Fed up with cracking the Enigma code on threads

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Does anyone else get fed up with people writing posts with so many confusing abbreviations on here . I’m fed up with them . Can people not just write in English . Even common ones like dh ? Is that direct husband , dickhead husband , dead husband ?? Drives me nuts . Just put husband . There’s loads .
ds , dh, dm , nc , lc , and on and on and on . Even read one today that was gsd ? I thought I’d that a good short dance , or gravy so divine, no it’s what German Shepherd dog 😂😂
Just write English for Christ sake .
Ps I’ve put this on the AIBU page , know idea what it means !

I love it. It's part of being in the MN club. I hate seeing husband spelt out when we have DH. If you don't know what it means, look it up and then you'll know it from then on. I use it IRL with DFs who are also MNers, so it does come in useful elsewhere. it also means that if he sees my texts he doesn't see his own name

AS = Adult son, I think. But I’m sick of have to work these codes out too. I Just write husband, son, daughter etc..

I often scroll past posts because some abbreviations are absurd, and too hard to decipher.

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First, I read the D in DH etc as sort of gently ironic and humorous. It makes me think of Joyce Grenfell or something? It would be twee if it were used in earnest but I think it's not.

Second, I think everyone getting used to the slang helps MN feel like a community. It's not very difficult to work out and I find I can usually get the gist in any case, so I don't think it's about excluding the uninitiated, but you probably do need to spend a bit of time on the site to get used to it.

Third, I have to say I find some of the acronyms (or whatever we're calling them) pretty funny - like CFs and LTB

I'm not going to say YABU, but I like the MN code!

Can I also point out that picking on the use of AS in that thread is pretty distasteful given the subject matter

I hate it as well. It's just a way to be clique and make posters feel they are clever and part of a special group, and keeps outsiders out of the group.

But it isn't exactly unique to mumsnet. People have been inventing random acronyms since the dawn of the internet.

I get "MIL" etc (mother in law) is a bit shorter and easier but things like "DS" rather than "son" are just stupid.

I saw that one. I think it turned out to be 'adult son', but I might be wrong. I think it's stupid too, especially when poster do it with their pets! Ddog, Dcat.

Then there are the interchangeable ones that render posts unreadable, eg. DS - you read it thinking 'son', turns out to be 'sister'. DF, you have to think about that one, and tentatively assume 'father' turns out to be 'fiance'.

Also, it's so much quicker to type the proper words!

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The dh, dd, ds, dsis and etc are all massively lame and I'd imagine invented about 20 yrs ago (before predictive text and before people could type out a 500 word manifesto with their thumbs in 20 seconds).

I agree, hate the D nonsense, so I don't use it. If enough of us use proper words eventually the convention will change and posts will be easier to follow (and less cringe). Be the change you want to see and all that.

I think you're right and it harks back to when we had very limited character count.

I hate all the acronyms at work, but that's because even when you have the full words they are bullshit nonsense.
MN ones are brill, I love 'em so YABVU, HTH.

The one that actually annoys me, thinking about it, is FOTTFSOFATFOSM or whatever it is. It's too long to be a useful initialism, and I'm sure everyone who types it must spend just as long making sure they're typing the right letters in the right order as they would have done if they'd just typed the phrase out!

I'm being the change I want to see by never using "cringe" errghhh.

Hubster?

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It’s hardly difficult. If your struggling suggest some brain training like puzzle page on AppStore. And am not saying that to be a dick. I just got off maternity and my brains been blitzed. Does really help I feel.

That's DHubster to you MNHQ

I find them useful for obvious one's like DH, DD/DS as these are things you typically talk about a lot on here, and it saves time - but confusing for anything more complex.

The one that annoys me most is when people use a common acronym to mean something else, ie, using DS to mean sister instead of son, or DD to mean dad instead of daughter. THAT's confusing.

Agree. I always read DH as ironic, because nobody really says “my darling husband” in full without it being light-hearted or ironic. But “hubby” reads to me as legitimately saccharine and twee and awful

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Run fast...very fast.

Then sit and reflect on what you have done.

Likewise with Derrghhh.

I don't mind the DH, DD ones but I get really irritated when someone posts something like, "My DD has been diagnosed with GTHO and is going for TBF sessions at the local HRI".
Or the dog ones - saw one this morning talking about a GSP - had to google that one.

The abrievations can make it hard to understand a post and hence limit comments to the more diehard mumsnetters who have learnt all the anacronyms off by heart. The rest of us mere mortals struggle along hoping we’ve understood or guessed correctly. Yes, I suspect it is here to stay and part of mumsnet but it is not the part of mumsnet I like.

here to stay

It's been here 20 years!

I can see the point of mentioning the school year, instead of age, when it is a post about school, because what children are doing in each school year varies and it could make a difference to the situation.

But if it is not about school, yeah, just put the age.