What does it mean?

[letap]

I often see people using the acronyms DH, DD, DS,DW what do they mean?? Thanks

[Petert]

Dear husband, dear son, dear daughter and dear wife.

 

Petert

[starq1]

I was told the "D" stood for Darling. But the Disney boards I frequent, they say it stands for Disney. I guess it could mean whichever D "pet name" you can think of.

[firstcruise05]

sometimes it stands for Damn ;)

[sumguy1]

Took me a while to figure what IMO means (In My Opinion)

[Lou_70]

They are very aggrivating abbreviations for people WAY to lazy to type in daughter, son, husband or wife.....

 

I refuse to use em, because in my 35 years of life I have never called any of my friends, family or kids dear ...

[megessey]

There are other abbreviations or phrases I've seen exclusively about cruising that took me awhile to figure out. Maybe there could be a permanent sticky thread for new people? I'm thinking of:

 

PAX -- passengers

AFT -- back of the boat (not an abbrv, but could be confusing)

C & A -- Crown & Anchor

Docs -- documents

CD -- cruise director (not the musical disc)

TA -- travel agent

MED cruise -- mediterranian (don't laugh, I 1st thought it meant a special medical needs cruise :o )

PC -- i still don't know what this means!

[springtxbill]

PC could mean Personal Choice dining on Princess. Wish RCCL had it.:)

[dei6360]

When I first started reading the boards I thought the "D" in dh, dw, etc. stood for DRUNK (guess you can tell where my mind was).

 

I still like to think that is what it stands for, it sometimes makes the post that much better to read.

[bob278]

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I refuse to use em, because in my 35 years of life I have never called any of my friends, family or kids dear ...

 

That's kind of sad. These are not replacements for NAMES, just how they think of those people. My wife and children are all very dear to me. Granted, I don't say "Dear Sally" (or whatever) face-to-face, but I have no problem refering to her as my dear (or darling) wife.

 

I have nothing to say about whether or not using abbreviations is aggravating. That's an opinion and those will vary from person to person.

[Broch]

:confused: I have worked out most of the abbreviations used but I still cannot figure out what BTW stands for, probably simple and I will kick myself when I get told. I thought maybe back to writer but that does not always fit.

[megessey]

BTW= By the Way

[sblahars]

They are very aggrivating abbreviations for people WAY to lazy to type in daughter, son, husband or wife.....

 

I refuse to use em, because in my 35 years of life I have never called any of my friends, family or kids dear ...

 

I completely agree. Someone comes here for information and need to spend time trying to figure out what the heck is being said. It is the same with message boards everywhere. It really isn't all that hard to type "in my opinion" or "wife". By the way, "BTW" means just that I think.

 

...oh, and you think site is annoying with abbreviations, you should go to some of the Disney World sites...nearly impossible sometimes.

[Broch]

;) Thankyou megessay. Thought it would be simple. Mind you everything is simple once you know the answer but my wife is very good at puzzles etc. and even she could not work that one out.

[megessey]

OMG, IMHO using acronyms is NBD. FWIW, some are a PITA if you don't have the 411, KWIM? It can leave you saying *****? BTW, I usually KISS for myself IRL.

 

Oh well, TTFN!

[Merion_Mom]

meg, you made me giggle! :) :D

 

...and to Lou_70, who said,

They are very aggrivating abbreviations for people WAY to lazy to type in daughter, son, husband or wife.....

.....

someone who uses internet abbreviations is no lazier than someone who posts messages with misspelled words because he is too lazy to spell them correctly.

 

JMO, YMMV.

[ORANGEinINDY]

OMG, IMHO using acronyms is NBD. FWIW, some are a PITA if you don't have the 411, KWIM? It can leave you saying *****? BTW, I usually KISS for myself IRL.

 

Oh well, TTFN!

 

All those TLAs have me ROFLMAO

L8TER

[PhoenixCruiser]

In case you are bored:

 

ASAP = As soon as possible

ATM = At The Moment

AYT = Are you there?

BBL = Be Back Later

BF = Boy Friend

BIL = Brother in Law

BL = Belly laughing!

BRB = Be Right Back

BTW = By The Way

DD = Dearest Daughter, Darling Daughter, etc

DF= Dear Fiance

DH = Dear Hubby (Or Husband) , Darling Hubby, Darn Hubby, Dumb Hubby, etc

DIKU = Do I know you?

DS = Dearest Son, Darling Son, etc

F2F = Face to face

FAO = For attention of

FAQ = Frequently asked question

FIL = Father in Law

FWIW = For what it’s worth

FYI = For Your Information

GF = Girl Friend

GMTA = Great Minds Think Alike

IM = Instant message

IMCO = In my considered opinion

IMHO = In My Humble Opinion

IRL = In real life

ISO = In search of

JK = Just Kidding

LOL = Laughing Out Loud or Lots of Laughs

MIL = Mother in Law

OIC = Oh, I see!

OMG = Oh My Gosh!

OP + Original poster

OT = Off Topic

OTOH = On the other hand

PITA = Pain in the “acronym” (Use this if a board friend has gotten a little heavy handed with acronyms)

PITA = Pain In the A$$

POV = Point of View

PTMM = Please tell me more

ROFL or ROTFL = Rolling on the Floor Laughing

ROFLMAO = Rolling on the Floor Laughing My A$$ Off

SIL = Sister in Law

SO = Significant Other

SU = Spousal Unit

TG = Thank Goodness

TGIF = Thank Goodness It's Friday!

TIA = Thanks in Advance

TMI = Too Much Information

[ORANGEinINDY]

ASAP = As soon as possible

ATM = At The Moment

AYT = Are you there?

BBL = Be Back Later

BF = Boy Friend

BIL = Brother in Law

BL = Belly laughing!

BRB = Be Right Back

BTW = By The Way

DD = Dearest Daughter, Darling Daughter, etc

DF= Dear Fiance

DH = Dear Hubby (Or Husband) , Darling Hubby, Darn Hubby, Dumb Hubby, etc

DIKU = Do I know you?

DS = Dearest Son, Darling Son, etc

F2F = Face to face

FAO = For attention of

FAQ = Frequently asked question

FIL = Father in Law

FWIW = For what it’s worth

FYI = For Your Information

GF = Girl Friend

GMTA = Great Minds Think Alike

IM = Instant message

IMCO = In my considered opinion

IMHO = In My Humble Opinion

IRL = In real life

ISO = In search of

JK = Just Kidding

L8 = Late

LOL = Laughing Out Loud or Lots of Laughs

MIL = Mother in Law

OIC = Oh, I see!

OMG = Oh My Gosh!

OP + Original poster

OT = Off Topic

OTOH = On the other hand

PITA = Pain in the “acronym” (Use this if a board friend has gotten a little heavy handed with acronyms)

PITA = Pain In the A$$

POV = Point of View

PTMM = Please tell me more

ROFL or ROTFL = Rolling on the Floor Laughing

ROFLMAO = Rolling on the Floor Laughing My A$$ Off

SIL = Sister in Law

SO = Significant Other

SOL = Sh!| out of Luck

SU = Spousal Unit

TG = Thank Goodness

TGIF = Thank Goodness It's Friday!

TIA = Thanks in Advance

TLA - Three (Two) Letter Acronym

TMI = Too Much Information

 

 

A couple others....

[Aprille]

The only time abbreviations annoy me here are when they are used for a ship name.

 

ROS - Radiance or Rhapsody???

VOS - Voyager or Vision???

MOS - Mariner, Majesty or Monarch???

EOS - Explorer, Enchantment or Empress???

 

Sometimes I can figure it out by the topic or itinerary being discussed. Other times I'm like HUH??? :rolleyes: :p ;)

[Lou_70]

meg, you made me giggle! :) :D

 

...and to Lou_70, who said, .....

someone who uses internet abbreviations is no lazier than someone who posts messages with misspelled words because he is too lazy to spell them correctly.

 

JMO, YMMV.

 

mispelling is a sign of stupidity, not being lazy :P

[madelinerose]

Excuse me, don't you mean THem and not EM??? I would have certainly expected you to completely spell every word you type. :rolleyes:

 

I refuse to use em, because in my 35 years of life I have never called any of my friends, family or kids dear ...

 

:eek: :eek: :eek: !!!

 

Oh, so my doctors, family and friends who hold PhDs and anyone who's been diagnosed with dyslexia and occasionally misspell are stupid??? Hmmmmm.....guess I should let them know. :rolleyes:

 

mispelling is a sign of stupidity, not being lazy :P

[Lou_70]

Excuse me, don't you mean THem and not EM??? I would have certainly expected you to completely spell every word you type. :rolleyes:

 

 

 

:eek: :eek: :eek: !!!

 

Oh, so my doctors, family and friends who hold PhDs and anyone who's been diagnosed with dyslexia and occasionally misspell are stupid??? Hmmmmm.....guess I should let them know. :rolleyes:

 

 

Yea whatever.. there we go again some fool taking it too far

[madelinerose]

:D :D :D :D

 

Yea whatever.. there we go again some fool taking it too far

[beth4652]

They are very aggrivating abbreviations for people WAY to lazy to type in daughter, son, husband or wife.....

 

I refuse to use em, because in my 35 years of life I have never called any of my friends, family or kids dear ...

 

 

 

Can't remember calling any of them "dear" but I have always called my one son, out of seven children, "sweet son." BTW, he's 20 now and I still call him that.