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Too many acronyms? lol

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NorthernPops · 14/10/2022 08:24

Anyone else get confused with all the acronyms being used on here? (I guess forums in general?)
OP,DS,DD,DP,OLD etc

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GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 14/10/2022 09:43

I’d like a PGPSPLS! one
(Paragraphs please!) - for those very long dense posts with no break that I can’t be bothered to wade through, though TBH it’s probably just as well.

NorthernPops · 14/10/2022 09:44

KittytheHare · 14/10/2022 09:29

Lol is also an acronym Op

Ha ha

It's probably the original digital chat acronym

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FrankTheThunderbird · 14/10/2022 09:45

FOTTFSOFAWYGTFOSM is always a fun one.

(Fuck off to the far side of fuck and when you get there fuck off some more)

NorthernPops · 14/10/2022 09:50

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 14/10/2022 09:43

I’d like a PGPSPLS! one
(Paragraphs please!) - for those very long dense posts with no break that I can’t be bothered to wade through, though TBH it’s probably just as well.

For those posts I normally just ignore them 😋

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NorthernPops · 14/10/2022 09:51

FrankTheThunderbird · 14/10/2022 09:45

FOTTFSOFAWYGTFOSM is always a fun one.

(Fuck off to the far side of fuck and when you get there fuck off some more)

Now I know you're making them up on the fly 😂

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PurBal · 14/10/2022 09:54

It’s when you get onto the TTC boards and get muddled about BD and DTD at CD17 because of EWCM and BBT and a peak OPK which might be 2DPO which means you’re enduring the TWW before POAS just because you like to find out if it’s a BFP or BFN. Not seen much on MN but have also seen NTNT.

TTC trying to conceive
BD baby dance (aka sex)
DTD did/do the deed
CD# cycle day #
EWCM egg white cervical mucus
BBT base basal temperature
OPK ovulation predictor kit
#DPO # days post ovulation
TWW two week wait
POAS pee on a stick
BFP/BFN big fat positive/ big fat negative
NTNT not trying not to (conceive)

FrankTheThunderbird · 14/10/2022 10:01

NorthernPops · 14/10/2022 09:51

Now I know you're making them up on the fly 😂

I wish I'd been the one to make that phrase up! It's been used here for years and years. (Although a lot of people use a shorter version now, I'm a purist and like the original)

FinallyHere · 14/10/2022 10:27

Fuck off to the far side of fuck and when you get there fuck off some more

Far from being made up on the fly, I think this is the essence of MN and an extraordinarily useful piece of world / life advice. Wish someone had pointed it out to me (with examples, like in MN) when I was a teenager

FinallyHere · 14/10/2022 10:28

Snap @FrankTheThunderbird

sashh · 14/10/2022 10:46

I keep saying this, they are not acronyms, they are initialisations.

NorthernPops · 14/10/2022 10:51

PurBal · 14/10/2022 09:54

It’s when you get onto the TTC boards and get muddled about BD and DTD at CD17 because of EWCM and BBT and a peak OPK which might be 2DPO which means you’re enduring the TWW before POAS just because you like to find out if it’s a BFP or BFN. Not seen much on MN but have also seen NTNT.

TTC trying to conceive
BD baby dance (aka sex)
DTD did/do the deed
CD# cycle day #
EWCM egg white cervical mucus
BBT base basal temperature
OPK ovulation predictor kit
#DPO # days post ovulation
TWW two week wait
POAS pee on a stick
BFP/BFN big fat positive/ big fat negative
NTNT not trying not to (conceive)

🤯

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