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clowny

Wed, Nov 13 2019, 12:56 pm

tsc3 wrote:

I kept reading this as: "when I was in camp, dear husband meant division head..." and I was like: what???
LOL

I need more sleep.....

Omg.... me too Rolling Laughter

I guess she’s right, everyone is always talking about their division heads on here.

tweety1

Fri, Nov 15 2019, 9:22 am

Iymnok wrote:

SIL
Are we referring to a man or woman?

You see, this is something you can figure out by what the context is taking abt most of time.

dankbar

Fri, Nov 15 2019, 9:41 am

Iymnok wrote:

SIL
Are we referring to a man or woman?

Depends by what gender, they identify.
If sentence doesn't continue with a he or she, we can just call them they.

zytt

Fri, Nov 15 2019, 9:50 am

AF is often 'aunt flow', period...

JoyInTheMorning

Fri, Nov 15 2019, 9:58 am

I was having a lot of trouble with DCP in the single mother thread. I thought it meant day care provider, but really it meant donor-conceived person. (I object to using the term or the acronym to refer to someone, but that's another story.) I don't very much like acronyms.

Laiya

Fri, Nov 15 2019, 10:57 am

JoyInTheMorning wrote:

I don't want to rehash that thread here, but in my defense, it seems that's how donor conceived people prefer to be referred to, as per their advocacy groups. People usually talk about a donor conceived child, but that fails to account for the fact that they remain donor conceived people even as adults.

https://www.donorconceivedalli.....0are.
scroll to , What kinds of language should I use when talking about donor conception and those born through this technology?

FranticFrummie

Sat, Nov 16 2019, 12:25 pm

DD lives in another country, so we text a lot. She's 16.

She knows not to swear around me, but she uses a lot of teen acronyms and memes. Most of the time I understand her, but there have been times I've had to Google to figure it out.

No way am I going to ask her what something means. I want her to think her mom is cool. LOL

BTW, G-d help me if I use an acronym that is "soooo 6 months ago."

"Mom, no one says that anymore!" Banging head

shanie5

Sat, Nov 16 2019, 11:05 pm

When ds texts ROFL*, I want to reprimand him on his language!

Yo'ma, I also couldn't figure out what the BM was for until I opened that thread>

singleagain

Mon, Nov 18 2019, 7:17 am

Took me a while to realise that ETA was not estimated time of arrival 😁

Cheshire cat

Mon, Nov 18 2019, 9:25 am

BTW, does anyone know what foaf stands for?
An eighth grade teacher used this term often, as in a "friend of a friend" but I've never heard anyone else use it.
Wondering if it's her own thing

imasoftov

Mon, Nov 18 2019, 9:43 am

Cheshire cat wrote:

BTW, does anyone know what foaf stands for?
An eighth grade teacher used this term often, as in a "friend of a friend" but I've never heard anyone else use it.
Wondering if it's her own thing

No, FOAF stands for that. Wikipedia says that it appears in a 1978 book.

Cheshire cat

Mon, Nov 18 2019, 10:09 am

Thanks imasoftov!

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