To get fed up with all the acronyms

[MrsKTx]

...there's just so many and I don't see how it saves any time or really what the point is? It's so confusing lol!
Dsis for example - why not just write sister??

'lol' is by far worse than any Mumsnet acronym.

I hear ya.

"Ddog" or "Dcat" are the worst. They're actually longer, it makes no sense.

I agree, it gets annoying.

Yes 'lol'

I usually do. Don’t see it makes much difference. It’s usually pretty clear what the acronyms mean.

Haha, I couldn't agree more, I keep having to look them all up. It makes reading posts a bit of a chore.

I sometimes rebel and write H or husband.

I don't mind the MN acronyms, but I can't stand 'lol'.

I personally love using DDog and DCat

I should have known someone would comment on the 'lol'!

There aren't really many.

D means dear and the second letter is the relation eg. DB (brother), DH (husband).

MRA = man = bad

DFOD = fuck off. For some reason, you can use this acronym without having your post deleted

WTF = with the family. eg. Gone to lunch with DD (dear daughter) and DS (dear son). WTF

lol = lots of love. Granny's gone to hospital. Call me. Lol

YANBU

Lol is used in so many places now but I'm sure these DH, DSis, DF (Fiance or Father?!) are special to Mumsnet.

@malcom - I thought lol was "laugh out loud" not "lots of love". If this is the case, I've sent love to an awful lot of people that I didn't want to!

I almost went through a whole thread before thinking a poster was talking about her relationship with a boyfriend but would then say "she" and I was really confused until I realised she meant best friend.

I was also shocked when I read a thread about someone hating her DS and listed all the things they did and everyone was piling in agreeing with nasty comments. Realised after she was talking about her sister, not her son.

I remember seeing DH, DF etc on American chat forums nearly 20 years ago. Nowt special about their use on Mumsnet.

Oh that's funny MissionItsPossible!

Dnephew drives me mad.

I think Malcom was being sarcastic 😂

WTF is certainly not With the family either.

DH, DD etc are in no way specific to mumsnet, I was on chat forums many years before I discovered mumsnet where those were used.

Ironic that someone is complaining about letters being used and is calling herself MrsKTx.

I like them.

Im pretty sure that WTF means What The F**k...

It annoys me when people use DS instead of DSis for sister. It makes for some very confusing posts.

malcolm are you wtf now?

I once saw 'Dfish' I hid the thread and thought no more of it. That poster should have been banned imvho.

DNeice and DNephew, totally pointless.

I like STBXH, I always read it as "stupid bastard ex husband", I'd been around a good few years before I found it it didn't mean that but I prefer my version and I'm sticking with it

Dfish

Sorry ThroughThickAndThin, I must try harder when next coming up with a username 🖕🏼