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Mumsnet acronyms you misunderstood

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GalGadont · 04/09/2023 21:32

Not an AIBU, just posting for something light-hearted. I still read ‘STBXH’ as ‘shithead bastard ex husband’, even though I’ve subsequently worked out it means ‘soon to be ex husband’ 🤦‍♀️ Are there any MN acronyms you’ve misunderstood?

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OnAir · 04/09/2023 21:47

I'm so glad you have explained that one I had no idea.

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 04/09/2023 21:49

I went round giving people biscuits thinking it was a nice gesture BiscuitGrin

Newyearnewjobnewlife · 04/09/2023 21:50

I know CF means cheeky fucker but in my head it’s always cunt fucker and I like to say bin cunt fuckery when it’s bin wars

CottageBearskin · 04/09/2023 21:51

I always read CF as either cystic fibrosis or cluster fuck depending on the context.

But then I wondered about the statistical probably of so many mumsnetters friends and relatives being so poorly with this one illness

I think it means cheeky fucker

Lpsk · 04/09/2023 21:51

I thought ND was non denominational 🙈

elliejjtiny · 04/09/2023 21:52

Not on mumsnet but when I was pregnant with my first I joined a forum for mums due in December 2005. Loads of them were talking about having MS and I thought it was so weird that so many pregnant women in one group had multiple sclerosis. It was ages before I realised that when they said MS they meant morning sickness!

fourplusfour · 04/09/2023 21:53

DH will always be dickhead in my mind

Awrite · 04/09/2023 21:53

To me it reads 'soon to be bastard ex'. Always.

Zoreos · 04/09/2023 21:59

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 04/09/2023 21:49

I went round giving people biscuits thinking it was a nice gesture BiscuitGrin

I’ve just realised thanks to your comment that it’s a biscuit and not a flower. How very blind and unreasonable of me. 🤣

boxersorbriefs · 04/09/2023 22:00

I thought OLD was an app. Like it was the name of a dating app itself

Pigsinspaaace · 04/09/2023 22:06

Not just you: I thought it was an app for the more mature dater.

Still don't get the biscuit emoji thing...

PurposefulBear · 04/09/2023 22:08

fourplusfour · 04/09/2023 21:53

DH will always be dickhead in my mind

Hahaha 😁, love this!
I thought STBXH was Sod The Bastard Ex Husband

fearfuloffluff · 04/09/2023 22:08

I thought HTH meant 'head for the hills' like another way of saying LTB

TheWayOfTheWorld · 04/09/2023 22:12

Newyearnewjobnewlife · 04/09/2023 21:50

I know CF means cheeky fucker but in my head it’s always cunt fucker and I like to say bin cunt fuckery when it’s bin wars

I always read it as cunty fucker Grin

Unexpectedlysinglemum · 04/09/2023 22:13

GalGadont · 04/09/2023 21:32

Not an AIBU, just posting for something light-hearted. I still read ‘STBXH’ as ‘shithead bastard ex husband’, even though I’ve subsequently worked out it means ‘soon to be ex husband’ 🤦‍♀️ Are there any MN acronyms you’ve misunderstood?

I thought this one was stupid bastard ex husband 😂😂

Lpsk · 04/09/2023 22:13

Years ago a politician was on Mumsnet doing a q&a (might have been Gordon brown) and he was asked what his favourite biscuit was. He thought it was a trap of some kind and refused to answer, so it's short hand for you're being a dick\don't be an idiot.

staybyyou · 04/09/2023 22:14

@Newyearnewjobnewlife I thought it was c**t face!? Have I been wrong all these years???

knowyournumbers · 04/09/2023 22:16

Yep I thought HTH meant 'hand to head' like this 🤦🏻‍♀️ ! Until someone posted it and explained it's hope that helps! Blush

Wtfisgoingonnow · 04/09/2023 22:16

I thought STBXH was shoot the bastard ex husband 😬

Desdemonadryeyes · 04/09/2023 22:16

When I first joined I thought ‘I’m on’ was I’m having my period.

Bananalanacake · 04/09/2023 22:17

PBP - pretty boring person Grin

Sugarfish · 04/09/2023 22:22

I thought CF was cunt face and for some reason I though STBXH was Shit the bed ex husband. God knows why, it doesn’t even make sense. But that’s where my brain went!

chergar · 04/09/2023 22:23

I remember thinking one poster was quite active and always asking things, I thought she signed off all her posts with her name - TIA

megletthesecond · 04/09/2023 22:25

I always read 'STBXH' as 'stupid bastard ex husband'.

Tadpolle · 04/09/2023 22:29

I used to think Biscuit meant "That takes the biscuit!" but now I think people used it to call someone an asshole, because it looks like one??