hi everyone..
maybe i am just a ditz but what are the abbreviations everyone keeps using when talking about their children etc?? ex DD, what is that? thanks :)
thanks everyone!! i still dont understand why we put dear/darling in front of who we are talking about but okay.. haha... makes more sense.. thanks!
I only know the abbreviations because I had to ask what they were myself...
DD: Dear Daughter... also DS (Dear Son), DH (Dear Husband)...
PM: Private Message
TMI: Too much Information
IMO: In My opinion
TIA: Thanks In Advance
... I know there's more, but I still don't know what all of the other abbreviations stand for:) LOL!! (Laugh Out Loud :) )
ADDED: Oh, I totally HATE The "D" for Dear... I think it is ridiculous!
SAHM - Stay at home mom
WAHM - Work at home mom
WM - Working mom
DD - Darling daughter
DS - Darling son
DH - Darling husband / hubby (or darn husband)
GM - Grandmother
GF - Grandfather
MIL - Mother-in-law
FIL - Father-in-law
SIL - Sister-in-law (or son-in-law)
DIL - Daughter-in-law
THX - Thanks
TIA - Thanks in advance
b/c - Because
IMO - In my opinion
BTW - By the way
OTOH - On the other hand
LOL - Laughing out loud
FWIW - For what it's worth
BTDT - Been there done that
KWIM - Know what I mean?
ROTF - Rolling on the floor (laughing)
GMTA - Great minds think alike
TMI- Too Much Information
Check other posts about this. They ask all the time.
A.:
I think if you did a search - you would see this question has come up MANY times....
IMHO - in my humble/honest opinion
IMO - In my opinion
FWIW - for what it's worth
SAHM - Stay at home mom
WFHM - Work from home mom
SAHP - Stay at Home parent
WFHP - Work from home parent
TYIA - Thank you in advance
BTW - By the way
BTDT - Been there done that
UKWIM - You (U) know what I mean?
TMI - Too much information
BC or B/C - because
ETA - Edit to Add
ETP - Edit to Post
SD - Step Daughter
BF - Boyfriend OR Breast feeding - depends upon the context of the post
DD - Dear or Darling Daughter
DS - Dear or Darling Son
DH - Dear or Darling Husband
LOL - Laugh Out Loud
ROTFL - Rolling on the Floor Laughing
LMAO - Laughing My A$$ off
ROTFLLMAO -
MIL - Mother in Law
SIL - Sister in Law
FIL - Father in Law
BIL - Brother in Law
GM - Grandmother
GD - Grandfather
SS - Step Son
SD - Step Daughter
LO - Little One
GF - Girl Friend
DH - Dear Husband (or, sometimes, not dear =)
MIL/FIL - Mother In Law, Father In Law
DS - Dear Son
DD - Dear Daughter
IMHO - In my honest opinion
=)
My tag is YMMV - Your mileage may vary- as in your experiences may differ from mine.
DD, darling daughter
DH, darling husband
DS, darling son
LO, little one
ETA, edited to add
IMO, in my opinion
IMHO, in my humble opinion
MIL, mother in law
I'm forgetting a ton, but yeah, there's a start :)
Dear Daughter DD
Dear Hubby DH
HAha, thanks for asking this question....I never knew the dd thing either. Now that I know what it means I know I will never use it! It's strange.
