to hate some mumsnet vocabulary

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shouty, stabby, dear husband, dear son etc.

DH etc has certainly around for long than mumsnet and is used on many other forums too.

As an aside, I once read an article in the Guardian about Flylady (who also uses DH!) in which the writer claimed that DH stands for Domestic Help.

I can live with all sorts of words but some of the acronyms are a nightmare, sorry if it's just me being thick and still relatively new to Mumsnet but it takes me ages to figure some of them out. And I don't think that it's the language used that makes us a community, isn't it what we talk about that makes us a community?

That was meant to say 'for longer'. Pah.

What really makes us a community is learning how the community works. Acronym list here.

I don't really say 'dear' in RL but I think it makes the people of a story stand out better. So DH is clearer to me than an H in the middle of a thread!

On another note, for ages I thought STBXH stood for 'shoot the bastard ex husband' !

Oh God the AF thing drove me mad as I had no idea what it meant so I Googled. I found out it meant Aunt Flo and I was still none the wiser.

Who for the love of baby cheeses calls their period their Aunt Flo?

TheVermiciousKnid, give it time

Stabby always makes me smile.

It's OK Stonefield, you don't have to apologise.

'cuntworm' Never heard of it before - must remember that one.

No, never, Worra! I won't succumb!

I agree about 'Aunt Flo'. Ugh. And just think how confusing it must be for women called Flo who have lots of nieces and nephews. Random people talking about them on the internet!

Never mind your RL aunt flo, I get confused and think they are talking about AnyFucker

Well, for all we know AnyFucker might be called Flo and be an aunt. They could be one and the same person.

Haha yeah. Aunt Flo walking through the door and everyone making crucifixes out of tampons

whatatreat that's amazing :) Must try and think that every time I see STBXH!

I'm surprised nobody has used the nickname 'Aunt Flo' yet. (Or maybe somebody has?) Or how about 'AuntFloWing'? 'AuntFuckingFlo'?

No, they'd look a right bloody cunt with that nickname....

I tend to find saying 'I feel stabby' gets a more positive reaction than 'I want to dragon kick the miserable cunt in the face'.

I blame society.

I like the verbosity of Mumsnet myself. It is born out of a tongue in cheek mash up of mum speak and actual intelligent grown up speak.

But then again there's not a great deal I do dislike. Apart from Mnetters, I'm not terribly keen on those people.

Ooh I would love to be AuntFuckingFlo. But this is the first nickname I have had for more than a week and I am seeing if I can last with it longterm.

Worra

Worra.

You dont have to use it I personally hate all the DD nonsense my daughter is neither a dear or a darling and as for my husband but that isnt a mumsnet thing it is an internet thing , I love a and some of the words and phrases , YANBU to hate them YABU to moan about them

Worra my coffee came out my nose!!!!!!!

Well, you could change to ElephantsRememberAuntFlo or ElephantsHaveAuntFlo (do they?).