The Nest Community Glossary

Posted Wednesday, June 30, 2010 4:18 PM

a
AF - Aunt Flo (menstruation)
AW - Attention Wanted

b
BC - Birth Control
BCP - Birth Control Pills
BFN - Big Fat Negative (Pregnancy Test)
BFP - Big Fat Positive (Pregnancy Test)
BIL - Brother-in-Law
BOTB - Babies On The Brain
BR - Baby-related

c
CW - Co-Worker
C&P - Copy & Paste

d
DD - Dirty Delete
DD - Dear/Darling Daughter
DC - Dear/Darling Child
DH - Dear/Darling Husband
DS - Dear/Darling Son

e
ETA - Edited to add

f
FFC - Flame-Free Confessions
FI - Fiance(e)
FIL - Father-in-Law
F/U - Follow-up
FWIW - For What It’s Worth

g
GBCN - Leaving The Nest
GTG - Get-Together
GTKY - Get To Know You

h
HTH - Hope That Helps

i
IHO - In Honor Of
IIRC - If I Recall Correctly
IMO - In My Opinion
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IRL- In Real Life
ITA - I Totally Agree

k
KU - Knocked Up
KWIM - Know What I Mean

l
LIP - Link in post
LO - Little one

m
MC - Miscarriage
MIL - Mother-in-Law
MM - Money Matters
MUD - Made Up Drama

n
NFT - No Further Text
NMS - Not My Style
N*R - NPR or NMR mean Not-Pet-Related or Not-Money Related for        
Off-Topic Posts

o
OP - Original Poster

p
PIP - Picture in Post
PM - Private Message
POAS - Peed on a Stick (Pregnancy Test)
PP - Previous Poster

s
SAHD - Stay At Home Dad
SAHM - Stay At Home Mom
SAHW - Stay At Home Wife
SIL - Sister-in-Law
SO - Significant Other
S/O - Speaking Of
SS - Stepdaughter
SS - Stepson

t
TIA - Thanks in Advance
TMI - Too Much Information
TTC - Trying To Conceive
TTTC - Trouble Trying To Conceive
T&P - Thoughts and Prayers

w
WAHM/D - Work at home mom/dad
WDYT - What Do You Think
WFD - What's for Dinner?
WWYD - What Would You Do

x
XP - Cross Post (Posted on multiple boards)

y
YGM - You've Got Mail
YGPM - You've Got a Private Message
YKWIM - You Know What I Mean
YWIA - You're Welcome in Advance