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A personal or '''personal ad''' is an item or notice traditionally in the Newspaper , similar to a Classified Ad but Personal in nature. With its rise in popularity, the World Wide Web has also become a common medium for personals, commonly referred to as Online Dating . Personals are generally meant to find Romance or Friendship , and usually include a basic description of the person posting it, and their interests.

Due to newspaper prices being based on Characters or lines of text, a Jargon of abbreviations, Acronym s and Code Word s arose in personals, and have carried over to the internet. The most common are:

  • A: Asian --for 2nd letter of a Three-letter Acronym (TLA)

  • B: Bisexual --for 1st letter of a TLA

  • B: Black --for 2nd letter of a TLA

  • F: Female --for 3rd letter of a TLA

  • G: Gay --for 1st letter of a TLA

  • J: Jewish or Japan ese--for 2nd letter of a TLA

  • L: Latino or Latina --for 2nd letter of a TLA

  • M: Male --for 3rd letter of a TLA

  • M: Man--used before or after 4

  • T: Transgender --used before or after 4

  • W: White --for 2nd letter of a TLA

  • W: Woman --used before or after 4

  • 4: means "for", "seeking", "desires", etc.

  • 420 (or 4:20): refers to Cannabis (see 420 (drug Culture) )

  • B&D (also B/D): Bondage and Discipline

  • BB: Body-builder or Barebacking

  • BBC: Big Black Cock

  • BBW: Big Beautiful Woman ( Overweight )

  • and Discipline , Domination And Submission , Sadism And Masochism

  • BF: Black Female, or Boyfriend

  • BHM: Big Handsome Man (uncommon, see BBW )

  • Bi: Bisexual

  • BiF: Bisexual Female

  • BiM: Bisexual Male

  • CD: Cross Dresser

  • D/D: drug and disease

  • DDF: Drug and Disease Free

  • Dom: Male Dominant partner/participant in BDSM

  • Domme: Female Dominant partner/participant in BDSM

  • D/s: Domination and Submission - lowercased "s" signifies power exchange

  • DTE: Down-to-earth

  • DWF: Divorced White Female

  • DWM: Divorced White Male

  • FTM: Female-to-Male Transgender


  • FWB: Friend With Benefits (friendship plus sex)

  • GAM: Gay Asian Male

  • GBM: Gay Black Male

  • GF: Gay Female (Lesbian), or Girlfriend

  • GG: Genetic Girl/Real Girl/All-Girl as opposed to a TV/TS/TG "girl"

  • GHM: Gay Hispanic Male

  • GWC: Gay White Couple

  • GWF: Gay White Female

  • GWM: Gay White Male

  • Het: Heterosexual

  • : indicates an 'ideal' body weight

  • IRL: In Real Life: face to face meeting

  • ISO: In Search Of

  • LTR: Long Term Relationship (opposite of NSA)

  • M4M: Man seeking man

  • M4MW: Man seeking man and woman

  • M4T: Male seeking Transsexual or Transvestite (cross dresser)

  • M4W: Man seeking woman

  • MBC: Married Black Couple

  • MBiC: Married Bisexual Couple

  • MHC: Married Hispanic Couple

  • MOTOS : Member of the Opposite Sex

  • MOTSS : Member of the Same Sex

  • MTF: Male-to-Female Transgender

  • MW4M: Man and woman seeking man

  • MW4MW: Man and woman seeking man and woman

  • MW4W: Man and woman seeking woman

  • MWC: Married White Couple

  • NS: Non-Smoking

  • NSA: No Strings Attached (opposite of LTR)


  • PNP: Party And Play (drugs, usually Crystal Meth , and sex)

  • Pre-Op: Pre-Operational Transsexual with Genitalia unaltered, typically male-to-female

  • RTS: Real-Time Sex

  • S&M (also S/M): Sadomasochism

  • SAE: Self Addressed Stamped Envelope

  • SASE: Self Addressed Stamped Envelope

  • SBF: Single Black Female

  • SBM: Single Black Male

  • SBiF: Single Bisexual Female

  • SBiM: Single Bisexual Male

  • ski: an outdoor Snow or Water Sport , or code for Cocaine use

  • snow: Cocaine

  • STD: Sexually Transmitted Disease

  • SWF: Single White Female

  • SWM: Single White Male

  • SWNS: Sex With No Strings

  • SWS: Sex Without Strings

  • Str8: Straight (not bisexual or gay)

  • sub (also subby or subbie): Submissive partner/participant in BDSM (always lowercase)

  • TG: Transgendered person

  • Tina: Methamphetamine

  • TS (also Transexual or Tranny): Transsexual person, typically male-to-female

  • TV: Transvestite person

  • TLC: Tender Loving Care

  • TYVM: Thank You Very Much

  • VGL: Very Good Looking

  • W/E: Well Endowed: larger than average male organ

  • W/S: Watersports

  • W4M: Woman seeking man

  • W4MW: Woman seeking man and woman

  • W4W: Woman seeking woman

  • WLTM: Would Like To Meet




REFERENCES

  • http://www.stargazers.com/abbrevad.html

  • http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/

  • http://www.1-true-love.com/datingtips/abbr.shtml

  • http://www.sagazette.com/abbreviations.html



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