To be hate the constant use of acronyms on this site

[BucketandSpade]

I mean how long does it take to write son, daughter, husband? And they're not always darling or dear are they? TBH. My personal bug bears are LOL, IMHO and, most of all, worst of all. AF! Just say period for god's sake! What are we, floral apron wearing, valium munchers, living in middle america in the 1950's?

took me ages to work out what AF meant.

Oh, if I'm trying to be friendly, I use Because it does just look more friendly than

I use to denote when I'm trying to be funny and it might not be spotted, or when I'm genuinely laughing about something. Or, yes, when I'm being a little lascivious.

larf my arse off

tho i always think it reminds me of sex and see larf out of my arse

Laughing My Arse Off.

BD and AF are not to my choosing I have to say!

But I have n problem with DH, DD, LOL< IMO, etc. They are useful ones to use.

I presume I never, never have to use BD, given that DH is not producing live ones anymore? Yet another unexpected benefit...

I agree the dd, dh, etc etc are plain naffola but you get used to it and then it all just seems normal and almost comforting.

Loads of sites use lol, imho.

AF makes me wince every time.

baby dancing is sex?? LOL
i thought it was something people did when full term and trying convince the baby to come out. like belly dancing maybe... derrr
not that ive ever used it.

and AF is weird. never heard of it before mn tbh.
i like 'on the blob' precisely because its a shitty euphamism. appeals to my SOH.

lmao, yabu ffs!

I was going to start a new thread on this but saw there's one already. I can't stand the excessive use of acronyms on Mumsnet, or other sites such as moneysavingexpert.com for that matter. It makes posters look like 13-year-old girls writing text speak on Myspace, not adult women discussing life-changing events. Unless you're really bad at typing, does it take much longer to write out daughter than DD? The first time I saw DD, DH, etc, I couldn't work out what the posters were on about (their cup size?) It doesn't help when you're worried about something but can't make sense of the thread without first consulting the glossary of acronyms.

Sorry but it's part of internet culture and has been for many years.
Textspeak is rather different because that is intended for mobiles but dd,dh, LOL etc is very appropriate for use on internet forums.

it's sort of odd to resurect a thread this old too imho

It is I agree. Just start a new one.

I am on the elderly side of middle aged and find it all quite scary.When I first used an internet forum[not Mumsnet]I didnt know what lol meant and assumed it was 'lots of love'so, thinking I was being trendy, I stuck it at the end of all sorts of posts of a fairly sensitive nature[it was a bc forum] until someone explained to me that having a mastectomy wasn't a laughing matter .These acronyms can be a mine-field for newbies.

OOh it was like a nostalgis trip, reading this thread with all the old MNers.

Agree is a bit odd resurrecting a thread this old tbh.

Oh. I got all the way to the last few posts before realising that this was a resurrected thread. .

I don't see a problem with the acronyms and abbreviations used here, and I certainly don't agree that it makes the posters look juvenile - not if you actually read the threads and see the intelligence, wit, maturity and thoughtfulness of what's said on them!

And I have to say that I've never thought of mumsnet as fluffy or cutesy in any way - there's far too much swearing for that - !

While we're (sort of) on the subject though - can I ask the origins of please. I understand that it means vomit or puke, but can't work out its derivation.

If you don't like it, don't post.

Me, I'm a BAMF.

And resurrecting old threads is cruel because for a minute it looks like Sheik and WT et al are back.

Boak's scottish isn't it?

Boak is indeed Scottish.

The acronyms are fine once you get to grips with them. And they aren't law - I often say kids instead of DC's.

Far more annoying to me is that nobody in the entire interwebby universe can spell 'Michael'.

boak also widely used in NI

"he gives me the dry boaks" = he makes me heave/wanna throw up

SoH is indeed a BAMF, and ditto to the sadness - I got all excited before I realised the thread was so old.

I can spell micheal mikeal michelle Michael.