Affair Acronyms

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Registered: 09-12-2008
Affair Acronyms
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Fri, 02-06-2009 - 3:26pm
Sorry for being such a neophyte at this but I am afraid I need a glossary to understand some of the discussions. I have figured out some of the lingo out but others mystify me. Would someone mind posting a list of acronyms and what they mean for use newbs pls? thanks muchly.
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Registered: 01-12-2009
Fri, 02-06-2009 - 4:24pm
There is a list in the HUMOR section under a thread titled ABBREVIATIONS.
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Registered: 08-19-2008
Fri, 02-06-2009 - 8:33pm

Here you go.

I copied and pasted the abbreviations for whoever needs them.

MM - Married Man
SM/OM - Single Man/Other Man
MW - Married woman
SW/OW - Single Woman/Other Woman
DH/H – Husband
DW/W - Wife
AP - Affair Partner
SO - Significant Other
BF/GF - BoyFriend / GirlFriend
DD - Dependent/Darling Daughter
DS - Dependent/Darling Son
SS - Step Son
SD - Step daughter
EMA - extra marital affair
LDEMA – long distance extra marital affair
LDR - long distance relationship
LIGF - live-in girlfriend
LIBF - live-in boyfriend
A – affair
M – marriage
LOL - laughing out loud or lots of love
*s* - smiles
BTDT - been there done that
HTH - hope this helps
TY - thankyou
FWB - Friends with Benefits
FWOB - Friends without Benefits
D - divorce.
STBXH - Soon to be Ex Husband
STBXW - soon to be ex wife
IMO or IMHO - In My Opinion
ITA - I Totally Agree
TYIA - Thanking You In Advance
IC - Intercourse (or, sometimes, Individual Counseling)
MC - Marriage Counseling
IT - Individual Therapy (less confusing than IC!)
KWIM - Know What I Mean

PA - Physical Affair.....touching of a sexual nature has or will imminently occur.

EA - Emotional Affair.....lack of above - or into addition to above - but usually characterized by feelings deeper than that of merely friends and would likely give rise to jealousy in a spouse were the full nature and content of discussions/emails/IM known to spouses.

Also a couple of random ones - OT means off-topic, OS means oral sex, LL means low libido, OP means other poster or person.



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