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

The OP is doing a course on how to use the internets in the library, bless.

On babycenter if a DH is being stupid they use DuH instead.

Yeah, it's an outrage. I always find that Mumsnet is full of posters who are completely incapable of independent thought. That's why you never see any arguments or even debates on here. It's like we're all the same person, posting repeatedly under different user names.

And not everyone uses the 'code' either. Some people say "SO" which I bloody hate! It means Special One!

Special One?!

I have no idea where some people get their ‘facts’ from! How funny .

With the "SO" thing, I thought PP were referring to the very annoying habit that has developed, whereby posts start with "SO... blah, blah, like, blah..."

It's the ddog ones that get me, why!? Sounds pathetic really

Who calls their husband, "dear husband"? It is pretentious for a start

I can’t work out whether you’re actually being serious there. I frigging hope not OP!

I doubt there is an Internet forum or group out there that doesn’t use acronyms. It just makes things quicker. Im on a lot of Disney forums where they use them for the parks and rides and doll collecting forums where they are used to describe the different models or releases. Any every so often someone will pop up and complain. They are never a long term member and they never stay long. I don’t think it’s an issue really.

The 'dear' (although I thought it stood for 'darling') used to annoy me too.

But then I realised its just shorthand and quicker than typing 'my husband/son/daughter', and im willing to bet 99% of posters on her dont refer to their partners as 'darling' in person.

I cant get annoyed about it anymore.

Oh fuck off op, seriously ..
It’s used on every single forum I’ve been on for years .
It’s not “parroting” is abbreviating .

Every single post is littered with hundreds of DH's, DS's, DD's and DC's

No. No, it isn't.

Ddog is my favourite, i always imagine it's typed with affectionate humour not in full seriousness

I get quite excited when I spot a code I havent seen before, I like trying to decipher it without looking it up.

"PFB" confuses me, I thought it was precious first born but it is sometimes used in a weird context ("Am I being a bit PFB?") which baffles me, although I think I get it.

It's probably because I don't have children.

Who calls their husband, "dear husband"?

Well no-one obviously, haven't you heard of Internet shorthand?

Threads like these make being off work sick so worth it 😂

Dworm has to be the greatest thing I've seen for ages.

What does ODFOD mean?

I agree, if you are using your phone it's actually easier, with predictive text, to write the whole word.

ODFOD = Oh do fuck off dear.

Oh do fuck off dear (no, not you !)

If someone is posting about there MIL undoubtedly they will be writing MIL frequently throughout the thread. Why would anyone keep writing mother-in-law when they can write MIL? Or daughter when they can write DD or husband when they can write DH.

Their*

@BillHadersNewWife that made me laugh. It means ‘significant other’.

I remember a wedding thread that got very confusing as the OP referred to DF, some people thought it meant father and other fiancé. It got really confusing x

And there was me only yesterday looking up what Sealioning meant.

What impeccable timing.

My dad has been a radio ham since 1960. Back then they were referring to their wives as ‘XYLs’ and their offspring as ‘junior OPs’. Mildly annoying slang/acronyms are not unique to chat forums.

“ if you are using your phone it's actually easier, with predictive text, to write the whole word”

Believe it or not, the internet has been around longer than smartphones, so acronyms developed before people were accessing forums on phones. I don’t actually use many of the acronyms (and never have - I’ve been on MN for well over 10 years, when most people were accessing on computers ) and don’t find it slows me down, but you’re being daft if you think people are going to stop using DH etc because of autocorrect