To hate the acronym POAS

[FunnysInTheGarden]

it's just so graphic. In fact I am making a lemon face just typing this.

I don't even know what it means

Sorry to possibly add to your woe but can someone please tell me what AF stands for - it's not in the MN list of acronyms!

It means Pee On A Stick.

Why does it make you hate it? As acronyms go, it's one of the harmless ones, IMO.

Is it piss on a stick? ie pregnancy test.
I think it's quite funny.
would you like it better if it was WEE on a stick I wonder?

Of all the possible cat's-bum-mouth-inducing topics of conversations on MN, peeing on a stick isn't very high up there imo.

it makes me think of peas on a stick

AF - is Aunt Flo, now that is one acronym to dislike. It's basically a nicer way of saying your period.

thanks deemented. now I can see why I couldn't work it out!

AF is twee. POAS is, well, to the point. What would you prefer, ickle-wickle fairy lemonade that may have baby dust in it?

Arf at Minnie.

minnie - you forgot to add this bit on the end of your post 'If so, fuck off to netmums'

lol at the NM ref. No, don't dislike it because I'm a prude, just that piss on a stick is so naff and a tad common. A bit like saying 'shit the bed' when suprised.

ha ha!

"shit the bed!" thats a new one. got the head ate off me in CHAT for not knowing what POAS meant. well excuuuuuuuse me!

Well, POAS is really rather common here. It being Mumsnet and all...

POAS is

POAS - what's not to like? It saves having to read the instructions...

I think of it as pee on a stick rather than piss

I always think of AF as Aunt Fanny

so do I Dirty. Yet another hideous acronym along with BD, which I always thought stood for Bedding.......

Incidentally Minnie 'ickle-wickle fairy lemonade that may have baby dust in it' is not an acronym but a rather bizarre phrase. HTH

I never said it was an acronym, just an alternative to use instead.

poas is easier than saying i think you should take a pregnancy test.