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!!

Whats DS and DD? I see that a lot in reference to son or daughter but don't get the D.

DS=Dear Son
DD=Dear Daughter
DH=Dear Husband
DW=Dear Wife

Standard shorthand you will see on other discussion boards. Sometimes you'll see DS16 (Dear Son, Age 16).

I've heard another translation of "DH", but you can use your imagination. :)

es&h

= "experience, strength, and hope" = what we share with each other

AS = Alcoholic Sister (for me), but I've also heard that it refers to Alcoholic Son.

THANK YOU for asking that! I see that on Cafe Mom a LOT but I haven't seen it here yet. Very curious as to what the first D is for...




*Edit: I see it now...I was so excited I didn't read the post! Thanks SoloMio!!!

Thank you bookwyrm for this good thread!

OT may be off topic.
Alkie is alcoholic.

As you know, English is not my mother tongue. I may be wrong.

Nope, you're not wrong!

Oh, I got another one! Just read the post on classic quacking by paintbaby which reminded me of:
sticky - posts/threads stored at the top of the forum to stop them being lost. Full of good info and wisdom for everyone to read!

Oh, and how could I forgot?!!

BOB - battery operated boyfriend!!!

For more info, visit: http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ult-topic.html

:rotfxko

bookwyrm,
an SR classic!

:tyou

Got another one. This one had me scratching my head for the past few days but I think I have it sussed now:

FOO - Family of Origin

(someone tell me if I'm right/wrong?)

DSS = dear stepson
DSD = dear stepdaughter

Awesome work Bookwyrm!
:-)
B

Tx- Treatment
Bx- Behavior

Exabf or exagf- can also stand for ex addict boyfriend/girlfriend

Bookwyrm...

Thanks for BOB - but do you know BUB?

That's Back Up Bob. With all these X's, got to have BOB and BUB. Tee hee.

Bookwyrm, thank you very nice thread! :c011:

PWS: Post withdrawal syndrome