To hate these god awful acronyms people use on Mumsnet?!

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I'm new to Mumsnet and clearly this is how things are done on here, but does no one else cringe at the ridiculous acronyms people use on here?! Why can't you just say my son, my husband etc.. just something that irks me! 🙃

Is still dont know what CF is so I imagine it is c@nt f@ck ?

Me too. Dropping the H is meaningful.

The D never was. But dropping it says something. 😁

cheeky fucker

CF = cheeky fucker. People who are so entitled they ask for ridiculous favours all the time

I've never got what HTH means.

HTH = hope that helps

My favourite is STBXH I always read it as stupid bastard ex husband, rather than soon to be

Thanks, missed that one I just couldn't be bothered to Google it. Was thinking about A/S/L earl__ier from chats that's an old one

Shared language binds communities.

If you don't like the community here, there are oodles of other sites

I completely agree. I've used internet fora for many years and have never come across so many daft acronyms. It really does make it quite difficult to decipher some posts.

They're not acronyms. They're initialisms.

But remember that on MN it's used sarcastically

I think that reading is entirely in the spirit of that acronym.

LTB!
I use it in real life now 😂

Where could it possibly not be used passive aggressively?

Mildly irritating when it could be multiple options - is df dear friend, fiance or father? Is ds dear son or sister?? But so long as it's clear from the context then meh.

I have to say at this point if I ever had a daughter the name Deedee might be in the running...

🤣 I don’t mind it but most of them are DH is a selfish fucking dirty cheating bellend.

So, do ‘dear’ at all! Make your mind up.

Maybe, some are meaning D for dirty instead of dear!

But, welcome anyway 😃

Some of the ones that people are saying they don't know are not mumsnet-specific. They have been around for at least twenty years.

Sorry op, but I don't think the fact that you don't like the initialisms will make a blind bit of difference.

Also, my DDog is dearer to me than most people so I will continue to you this.

If you don't like it you don't have to stay.

How's this for an acronym:

Dick head. Obviously!

Mine is FTFOTTFSOFAWYGTFOSM

Why? TSSNCOP

True. But Mumsnet calls it acronyms in their 'list of acronyms'

What's the first FT in that?