A brief acronym question

[caityrosey]

Hi all,

This should be quick. Many folks on this forum use acronymns to refer to relationships e.g., DH, DW and probably many others too.

I want to be sure I understand what they stand for. Some are pretty obvious, like SIL= sister in law.

 

[Peaches]

For me, and from what I've seen...

DH = Dear/darling/damn husband
DW = dear/darling/damn wife
LW = lovely wife
SIL/BIL/FIL/MIL = sister/brother/father/mother-in-law
SO = significant other

I can't think of others I've seen.

 

[tanya_the_dancer]

A few more:

DS - dear son,
DD - dear daughter,
XH - ex-husband,
XW - ex-wife.

 

[cornutt]

Don't see these as much here, but:

MOTOS = Member of the Opposite Sex
MOTSS = Member of the Same Sex
MOTPS = Member of the Preferred Sex (all-purpose term)

 

[caityrosey]

I had wondered if DH referred to Dancing Husband

 

[wyllo]

I had wondered if DH referred to Dancing Husband

I had wondered about that too! In this forumit makes perfect sense.

 

[reb]

I had wondered about that too! In this forumit makes perfect sense.

old habits never die - I thought DH was Designated Husband and DW was Designated Wife. Now I know . . .

 

[cornutt]

You must be in an AL town. We have pinch husbands and pinch wives.

 

[reb]

You must be in an AL town. We have pinch husbands and pinch wives.

It's fun to watch pitchers at bat :wink:
swing - and a miss

 

[Egoist]

BAC = ball and chain

 

[White Chacha]

Just to be clear, an acronym is a word formed made up of the first letters or parts of words. Being a word, it can be pronounced. Some of the things above are abbreviations but not acronyms.

I will now return you to your regularly scheduled dance pedantism ;-)

 

[dressgirl]

I heard one at USDSC - MBA .......married but available

 

[Joe]

That would, then, not be an acronym.