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Old 07-25-2010, 08:43 AM
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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!!
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Whats DS and DD? I see that a lot in reference to son or daughter but don't get the D.
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Old 07-25-2010, 09:18 AM
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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).
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Old 07-25-2010, 09:28 AM
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I've heard another translation of "DH", but you can use your imagination.
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= "experience, strength, and hope" = what we share with each other
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AS = Alcoholic Sister (for me), but I've also heard that it refers to Alcoholic Son.
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Old 07-25-2010, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Jazzman View Post
Whats DS and DD? I see that a lot in reference to son or daughter but don't get the D.
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!!!
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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.
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Originally Posted by ninja7 View Post
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!
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Old 07-26-2010, 01:13 AM
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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!
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Oh, and how could I forgot?!!

BOB - battery operated boyfriend!!!

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

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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?)
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DSS = dear stepson
DSD = dear stepdaughter
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Awesome work Bookwyrm!
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Tx- Treatment
Bx- Behavior

Exabf or exagf- can also stand for ex addict boyfriend/girlfriend
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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.
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Bookwyrm, thank you very nice thread!

PWS: Post withdrawal syndrome
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Originally Posted by tigger11 View Post
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.
I didn't know BUB but I must say I'm pleased to meet him!!!
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