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| Wed, 03-15-2006 - 4:33pm |
Hi—through reading lots of these messages... I come across lots of abbreviations...
I can’t think of them all… but can some one please fill me in…LOL
Like
TOM
DD
DH
And any others you can think of
(How do u abbreviate family members?)
Also I was reading some ones journal
And it had three weights…
One I think was GW (I think goal weight)
But the other two I just couldn’t figure out…
Thanks

Here you go:
Are you puzzled by an abbreviation that you saw on the message boards or in a chat? Here's a list of some of the most commonly used abbreviations.
AFK Away from keyboard
BF Boyfriend
BIL Brother-in-law
BRB Be right back
BTDT Been there done that
BTW By the way
CTS Consider the source
DD Dear daughter
DH Dear (or darn) husband
DS Dear son
DSD Dear stepdaughter
DSS Dear stepson
DW Dear (or darn) wife
F/U Follow up
F2F Face-to-face
FAQ Frequently asked question
FIL Father-in-law
FWIW For what it's worth
GF Girlfriend
GMTA Great minds think alike
HTH Hope that helps
IMO In my opinion
IRL In real life
ISP Internet service provider
ITA I totally agree
J/K Just kidding
LOL Laugh out loud
(m) More
MIL Mother-in-law
NP No problem
NT No text
OIC Oh I see
OMG Oh my gosh
OT Off topic
OTOH On the other hand
OW/OM Other woman/other man
ROFL Rolling on the floor laughing
SAHD Stay-at-home dad
SAHM Stay-at-home mom
SIL Sister-in-law
SO Significant other
STBX Soon to be ex
TIA Thanks in advance
TMI Too much information
TOM Time of month
TPTB The powers that be
TTC Trying to conceive
TTFN Ta ta for now
TTYL Talk to you later
TY Thank you
URL Web page address
W/B Welcome back
W/O Without
WAHD Work-at-home dad
WAHM Work-at-home mom
WOHM Work-out-of-home mom
WTG Way to go
WYSIWYG What you see is what you get
YW You're welcome
I wanted to add a couple that are kind of specific to our board:
SBD - South Beach Diet
WW - whole wheat
SF - sugar free
FF - fat free
NSA - no sugar added (this one puzzled me for MONTHS lol!) I kept wondering what the government had to do with popscicles and such! :-)
spring06sig2
A couple more:
KWIM = know what I mean
WOE = way of eating
WOL = way of life
people often use the last two in lieu of the word "diet", because SBD is more of a healthy