I've been reading the message board for France for the past 9 months, and am curious: Tho' this may be common to all boards, what do all the acronyms mean: DH- dear husband?
IMO-?? etc etc. Enlighten me-

in my opinion, i think

DD dear daughter
DS dear son
DH dear husband
DW ...you know...
DF dear friend...etc...

IMHO in my honest opinion

I don't know all of them, but
DH dear husband
DD dear daughter etc
SIL sister-in-law
BIL brother-in-law

IMO In my opinion
IMHO In my humble opinion (not always actually humble)
LOL laugh out loud (it's a joke)
ROTFL Rolling on the floor laughing (it's a very funny joke)

FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation

ROTFLMAO...

Rolling on the floor, laughing my ass/arse off = an even funnier joke

I'm a bit skeptical about the whole D_ acronyms, why not call him Bob, instead of DH. Sorry, find it all a bit..cloying? If I'm at working talking to someone, I wouldn't ever say...My dear wife....I'd say her name, or my wife, or...

I'm a bit skeptical about the whole D_ acronyms, why not call him Bob, instead of DH. Sorry, find it all a bit..cloying? If I'm at working talking to someone, I wouldn't ever say...My dear wife....I'd say her name, or my wife, or...


I'm with you Paris. These acronyms are spreading into travel as well. People visit BCN. They are using the airport designation for Barcelona but it sounds like they are staying at the terminal.

I understand language changes and that technology influences our lives but at least call your children or spouse something more than the BNC (Ball and Chain.)

"These acronyms are spreading into travel as well. People visit BCN. They are using the airport designation for Barcelona but it sounds like they are staying at the terminal."
I agree - I think it sounds crazy when people use the airport abbreviation for the city name. And it's not always immediately obvious what city the abbreviations stand for, if you are not in the know.

'I'm a bit skeptical about the whole D_ acronyms, why not call him Bob, instead of DH.'
Perhaps some people don't want to give out their spouse's real name on a public forum. If you start naming all your family members, they may be identified, which affects how much details you want to disclose in your trip report.

That's funny about calling him Bob instead of DH. My DH IS named Bob.

It's the "dear" part...I can see why you might not want to use names (some people here have changed the names to protect...)

<b>BM</b> - arch-conservative dittohead

I use OH - other half. Gender neutral, marital status neutral, and not quite so condescending as Dear whatever.
I'm the BOB in this household - Bewust Onbeschonken Bestuurder, deliberately sober driver. The one who doesn't drink so they can drive.

the &quot;D&quot; can mean dear, or darling, or damn, or anything you choose. On a long trip report it is just a lot easier to say DD or DH or SIL (sister-in-Law) whatever, than to repeat the names over and over.

I thought the D was for &quot;Dull&quot; just kidding.

Have any of you been exposed to the language of cell phone texting.

I have a young niece who emails me once in a while....it is a language unto itself. It takes some timeto figure it out...no caps and no punctuation. It makes me wonder if any of us OFs will be able to understand the language of 2020 at all.

I just ran into ITA and had to look it up (I Totally Agree).

Here's a site that will help avoid future senior moments.

http://www.netlingo.com/

I thought it was dopey .... whatever (or dumb).

I think it's just habit, people copy others and some people who don't use the internet much aren't aware of these terms (which aren't peculiar to Fodors). I can see why sister-in-law is longer to type, but why would it be so much easier to type DW than wife in a trip report? or DS compared to son? I type really fast and have been typing for years, so it actually takes longer for me to type things that are not normal words (like DH or DS) than it would the regular word, what with having to using the shift key and not having the automatic memory.

Everyone is different. Write however you like.

Isn't using contractions kind of the same thing. IMO, LOL, DH, DD and the like are just modern contractions. You may not like it but they are here and have to be dealt with.

A couple of acronyms we could all use on these boards:

AFAIK - As Far As I Know

IIRC - If I Recall Correctly

SOB
S&uuml;d Ost Bahn

&quot;these terms... are not peculiar to Fodors&quot; -- I disagree, in the main.

I read and post on at least 7 of the most-used travel bulletin boards (frommers, THorn Tree, Travel Advisor, Virtual Tourist, Rick Steves, Rough GUide etc), and Fodor's is the ONLY one that uses these cloying acronyms.

I find them TC (terminally cutesy). I also find it telling that women are the ones mainly who use them-- very few Fodorite men seem to refer constantly to DW.

I know if I referred to my son or daughter as DS or DD, they would fwow up.