Acronyms

[Pam]

The other night in the chat room, I said that I always thought OH meant Old Husband! Every time I saw it, I'd read it as that.. and visualise wrinkly old bent over man with no teeth ..no way am I ever going to call Gra OH that sounds horrible. (besides he's younger than me)

So now I finally find out it stands for Other Half ..nope sorry, can't get Old Husband out of my head now LMAO

When I came across my first message board years ago, I noticed a few posters put LOL or L MAO at the end of their post... OMG, I thought that was their badge/hat, they must have special authority. :blush: :Hehe: Now, I think you'll agree that probably takes the cake, but what have you misinterpreted? Or now's your chance to ask what some abbreviations mean, and your question will pale in comparison to mine so you don't have to worry :P

[MissieK]

Here are some common ones I use :)

DH - Dear Husband (can also have another meaning at times ;) )
DS - Dear Son
DD - Dear Daughter
MIL - Mother In Law
FIL - Father in Law
SIL - Sister in Law
BIL - Brother in Law
LOL - Laugh out Loud
FAK - Feeding at Keyboard
AFAIK - As far as I know
BRB - Be right back
EDD - Estimated due date
TCC - trying to conceive
IMO - In my opinion
HTH - hope this helps

HTH ;)

Melissa

[Naomi]

ROFL@Pam - Old Husband!!! That's priceless LMAO (mental note not to refer to S as OH to Scarlett - he wouldn't appreciate being thought of as an old decrepit man!)

I often come across acronyms I don't know and I'll spend ages trying to figure out what they mean but I don't think I've had any that funny. Although the first time I read 'DH' I thought it meant something else entirely (not 'Dear' anything at all). I thought it was kind of rude for all these women to be referring to their partners in such derogatory terms.

[Pam]

I'd be mighty poxed off if Gra was calling me OW! (Old Wife) that's also why I thought it sounded terrible LMAO

[mel35]

I thought DH was something not so nice too when I first saw it LMAO

Don't think my hubby would like me using OH if it meant old husband either.

I had trouble with lots of them too, then one day i found a list of them and their meanings on the emailcash website- that helped

[mel35]

here is the list from EMC

atm- at the moment
bb- be back (eg. bb in a min)
bbl- be back later
bbs- be back soon
brb- be right back
bump- push a topic back onto the recent forum posts list
cya- see you
EMC- EmailCash
gr8- great
gtg- got to go
j/k- just kidding
l8er- later
lmao- laughing my a**e off
lol- laughing out loud
mod- moderator
newb- newbie
np- no problem
OMG- oh my gosh
pls- please
pmsl- p**sing myself laughing
ppl- people
prolly- probably
r- are
rofl- rolling on floor laughing
roflmao- rolling on floor laughing my a**e off
sig, siggy - signature picture, avatar
thanx- thanks
ty- thank you
tyvm- thank you very much
u- you
wb- welcome back
wd- well done
wtg- way to go
yw- you're welcome

[Naomi]

I post a fair bit on a parenting forum as well so a lot of those acronyms are about TTC (trying to conceive) - one in particular, HPT = Home Pregnancy Test. At work last year, some new committees/teams were set up, and the acronym for whatever they were called (I STILL can't remember) was HPT. Every time I read it or we talked about it all year, I'd snigger to myself.

Naomi (who feels like an OW today!)

[Pam]

Thanks girls for posting those lists :hug: I found a few I'd always wondered about!

LMAO@Naomi

[mel35]

"BUMP" for Barbara's hubby:Hehe: and any new people in here too.

[Barbara]

LMAO - just showed him and he is still saying they are all secret codes and we just say that to make the DH's feel better - LMAO

[Alexa]

Ladies,

I cannot thankyou enough, I am so new to all this and I really thought I was losing my mind, sitting reading things and thinking what the hell do all these abbreviations mean...god I really am dumb, I guess as I don't have a husband I don't need to refer to DH, but so many I just guessed and moved on and thought I wonder what she is refering too, well now I feel that that gaps have been filled in. Thankyou. I will now be able to understand what you are discussing and not real so stupid.:waves:

[nj27au]

When I was a newbie I never knew what these meant:

LOL
IMO
roflmao

even today I keep forgetting what these mean! :jump:

[Barbara]

It took me awhile as well. I had a few uni friends that used them all the time and I just ended up asking. Although I usually see a new/different one every week so it is still a guessing game for some of them....:Hehe: