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Some common BDSM and related internet abbreviations:

[item][b]: - )[/b]: A "smiley" face (sideways); there are lots
of variations

[item][b][about=24/7]24/7[/about][/b]: Full-time.  Also seen as 
24/7/365.

[item][b]AC/DC[/b]: [about=Bisexual]Bisexual[/about]

[item][b]AFAIK[/b]: As Far As I Know

[item][b]AFAICT[/b]: As Far As I Can Tell

[item][b][about=AIDS]AIDS[/about][/b]: Acquired Immune Deficiency 
Syndrome

[item][b]AKA[/b]: Also Known As

[item][b]ALMS[/b]:
[about=alt.lifestyle.master.slave]alt.lifestyle.master.slave[/about]
- [about=newsgroup]newsgroup[/about]

[item][b]AP[/b]: Age Play

[item][b][about=APE]APE[/about][/b]: Absolute Power Exchange

[item][b]ASAP[/b]: As Soon As Possible

[item][b]ASB[/b]:
[about=Alt.Sex.Bondage]Alt.Sex.Bondage[/about] -
[about=newsgroup]newsgroup[/about]

[item][b]ASF*[/b]:
[about=alt.sex.fetish]alt.sex.fetish.*[/about] -
[about=newsgroup]newsgroup[/about]

[item][b]ASL or a/s/l[/b]: Age? Sex? Location? (impolite Messenger
query) [from marketing]

[item][b]AT[/b]: Animal Training

[item][b]ATB[/b]:
[about=GoogleGroups:alt.talk.bestiality]Alt.Talk.Bestiality[/about] -
[about=newsgroup]newsgroup[/about]

[item][b]ATM[/b]: At The Moment

[item][b]ATSL[/b]: Along The Same Line

[item][b]B&D or BD[/b]: [about=Bondage]Bondage[/about] and
[about=Discipline]Discipline[/about]

[item][b]B/B[/b]: Boy/Boy

[item][b]B/G[/b]: Boy/Girl

[item][b]BBB[/b]: [about=Birmingham Bizarre Bazaar]Birmingham Bizarre
Bazaar[/about]

[item][b]BBIAB[/b]: Be Back In A Bit

[item][b][about=BBW]BBW[/about][/b]: Big Beautiful Woman (i.e. 
overweight)

[item][b][about=BDSM]BDSM[/about][/b]: [about=Bondage]Bondage[/about]
& [about=Discipline]Discipline[/about], [about=Domination and
submission]Dominance & Submission[/about],
[about=Sadomasochism]Sado-Masochism[/about]

[item][b]BF[/b]: Boy Friend

[item][b]BFN[/b]: Bye For Now

[item][b]BJ[/b]: Blow Job ([about=fellatio]fellatio[/about])

[item][b]BPD[/b]: Borderline Personality Disorder

[item][b]BRB[/b]: Be Right Back - used in instant messaging

[item][b]BS[/b]: Big Smile or Bull Shit - worthwhile knowing which!

[item][b]BSTS[/b]: Better Safe than sorry

[item][b]BT[/b]: Ball Torture (see also CBT)

[item][b]BTDT[/b]: Been There, Done That

[item][b]BTW[/b]: By The Way

[item][b]CB(C&B)[/b]: Chastity Belt / Cock and Ball

[item][b][about=CBT]CBT[/about][/b]: Cock and Ball Torture/Training - 
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

[item][b]CCK[/b]: [about=Coffee, Cake and Kink]Coffee, Cake and 
Kink[/about]

[item][b]CD[/b]: Cross Dresser

[item][b]CFIDS[/b]: Chronic Fatigue Immune Deficiency Syndrome

[item][b]CFS[/b]: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

[item][b]CIS[/b]: Complete and Irrevocable Submission

[item][b]CNC[/b]: Consensual Non Consent

[item][b]CP[/b]: Corporal Punishment

[item][b]CT[/b]: Cock Torture (see also CBT)

[item][b]CTS[/b]: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

[item][b]D&S or D/s[/b]: Dominance and Submission 

[item][b]DS[/b]: Domestic Service (also sometimes same as D/s)

[item][b]DD[/b]: [about=Daddy Dom]Daddy Dom[/about]

[item][b]D/D or D&D[/b]: Drug & Disease - normally on a personal
as "D&D free"

[item][b]D/O/M[/b]:
[about=Dom]Dom[/about]/[about=Owner]Owner[/about]/[about=Master]Master[/about]

[item][b]E&OE[/b]: Errors and Omissions Excluded (in other words, if
there is a mistake don't blame me)

[item][b]EC[/b]: [about=Chastity Belts]Enforced Chastity[/about]

[item][b]EOL[/b]: End Of Lecture or End Of Line

[item][b]EOLT[/b]: End Of Leisure Time - time to get back to work

[item][b]EOM[/b]: End Of Message

[item][b]EMS[/b]: See TENS

[item][b]EPE[/b]: Erotic [about=Power exchange]Power exchange[/about]

[item][b][about=FAQ]FAQ[/about][/b]: Frequently Asked Question(s) and
answers

[item][b]FITB[/b]: Fill In The Blank

[item][b]FF[/b]: [about=Fisting]Fist Fucking[/about]

[item][b]FTM[/b]: Female To Male 
([about=Transgender]transgendered[/about])

[item][b]FTMP[/b]: For The Most Part

[item][b]FTR[/b]: For The Record

[item][b]FUBAR[/b]: Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition

[item][b]FWIW[/b]: For What It's Worth...

[item][b]FYI[/b]: For Your Information

[item][b]G/G[/b]: Girl/Girl

[item][b]GF[/b]: Girl Friend

[item][b]GMTA[/b]: Great Minds Think Alike

[item][b]GNP[/b]: Gender Neutral Pronouns, Gross National Product
(context!!)

[item][b]GS[/b]: [about=Watersports]Golden Shower[/about]

[item][b]GSOH[/b]: Good Sense Of Humour

[item][b]HAND[/b]: Have A Nice Day

[item][b][about=HIV]HIV[/about][/b]: Human Immunodeficiency Virus

[item][b]HNG[/b]: Horny Net Geek - clueless person just out for kicks

[item][b]HOH[/b]: Head Of Household - the
[about=dominant]dominant[/about] person at home

[item][b]HTH[/b]: Hope This/That Helps

[item][b]HWP[/b]: Height and Weight Proprotional (i.e.:
"normal" build)

[item][b]IAC[/b]: In Any Case

[item][b]IAE[/b]: In Any Event

[item][b]IANAL[/b]: I Am Not A Lawyer


[item][b]IAWTC[/b]: I Agree With That Comment

[item][b]IDK[/b]: I Don't Know (also FIIK)

[item][b]IM[/b]: Instant Message (like 
[url=http://www.icq.com/]ICQ[/url],
[url=http://www.aol.co.uk/aim/]AOL[/url],
[url=http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/]MSN[/url]
or [http://messenger.yahoo.com/]Yahoo[/url])

[item][b]IMHO[/b]: In My Humble Opinion

[item][b]IMNSHO[/b]: In My Not So Humble Opinion

[item][b]IMO[/b]: In My Opinion

[item][b]IOU[/b]: I owe you

[item][b]IOW[/b]: In Other Words

[item][b]IRC[/b]: Internet Relay Chat - see IM

[item][b]IRT[/b]: In Reply To, In Regards To

[item][b]ISO[/b]: In Search Of

[item][b]ISP[/b]: Internet Service Provider

[item][b]ISTM[/b]: It Seems To Me

[item][b]ISTR[/b]: I Seem To Recall

[item][b]ISO[/b]: In Search Of (in personal adverts/profiles)

[item][b]ITMT[/b]: In The MeanTime

[item][b]JK[/b]: Just Kidding

[item][b]KH[/b]: Key Holder

[item][b]KHYF[/b]: Know How You Feel

[item][b]L8R[/b]: Later

[item][b]LAM[/b]: [about=London Alternative Market]London Alternative
Market[/about]

[item][b]LDR[/b]: Long Distance Relationship

[item][b]LDU[/b]: "Leather/Denim/Uniform" fetish - a
characteristically masculine style of appearance

[item][b]LFF[/b]: [about=London Fetish Fair]London Fetish Fair[/about]

[item][b][about=LGBTQ]LGBTQ[/about][/b]: 
[about=Lesbian]Lesbian[/about],
[about=Gay]Gay[/about], [about=Bisexual]Bisexual[/about],
[about=Transgender]Transgender[/about] and Questioning

[item][b]LMAO[/b]: Laughing My Ass Off - also see ROFL

[item][b]LOL[/b]: Laughing Out Loud - also see LOL

[item][b]LTNS[/b]: Long Time No See!

[item][b]LTR[/b]: Long Term Relationship

[item][b]M[/b]: Could be [about=Master (BDSM)]Master[/about], 
especially
if upper-case or [about=masochist]masochist[/about], often lower-case.

[item][b]MPD[/b]: Multiple Personality Disorder

[item][b]M/s[/b]: [about=Master/slave]Master/slave[/about]

[item][b]MYOB[/b]: Mind Your Own Business

[item][b]NC[/b]: Non-Consensual

[item][b]NG[/b]: News Group / No Good

[item][b]NIMBY[/b]: Not In My Back Yard

[item][b]NL[/b]: New Leather

[item][b]NLA[/b]: National Leather Association (USA)

[item][b]NP[/b]: No Problem

[item][b]NS[/b]: Non-Smoker (in personal adverts/profiles)

[item][b]OHAC[/b]: Own House And Car (in personal adverts/profiles)

[item][b]OOC[/b]: Out of Character / Curiosity

[item][b]OCD[/b]: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

[item][b]OT[/b]: Off Topic / Occupational Therapist

[item][b]OTK[/b]: Over The Knee - a lovely position to be
[about=Spanking]spanked[/about]

[item][b]OTOH[/b]: On The Other Hand

[item][b]OTT[/b]: Over The Top (exaggerated)

[item][b]OTW[/b]: One True Way (usually sarcasm)

[item][b]P&M[/b]: Posted & Mailed

[item][b]PA[/b]: [about=Prince Albert]Prince Albert[/about] (type of
piercing), also Photo Appreciated (in personal advert/profile)

[item][b]PDA[/b]: Public Displays of Affection

[item][b]PE[/b]: [about=Power exchange]Power Exchange[/about] (see APE
and TPE)

[item][b]PITA[/b]: Pain In The Ass

[item][b]PMFJI[/b]: Pardon Me (For) Jumping In

[item][b]POA[/b]: Power Of Attorney

[item][b]POV[/b]: Point Of View

[item][b]PS[/b]: PostScript

[item][b]PSA[/b]: Public Service Announcement

[item][b]PTSS/PTSD[/b]: Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome / Disorder

[item][b]QED[/b]: Quod Est Demonstrandum (that which was to be 
demonstrated)

[item][b]R/L or RL[/b]: Real Life

[item][b][about=RACK]RACK[/about][/b]: Risk-Aware Consensual Kink

[item][b]ROFL[/b]: Rolling On the Floor Laughing (there are 
variations)

[item][b]ROTFL[/b]: see ROFL

[item][b]RT[/b]: Real-Time - see also RL

[item][b]RTFM[/b]: Read the F*g Manual!

[item][b]RW[/b]: Real World

[item][b]SAM[/b]: Smart Assed Masochist

[item][b]SCA[/b]: Society for Createive Anachronism

[item][b]SCB[/b]:
[about=soc.culture.bondage]soc.culture.bondage[/about] -
[about=newsgroup]newsgroup[/about]

[item][b]SD[/b]: Sensory Deprivation

[item][b]SM or S&M[/b]: [about=Sadomasochism]Sado-Masochism[/about]
or Sadism & Masochism

[item][b]SNAFU[/b]: Situation Normal - All Fucked Up

[item][b]SNAG[/b]: Sensitive New Age Guy

[item][b]SO[/b]: Significant Other

[item][b]SOW[/b]: Speaking Of Which

[item][b][about=SSC]SSC[/about][/b]: [about=Safe, sane, and
consensual]Safe, Sane, Consensual[/about]

[item][b]SSS[/b]:
[about=Soc.Sexuality.Spanking]Soc.Sexuality.Spanking[/about]
- [about=newsgroup]newsgroup[/about]

[item][b]STD/STI[/b]: Sexually Transmitted Disease / .. Infection

[item][b]SWAMP[/b]: [about=South West Alternative Market &
Party]South West Alternative Market & Party[/about]

[item][b]TAF[/b]: That's All Folks

[item][b]TAFN[/b]: That's All For Now

[item][b]TANJ[/b]: There Ain't No Justice

[item][b]TANSTAAFL[/b]: There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

[item][b]TBH[/b]: To Be Honest

[item][b]TD[/b]: [about=Top's Disease]Top's Disease[/about] - thinking
they are god

[item][b][about=TENS]TENS[/about][/b]: Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve
Stimulator

[item][b]TES[/b]: The Eulenspiegel Society
([url=http://www.tes.org/]website[/url])

[item][b]TFTB[/b]: [about=Topping From The Bottom]Topping From The
Bottom[/about]

[item][b]TG[/b]: [about=Transgender]Transgender or 
TransGendered[/about]

[item][b]TIA[/b]: Thanks In Advance

[item][b]TIC[/b]: Tongue in Cheek

[item][b]TIH[/b]: [about=Taken In Hand]Taken In Hand[/about]

[item][b]TLA[/b]: Three Letter Acronym

[item][b]TMI[/b]: Too Much Information

[item][b]TOS[/b]: Terms Of Service

[item][b][about=TPE]TPE[/about][/b]: Total [about=Power exchange]Power
Exchange[/about]

[item][b]TPTB[/b]: The Powers That Be

[item][b]TS[/b]: [about=TransSexual]TransSexual[/about]

[item][b]TT[/b]: Tit Torture/[about=Breast torture]Breast 
torture[/about]

[item][b]TTBOMK[/b]: To The Best Of My Knowledge

[item][b]TTFN[/b]: Ta Ta For Now

[item][b]TTTO[/b]: To The Tune Of

[item][b]TV[/b]: [about=Transvestite]TransVestite[/about] / TeleVision

[item][b]TY / TYVM[/b]: Thank You / Thank You Very Much

[item][b]U&A(&LI)[/b]: Used and Abuse (and Loving It)

[item][b]VBG[/b]: Very Big Grin

[item][b]VWG[/b]: Very Wide Grin or Very Wicked Grin

[item][b]Wiitwd(h)[/b]: What it is that we do (here)

[item][b]WIIWD[/b]: See Wiitwd

[item][b]WRT[/b]: With Respect To

[item][b]WS[/b]: [about=Watersports]Water Sports[/about] (see also GS)

[item][b]WTF?[/b]: What the Fuck??

[item][b]WYSIWYG[/b]: What You See Is What You Get

[item][b]YKINMK[/b]: Your [about=Kink]Kink[/about] Is Not My
[about=Kink]Kink[/about]

[item][b][about=YKIOK,IJNMK]YKIOK,IJNMK[/about][/b]: Your
[about=Kink]Kink[/about] is OK, It's Just Not My 
[about=Kink]Kink[/about]

[item][b]YMBJ[/b]: You Must Be Joking

[item][b]YMMV[/b]: Your Mileage May Vary (i.e. I am happy for you to
think otherwise)


[heading]Other Resources



[item][url=http://www.mindspring.com/~frites/abbr.txt]Frites' list of
abbreviations used on soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm[/url]

[item][url=http://public.diversity.org.uk/deviant/dictindx.htm]The
Deviant's Dictionary[/url]

[item][url=http://www.gaarde.org/acronyms/]Internet Acronyms
Dictionary[/url]







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