What Does ds and dd Mean? - Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Emoticons

[Cynthia Mosher]

"My dd and I have been going to LLL meetings for BFing support. It's been great and the group is so AP encouraging. OTOH my MIL and SIL are the complete opposite - always try to reeducate me on raising children. :-P I just ignore them and their advice. I can afford to because I'm a SAHM who doesn't need or want their kind of childcare. LOL"

If you were able to read and understand the paragraph above then you need read no further. You seemingly have sufficient knowledge of acronyms, abbreviations and emoticons. For the rest of you who are likely asking, "What does ds and MIL mean? AP? BFing? How about SAHM and LOL? And what the heck is this: :-P ?" Read on!

The use of acronyms, emoticons, and abbreviations on the net have become so commonplace that those new to all things internet are often lost in a sea of confusing caps, colons, dashes, and do-hickies. To help you figure it all out we've complied a brief list of some common ones used. If you do come across something not listed here just ask us what it means, or visit this fantastic resource on the net:
The WorldWideWeb Acronym and Abbreviation Server (http://www.ucc.ie/info/net/acronyms/acro.html)


AP - attachment parenting
BB - Bulletin Board
BF - breastfeed or breastfed
BFing - breastfeeding
BTDT - been there, done that
BTW - by the way
dh/dw/dd/ds/dp - a reference to members of one's immediately family:
dear husband, dear wife, dear daughter, dear son, dear partner (etc.)
FAQ -Frequently Asked Questions
FWIW - for what it's worth
FYI - for your information
HTTP -Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
IMO - in my opinion
IMHO - in my humble opinion
IMNSHO - in my not-so-humble opinion
IYKWIM - if you know what I mean
KWIM? - know what I mean?
LLL - La Leche League (international breastfeeding support organization)
LOL - laughing out loud
LMAO - laughing my arse off
MIL/FIL/SIL/BIL - mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law.
OTOH - on the other hand
ROTFLOL - rolling on the floor laughing out loud
SAHM/SAHD - stay-at-home [mom/dad]
WAHM/WAHD - work-at-home [mom/dad]
WWW - World Wide Web


Emoticons

Although our boards have a smilies feature (see Smilies legend to your left) you may still encounter the usage of these emoticons within a post.
These are keyboard graphics faces to help express the emotion of your statement. To see the faces you should lean your head to the left when you look at them.

:-) Smile, grin, happy face, way to let someone know that it is a postive statement
;-) Wink...there are many variations of this "emoticon"
8-)* Smile from someone with glasses
:-( Frown
:-O Amazement
:P* Sticking out my tongue at you
:-Q* Nausea, disgust
:O) embarassed

CAPITAL LETTERS- Typing a message in capital letters is considered the equivalent of shouting. Therefore refrain from typing in caps or you might land yourself in trouble with someone. However, caps are used occasionally for emphasis of a word or two.

all lower case letters (for proper nouns, sentence beginnings, etc.) - there are usually two reasons a person does this 1-The person is too lazy to reach down with their little finger and hit the shift key and prefers personal convenience over appearance ;)
2 - it's done by a mom nursing her little one while typing and can't manage to capitalize with one hand. Be understanding. It's kinder than all caps. :)

That's it in a nutshell! I hope it helps explain some of the message mysteries you've encountered!

~Cynthia Mosher
MotheringDotCommune Administrator

[joesmom]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!! Most of the abbreviations I have figured out, but it was nice to read through & make sure I was right! One thing- sometimes I may post in all lower case, not because I am nursing my little one, but because I am nursing my "big" one! At two and a half he makes for an awkward bundle! ROTFLOL!;) Have a good day!

[Cynthia Mosher]

You're welcome, you're welcome, you're welcome! :) :D

~Cynthia

[bluemoon]

Thank you very much !!! I've been wondering about some of those for a while!!

[rocketmom]

Thank you for clearing up some of those for me. :)

[Rain]

Another thankyou! I was wondering what some of the abbreviations meant, it was a big help!!

[KarenB]

Thanks for the dictionary. I figured most of them our, but thought "darling" son/daughter/husband/so, instead of dear.

Namaste

[laralou]

I keep seeing this but don't know what it means. I think it was explained to me at one time but I forgot.
Lara

[Cynthia Mosher]

Read this thread for an explanation:
http://mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3654

[laralou]

Thanks, Cynthia! How nice it is to have you around!

Lara

[Cynthia Mosher]

And how nice it is to be around. A total pleasure. You're welcome!

~Cynthia

[Gemm]

Thank you so much for this helpful guide! Now, I will be able to have less of a :confused: look on my face when I'm reading. :D Also, glad to know I'm not the only one to nurse and type on-line. Living in a land not supportive of AP :rolleyes: Glad to be here!:)

(I know, :-) overkill, but they are so much fun- as I am typically very expressive and make lots of faces myself!)

[Cynthia Mosher]

Hey Gemm :w and you needn't ever feel :confused: You'll find the Mothering crowd to be pretty :thumb and :hippie so don't :blush Even those who have been here a long time often come across things that make them feel :huh So if you ever feel :scratch just PM me or post here in Q & S. Or heck just ask right there on the board! Pretty soon you'll be :jammin right along with the best of 'em!

~Cynthia

[GruppieGirl]

Thank you Thank you Thank you! I finally feel like I can understand all of what I have been reading.

[Benjama]

Here's another one: dpo?

Thanks!

[Cynthia Mosher]

dpo - Days Post Ovulation

I think. :D

~Cynthia

[Seawen]

what about AF?

[peggy]

I rhink that's "Aunt Flo" as in your getting your period. But I could be wrong:confused:


peggy

[Seawen]

thank you Peggy. I knew it was some reference to your period but I couldn't guess what it stood for!

[Sara Mama]

Is NIP, Nurse in Public?

Thanks!:p

[peggy]

:thumb yes it is!


peggy

[laralou]

What about NAK? I was thinking it meant nursing at computer but K?

[peggy]

I'm curious about that one too, Lara. I've seen it several times and I still haven't figured it out.:confused:

peggy

[laralou]

Awwww, man! I thought for sure YOU would know!!! I consider you to be an expert here, peggy! For real!

Ok, anyone?

[Cynthia Mosher]

Uhhhhhh...Nursing At Keyboard?

:cool:
~Cynthia

[peggy]

:thumb
Thank you!

peggy

[laralou]

Thanks, Cynthia. I was having a hard time figuring that k out!

[jasnjakesmama]

Huge nakker here ;)

[Dale]

What about ITA? I still haven't figured that one out.

[Cynthia Mosher]

ITA = I Totally Agree
:D

~Cynthia

[Dale]

Thank you!
:wave

[MotherDove]

SO?

It seems to means husband. But, if so, how?

[MotherDove]

Ok, no. It looks like it means lesbian partner. Again. How so?

[peggy]

It stands for Significant Other :D


peggy

[laralou]

Call me stupid, but what about "natch"?

[peggy]

I'm not sure about that one..could it be short for "naturally"?

peggy

[laralou]

Oh, boy! I thought it meant no. That totally changes the content. I am a ding-a-ling.

Peggy, you should teach a class... tee hee...

[peggy]

I'm not even sure if I'm right!!:D


peggy

[laralou]

We'll wait and see if anyone can confirm or deny...

[steph]

natch laralou, it means what peggy said!!! (as far as i know...)

[MotherDove]

Significant Other! Duh! (hitting myself on the head)

[Dan Frank]

natch is indeed short for naturally... it's originally a term from a ways back.... Archie & the gang used to say it, and i dont remember what the date on those issues was...

it became adopted to the net, presumably, because it's an abbreviation.

[fiddler]

What about "TTC"? It's in the poll in the single parenting thread about 'how we conceived'.:confused:

[dotcommama]

TTC = Trying To Conceive

:wave

[fiddler]

Thanks, Dotcommama!:D

[telekinetic pyro]

This whole place makes so much more sense now. Thank you for this thread! :)

[Maracita]

Does that mean Work Outside the Home?

[Cynthia Mosher]

Hmmm...not sure. Can you provide the sentence it was written in so we can see the context?

[steph]

what about iso?

[Liz]

What about TCS? Just tell me what it stands for and I'll try and figure out the rest (seems to be a LARGE topic).

Thanks, Liz

[peggy]

Taking Children Seriously


peggy

[laf369]

What about "Sticky"n front of a thread?

[peggy]

A sticky is a post or thread that a moderator or administrator "sticks" at the top of the page..it doesn't move down the page like other threads do when no one posts to them for awhile. Usually only done to important notices. :D

peggy

[suzukibeane]

What is EC? something to do with waste elimination, but what?:confused:

[berryMO]

I have been on the boards for a while and I still have not figured out what CIO means. I think it has something to do with Crying? or Child?

[telekinetic pyro]

cio=cry it out

[Cynthia Mosher]

ISO - I believe it means "in search of" but here's a thread of discussion about it: http://mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?s=&postid=166242#post166242
EC - Elimination Communication which is parent/infant communication to express the need to go and means no need for diapers. :)

[tara]

Ok, what the heck does "HTH" mean? I have been pondering that one a while...

[NewMa]

tara, HTH= hope this helps

At least, that's my best guess.

[tara]

Aha! So simple, but I just couldn't figure it out! Thank you mucho!

[umbrella]

How about EC? I thought it might be exclusively cloth, but I'm thinking otherwise now. Does it have to do with not using diapers at all, or minimally?

[tara]

Yup - you got it! Stands for 'elimination communication'.

[charmarty]

Can we do something like TBC.To Be Continued....I am so it seems anyways...in the midle of typing a reply,and a baby wakes up or something else that requires me to stop,and post right in the middle of what I was saying.If everyone knew what TBC meant we could just type it at the bottom of our posts and no one would get upset.Everyone would totally understand,and come back to it when you have a chance.........Just a thought.I will be putting it in my posts anyways,but if you added it to this list,it would make it more aware,ya know?

[noahsmum]

Can't figure out for the life of me what IRL stands for.

anybody? anybody?

[peggy]

In Real Life :D

peggy

[noahsmum]

Thanks Peggy! I would've never figured that one out.

[miriam]

Dearest Mothering Friends:

Thank you for cluing me in on all of this shorthand. It is great! The birth of a new language. English is such a versatile language and we live in such a wonderful age.

There are shorthand secret messages my dh and ds's and dd have worked up for our pagers!

143 24/7!

[miriam]

Dear Mothering Friends:

What does TTYL stand for?

What does TTFN stand for?

I was just wondering.

[miriam]

Dear Friends:

Sorry, but what is

"IUI" or "TTC" or "m/c"?

[tara]

Oh, I know this one!
IUI = intrauterine insemination
TTC=trying to conceive
m/c = miscarriage

[telekinetic pyro]

ttyl=talk to you later
ttfn=Ta ta for now

[KalysMom]

test

[KalysMom]

test test

[DaryLLL]

Could I add a couple I like to use?

EBM--expressed breast milk. Your baby is either bfed or EBMfed. I hate when people call breastmilk bm--ick, that's bowel movement in my book!

ABM--artificial baby milk. I hate to call it formula as that makes it sound too scientific and legitimate.

EBF--extended breastfeeding. Most of the time, here, that means past one year (in mainstream society, of course, anthing past 3 months is extended!) :crying

[Jennifer Z]

The abbreviations are usually in small letters, I just put it in all caps to make it easier to read.

2WW: 2 Week Wait, time between O and AF or pregnancy
ABM: Artificial Baby Milk (Formula)
AF: Aunt Flow (Period Started)
AIO: All In One (diaper and cover together)
AP: Attachment Parenting
BB: Bulletin Board
BBT: Basil Body Temperature
BD: Baby Dance (making babies)
BF: Breastfeed or Breastfed
Bfing: Breastfeeding
BFN: Bald Face Negative (re: pregnancy test)
BIL: Brother In Law
BMS: Baby Making Sex (TTC)
BTDT:Been There, Done That
BTW: By The Way
CD#: Cycle Day, followed by a number (CD1 is first day of period)
CIO: Cry It Out
CM: Cervical Mucus
CP: Cervical Position
CPF: Cloth Pre Folds (diapers)
CO: Cervical Opening
DDDDC: Dirty deeds done dirt cheap (MDC fundraising project)
DD: Dear Daughter
DH: Dear Husband
DP: Dear Partner
DPO: Days Post Ovulation
DS: Dear Son
DW: Dear Wife
EBF: Extended Breastfeeding (past 1 year)
EBM: Expressed Breast Milk
EC: Elimination Communication
EDD: Estimated Due Date
ENDO: Endometriosis (cause of IF)
FB: Fuzzi Bunz (brand of cloth diapers)
IUI: Intrauterine Insemination (IF procedure)
IYKWIM: If You Know What I Mean
KWIM?: Know What I Mean ?
LLL: La Leche League (international breastfeeding support organization)
LOL: Laughing Out Loud
LMAO: Laughing My Arse Off
M/C: Miscarriage
MDC: Mothering Dot Com
ME: Motherease (brand of cloth diapers)
MIL: Mother In Law
NAK: Nursing At Keyboard
NATCH: Naturally
NIP: Nurse In Public
O: Ovulation
OSW: One Size Wonder (Luke’s drawers one size diapers)
OTOH: On The Other Hand
PCOS: Polycystic ovaries (IF problem)
POAS/POS: Pee On A Stick (Pregnancy Test)
RE: Reproductive Endocrinologist (fertility specialist)
ROTFLMAO: Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Arse Off
ROTFLOL: Rolling On The Floor, Laughing Out Loud
SAHD: Stay At Home Dad
SAHM: Stay At Home Mom
SIL: Sister In Law
SO: Significant Other
SOS: Suzie's One-Size (brand of cloth diapers)
TCS: Taking Children Seriously
TCOYF: Taking Charge Of Your Fertility (TTC bible) by Toni Weschler
TIA: Thanks In Advance
TTC#: Trying To Conceived, usually followed by # indicating which child
TTFN: Ta Ta For Now
TTYL: Talk To You Later
WAHD: Work At Home Dad
WAHM: Work At Home Mom
WWW: World Wide Web

edited to add abbreviations

[Cynthia Mosher]

Wonderful reference Jennifer! Thanks so much!! :thumb

[mamabeard]

what's TIA?

[NewMa]

TIA= thanks in advance :)

[mamabeard]

oh! thanks, newma... whenever i see it at the end of posts, i think... "till i'm answered?" :p

[stirringleaf]

why is it Dear Son and Dear Husband, etc, and not just Husband (H) and son (s) ? why the dear? i can see using it on occasion to be affectionate, but it has always been awkward for me to put DH DS all the time. i just dont talk that way IRL so it seems odd to type it... well i guess i dont really think about it now, im so used to it, but i am still wondering.....

[NewMa]

Yeah, I wonder this too, stirringleaf. Does anyone know how this convention originated? It seems very artificial. But remember, the "D" could alternately be "dear" or "damn" depending on your mood. :LOL

[mamabeard]

:LOL ... yeah, i usually just refer to them as "my son" and "my boyfriend".. as for the artificiality, i feel this way sometimes too, but when i see it i use it as a reminder that when it comes down to it, they really are dear. (and dorky..)

[MysticHealerMom]

I was told you could consider it sarcastically, as well. darling husband - or you could substitute another d - i think having 2 letters help differentiate between another meaning. plus, it seems to be historical, not limited to this board :)

[mamacrab]

I have often wondered how "dh" and "dd" and all the rest originated! I have seen them on every message board I've been to. They seem quite universal. Also "AF," it just seems so overly quaint and tactful, but again, I've seen it used consistently on many boards. And it is quick and easy to type. Wonder how long these abbreviations have been around and how they originally got started.

[MelissaEvans]

Perhaps to make it a two letter abreviation? Just saying "S is sleeping" could mean that you mis-typed something. =)

[jonathonsmom]

Does anyone know what tmi means?

Thanks.

[Cynthia Mosher]

Hmmmm... beats me. Did you see it in a post on the board? Maybe given a sentence so it's in the context of the discussion I could figure it out.

:confused:

[Quirky]

tmi = too much information, as in personal information

ex. 'When dh and I were bd'ing last night we were interrupted by ds and dd who wanted to know if they could watch tv - oops, tmi!"

[Xenogenesis]

okay they all picked me to ask <me being pushed to the forefront of a group of friends> "What is bd'ing" <blush - cuz I know I should be able to figure it out>

[Quirky]

babydancing, ie having sex to try to conceive

(i think there's also an acronym list somewhere in the ttc board, which is where i learned a lot of the more obscure ones i saw popping up elsewhere)

[owensmom]

I've seen this recently at the beginning of posts, almost used as if addressing someone, but I can't figure it out or don't see a correlation with anyone on the thread:

b'h

or

bs'd


:confused:

[Quirky]

I've seen that too and wondered; I think it may be an abbreviation for a Hebrew phrase because the women who use it are Jewish (I think).

[merpk]

Yes, it's a Jewish thing. :)

The b'H is an acronym for the Hebrew "barukh HaShem," literally meaning "bless G-d," or idiomatically, "thank G-d."

The bs'd is an acronym for the Aramaic "b'siyata di'Shmaya," meaning "with the help of Heaven."

They are written (usually in Hebrew letters) on the top of a page of writing, before writing anything, one or the other, interchangeably. Orthodox Jewish folks will write it on every page they write. On the Internet & on the printed English page, the letters you saw are the way it comes out ...

:hippie

- Amy

[owensmom]

Wow! That is really interesting, thanks so much for clearing that up for me. :D Learn something new every day....

:thumb

[MelissaEvans]

I know WAHM = Work at home mom... but what is WOHM? It seems to be working not at home, but I don't know what the O stands for.

Thanks. =)
~Melissa

[Xenogenesis]

Work Outta Home Mom

[Midnight Mom]

I've seen "CD" a couple times and I'm not sure what it means.

Gina

[peggy]

cloth diapering :D

[simonee]

OMG it's the first time I look at this thread, and I'm LOL at the first post. The one where Cynthia says that all small letters can happen because the poster is nursing her baby.

Where else would one find that explanation? Sometimes I'm just overcome with love at MDC :love :love

[ferdinandthebull]

I saw the link to the explanation for "bump", but the link comes back as invalid when I try it.
Can someone explain or repair that link?
:scratch

TIA
Anne

[Cynthia Mosher]

The thread list is filled with discussions that are active. The most active are on page 1 and the latest posted to are at the top of the list. If a thread falls down to the bottom of the thread list or out of sight to page 2 or beyond a person may post a new reply to it with the word "bump" to move it to the top of the list on page 1. They do so either to make the thread visible for someone else or to encourage more responses to the thread.

:)

[Cynthia Mosher]

The thread list is filled with discussions that are active. The most active are on page 1 and the latest posted to are at the top of the list. If a thread falls down to the bottom of the thread list or out of sight to page 2 or beyond a person may post a new reply to it with the word "bump" to move it to the top of the list on page 1. They do so either to make the thread visible for someone else or to encourage more responses to the thread.

:)

[madrone]

Someone posted a page once with the emoticons and what to use for them. Seems like we have a bunch of new ones. Could someone do the page again? I saved the old one on my hard drive as a word document, but I don't remember if the person posted it as a word doc.

[Cynthia Mosher]

Sorry for the late reply. :)

I can't recall who posted that for us. But what you can do is open the smilies box link at the left where it says Get More. Once the page opens up with all the smilies on it just click File at the top menu and then Save as and save it to your desktop as a webpage.

[dandelions2]

What does ppd mean?

Thanks.

Patti

[madrone]

Cynthia, I don't have a smiles box link on the left of my screen. How do I get that to appear?

[laralou]

Patti, it is Post Partum Depression.

Madrone, you don't have it next to where you type in your reply?

[Cynthia Mosher]

When you click the Reply button to write a post it should be there on the left - next to the reply text window that you type in. If not click on this to open the smilies window up: http://216.92.20.151/discussions/misc.php?action=getsmilies&s=

To place a smilie in your post just type the code that is given in the column to the right of each smilie.

[dandelions2]

That doesn't make sense though, cause I've seen it next to prices for things being sold. ??? I'm puzzled.

Patti

[madrone]

Thanks Cynthia! I've added that to my favorites so that I can open it up easily.

[laralou]

in that case it is something about postage included
nak

[dandelions2]

Thanks - I still wonder what it all stands for though, but at least now I have a clue. :)

[laralou]

me too - maybe someone will tell us

[PM]

Actually the d doesn't really mean anything. ppd is postage paid priority mail within the US.

[laralou]

Ah, the wise one speaks...

[PM]

Love your sig line...to cute!

[laralou]

Ain't I cute? :love

[dandelions2]

Thanks, ParisMaman!

Patti

[dandelions2]

I think I figured out the ppd! The first p is for postage and the pd stands for paid! Woo hoo! Thanks for all the help!

Patti

[Mutherluv]

Thank you so much! I feel so much better now.:love

[tara]

Ok, what does 'nak' mean??

[PM]

nursing at the keyboard?

[Mutherluv]

That is too funny. I have nursed at the keyboard. The only problem is now ds reaches over and tries to help. lol

[tara]

Aha! Thanks!

[applejuice]

What does GBS+ mean?

[Cynthia Mosher]

Did you read it here on the boards? I don't know but might could figure it out if I knew the context of its use.

[jonathonsmom]

I think it's "positive for group B strep". It's something that is tested for in pregnancy. A positive can be very dangerous for the child, and it is best for the baby to be born in the sack. Antibiotics are usually administered during labor.

Does that sound like what was meant in the post in question?

- Dawn

[MelissaEvans]

I was looking through the trading post and was wondering about these:
EC (I'm guessing not Elimination Communication in this context)
PPD (again, not post partum depression here, postage something?)
FS: for sale?
FSOT: for sale or trade?
ISO - I don't have a guess for this one

Are there more that are selling/buying specific?

Thanks!
~Melissa

[mamacrab]

I know ISO...In Search Of

You were right about FS and FSOT

Don't know those others!

[telekinetic pyro]

ppd=Postage paid

ISO=In search of

EC=excellent condition

Hope that helped :)

[MelissaEvans]

How 'bout

NWT
NWOT

Also in the trading post area?

Thanks!

Oh... People have created great lists throughout this thread, would it be possible for one of you super-mods to combine all the lists with all the li'l quesitons people throw in here to one super list that can be found from... dunno, the main page or something? There's the nifty smilies area, something kinda like that?

~Melissa

[jonathonsmom]

NWT = New with tags
NWOT = New without tags
NIB = New in box

[Mona]

Anone know what DSPF means? I think it is relation to diapers.
Thanks!
Lisa

[Midnight Mom]

I know what DS & PF mean seperately, but not together DSPF.

DS=dear son
PF=pre-fold (cloth diaper)

Hmmm, now I'm curious.

[MelissaEvans]

Diaper service prefold?

[Quirky]

IIRC ???

I've seen it a couple times recently, and I am just plain stumped. :confused:

[Cynthia Mosher]

IIRC - If I Recall Correctly

???
:D

[Quirky]

That makes sense! Thanks!

[DreamerMama]

I have scrolled through all of this, can't find my answer. I have seen several times in the birth story board UC or u/c does that mean un cut? As in an un cut version of my birth story?

[Cynthia Mosher]

Unassisted Childbirth :)

[DreamerMama]

Thanks!

[rosebuds]

Ok, here's mine...

ISO?

TIA!

[Midnight Mom]

I know ISO = in search of...it's used on the trading post alot.

Not sure about TIA...if you read through some posts on this thread I'm sure you'll find it.

[rosebuds]

oh thanks Midnight Mom. The trading post is where I most often saw it come to think of it.

I was actually using TIA with knowlege of its meaning. :)

Thanks In Advance.

[SLY]

What about ETA?
I see it here and there, but it dosnt appear to be "estimated time of arrival" (which would make sense, since we are here talkin' babies)...Any ideas?


Sally:hippie

[rosebuds]

Edited To Add

:)

[Frankly Speaking]

These abbreviations came about in the days prior to the internet. Then we had local bulletin board services (BBS) that were all alpha numeric and no graphics. There were information pages, posting sites and chat rooms. The chat rooms were by far the most popular and it was not unusual to have a dozen or more participants on line at one time. The conversation would move so fast it was difficult to read and keep up sometimes. At these times the best you could do was 1 or 2 line messages or you would miss half of the conversation or the conversation would move past your reply. You also had to be a fast and accurate typist. The abbreviations were so that you could get your say in and not get behind or lost in it''s meaning. We have come so far in such a short time!

The first time I saw TIA at the end of a message, I thought it was her name, Tia! :rotflmao




Frank

[leavesarebrown]

swmbo she who must be obeyed (on dh's woodworking bb)
qotc queen of the castle
kotc king of the castle
cbe childbirth educator
mw midwife
cpm certified professional midwife
lm lay midwife
dem direct entry midwife
ob (pretty obvious) obstetrician

[aravinda]

what does nak mean?
the "acronym server" says "negative acknowledgement"

i thought "nursing a kid" ??

-aravinda

[mamacrab]

very close!

it means "Nursing at Keyboard" and people throw it in there to let you know they may have mispelled words, no caps, or a short message because they are NAK.

I'd say more, but I'm NAK!

[arismommy]

How about HTH?

[jonathonsmom]

Hope this helps. or maybe hotter than he11, depending on the context?

- Dawn

[aravinda]

but dd would take the keyboard instead! though i could do it till she was about 2 or 3 months old.
sure do envy all you who can nak!

aravinda

[Cutie Patootie]

Why does everyone who includes God in their post, leave the "o" out? G-d?
I have been wondering about that one for a while. :-)

[rosebuds]

Originally posted by MySweetTruman
Why does everyone who includes God in their post, leave the "o" out? G-d?
I have been wondering about that one for a while. :-)

I havent seen g-d used as an abbreviation for God but I know that GD is used for Gentle Discipline.

[Gemini]

Originally posted by MySweetTruman
Why does everyone who includes God in their post, leave the "o" out? G-d?
I have been wondering about that one for a while. :-)
It's for respect. I *think* some religions frown upon His name being said aloud or written.

[Cutie Patootie]

Interesting...:scratch

[mwanamaker0209]

Thank you for the explanations of acronyms and such. I had an ideal of what dd and ds meant but wasn't sure. The others help too. I am new here and have posted several times already. I really like it and I finally feel at home, with others that are having the same issues that I am having. For once I am not alone.

Thank you.:D

[Cutie Patootie]

what is OT?
:scratch

[rainsmom]

OT means Off Topic


If you write in caps OT with a colon like this :


it looks like this:


:OT



and you use it when your are posting on a thread and you want to veer from the topic of the OP.........Original Poster Its a polite way of changing the topic for a minute

[arismommy]

...and "bump"????

[Gemini]

When you post to a thread it moves it to the top of the forum right? So the list of threads in any forum is in order of how recently they were posted on.

People will write "bump" or just a smilie to make that thread go to the top of the forum so more people will read it.

[mamacrab]

Help me please!! This has been stumping me for days and I have tried to be clever and figure it out but I am officially giving up!

IIRC?

I've seen it often lately.

[mamacrab]

Bump!

IIRC?

Please tell me, its driving me crazy!

[Gemini]

You can't bump a sticky silly!!

If I recall correctlly. :)

I didn't know either, someone had to tell me....heh.

[rainsmom]

thanks......that was starting to drive me crazy too!

[mamacrab]

oh my! If I can't bump it, what should I do? Maybe start a thread in TAO entitled "Please tell me what IIRC means!"

Anyone??

IIRC?

TIA!!

[mamacrab]

Oh, I see Gemini, you actually answered for me!!! Takes me a while...

If I Recall Correctly.

THANK YOU!!

[Gemini]

:LOL

[Mama Lori]

How about NAK?

[rainsmom]

How about NAK?


Nursing At Keyboard (expect typos)

[Mama Lori]

Oh - hahahaha - that is too funny. I could not for the life of me figure that one out.

[monkey's mom]

YMMV????

I am clueless!

Thanks!

[annelizabeth]

Perhaps i'm wierd- but I do not like abbrivations
I most likely should considering i;m the worst speller ever!

[Gemini]

YMMV????

I am clueless!

Thanks!
Hmmm. :scratch Where did you see that one MM?

[monkey's mom]

I've seen it several places--mostly as a closing:

YMMV,
Monkey's mom

Like that.

What is it????? For the love of Godddddddddddddd!!!!!!!!!!

hee.

[Viola]

Your Mileage May Vary

As in, what works well for one person may not work as well for another; I used to see this a lot on cloth diapering discussion boards.

[monkey's mom]

AH HA!!!

I knew it was something like that, but I couldn't get any of the letters to fit!

Thanks so much....I will sleep better at nights now!

[Viola]

Perhaps i'm wierd- but I do not like abbrivations
I most likely should considering i;m the worst speller ever!

They can be confusing, huh? The first time I saw dh in a chat room and I found out what it meant, I swore I would not use it. And for a long time I dutifully typed out my husband. I still use the full word often, but I use dh more now. In the CD (cloth diapering) board I was on, we used dd to mean disposable diapers as well as DD for dear daughter. My mom assumed LOL meant lots of love, so now on my family groups page everyone signs their postings lol and I can't figure out what is so funny.

And I know that one member here has GOT GD? as her senior member name and for awhile I thought she had gestational diabetes. LOL

The first time someone mentioned AF I had no clue what that was. She said it meant Aunt Flo. I said, "who is Aunt Flo?" I just call it my period. I had a college roommate who referred to it as her Aunt Sally coming to visit, but Flo makes more sense. I still say period and having sex instead of AF and BD (baby dancing, which doesn't mean dancing with your baby, it means doing the deed).

BTW, 1HT (one handed typing) and NAKing here.

[Viola]

Oh, the ones I'm still confused about are BFP and BFN. I thought BFP was barely faint positive, but that doesn't even make sense, now that I think about it. Oh, but I read this whole thread abd found this: BFN: Bald Face Negative (re: pregnancy test)

[Gemini]

They can be confusing, huh? The first time I saw dh in a chat room and I found out what it meant, I swore I would not use it. And for a long time I dutifully typed out my husband. I still use the full word often, but I use dh more now.
:LOL This struck me as funny since I don't write dh! I always write hubby. :)

[mom2x]

What is LDS?

[monkey's mom]

Latter Day Saints?

[Gemini]

Yes it is. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. :)

[Rainbow]

They can be confusing, huh? The first time I saw dh in a chat room and I found out what it meant, I swore I would not use it. And for a long time I dutifully typed out my husband. I still use the full word often, but I use dh more now. In the CD (cloth diapering) board I was on, we used dd to mean disposable diapers as well as DD for dear daughter. My mom assumed LOL meant lots of love, so now on my family groups page everyone signs their postings lol and I can't figure out what is so funny.

I almost always use DH because people know what it is and I'm lazy.

However what precisely the D stands for changes by mood :mischief

[Mommy2Brittani]

OMG I read all 10 pages, and most of them were really enlightening. There were a couple that I think meant something else, though.

BFN - I was told meant Big Fat Negative
BFP - Same Token, Big Fat Positive

and CPF, I know for a fact means Chinese Pre-Fold, as a cloth prefold could be made from any fabric, but a true CPF is made with chinese cotton and imported from China.

[burritomama]

What about: lmao?

Such as: IMAO at someone's DH's something.

TIA!

[Midnight Mom]

LMAO = laughing my a$$ off
ROTFLMAO = roll on the floor laughing my a$$ off

[Yinsum]

Almost embarrassed to ask What does ddddc mean?

[Cynthia Mosher]

DDDDC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap :)

You can read more about it here: http://www.mothering.com/mdc/ddddc.html

[G-Dawg]

I am seeing MAKing. What is that?
Thanks!
G

[Nemmer]

Multi-tasking At Keyboard. :)

[China white]

Multi-tasking At Keyboard. :)


:rotflmao.................................that's one word for it :LOL

[pumpkinhead]

Uh oh :LOL

NEMMER! :LOL

[wemoon]

Multi-tasking At Keyboard. :)
:LOL

[neveryoumindthere]

whats STBX??
:scratch

[djs_girl517]

Soon-to-be-ex

[neveryoumindthere]

Soon-to-be-ex
oooooooh

:shy u dont even want to know what i thought it stood for :innocent

[pumpkinhead]

oooooooh

:shy u dont even want to know what i thought it stood for :innocent

You overestimate us! Of course we do! :D

[famousmockngbrd]

Y'know, for the longest time I thought stbx was shorthand for sh*tbox. And I was like, isn't that what you call a beater car?? :scratch :LOL

[CarrieBeary77]

My friend thought stbx mant sh*tbox, too. And I htought it meant Stupid Ex. (I don't know why.)

MAK.... ok. Sure. Multi-tasking. Uh-huh. We'll go with that. :LOL

[peaceful mama]

Can anyone help me? What's <3 mean? Thank you! :D

[CarrieBeary77]

It's a heart. <3 See it? It's a disjointed heart, but a heart. :)

[peaceful mama]

I see it! Thanks so much! :)

[Jokerama]

I always thought MAK meant Mothering at Keyboard! Like even though you are on the computer you are still giving your children attention!

[clomama]

Cynthia you are my savior. I'm completely new to this stuff but so thrilled to have finally gotten hooked in. Thanks so much for the translations. Since I've got your attention I may as well ask how do you put all the various bio info at the end of a post. You know like: Mama to Emma 5/26/98 and angel #2 due in February plus all the little smilies and all? I'm sure it's something easy that I just haven't figured out yet. Thanks for your help.

Christie

[Cynthia Mosher]

Hi Christie and welcome to MDC! :rock

Click on the UserCP link at the upper left of the page and there you'll find in the left side menu:

Control Panel
Settings & Options
Edit Signature

Click Edit Signature and you can place what you wish in your sig. If you wish to advertise anything for commercial purposes you'll need to pay for a business signature. You'll also find helpful info in the FAQ section. The link to that is right next to the User CP link up top. :)

[pumpkinhead]

I always thought MAK meant Mothering at Keyboard! Like even though you are on the computer you are still giving your children attention!


:D :thumb

[AllNatural]

Oops, and here I thought NIP meant "Nipple in Place". "Nurse in Public" makes more sense.

LOL,
Kate

[kymholly]

OK, I read through this whole thread and I did not see FFS. I'm thinking that it means something like free for sale, or maybe for a song, but that doesn't fit well.
(BTW, I did search for it first, but I don't always trust search engines!)

TIA ;)

[neveryoumindthere]

ffs=free for shipping

[sunmoonstars]

learn new stuff everyday - however coming from other boards on other topics, some of this abbreviations mean other things on them!

thanks for the tidbits!

ttfn :shy

[Nemmer]

Okay, how about bs"h?

[djs_girl517]

it's bs"d - It's Aramaic -- it is the initials for the Aramaic words that mean, "with G-d's help"

[Gemini]

Oops, and here I thought NIP meant "Nipple in Place". "Nurse in Public" makes more sense.

LOL,
Kate
Nipple In Place! :LOL

[Nemmer]

it's bs"d - It's Aramaic -- it is the initials for the Aramaic words that mean, "with G-d's help"

Oh! Got it! Thanks! :thumb

[Rhonwyn]

TCS?

What does that mean? I have seen it on the Gentle Discipline board.

[Gemini]

Taking Children Seriously. :)

[Rhonwyn]

Thanks! Now I'll just have to lurk and see what exactly is meant by that.

[MamaSpruce]

Thanks for the thread! I'm clueing in now. Being a first time mom looking into cloth diapers, I'm a little baffled by those abbreviations. I got AIO (all in ones) and PF (pre-folds), but what about CPF, FMBG, FB, PUL, LL, SIWW? Any others? Thanks!

[neveryoumindthere]

cpf=chinese prefold
fmbg=full moon baby gear
fb=fuzzi bunz
the above 3 are cloth diaper brands

pul=polyurethane laminate (the waterproof outer on cloth diapers)
LL=lounging lizards ?? not sure
SIWW=super industrial whisper wrap ( a type of diaper cover)

HTH

[Trinitty]

CIO

Crib In Other room????

Thanks!

Trin.

[Nemmer]

Cry It Out

as in letting a child cry themselves to sleep, or cry alone.

[Trinitty]

Thanks for that.

That's terrible!

Glad there's a magazine and forum like Mothering.

Trinitty.

[MyCalling]

LL=lounging lizards ?? not sure


I use LL as Little Lambs. The type of cloth diapers I use.

[neveryoumindthere]

:2toddler: what in the world is this supposed to be ??

[Gemini]

A mom slinging/babywearing her child I think. Or just holding her child? Good question actually. :LOL

[neveryoumindthere]

all i see is a toddler with his hand down his mom's shirt. seriously
:shrug

[arismommy]

yup-his hand is definately down moms shirt! :)

[Nemmer]

It's a toddler nursing... hand down mom's shirt around the boob, and mouth on the boob. :)

[neveryoumindthere]

oooooooooh now i see it. thanks:)

[Seasons]

What's UC? Seems to mean homebirth or something?

[djs_girl517]

Unattended childbirth

[Luni]

Thanks for explaining. I needed this ...

[numomnalaska]

What does "FNL" stand for?

[Ekatherina]

:eyes...hello...well maybe im too late but...what is NAK???
and also does HB means home birth or hospital birth??? :scratch...

[earthmama007]

NAK is Nursing at the KEyboard

HB is usually Homebirth :)

[Ekatherina]

does anyone know what is SAHD..???

[arismommy]

Stay at Home Dad ;)

[Benji'sMom]

LL could be Little Lambs.

[rainsmom]

I thought LL was LeLeche League. but that could be LLL

[Kaylie's Mommie]

thank yoooouuuuu! When i first started reading the Subject paragraph i was thinking"what the ****" lol it will still take a while to remember i'm sure.

[irinam]

rainsmom, I love your siggy :thumb

[Autumnschild]

Here are a few I didn't see:

EO: Essential Oil
TTO: Tea Tree Oil
LO: Lavender Oil
PO: Peppermint Oil

BTW, You girls crack me up! LOL!

Especially the part about the "D" in DH! I also used to refuse to refer to him as DH, but now I have to bite my tounge to keep from refering to him as DH out loud! :love

[arismommy]

how about NFL? I've seen in in conjunction w/ AP but can't figure it out!

[guerrillamama]

natural family living

[loftmama]

2 i've seen, but don't know:

sohm

eta

:scratch

[earthmama007]

sohm-? sahm-Stay at home mom

eta-edited to add :)

[loftmama]

thanks earthmama - i've seen sohm more than once, but rarely. maybe it was a typo each time??

thanks for clarifying eta.

[guerrillamama]

sohm - would that be a mom with a restraining order against her?