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Original poster

To the Powers that Be: WTF is BABY DANCING doing as a MN Acronym?

32 replies

QuintessentialShadows · 13/08/2009 23:42

I have never in my many years here EVER, I tell ya, EVER encountered ANY poster using the term baby dancing.

WHY is this yucky term included in the acronym list?

Are you preparing for the DM onslaught?
Is it a remain after the aprils fools joke about teaming up with Netmums?

eh ? eh ?

GET rid.
Now.
please.

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cornsillk · 13/08/2009 23:44

Is it on the list? shudder

Original poster
QuintessentialShadows · 13/08/2009 23:45

It is on the list.

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AbricotsSecs · 13/08/2009 23:45

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cornsillk · 13/08/2009 23:48

I vote get it off. It gives a bad impression.

Replace it with the finger.

Sazisi · 13/08/2009 23:53

Does it mean what I think it means..[hmm..?

If so, we call it fucking in my house. Actually. Perhaps you might replace it with that

gonaenodaethat · 13/08/2009 23:54

Boak!!

Hate AF as well.

Alibabaandthe40nappies · 13/08/2009 23:54

It must go - it's the most awful expression!

Tidey · 14/08/2009 00:02

It's only there to remind you people that there are other kinds of activity than bumsex.

PrettyCandles · 14/08/2009 00:05

BD has been around on MN for years. Nothing wrong with it (tho it is perhaps a little twee). Just indicates carnal knowledge for the express purpose of conception, rather than for fun or other reasons.

Keep it.

Chilllllll.

Sazisi · 14/08/2009 00:07

AF...is abbreviation for Aunty Flo?? PLEASE change it to On The Blob immediately!

gonaenodaethat · 14/08/2009 00:08

OTB!

Agree. Much better.

hatesponge · 14/08/2009 00:42

I loathe the term BD. It's so twee it makes my teeth itch!

Lol at OTB though....

TheDailyMailHatesWomenAndLemon · 14/08/2009 01:14

BD doesn't get used on the wider MN, but I gather that it does on the Conception threads. The important thing, though, is that there isn't a "" pandemic.

Original poster
QuintessentialShadows · 14/08/2009 08:28

COVER!

Seriously, the term baby dancing seem rather obscene when you know it is carnally related.

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sweetkitty · 14/08/2009 08:34

TTC at the moment and refuse to use BD or AF hate them both with a passion

FlamingoBingo · 14/08/2009 08:37

I hate AF too, and all other euphemisms actually. Can't you just say 'period'?

Does the world come to an end when you actually use the real words for things?

Original poster
QuintessentialShadows · 14/08/2009 08:42

Doesn't it cover it if you say "We are ttc atm", do you really need to be so detailed to say "Right I am orf, going to do some baby dancing with my partner" Really no need to use this acronym at all!

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KingCanuteIAm · 14/08/2009 08:45

It has been around on MN for years.

Stop being so precious, different things for different people.

Original poster
QuintessentialShadows · 14/08/2009 08:48

KingCanute, have you just changed your name from KingCanuteAndI, or were you always KingCanuteIam??

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KingCanuteIAm · 14/08/2009 08:51

I have always been kingcanuteiam - well since I was something totally different anyway, why? Has someone skenked my name?

HecatesTwopenceworth · 14/08/2009 08:52

Why do people need to find daft words or phrases?

What's wrong with sex. period. penis. vagina...

They are perfectly simple, clear words.

imo, if you are embarrassed to say the word sex, you are too immature to be having it!!

KingCanuteIAm · 14/08/2009 08:53

Sex

KingCanuteIAm · 14/08/2009 08:54

Can I have some now? TBH I think I may be forgetting what it is

HecatesTwopenceworth · 14/08/2009 08:54

Not from me you can't.

KingCanuteIAm · 14/08/2009 08:56

Fair enough!