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|Characters||Meaning
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|<g>||grin
 
|<g>||grin
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|[[24/7]]||Full-time.  Also seen as 24/7/365.
 
|[[24/7]]||Full-time.  Also seen as 24/7/365.
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|AC/DC||[[Bisexual]]
 
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|AFAIK||As Far As I Know
 
|AFAIK||As Far As I Know
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|AKA||Also Known As
 
|AKA||Also Known As
 
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|ALMS||alt.lifestyle.master.slave - [[newsgroup]]
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|ALMS||[[GoogleGroups:alt.lifestyle.master.slave|alt.lifestyle.master.slave]] - [[newsgroup]]
 
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|AP||Age Play
 
|AP||Age Play
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|ASAP||As Soon As Possible
 
|ASAP||As Soon As Possible
 
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|ASB||Alt.Sex.Bondage - [[newsgroup]]
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|ASB||[[GoogleGroups:Alt.Sex.Bondage|Alt.Sex.Bondage]] - [[newsgroup]]
 
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|ASF*||alt.sex.fetish.* - [[newsgroup]]
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|ASF*||[[GoogleGroups:alt.sex.fetish|alt.sex.fetish.*]] - [[newsgroup]]
 
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|a/s/l||Age, Sex, Location (impolite Messenger query)
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|ASL or a/s/l||Age? Sex? Location? (impolite Messenger query) [from marketing]
 
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|AT||Animal Training
 
|AT||Animal Training
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|BF||Boy Friend
 
|BF||Boy Friend
 
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|BJ||Blow Job (fellatio)
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|BFN||Bye For Now
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|BJ||Blow Job ([[fellatio]])
 
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|BPD||Borderline Personality Disorder
 
|BPD||Borderline Personality Disorder
 
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|BRB||Be Right Back - used in instant messaging
 
|BRB||Be Right Back - used in instant messaging
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|BS||Big Smile ''or'' Bull Shit - worthwhile knowing which!
 
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|BSTS||Better Safe than sorry
 
|BSTS||Better Safe than sorry
 
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|BT||Ball Torture
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|BT||Ball Torture (see also CBT)
 
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|BTDT||Been There, Done That
 
|BTDT||Been There, Done That
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|CP||Corporal Punishment
 
|CP||Corporal Punishment
 
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|CT||Cock Torture
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|CT||Cock Torture (see also CBT)
 
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|CTS||Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
 
|CTS||Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
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|EMS||See TENS
 
|EMS||See TENS
 
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|FAQ||Frequently Asked Question(s) and answers
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|EPE||Erotic [[Power exchange]]
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|[[FAQ]]||Frequently Asked Question(s) and answers
 
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|FITB||Fill In The Blank
 
|FITB||Fill In The Blank
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|GS||[[Watersports|Golden Shower]]
 
|GS||[[Watersports|Golden Shower]]
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|GSOH||Good Sense Of Humour
 
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|HAND||Have A Nice Day
 
|HAND||Have A Nice Day
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|IDK||I Don't Know (also FIIK)
 
|IDK||I Don't Know (also FIIK)
 
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|IM||Instant Message (like ICQ, AOL, MSN or Yahoo)
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|IM||Instant Message (like [http://www.icq.com/ ICQ], [http://www.aol.co.uk/aim/ AOL], [http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/ MSN] or [http://messenger.yahoo.com/ Yahoo])
 
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|IMHO||In My Humble Opinion
 
|IMHO||In My Humble Opinion
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|ISTR||I Seem To Recall
 
|ISTR||I Seem To Recall
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|ISO||In Search Of (in personal adverts/profiles)
 
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|ITMT||In The MeanTime
 
|ITMT||In The MeanTime
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|LDR||Long Distance Relationship
 
|LDR||Long Distance Relationship
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|LDU||''Leather/Denim/Uniform'' fetish - a characteristically masculine style of appearance
 
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|LGBTQ||[[Lesbian]], [[Gay]], [[Bisexual]], [[Transgender]] and Questioning
 
|LGBTQ||[[Lesbian]], [[Gay]], [[Bisexual]], [[Transgender]] and Questioning
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|LTR||Long Term Relationship
 
|LTR||Long Term Relationship
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|M||Could be [[Master (BDSM)|Master]], especially if upper-case or [[masochist]], often lower-case.
 
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|MPD||Multiple Personality Disorder
 
|MPD||Multiple Personality Disorder
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|NP||No Problem
 
|NP||No Problem
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|NS||Non-Smoker (in personal adverts/profiles)
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|OHAC||Own House And Car (in personal adverts/profiles)
 
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|OOC||Out of Character / Curiosity
 
|OOC||Out of Character / Curiosity
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|P&M||Posted & Mailed
 
|P&M||Posted & Mailed
 
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|PA||[[Prince Albert]] (type of piercing)
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|PA||[[Prince Albert]] (type of piercing) ''also'' Photo Appreciated (in personal advert/profile)
 
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|PDA||Public Displays of Affection
 
|PDA||Public Displays of Affection
 
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|PE||[[Power Exchange]] (see APE and TPE)
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|PE||[[Power exchange|Power Exchange]] (see APE and TPE)
 
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|PITA||Pain In The Ass
 
|PITA||Pain In The Ass
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|SCA||Society for Createive Anachronism
 
|SCA||Society for Createive Anachronism
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|SCB||[[GoogleGroups:soc.culture.bondage|soc.culture.bondage]] - [[newsgroup]]
 
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|SD||Sensory Deprivation
 
|SD||Sensory Deprivation
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|[[SSC]]||[[Safe, sane, and consensual|Safe, Sane, Consensual]]
 
|[[SSC]]||[[Safe, sane, and consensual|Safe, Sane, Consensual]]
 
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|SSS||Soc.Sexuality.Spanking - [[newsgroup]]
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|SSS||[[GoogleGroups:Soc.Sexuality.Spanking|Soc.Sexuality.Spanking]] - [[newsgroup]]
 
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|STD/STI||Sexually Transmitted Disease / .. Infection
 
|STD/STI||Sexually Transmitted Disease / .. Infection
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|[[TENS]]||Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator
 
|[[TENS]]||Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator
 
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|TES||The Eulenspiegel Society
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|TES||The Eulenspiegel Society ([http://www.tes.org/ website])
 
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|TFTB||[[Topping From The Bottom]]
 
|TFTB||[[Topping From The Bottom]]
 
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|TG||[[TransGendered]]
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|TG||[[Transgender|Transgender ''or'' TransGendered]]
 
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|TIA||Thanks In Advance
 
|TIA||Thanks In Advance
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|TOS||Terms Of Service
 
|TOS||Terms Of Service
 
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|[[TPE]]||Total [[Power Exchange]]
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|[[TPE]]||Total [[Power exchange|Power Exchange]]
 
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|TPTB||The Powers That Be
 
|TPTB||The Powers That Be
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|WRT||With Respect To
 
|WRT||With Respect To
 
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|WS||Water Sports (see GS)
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|WS||[[Watersports|Water Sports]] (see also GS)
 
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|WYSIWYG||What You See Is What You Get
 
|WYSIWYG||What You See Is What You Get
 
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|YKINMK||Your Kink Is Not My Kink
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|YKINMK||Your [[Kink]] Is Not My [[Kink]]
 
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|YKIOK,IJNMK||Your Kink is OK, It's Just Not My Kink
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|YKIOK,IJNMK||Your [[Kink]] is OK, It's Just Not My [[Kink]]
 
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|YMBJ||You Must Be Joking
 
|YMBJ||You Must Be Joking
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*[http://www.mindspring.com/~frites/abbr.txt Frites' list of abbreviations used on soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm]
 
*[http://www.mindspring.com/~frites/abbr.txt Frites' list of abbreviations used on soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm]
 
*[http://public.diversity.org.uk/deviant/dictindx.htm The Deviant's Dictionary]
 
*[http://public.diversity.org.uk/deviant/dictindx.htm The Deviant's Dictionary]
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*[http://www.gaarde.org/acronyms/ Internet Acronyms Dictionary]
 
[[Category:AltSex]]
 
[[Category:AltSex]]
 
[[Category:BDSM]]
 
[[Category:BDSM]]

Revision as of 12:09, 30 May 2005

Characters Meaning
<g> grin
:-) A "smiley" face (sideways); there are lots of variations
24/7 Full-time. Also seen as 24/7/365.
AC/DC Bisexual
AFAIK As Far As I Know
AFAICT As Far As I Can Tell
AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AKA Also Known As
ALMS alt.lifestyle.master.slave - newsgroup
AP Age Play
APE Absolute Power Exchange
ASAP As Soon As Possible
ASB Alt.Sex.Bondage - newsgroup
ASF* alt.sex.fetish.* - newsgroup
ASL or a/s/l Age? Sex? Location? (impolite Messenger query) [from marketing]
AT Animal Training
ATB Alt.Talk.Bestiality
ATM At The Moment
ATSL Along The Same Line
B&D or BD Bondage and Discipline
B/B Boy/Boy
B/G Boy/Girl
BBW Big Beautiful Woman (i.e. overweight)
BDSM Bondage & Discipline, Dominance & Submission, Sado-Masochism
BF Boy Friend
BFN Bye For Now
BJ Blow Job (fellatio)
BPD Borderline Personality Disorder
BRB Be Right Back - used in instant messaging
BS Big Smile or Bull Shit - worthwhile knowing which!
BSTS Better Safe than sorry
BT Ball Torture (see also CBT)
BTDT Been There, Done That
BTW By The Way
CB(C&B) Chastity Belt / Cock and Ball
CBT Cock and Ball Torture/Training
CD Cross Dresser
CFIDS Chronic Fatigue Immune Deficiency Syndrome
CFS Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
CIS Complete and Irrevocable Submission
CNC Consensual Non Consent
CP Corporal Punishment
CT Cock Torture (see also CBT)
CTS Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
D&S or D/s Dominance and Submission
DS Domestic Service (also sometimes same as D/s)
DD Daddy Dom
D/D or D&D Drug & Disease - normally on a personal as "D&D free"
D/O/M Dom/Owner/Master
E&OE Errors and Omissions Excluded (in other words, if there is a mistake don't blame me)
EC Enforced Chastity
EOL End Of Lecture or End Of Line
EOLT End Of Leisure Time - time to get back to work
EOM End Of Message
EMS See TENS
EPE Erotic Power exchange
FAQ Frequently Asked Question(s) and answers
FITB Fill In The Blank
FF Fist Fucking
FTM Female To Male (transgendered)
FTMP For The Most Part
FTR For The Record
FUBAR Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition
FWIW For What It's Worth...
FYI For Your Information
G/G Girl/Girl
GF Girl Friend
GMTA Great Minds Think Alike
GNP Gender Neutral Pronouns, Gross National Product (context!!)
GS Golden Shower
GSOH Good Sense Of Humour
HAND Have A Nice Day
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HNG Horny Net Geek - clueless person just out for kicks
HOH Head Of Household - the dominant person at home
HTH Hope This/That Helps
HWP Height and Weight Proprotional (i.e.: "normal" build)
IAC In Any Case
IAE In Any Event
IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer
IDK I Don't Know (also FIIK)
IM Instant Message (like ICQ, AOL, MSN or Yahoo)
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO In My Opinion
IOU I owe you
IOW In Other Words
IRC Internet Relay Chat - see IM
IRT In Reply To, In Regards To
ISO In Search Of
ISP Internet Service Provider
ISTM It Seems To Me
ISTR I Seem To Recall
ISO In Search Of (in personal adverts/profiles)
ITMT In The MeanTime
KH Key Holder
KHYF Know How You Feel
L8R Later
LDR Long Distance Relationship
LDU Leather/Denim/Uniform fetish - a characteristically masculine style of appearance
LGBTQ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning
LMAO Laughing My Ass Off - also see ROFL
LOL Laughing Out Loud - also see LOL
LTNS Long Time No See!
LTR Long Term Relationship
M Could be Master, especially if upper-case or masochist, often lower-case.
MPD Multiple Personality Disorder
M/s Master/slave
MYOB Mind Your Own Business
NC Non-Consensual
NG News Group / No Good
NIMBY Not In My Back Yard
NL New Leather
NLA National Leather Association (USA)
NP No Problem
NS Non-Smoker (in personal adverts/profiles)
OHAC Own House And Car (in personal adverts/profiles)
OOC Out of Character / Curiosity
OT Off Topic / Occupational Therapist
OTK Over The Knee - a lovely position to be spanked
OTOH On The Other Hand
OTT Over The Top (exaggerated)
OTW One True Way (usually sarcasm)
P&M Posted & Mailed
PA Prince Albert (type of piercing) also Photo Appreciated (in personal advert/profile)
PDA Public Displays of Affection
PE Power Exchange (see APE and TPE)
PITA Pain In The Ass
PMFJI Pardon Me (For) Jumping In
POA Power Of Attorney
POV Point Of View
PS PostScript
PSA Public Service Announcement
PTSS/PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome / Disorder
QED Quod Est Demonstrandum (that which was to be demonstrated)
R/L or RL Real Life
RACK Risk-Aware Consensual Kink
ROFL Rolling On the Floor Laughing (there are variations)
ROTFL see ROFL
RT Real-Time - see also RL
RTFM Read the F*g Manual!
RW Real World
SAM Smart Assed Masochist
SCA Society for Createive Anachronism
SCB soc.culture.bondage - newsgroup
SD Sensory Deprivation
SM or S&M Sado-Masochism or Sadism & Masochism
SNAFU Situation Normal - All Fucked Up
SNAG Sensitive New Age Guy
SO Significant Other
SOW Speaking Of Which
SSC Safe, Sane, Consensual
SSS Soc.Sexuality.Spanking - newsgroup
STD/STI Sexually Transmitted Disease / .. Infection
TAF That's All Folks
TAFN That's All For Now
TANJ There Ain't No Justice
TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TBH To Be Honest
TD Top's Disease - thinking they are god
TENS Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator
TES The Eulenspiegel Society (website)
TFTB Topping From The Bottom
TG Transgender or TransGendered
TIA Thanks In Advance
TIC Tongue in Cheek
TIH Taken In Hand
TLA Three Letter Acronym
TMI Too Much Information
TOS Terms Of Service
TPE Total Power Exchange
TPTB The Powers That Be
TS TransSexual
TTBOMK To The Best Of My Knowledge
TTFN Ta Ta For Now
TTTO To The Tune Of
TV TransVestite / TeleVision
TY / TYVM Thank You / Thank You Very Much
U&A(&LI) Used and Abuse (and Loving It)
VBG Very Big Grin
VWG Very Wide Grin or Very Wicked Grin
Wiitwd(h) What it is that we do (here)
WIIWD See Wiitwd
WRT With Respect To
WS Water Sports (see also GS)
WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get
YKINMK Your Kink Is Not My Kink
YKIOK,IJNMK Your Kink is OK, It's Just Not My Kink
YMBJ You Must Be Joking
YMMV Your Mileage May Vary (i.e. I am happy for you to think otherwise)


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