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Original poster

You can just say 'my husband' or 'my daughter', you know, instead of bloody 'DH' or 'DD'. WE WILL STILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND YOU!

366 replies

MehWithBellsOn · 01/04/2021 17:23

How refreshing would it be, just for once, to see someone here state 'my husband' instead of their 'DH'?!

It's such a sappy wet-lettuce thing to say anyway, plus half the bloody time there are threads about how someone's 'darling' husband has been found to be texting some other woman/cam girl/sex worker, etc

It's as though people here think nobody will be able to understand them unless they preface the person they're talking about with 'darling'. WHY?!

WHEN WILL WE STOP THE TWATTERY?

OP posts:
mineofuselessinformation · 01/04/2021 17:40

@MrsMackesy Grin

Witchymclovely · 01/04/2021 17:40

🤣total twattery. But for gods sake never use BM on the step parenting board!!!!! They will hunt you down in numbers! I like the chase personally so I do it on purpose Grin

Original poster
MehWithBellsOn · 01/04/2021 17:40

Quite a lot of posts here are rather lengthy. So there's enough time to write multiple paragraphs but those few extra seconds must be saved when it comes to mentioning the husband.

I know it's shorthand. Of course it's bloody shorthand. It's also very irritating.

OP posts:
SummerHouse · 01/04/2021 17:40

@CatNamedEaster

I love it when I see someone talking about a racy conversation they had with their DF and I think 'wow your family really likes to overshare' then realise they mean friend and not father Grin.

Now I'm wondering if using a Grin means that I am also a twat.

Oh my god I nearly used one in my last post (is 'post' twattish?) But I thought no, it's twattish.

This has made me rethink EVERYTHING.

WeAreAllCompletelyFine · 01/04/2021 17:41

Is this going to be like the time I discovered the spelling is Saturday??

The spelling of what? Saturday? I'm so confused by this comment

Arrowheart · 01/04/2021 17:43

'Shower of twats' is the best!!! or 'DSOTs' as it shall forthwith be known.

SummerHouse · 01/04/2021 17:43

I thought it was Saterday. Till I was about 22. It's a real shock to discover such a used word is not the word you thought it to be.

MrsMackesy · 01/04/2021 17:44

@CovoidOfAllHumanity

It is of course very important not to look like a twat whilst being quoted in the Daily Mail.

Wouldn't do to let the side down.

Surely you mean 'not to look like a DT' ?
WeAreAllCompletelyFine · 01/04/2021 17:45

I thought it was Saterday. Till I was about 22. It's a real shock to discover such a used word is not the word you thought it to be

That's brilliant! In my accent we say the 'uh' sound so I was never confused. Also, how could you avoid seeing it written down for 22 years 😂

SplendidSuns1000 · 01/04/2021 17:46

Dh is fine, hubs, hubby and wifey need to die in a bin

ConstanceGracy · 01/04/2021 17:46

It’s quicker, no need for you to lose your shit over it .

chalktheblockwithglitterchalk · 01/04/2021 17:47

It's just shorthand Grinbut yes there's not much 'darling' about most of the husbands discussed on mn.

HazeyJaneII · 01/04/2021 17:47

I like the twattery.
I like the D....H, D, S, Sis etc
I don't even think about it being Dear or Darling, it's just D...

My favourite Acronym is STBXH because in my head it is Shitbag Ex Husband.

diwrnachoflleyn · 01/04/2021 17:48

I CBA'd to write it out. If you don't like it, I don't give a fuck.

CatNamedEaster · 01/04/2021 17:48

I was always in awe of people doing C25K because I thought it meant they were running 25k.

ErrolTheDragon · 01/04/2021 17:48

ODFOD, OP. (Someone had to...)

Your thread is neither a new thought nor an interesting one. You're under no compulsion to use acronyms yourself.

QuidditchQueen · 01/04/2021 17:48

I love DDog though.. and DFish..!
Love it!

DrSbaitso · 01/04/2021 17:49

I don't tend to use the acronyms but they are a very established part of the culture on here. They've been on here longer than I have and probably longer than you have.

HarkAVagrant · 01/04/2021 17:50

I found it annoying when I came here 14 years ago. Now I think of various family members by their abbreviations (SIL etc). There’s a burger place in our town called LTB, I see it as Leave The Bastard every time. In other words, it’s established, it’s fine, you get used to it.

bluebluezoo · 01/04/2021 17:50

It’s an abbreviation. Makes things easier on a phone.

Ddog, dpony etc is NOT an abbreviation and should therefore be banned.

AuntieStella · 01/04/2021 17:50

Shared jargon binds communities

A lot of us think this is a good thing.

There are plenty of other sites with different speech habits, if thus one is not to your taste.

Timper · 01/04/2021 17:51

Hate it. Especially ddog or dcat - nae exactly shortening the original word is it. Exdh/p is another one that I shake my head at.

MrsMackesy · 01/04/2021 17:51

@MehWithBellsOn

How refreshing would it be, just for once, to see someone here state 'my husband' instead of their 'DH'?!

It's such a sappy wet-lettuce thing to say anyway, plus half the bloody time there are threads about how someone's 'darling' husband has been found to be texting some other woman/cam girl/sex worker, etc

It's as though people here think nobody will be able to understand them unless they preface the person they're talking about with 'darling'. WHY?!

WHEN WILL WE STOP THE TWATTERY?

And yet here you are DOP, using 'cam' - couldn't manage to type 'era' ?
MargaretThursday · 01/04/2021 17:53

It's not a mn thing. I was using it on newsgroups back in early 2000s.
Why does it work you up so much?
I can think of far worse things on mn.

CatNamedEaster · 01/04/2021 17:54

Exactly Stella. A lot of people on here don't have a lot of joy in the real world so maybe it makes them feel part of something.
As long as you get the gist, who cares?

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