Why the use of DH,DD,DS,DC?

[angell84]

Why are they used parrot fashion by every user on mumsnet?

It is ridiculous! Where is any independent thought? Every single post is littered with hundreds of DH's, DS's, DD's and DC's.

Who calls their husband, "dear husband"? It is pretentious for a start. But what really annoys me is why does everyone say the exact same "code" as each other on here. It seems like a teenage thing to do

"I'm so glad someone said this. Why can't people just say "husband" instead of "DH" for example? Is it really saving so much time?"

It's said at least monthly!

People use the MN lingo on MN because it is a marker of the community. It's a well known linguistic and societal phenomenon that shared language binds people together. It doesn't have to be functional to be cohesive

"especially when used as exdh or exdp"

??

I don't remember ever seeing these. The norm is XH, XW, XP (and those ones aren't MN specific)

Well we couldn't all use different codes, no one would have a clue what anyone was talking about

"So I'm always inclined to reply to posters who use this ludicrous nonsense by expanding the abbreviations to "your darling husband" etc, which sounds delightfully sarcastic"

And probably just plain wrong to boot!

D is such a useful initial: dickhead, dogbreath, dratted, damned etc

@AnguaResurgam

Yeah I’ve totally made that up judging by your ?? comment. It’s definitely used, just because you have never seen it.

Sorry, I was going to comment further, but after I heard posters like @TriangularRatbag say that acronyms obfuscate, I was busy booking my Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation eye surgery - with 6British United Provident Association as I found the National Health Service doesn't offer it (don't worry I've brought it up with my Member of Parliament ). By the time I'd written that in my diary, this thread had fallen off my RAdio Detection And Ranging^ !

Anyway, got to go, I have some Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd furniture that I need to assemble...

^British United Provident Association^ (italic fail)

Anyway, got to go, I have some Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd furniture that I need to assemble...

If I could pronounce remember all of that I'd never use it's more commonly known name again

I'd much rather take a few extra seconds to type out 'my daughter'.

It's harder to read though, especially if you're talking about two sons, a daughter and a husband in one post. "My older son" "My younger son" etc etc.

I've been around quite a while. I'm reasonably confident about normal / majority use of the acronyms.

(And the ones I cited tally with the MN list, as well as being used on many other sites)

Thank you for the information

Some posters seem to be under the mistaken impression that abbreviations are compulsory, if you don't like them then don't use them, but you expect the rest of the internet to change their ways.

"Yanbu it's one thing that has always made me cringe on here. Totally unnecessary."

Well as reasonably confident as you are - you are incorrect - you cannot have seen every post and every acronym used. I did not like the way your post implies I’m lying.

Absolutely hate the D prefix - especially when used as exdh or exdp- just call them ex or soon to be ex. What’s so D about them if you’ve split?

Well tbh (another handy one) I've never seen the d prefix used in this situation. It's usually just EXP it's a good way to differentiate. However I do feel embarrassed to have just discovered this evening that Ikea is an acronym

Nobody writes exDH. It’s exH.

It's how it is on Mumsnet. If you don't like it.......

Mrsgolightly it’s not a condition of joining Mumsnet, you know!🤣🤣

It’s not a condition but most people just get on with it so if you don’t like it go elsewhere.

Mrsgolightly it’s not a condition of joining Mumsnet, you know

Did I say it was?

However I do feel embarrassed to have just discovered this evening that Ikea is an acronym

@happycamper11 - I was looking for a good punchline and googled something like "company names acronyms" and when that came up it was too good not to use. Like you I had no idea - I probably assumed Ikea was the Swedish word for something obscure.

@happycamper11 @NoSauce a very quick search on the word exdh brings up plenty of results so I think you’ll find people certainly do use it. HTH 💁🏻‍♀️

What were you trying to say then Mrsgolightly? That’s what came across to me. “That’s how it is..” etc

I suggest the internet might not be for you then!

A condition and how it is aren't the same. A condition suggests that if you join you have no choice. Everyone who uses the shortcuts does so because they choose to.

Most people choose to, from what I can see. I suppose you have three choices. You use the shortcuts, you don't use the shortcuts or you fuck off. I don't see moaning about it as any use to anyone.