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Please can we remove BD from our acronym list?

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BitOfFun · 26/11/2009 23:45

Of all the sticks to beat us with, this has got to be the worst...

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease, nobody actually uses it, do they?

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PuzzleRocks · 27/11/2009 16:44

Oh I see it has gone. Must read thread properly.

PuzzleRocks · 27/11/2009 16:41

Beat me to it. Yes please MNHQ, it's awful. Reminds me of a woman I once worked with who used to "do a tinkle". It's a piss dear. But I digress.

joyfull · 27/11/2009 16:17

Thanks SmugPatronisingAndVicious and eurgh! Yes - get rid of that! YUK.

SmugPatronisingAndVicious · 27/11/2009 16:06

Prepare to vomit...BD= Baby dancing= sex (for the purpose of conception)

I feel dirty now after typing that.

joyfull · 27/11/2009 16:03

hmmmm, nonethewieser

SmugPatronisingAndVicious · 27/11/2009 15:57

Woohoooooo! Mumsnet at its best

JustAnotherManicMummy · 27/11/2009 15:29

Oh I am glad they've gone. Particularly because DH is a rubbish dancer

joyfull · 27/11/2009 15:22

Goes off to google....

RoysRolls · 27/11/2009 15:18

Result!!! Yay high five!

norksinmywaistband · 27/11/2009 15:17

They have gone!

TheDevilWearsPrimark · 27/11/2009 15:16

I have a friend who uses this term in real life, over dinner, whenever. Noooooooooooooo

CornishKK · 27/11/2009 15:12

BD - lose it, please. I initially thought it literally meant dancing with your baby, which I do a lot, mainly in my kitchen and often to Primal Scream or something equally unsuitable.

And AF, WTF, what's wrong with "my turkey has had its throat cut"?

WhatDidISayRoy · 27/11/2009 15:06

Cant stand BD or EWM (don't ask)

BellaBear · 27/11/2009 14:54

BitofFun - absolutely, you are right. And I hate the acronym BD. And the phrase.
just making the point.

ABetaDad · 27/11/2009 12:02

I used to live in SW1.

Mmmango · 27/11/2009 11:59

Another vote for SWI

bibbitybobbityhat · 27/11/2009 11:45

I used to have the Becoming A Parent topic unhidden and it was littered with, positively awash with baby dancing. Sorry, but there's no denying it does exist on this site.

But of course it should go!

Ka booooooooommmmmmmmm !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MmeLindt · 27/11/2009 11:40

BD is just horrible. It is the kind of euphanism that went out with the Victorians.

We are WOMEN not teenagers unable to say the word SEX without sniggering.

SWI is much better as it implies humour and LUST rather than simpering wannabeemummies.

FairyLightsForever · 27/11/2009 11:35

The only time i've ever seen BD used on Mumsnet is on a thread laughing at Netmums type sites. DB and AF are both horrific.

stillfrazzled · 27/11/2009 11:31

SWI is fab. Gets my vote.

CMOTdibbler · 27/11/2009 11:23

Am in agreement also. BDing is just nasty

TrillianAstra · 27/11/2009 11:18

I concur.

ShowOfHands · 27/11/2009 09:31

Of course BoF. I have mental images of all MNers I have a crush on admire and you, my dear, are a nun. I don't know why we can't round them all up in a little corner of MN and lock the door. Let their sexual proclivities cancel each other out until they slip into an existential void which we can then fill with tea and knitting. Beasts they are, filthy beasts.

I do so want an actual Friday Night topic though. I've asked several times. They ignore me. It's like having another child trying to reason with MNHQ.

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BitOfFun · 27/11/2009 09:04

You're quite right of course, SOH- I don't like to mention it myself, but there are some more base types among us, and we do need to be more inclusive, non?

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ShowOfHands · 27/11/2009 09:00

I think it's best if we just stop referring to sex altogether. We're mothers, not animals.