose.
- 3. A brief invitation to coordinate or make spontaneous plans, often implying that the sender is available to join.
Examples
“WTM for tonight?”
“Just got downtown. WTM?”
“The movie got canceled—WTM now?”
“WTM this weekend, or are we all staying in?”
“We can either order pizza or go out. WTM?”
Origin and spread
WTM is an initialism formed from the first letters of “what’s the move?” The full phrase uses “move” in the informal sense of a plan, decision, or next action. The abbreviated form was circulating online by the early 2010s, with later examples appearing in texting glossaries, social-media discussions, and products built around nightlife and group planning. Early documentation shows circulation, not necessarily who coined the abbreviation or caused it to spread.
How to use it
WTM is strongly informal and works best between friends, peers, or members of an online community. It can sound abrupt in a professional message. Context matters because WTM is also used for “what’s the matter?” and, less often, “whatever that means”; a planning or nightlife context usually points to “what’s the move?”
Sources
- 1. Digital Journal — Hesitant Internet: The most confusing initialisms and acronyms facing web users
- 2. WTM — AboutSupports: meaning.
- 3. What's The Move — Find Bars, Deals and FriendsSupports: meaning.
- 4. Shazam — WTM by Kayla RaeSupports: meaning.
