Anyone else think DS and DD is a bit cringe

[Mama2b99]

Son and daughter are just fine whats with darling son and darling daughter its a bit excessive if you ask me😂😂

Yes I've never really understood the terminology on here. Especially when people are complaining and still referring to their awful husbands as 'DH' 🙈

It's totally cringe but most of us succumb to it in the end 😬😁

DDog and DCat make me cringe myself inside out. I've never succumbed to that! 😂

To shorten them I guess. And can't just shorten daughter to D as that means something else.

I find it daft.
It's not like we are charged per letter like the early text messages 😂

@Ankylo what does "D" mean if it's on its own?

Bit puzzled about this being in ‘Pregnancy’!

I like the shorthand. In all honesty usually on a thread there are bigger issues than 'dear'.

Dick

I don't read it as 'dear daughter' to me it just means 'daughter' it's just online forum shorthand it's really not that deep.

@Ankylo see I didn't know that.
I suppose in a relevant sentence it would make sense and you would be able to figure it out ("my husband was being a D yesterday") but really - why not just type "dick"?
We aren't spies. We don't need to communicate in code.

I hate it too! I don't know what makes me feel strongly about it, I just really don't like it 😂😂

It’s used more in the context of “she loves the D”. It’s gen z (??) slang, not Mumsnet terminology.

There was one the other day that was DHTB and it puzzled me for ages. I think it was ‘dear husband to be’ but it’s so stupid. Especially when you get DXH for ex husband.

We may not be spies, however the weather in Minsk is surprising for this time of year.

I hate it too. DC is the one that irrationally winds me up the most!

I don't mind them. What I do mind is that it seems to be spreading! Abbreviations for multiple things, there was a post a few days ago I still have no idea what she meant as it was like trying to read alphabet soup

I like it. It's like being in a club.

It's just ancient internet shorthand. I don't read "dear/darling son/daughter", just "Dee Dee/Dee Ess". Other sites use LG/LB for little boy.

I agree and could never bring myself to use any of them. I don't shorten at all I say baby girl, and I say my partner

I've always thought it was silly so never use it. I can type the actual words faster than faffing about with capital letters

It makes me cringe as well.

I know. I'm just trying to figure out why it is DD. That is all I came up with. I don't know this for fact.

I just used LB on my last post here (on another thread)!

D anything on here makes me cringe. It’s so unnecessary, outdated and NAFF! It originated pre-smart phone and belongs in the past.