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