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 would guess DDog, DCat, Dpony is a joke :o

Sister should be DSis, because son is much more commonly used, this being a parenting site. Father vs Friend is typically clear from context. DNephew and DNiece makes me think of that joke about what to name twins "Denise and Denephew" but in most cases the sex of the child is totally immaterial so it doesn't really matter.

Hahaha one of the many reasons I love MN is watching the language of a community - I miss proper forums, FB took over most of the ones I was on in the early days!

If there isn't a common set of abbreviations, you end up like I did when my parents first got mobile phones "Hi UnderCover, your mum and I are ITGHASD Love Dad x" - I was baffled.

Some time later I rang them to ask wtf they meant - they proudly told me they were In The Garden Having A Sun Downer drink - and had not quite grasped text speak

Also, internet! These acronyms way predate MN!

DH DD DC fine. I can’t bear Ddog etc - so cringey and not cute!
DH is much better than hubby. I don’t read it as dear or darling husband. I just see it as a word in its own right now.

Dworm!!! That's made my Tuesday, thank you!

I honestly don’t think some people use Ddog etc ironically!
Oh yes I forgot about DNiece. Ridiculous!

This is also my critism of the site...

It is hard to understand what people are saying when you first join to this site. This is supposed to be a place that helps you when you are not sure about something, but when you are new, it is like arriving a new planet who developed their own language.

Perhaps things like DS/DH/DD might be understandable but people are using acronmys for things related conceiving, miscariages, certain diseases, illnesses and pregnancy complications. I think thats not helpful for people who are new to the game.

Please can we stop shortening the more critical stuff?

And I do remember SWALK. And the naughtier and mis-spelled NORWICH.

@Hannam82, it's not a Mumsnet thing though. Mumsnet didn't invent these terms, they're used broadly across the Internet, with the pregnancy-specific ones used on every pregnancy and parenting website I've ever been on.

I do think a glossary of acronyms would be helpful though.

Along the lines of S.W.A.L.K, NQOCD . Despite knowing SO is significant other my brain, still, reads it as Senior Officer

@medb22
Am I the only one who reads those acronyms as letters, rather than the words they are standing in for? So, D.H. and D.D. rather than 'dear husband', 'dear daughter' etc? It helps mitigate the twee, I find.

Nope. I do it too.

I do think a glossary of acronyms would be helpful though

www.mumsnet.com/info/acronyms

I do like an acronym. ODFOD is a good one op.

Its no different to using TTC or BLW

I like it. It is so embedded in my brain that I accidentally use dh, dd1 etc in other contexts by accident. I don't really even think what the d stands for, but it would be darling if anything, because I use the word darling in everyday speech.

Acronyms are everywhere (in world of SN, you're tripping over the bloody things constantly)

My favourite acronym is STBXH because I always hear it in my head as Shitbag Ex Husband.

Sleeveen "I think you may have misunderstood the entire internet" .

@lowlandLucky I'm not a fan of either of those really (if you're not in that phase of your life, ttc doesn't really jump out as an obvious one) but there is a difference in that no one actually uses "dear husband" and so on in real life.

Actually, far more infuriating (and worthy of an immediate banning, IMO ) is when people say "here is a scenario, I don't want to say who I am so I'll use A and B - then posts a hugely complicated story completely biased to one side and making it clear they are of course A)

See also, #AskingFor a Friend - there was a great one the other day when someone was "asking for a friend"^ and then in the second^ line - the fucking second line! - said "my house" or something and totally gave it away. (Alright, that was quite amusing rather than infuriating).

Also, we haven't had a is there any need for such bad language thread for a while

Agree with you, they are irritating.

I find the most irritating one is 'iyswim' - it annoys the shit of me evertime I read it (probably because it's often used when making a really obvious point that only a complete moron would fail to see the meaning of!)

I hate the ones with made up names.' I have a friend-let's call her Sylvia, and she has a friend, let's call her Mary' etc
Instead Hide Thread for me.

HTH is the worst. Always used by someone being a bit of a cunt.

Sparklingbrook
...a quick read of the context and some intelligence you can easily work it out.
That sentence should be posted at the top of all social media forums.

I agree it's just forum speak.

But find it sad when people constantly say DH on a post about how their husband has been abusive/cheating/totally useless etc.

My favourite acronym has to be STBXH which I always read as "son of the bitch ex husband" which gives me a smile

crikey if that's all you have to get yourself het up about, give your head a wobble or get off the internet as it's clearly not for you 🙄

Bill SO, means Significant Other, not Special One, I think your version would grate o me too 🤢