What is DD?

[ThatLemonPanda]

please someone help…

I don’t understand all the initials used on mumsnet.

i guess DD is direct daughter?

then there’s so many others.

anyone care to help this clueless mumsnetter?

Me too! Always works in context anyway!

Or an STD…..

Belting thread. Been PMSL. Some of you are FAF 😉

The advice from my son's favourite teacher before exams was RTFQ. He insisted it was Read the FULL question but the kids all.knew it wasn't!

STBXH is soon to be ex husband and not, as I initially thought, stupid B*Ard ex husband

Yep.

I like your version! 😂

FWIW (For what it’s worth) used to get me every time.

I thought it was for whoever is wandering

(Both still make sense though)

Wondering yes, wandering maybe not 😂

Oops! Had a brain fart and couldn't remember the correct spelling

A few from the pregnancy boards that I don't think have been mentioned yet (although it's been a while since I was there!):

DTD = Doing The Deed (shagging)
AF = Aunt Flo (period)
TTC = Trying to conceive
BFP = Big Fat Positive (on a pregnancy test)
BFN = Big Fat Negative (on a pregnancy test)

GP is a confusing one, it can mean grandparent, general practitioner or guinea pig on the pets boards.

Me too!

Mumsnet Acronym List

It’s a ridiculous thing. Why say DD when you can just say daughter???

LMGTFY Let me Google that for you
Followed by a passive aggressive HTH hope that helps!

TIA thanks in advance

DGD or DGS darling granddaughter/grandson

SD, SS step daughter/son

Coz it's quicker.

That's the basis of all abbreviation. Like ASAP. Or RSVP. Or BOGOF. Or RIP. Or FYI.

This surely can't be the first time you've across the concept of abbreviation?!

It’s MN-speak. I’ve been on Mumsnet since 2003 and these abbreviations have been used on here for at least that long. It’s part of the MN experience and honestly not hard to remember.

No it’s not as I am not stupid! I find the whole DD, DS etc a ridiculous abbreviation. I think it’s the darling bit that annoys me when that’s normally the person they are complaining about

NAMALT - not all men are like that/this
NAWALT - not all women are like that/this
STBXH - soon to be ex-husband (used when separated pending divorce or a bit sarky they’ve done something silly/wrong)

LTB - Leave the bastard - used seriously and flippantly depending on the situation

This really made me laugh for some reason! I'm going to be reading GP as guinea-pig now no matter what the context is!

I was on money saving expert around 2009 and people were using those abbreviations back then

Its like learning morse code when reading mumsnet people dont use words.

I thought it was darling. Well there you go!