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I'll say it out loud ........ I dislike all the abbreviations on Mumsnet

58 replies

paganmolloy · 14/12/2017 08:38

DD, DH, DP, GF, DS and all the others. I get common abbreviations like etc. Xmas but I feel like I need an entire map legend just to read a post. And if we can all write lengthy posts surely we can just write daughter or son? And why do we have to call them 'dear' anything? It pisses me off! So there! ;)

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littlejellyfish · 09/04/2022 21:05

Zombie thread!

HollowedOut · 09/04/2022 21:03

The d in dh isn’t necessarily “dear”. I normally assume it’s “dickhead”.

Onceuponatimethen · 09/04/2022 21:00

Ffs op yabu

Sparklingbrook · 09/04/2022 20:57

As I said 5 years ago probably, the longer you are on here the less you even notice them. It's just a shorthand and you get used to it v quickly. The context usually means you can work out whether 'GP' is doctor/grandparent or guinea pig...

Anotherlonesomemum · 09/04/2022 20:50

Finally thank you! I completely agree I hate the abbreviations. They are so unnecessary LOL

nocoolnamesleft · 09/04/2022 20:48

DF is the one that winds me up. I've seen it used for dear friend, dear fiance, or dear father. Sometimes guessing the wrong one of those can really make a post surreal...

Sparklingbrook · 09/04/2022 20:46

December 2017. I think my opinions are exactly the same as when I posted on this thread back then back then. Grin

Here's the list though

www.mumsnet.com/i/acronyms

Anotherlonesomemum · 09/04/2022 20:40

I have no clue what any of the abbreviations mean and it’s so annoying... makes it hard to join in the conversations..

ArbitraryName · 20/12/2017 20:02

Dfish is not an abbreviation. It’s longer than just writing fish.

VladmirsPoutine · 20/12/2017 19:38

The DD, DP, DH, DS stuff is all well and good. It's a bit twee but that's fine.
What is patently ridiculous is Dfish or Ddog; in fact it took me a few tries to write that as my autocorrect also thinks it is a twattish abbreviation.

GinIsIn · 20/12/2017 09:04

@buckbeak it’s Oh Do Fuck Off Dear Grin

Lweji · 20/12/2017 08:11

My favourites are like DDog. Or DCat. (Although the last probably means devil in most situations)

phoenix1973 · 19/12/2017 17:16

Yanbu.
But that doesn't matter.

Sparklingbrook · 19/12/2017 17:14

Does anyone actually read it as 'Dear'? I just see it as Son/Daughter/Husband etc.

ArbitraryName · 19/12/2017 17:12

Substitute others words beginning with D for dear.

Dreadful Husband
Diabolical Son
Dauntless Daughter
Decorous Children (possibly not)

fortifiedwithtea · 19/12/2017 17:12

X-post HidingBehindTheWallpaper Smile

fortifiedwithtea · 19/12/2017 17:10

Just giving others a tip; if you see GP on a small pets thread it means Guinea Pig! Grin Not General Practitioner or Grandparent. Its obvious to us who have fur babies but every few months someone posts that they got the wrong end of the stick.

HTH Wink

HidingBehindTheWallpaper · 19/12/2017 17:08

Although I have read threads where I think I’m reading about someone’s grandparents and actually it’s theit guinea pig.

Sparklingbrook · 19/12/2017 17:08

It's only cringe if you completely overthink it. When i type 'DH' it's just a quicker way of typing 'my husband' and it is known on MN as that. No thinking about it required.

buckbeak · 19/12/2017 17:06

Thank you @Smeaton Grin

mrspatel77 · 19/12/2017 17:06

I just think the 'dear' bit is cringe!

Sparklingbrook · 19/12/2017 17:05

GP could be grandparents/doctor/small furry animals but reading the thread you can generally work it out.

Sparklingbrook · 19/12/2017 17:04

Never heard that one mrspatel77. Grin Perhaps this smiley would be a good replacement Hmm or Confused.

I never call anyone 'dear' in RL, but also I am not called Sparklingbrook in RL. Grin

TheXXFactor · 19/12/2017 17:04

Time for MN to update this or new users are going to be seriously confused by all the threads complaining about people with Cystic Fibrosis Grin

mrspatel77 · 19/12/2017 17:02

@Sparklingbrook shake my head Grinthought I'd throw it in there!

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