Ok So I have too much time on my hands . . . but I'm gonna try to put a link in my siggy for this post and maybe it will help . . . at least it'll be funny!
Most Common Acronyms Official and Unofficial (in alphabetical order):
AE: Alternate Ego
AF: Aunt Flo(w)
AW: Attention Whore
BC(P): Birth Control (Pills)
BF: Breastfed
BFN: Big Fat (F*cking) Negative
BFP: Big Fat (F*cking) Positive
BM: Breast Milk
BSC: Bat Sh*t Crazy
CD: Cloth Diapers/Diapering
CIO: Cry It Out
DC: Dear(est) Child
DD: Dear(est) Daughter
DD: Dirty Delete(d) if referred to a post/response
DH: Dear(est) Husband
DS : Dear(est) Son
EBF: Exclusively Breastfed
EFF: Exclusively Formula Fed or Eco Friendly Family (board)
ETA: Edit to The Above
EP: Exclusively Pump
FF: Formula Fed
FFFC: Flame-Free Friday Confession
FFS: For F*cks Sake
FTR: For The Record
F/U: Follow Up
FWIW: For What It?s
Worth
GBCN: Good Bye Cruel Nest
GB(Y): God Bless(You)
GTKYFB: Get To Know Your Fellow Bumpie
HTH: Hope That Helps
IDK: I Don't Know
IIRC: If I Recall Correctly
IHO: In Honor Of
IMO: In My Opinion
IMHO: In My Humble Opinion
IRL: In Real Life
ITA: I Totally Agree
JMHO: Just My Humble Opinion
KTFO: Knocked The F*ck Out
KTFU: Knocked The F*ck Up
KU: Knocked Up
KWIM: Know What I Mean
LIP: Link In Post
LO: Little One
MUD: Made Up Drama
NBR: Not Baby Related
NFT: No Further Text
NMS: Not My Style
NIP: Nurse In Public
OOT: Out Of Town
OTOH: On The Other Hand
PITA: Pain In The A$$
PIB: Picture In Bio
PIP: Picture In Post
PIS: Picture In Signature (Siggy)
PM: Private Message
PNP: Pack and Play
POAS: Pee On A Stick
POTW: Picture Of The Week
PP: PostPartum or Previous Poster
PPH: Pink Puffy Heart
PH: Puffy Heart
PSA: Public Service Announcement
SAHD: Stay At Home Dad
SAHM: Stay At Home Mom
SFL: Save For Later
SO: Significant Other
S/O: Speaking Of
STD: Short Term Disability
STFU: Shut The F*ck Up
STTN: Sleeping Through The Night
TIA: Thanks In Advance
TMI: Too Much Information
WAHD: Work At Home Dad
WAHM: Work At Home Mom
WDYT: What Do You Think
WOHD: Work Outside Home Dad
WOHM: Work Outside Home Mom
WWYD: What Would You Do
XP: Cross Post
YGM: You've Got Mail
YGPM: You've Got a Private Message
YKWIM: You Know What I Mean
YWIA: You?re Welcome In Advance
Anyone who wants to can copy and paste the following to put a link to this page in their siggy - just remember to remove the stars (***):
<***a href="https://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/13543381.aspx">Bump Unofficial Glossary</a>
There are others on the Bump Glossary Page Here! If you don't see what you are looking for! YWIA
Re: Bump Unofficial Glossary!
Nice.
SFL. And I see that was on your list. Good job.
you are a wicked loser my dear
lol - there were a few that I had no clue what they meant.. now I do!
See... you helped me!
thank you thank you!!!
after reading and reading... I some how guess some of them... but is soo nice to have them in a list!!
I recently saw a post about the evolution of "BM"
It starts out as Brides Maid
Then Bowel Movement
And finally Breast Milk.
so helpful - this is great!
but what's OP?
thanks so much!
OP = Original Post/Poster
PW = Post Whore
Proud Mama to Mickey (12.03.09) and Nemo (06.06.13)
thanks!
I am still not sure what UO thursdays are? I know it's similar to FFFC because of the type of posts in it but what does it stand for?
And also I am so clueless about the 1ht thing?
UO stands for Unpopular Opinion
and 1ht is One Hand Typing (because you're nursing or pumping)