To think mumsnet abbreviations...

[Nearlythere1]

Am i being unreasonable to think mumsnet abbreviations are utterly moronic at best, bordering on.. i don't even know at worst. Does it not take most posters more time to look up which idiotic abbreviation they need than it would to just write it? And the sheer saccharine "D" prefix. Come on. It's laughable, and sickening. It sounds like school children talking in code, but without half the moral and emotional discrimination. Everybody is a "dear" something no matter what.

What is HTH

HTH = Hope that helps

Thanks @SilverySurfer

YABU.

It isn't nearly as bad as it used to be.

When I joined it seemed that nearly every post was scattered with opaque references to Gina Ford and something to do with wolves 'wolefs'.

But there was enough good stuff to keep me here!

Ah, when GF stood for Gina Ford.
And it was a verboten topic.

I'm still imagining Any Fucker roaming the land delivering news to women😂

Most of these abbreviations have been on the internet since the 90s. I like them. Plus it’s much easier to type OP than Original Poster!

There needs to be clear guidance on the DS17 vs DS(17) issue though, as some posters get it wrong

DILLIGAF?

And there was me thinking the 'D' stood for 'darling'.

If anyone thinks you have 17 DS's, I'd be a tad concerned

Twee shit.

Hate them. Write “child”, “daughter”, “husband”, “boyfriend”, “wife”, whatever.

I agree I don't understand most of them. I'd much rather just put husband. Son. Mom. Dad etc. I spend too much time looking the abbreviations up x

Seriously people they really aren’t that hard.

DILLIGAF?

Do I look like I give a fuck

Write “child”, “daughter”, “husband”, “boyfriend”, “wife”, whatever.

No.

Ddog is the only one that bothers me, or rather any word spelt in full with a completely superfluous d in front of it.. why not just say dog?

A propos of nothing, I loved Gina Ford. Read all her books and followed her routines to the letter.
(I’ll get my coat)

I have to point out that the abbreviations aren't really doublespeak, as OP suggested. Newspeak possibly. I'll return to pedants' (someone correct my apostrophe!) corner now.

It’s not mumsnet it the internet. DH has been in common chatroom use since at least 1996

In the 1970s my mum and her sister (sister was in OZ, sorry Australia) used MIL. That's also the first time I cam across X with an O because my cousin wanted to put a hug as well as a kiss in a letter.

IRL people wouldn't say Dh or DD because they would normally use their names.

I have honestly never seen Ddog.

I have. I quite like it!

Use them. Don't use them. It's not compulsory.

The D in DH has always been ironic.

It's satire, dear op.

Yes annoying!

Things, like TAAT, NAMALT, DFOD,

I don’t see a point to them.

Not sure about TAAT, but NAMALT and ODFOD weren't coined on MN and are in use on many, many sites

Wow. Do people really find them so difficult? I worked out many from context and googled mumsnet acronyms for the rest. One or two I asked about on a thread they were used in. DD and DS etc are very efficient, particularly as they replace the name of the individual, so rather than say 'my daughter' you can just type DD. Much faster. I fiuure the dear/darling thing is because D, S etc would be too ambiguous on their own.

My advice? Don't go into education. The acronym use there may cause you apoplexy.

My advice? Don't go into education. The acronym use there may cause you apoplexy.

Or molecular biology.