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A personal or personal ad is an item or notice traditionally in the newspaper, similar to a classified ad but personal disambiguation needed in nature. In British English it is also commonly known as an advert in a lonely hearts column.1 With its rise in popularity, the World Wide Web has also become a common medium for personals, commonly referred to as online dating. Personals are generally meant to generate romance, friendship, or casual (sometimes sexual) encounters, and usually include a basic description of the person posting it, and their interests.
Due to newspaper prices being based on characters or lines of text, a jargon of abbreviations, acronyms and code words arose in personals, and have carried over to the internet.
Contents 1 List of single-letter abbreviations 1.1 First letter 1.2 Middle letter 1.3 Last letter 2 List of common abbreviations 3 See also 4 References // List of single-letter abbreviationsThe following are examples of single-letter abbreviations used in three-letter acronyms (TLAs).
The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please improve this article and discuss the issue on the talk page. First letterThe first letter describes the person seeking.
D: Divorced F: Female G: Gay M: Male (or Man) M: Married S: Single T: Transgender W: Woman or Widower Middle letterThe middle letter represents the ethnicity of the person posting the ad. Can be replaced by 4, standing for for ("seeking", "desires", etc.).
A: Asian B: Black H: Hispanic J: Jewish or Japanese L: Latino or Latina W: White Last letter C: Couple F: Female M: Male (or Man) T: Transgender W: Woman List of common abbreviationsThe following are common abbreviations, acronyms, and code words.
225: Seeking domination (i.e. will accept when told that 2+2=5) 420 (or 4:20): refers to cannabis (see 420 (cannabis culture)) ASL: Age Stats Location OR Age Sex Location ATM: Ass To Mouth - Anal copulation where the penis pulls out and ejaculates into a mouth AZN: Asian B&D (also B/D): Bondage and Discipline BB: Bodybuilder, or Barebacking BBC: Big Black Cock, or Big Black Cunt BBW: Big Beautiful Woman (Overweight) BDSM: Bondage and Discipline, Dominance and submission, Sadism and masochism BF: Black Female, or Boyfriend BHM: Big Handsome Man (uncommon, see BBW) Bi: Bisexual BiF: Bisexual Female BiM: Bisexual Male BJ: Blow Job (Fellatio) BMW: (Big Mexican Woman) overweight Mexican woman BOTS: Bit on the Side BTW: By The Way... BWC: Big White Cock CBT: Cock & Ball Torture, used in BDSM CD: Cross Dresser CFNM: Clothed female, naked male CP: Cock Play, between 2 or more males D/D: drug and disease DDF: Drug and Disease Free DL: Down low: secretive same gender sex, often parallel to a heterosexual relationship Dom: Male Dominant partner/participant in BDSM Domme: Female Dominant partner/participant in BDSM DP: Double Penetration, as when one person is penetrated by two objects D/s: Dominance and Submission - lowercased "s" signifies power exchange DTE: Down-to-earth DWF: Divorced White Female DWM: Divorced White Male FB: Fuck-Buddy FTM: Female-to-Male Transgender FWB: Friend With Benefits (friendship plus sex and no emotions) GAM: Gay Asian Male GB: Gang Bang, a person having sex with multiple partners in turn or simultaneously GBM: Gay Black Male GF: Gay Female (Lesbian), or Girlfriend GG: Genetic Girl/Real Girl/All-Girl as opposed to a TV/TS/TG girl GHM: Gay Hispanic Male GSOH: Good Sense Of Humour GWC: Gay White Couple GWF: Gay White Female GWM: Gay White Male Het: Heterosexual HJ: Hand-Job HWP: Height Weight Proportional: indicates an 'ideal' body weight IRL: In Real Life: face to face meeting ISO: In Search Of LF: Looking For LTR: Long Term Relationship (opposite of NSA) M4M: Man seeking man M4MW: Man seeking man and woman M4T: Male seeking transsexual or transvestite (cross dresser) M4W: Man seeking woman MBC: Married Black Couple MBiC: Married Bisexual Couple MHC: Married Hispanic Couple MOTOS: Member of the Opposite Sex MOTSS: Member of the Same Sex MTF: Male-to-Female Transgender MW4M: Man and woman seeking man MW4MW: Man and woman seeking man and woman MW4W: Man and woman seeking woman MWC: Married White Couple ND: Non-drinker NS: Non-smoker or non-smoking NSA: No strings attached; no future obligation—opposite of LTR OFAC: Own Flat And Car OHAC: Own House And Car OTK: Over The Knee, see erotic spanking PNP: Party and Play (drugs, usually crystal meth, and sex) Poly: Polyamory Pre-Op: Pre-operative transsexual with genitalia unaltered, typically male-to-female RTS: Real-Time Sex S&M (also S/M): Sadomasochism (Sadism & Masochism) SAE: Self Addressed Envelope SASE: Self Addressed Stamped Envelope SBF: Single Black Female SBM: Single Black Male SBiF: Single Bisexual Female SBiM: Single Bisexual Male ski: an outdoor snow or water sport, or code for cocaine use snow: cocaine SSBBW: Super-Sized Big Beautiful Woman STD: sexually transmitted disease Str8: Straight (not bisexual or gay) sub (also subby or subbie): Submissive participant in BDSM SWF: Single White Female SWM: Single White Male SWS: Sex Without Strings (one night stand) TG: Transgender person Tina: Methamphetamine TLC: Tender Loving Care TS (also Transsexual or Tranny): Transsexual person, typically male-to-female TT: Titty-Torture, used in BDSM TV: Transvestite TYVM: Thank You Very Much VAS: Vasectomy VGL: Very Good Looking W/E: Well Endowed: larger than average male organ W/S: Watersports W4M: Woman seeking man W4MW: Woman seeking man and woman W4W: Woman seeking woman WLTM: Would Like To Meet YO: Years Old See also Contact magazine Craigslist Gumtree Online dating service References ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/3063827/Jan-Leeming-places-lonely-hearts-advert.html http://www.stargazers.com/abbrevad.html http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/ http://www.1-true-love.com/datingtips/abbr.shtml http://www.all-acronyms.com/?tg=personals&o=a
