Help desk - Acronyms

Need help decoding some acronyms. We have all the most common ones here, in alphabetical order.

Acronyms

 

ADs - Antidepressants

AFAIK - As far as I know

AFK - Away from keyboard

AKA - Also known as

ASOS - As seen on screen

AWT - Antony Worral Thomson

 

BAK - Back at keyboard

BB - Body Balance

BC - Body Combat

BF - Boyfriend

BM - Bridesmaid or Best Man

BMI - Body Mass Index

BOGOF - Buy one get one free

BP - Body pump

BRB - Be right back

BTW - By the way

 

CBM - Chief bridesmaid

CU - See you

CV - Cardiovascular

 

DD - Dear daughter

DH - Dear husband

DP - Dorothy Perkins

DS - Dear son

DVF - Diane von Furstenberg

 

ETA - Edited to add

EVOO - Extra virgin olive oil

 

FAMK - For all mankind

FAO - For the attention of

FAQ - Frequently asked questions

FB - F*ck buddy

FFS - For f*ck's sake

FIL - Father in law

FOC - Free of charge

FWIW - For what it's worth

FYI - For your information

 

GF - Girlfriend

 

H&M - Hennes & Mauritz

H2B - Husband to be

HB - handbag.com or Husband

HKBL - Hong Kong bag lady

HOF - House of Fraser

HTH - Hope this helps

HV - Health visitor

 

IMHO - In my honest/humble opinion

IMO - In my opinion

IRL - In real life

IYSWIM - If you see what I mean

 

JO - Jamie Oliver

 

LDR - Long distance relationship

LF - Low fat

LMAO - Laughing my arse off

LOL - Laugh out loud

LTR - Long term relationship

 

M&S - Marks & Spencers

MC - Miscarriage

MIL - Mother-in-law

MM - Married man

MOB - Mother of the bride

MOG - Mother of the groom

MOH - Maid of honour

MW - Midwife

 

NAP - Net a Porter

NL - New Look

 

OH - Other half

OMG - Oh my god

OTOH - On the other hand

OW - Other woman

 

PG - Pregnant

PMSL - Peeing myself laughing

POV - Point of view

 

RC - Rosemary Conley

RI - River Island

ROFL - Rolling on the floor laughing

ROTFLMAO - Rolling on the floor laughing my arse off

 

S+P - Salt and pepper

SA - Sales Assistant

SB - Shag buddy

SIL - Sister in law

SS - Semi skimmed

SW - Slimming Word

 

T - Tablespoon

t - Teaspoon

T&T - Tried and tested

TBH - To be honest

TBS - The Body Shop

TIA - Thanks in advance

TMI - Too much information

TS - Topshop

TTFN - Ta ta for now

TTC - Trying to conceive

 

WW (Diet) - Weightwatchers


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