A bushel (abbreviation: bsh. or bu. ) is an imperial and US customary unit of weight or mass based upon an earlier measure of dry capacity. The old bushel was equal to 4 pecks or 8 gallons and was used mostly for agricultural products such as wheat. Presently, the volume is usually only nominal, with bushels referring to standard quantities of mass instead.
interjection. 1  acronym for  ta-ta for now (i.e.  2 goodbye for now.) Used mainly in computer-based conversation (instant messaging, email, text messaging, etc.) TTFN. 3  See more words with the same meaning: Internet, texting, SMS, email, chat acronyms (list of) .
Texting (sometimes called text messaging or wireless messaging) is sending short text messages between cell phones, pagers or other handheld devices. Messages are sent through SMS (short message service). Users can also send text messages from a computer to a handheld device. Web texting, as it's called, is made possible by Web sites called SMS gateways. Download this free guide.