Online Personals and Singles Abbreviations
Understanding Online Personals and Dating Ad
Slang
Last updated: June 12, 2009
(90 entries)
Online personals, classifieds and dating sites are
places to go if you're looking for friendship, companionship or romance. When you
place an ad or create an online profile, it tells others a little
bit about you and what you are looking for. When it comes to classified
personals, sometimes you need to pay for the ad space and as a result
people use abbreviations to fit in all the details they want into the
ad without going over the maximum character limit.
If you have ever taken a look at online and local
personal ads and wonder exactly what all those abbreviations and slang
terms mean, or you want to place your own ad, this Webopedia Quick Reference will help you decipher the
dating text chat and personals ad lingo by providing the definitions to
the more common abbreviations.
| Abbreviation |
Meaning |
|
Numbers
& Characters |
|
|
|
A |
| A |
Asian |
| ACA |
All calls answered |
| AL |
Animal lover |
| AQU |
Aquarius |
| A/S/L |
Age/Sex/Location? |
| AARI |
Aries
|
|
B
|
| B&D |
Bondage and domination |
| B |
Black |
| BB |
Body builder |
| BBW |
Big beautiful woman |
| BF |
Boyfriend |
| BHM |
Big handsome man |
| BHM |
Bald headed man |
| BI |
Bi-sexual |
| BIF |
Bi-sexual female |
| BIM |
Bi-sexual male
|
|
C
|
| C |
Couple |
| C |
Christian |
| CAN |
Cancer |
| CAP |
Capricorn |
| CD |
Cross-dresser |
| CU |
See you
|
|
D
|
| D |
Divorced |
| D46? |
Down for sex? |
| DDF |
Drug and disease free |
| DF |
Drug free |
| DOB |
Date of birth |
| Dom |
Dominate male |
| Domme |
Dominate female
|
|
E
|
| |
|
| F
|
| FA |
Fat acceptance |
| FS |
Financially secure (or stable) |
| FTA |
Fun, travel, and adventure |
| FTTB |
For the time being
|
| G
|
| G |
Gay |
| GC |
Gay couple |
| GEM |
Gemini |
| GF |
Girlfriend |
| GSOH |
Good sense of humor
|
|
H
|
| HWP |
Height weight proportional
|
| I |
| IPT |
Is partial to |
| IRL |
In real life |
| ISO |
In search of
|
|
J |
| J |
Jewish
|
|
K |
| K |
Kids
|
| L |
| L |
Lesbian |
| LD |
Light drinker |
| LDR |
Long distance relationship |
| LIB |
Libra |
| LS |
Light smoker |
| LTR |
Long term relationship |
|
| Abbreviation |
Meaning |
|
M |
| M |
Married |
| MC |
Married couple |
| MBL |
Married but looking
|
|
N |
| ND |
No drugs |
| NM |
Never married |
| NS |
Non-smoker
|
|
O |
| |
|
|
P |
| P |
Professional |
| P |
Petite |
| PIS |
Pisces
|
|
Q |
| |
|
|
R |
| RTS |
Real time sex
|
| |
|
|
S |
| S |
Single |
| SAE |
Self addressed envelope |
| SA/F |
Single Asian female |
| SA/M |
Single Asian male |
| SAG |
Sagittarius |
| SB/F |
Single black female |
| SB/M |
Single black male |
| SCO |
Scorpio |
| SD |
Social drinker |
| SI |
Similar interests |
| SOH |
Sense of humor |
| Sub |
Submissive |
| SW/F |
Single white female |
| SW/M |
Single white male
|
|
T |
| TAU |
Taurus |
| TG |
Transgendered |
| TS |
TransSexual
|
|
U |
| |
|
|
V |
| VGL |
Very good looking |
| VIR |
Virgo
|
|
W |
| W4W |
Woman for Woman |
| WAA |
Will answer all |
| WI |
Widowed |
| WLTM |
Would like to meet |
| W/O |
Without |
| WTR |
Willing to relocate
|
|
X |
| X |
Extreme (may indicate extreme adult situations)
|
|
Y |
| Y |
You (or Your) |
| YO |
Years old
|
|
Z |
|
|
|
|
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Last updated: June 12, 2009
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