Internet Abbreviations That You Don't Get

iguana · 25-09-2006 11:23PM #1

I was stumped for a while by DH. I knew it meant husband, but why the D. I always said Dear Husband in my head but wondered why anyone would say "I was talking to the dear husband last night" as opposed to "I was talking to my husband last night."

But it turns out that my instinct was correct and DH is for dear husband, and I guess people want to abbreviate but don't want to only have one letter so they stick in a made up one? I've also noticed DD or DS which is Darling Daughter and Darling/Dear Son. Also in some posts the poster is pi$$ed off with the DH, so I don't know why they are calling him dear.

Now lately I've been seeing OH, which is usually about husbands, and sometimes boyfriends but I have no idea what the O stands for.

And why would you abbreviate something, but add an extra letter to do so?

Adam · 25-09-2006 11:24PM

I'd guess OH is actually "other half"...

OH ftw

seamus · 26-09-2006 12:29AM

Can't say I've ever seen anyone write DH. I'd be utterly perplexed if I saw it.

Mr Rivers · 26-09-2006 01:00AM

tinwop = thread is nothing without pictures

and

wtityb = whatever, tell it to your blog

are my favs

26-09-2006 01:03AM

seamus wrote:

Can't say I've ever seen anyone write DH. I'd be utterly perplexed if I saw it.

I'd normally guess David Hasselhoff if I saw it, but that's just me.

5starpool · 26-09-2006 01:10AM

DH are my initials, so obviously everyone is referring to me!

xebec · 26-09-2006 01:12AM

Myth wrote:

I'd normally guess David Hasselhoff if I saw it, but that's just me.

Is that Hoff fetish showing through again this year? I hoped you would lose that over the summer!

iguana · 26-09-2006 01:13AM

fade_to_grey wrote:

I'd guess OH is actually "other half"...

Good thinking, I've also seen SO for significant other.

seamus wrote:

Can't say I've ever seen anyone write DH. I'd be utterly perplexed if I saw it.

Glad I'm not the only one.

Time Magazine · 26-09-2006 01:17AM

Just to clarify before it's asked: nyom is "not your ordinary muck".

jebuz · 26-09-2006 01:27AM

whats ftw mean

Pighead · 26-09-2006 01:32AM

jebuz wrote:

whats ftw mean

Its what the dyslexic branch of the fight the power boards movement chant to the lads in charge.
stands for: FCUK THE WODERATORS.

Adam · 26-09-2006 01:55AM

Pighead wrote:

Its what the dyslexic branch of the fight the power boards movement chant to the lads in charge.
stands for: FCUK THE WODERATORS.

roffle

26-09-2006 01:56AM

Some abbreviations can have conflicts in meaning, too. In MA (martial arts) WTF stands for World Taekwondo Federation, and in common use it means something completely different as we all know.

Another one comes to mind. SOS was originally used in Morse code to signal Save Our Ship, a distress signal, but has two other meanings that I am aware of: Save Our Stomachs for poor food, and Same Old Sh*t for the obvious meaning.

Lord Nikon · 26-09-2006 02:17AM

DH - dick head

Siogfinsceal · 26-09-2006 09:37AM

can someone please tell me what ftw means never got that

r3nu4l · 26-09-2006 09:42AM

FTW - For the Win! It comes from onlne gaming when you execute a procedure or strategy that is the final move designed 'for the win'!

irishguy00 · 26-09-2006 10:37AM

Did this not stand for "Save Our Souls"???? maybe thats just me.

Mrs_Doyle · 26-09-2006 10:42AM

jebuz wrote:

whats ftw mean

I hate 'ftw' - I think it should be banned from boards - **** style

L31mr0d · 26-09-2006 10:56AM

Would only really use these talking to the guys from college over a messenger.

ENQ?

and recieve back ACK or NAK.... *Oh dear, I've redorkulated... bhay-gn-flay-vn*

Crucifix · 26-09-2006 10:59AM

I saw n/t on a few forums...no idea what it means.

seamus · 26-09-2006 11:11AM

Crucifix wrote:

I saw n/t on a few forums...no idea what it means.

It means "No Text". It's a very old one, and was used when email clients were text-based non-GUI affairs. You would put a notice (for example, "Servers are going down at 6.00pm") into the subject line, and then write "n/t" at the end. This lets the recipient know that he shouldn't waste his time opening the mail, as it contains no text.

Ballerina · 26-09-2006 12:46PM

good thread!

iv always wondered about roffle?i know rofl,but cant make out this one...

Smellyirishman · 26-09-2006 12:48PM

Roffle is just the "pronuciation" of ROFL.

So roffle == ROFL.

brown*eyed*girl · 26-09-2006 12:57PM

DH, DP, DS etc are all used a lot on parenting sites. Personally I don't use them but some of them are bit silly.

I always think of a bank machine when I see atm even though the person usually mean at the moment.

dr.bollocko · 26-09-2006 01:04PM

The one that stumped me was NALOPKT.
Not a lot of people know that it stands for "Not a lot of people know that."
Which is also the first internet abbreviation to misquote Michael Caine.
NALOPKT...

punky · 26-09-2006 01:29PM

BTW = Beat that, w@nker!
IMO = I'm mad out-of-it.
LOL = Lots of love

mkennedy · 26-09-2006 01:54PM

fwiw this lists many of the common internet acronyms:
www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm
hth.

BC · 26-09-2006 01:56PM

punky wrote:

BTW = Beat that, w@nker!
IMO = I'm mad out-of-it.
LOL = Lots of love

I thought they were:

BTW - By the way
IMO - In my opinion
LOL - Laugh out loud

?

Pighead · 26-09-2006 01:59PM

sic=sarky is a cnut.
It should be silc though cos lets face it he may be a cnut but he is a loveable cnut.

miamee · 26-09-2006 02:11PM

Ah come on everyone knows DH stands for Desperate Housewives

Mr Magnolia · 26-09-2006 02:12PM

meh?

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