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Abbreviations - HELP

Started by cocobars, February 25, 2010, 05:34:18 PM

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cocobars

DIL= Daughter in Law,
SIL - Son In Law,
FIL = either Father in Law, but could also mean Family In Law, DDIL = Distant Daughter in Law,
CDIL = Close Daughter in Law,
OS = Oldest Son,
YS = Youngest Son,
DS = Dear Son,
DH = Dear Husband,
DD = Dear Daughter,
FOO is "family of origin"
GK or GC - grandkid or grandchild
I use DDD sometimes - "dear disabled daughter" (Penstamen)
IMHO - In my humble opinion
or IMO - In my opinion


   

luise.volta

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. Dalai Lama

cocobars


luise.volta

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. Dalai Lama


Ree

DWOCD! = Do What One Can Do!

Faithlooksup

ASAP= Always Say A Prayer.........But dont tell your boss that... HUgs, Faith :o

luise.volta

When I had my cornea transplant in September...the surgeon told me he would see me...RSVP...if I experienced:

R - redness
S - sensitivity to light
V - vision changes
P - pain
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. Dalai Lama

Faithlooksup

How increditble Luise that RSVP could and did stand for that as well.  HUGS, Faith

holliberri

Lol...I was trying to think of a delicate way to put it. It was one of my cat's names years ago...

mariakajsa123

Thank you so much for directing me to resources for abbreviations. Hope you are getting closer to feeling 100% Luise.
Mariakajsa123

Pooh

Also, we put "F" in front of many of the abbreviations for "Future".

FDIL = Future Daughter-in-law
FSIL = Future Son-in-law
FMIL = Future Mother-in-law
etc.

We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us. -
Joseph Campbell

luise.volta

We also often put "D" (Dear) in front of names that aren't.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. Dalai Lama

luise.volta

ROTFL - Rolling on the floor laughing
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. Dalai Lama

Rose799

...and there are some abbreviations we're not allowed to use at WWU.    ;D ;D ;D