Forum shorthand
Every so often, someone asks what the acronyms mean. I've tried to pull together all the ones I've used and remember seeing. Can you add the ones I've missed? I know I've skipped all the child, sibling and parent ones!
H - husband
W - wife
GF - girlfriend
BF - boyfriend
MIL - mother in law
FIL - father in law
AH - alcoholic husband
AW - alcoholic wife
AGF - alcoholic girlfriend
ABF - alcoholic boyfriend
Now to get a little bit more advanced:
RAH - recovering alcoholic husband
RAW - recovering alcoholic wife
RABF - recovering alcoholic boyfriend
RAGF - recovering alcoholic girlfriend
STBXAH (and also be written as STBEXAH)- soon to be X alcoholic husband
STBXAW - soon to be X alcoholic wife
STBXABF - soon to be X alcoholic boyfriend
STBXAGF - soon to be X alcoholic girlfriend
We then progress to
XAH - ex alcoholic husband (I was so happy to finally be able to use this one!)
XAW - Ex alcoholic wife
XABF - Ex alcoholic boyfriend
XAGF - Ex alcoholic girlfriend
You can also get
RXAH - recovering ex alcoholic husband
RXAW - recovering ex alcoholic wife
RXABF - recovering ex alcoholic boyfriend
RXAGF - recovering ex alcoholic girlfriend
OW - other woman
Don't think I've seen OM for other man used but maybe I missed it!
ACOA - adult child of alcoholic(s)
Codie - codependent person
Alanoid - Mike (deserteyes)'s descriptor for an Al Anon person.
Quacking - noise an active alcoholic makes to try and hook you back into the drama.
Not sure about the more general ones though.
LOL - laugh out loud (happens more than you'd think with this forum!)
ROFL - roll on the floor laughing
I think KWIM is 'know what I mean?' and IMHO is either 'in my honest opinion' or 'in my humble opinion' not sure which.
Add more please!!