People use acronyms in everything from email to instant messages, chat rooms to forum, now even in dating profiles. Experienced online users don't have a problem with it, but to a newbie, deciphering this "New Age" language can get a bit frustrating.
To help you out we put together a list of acronyms frequently used in online dating profiles.
- A: Asian
- B: Black
- BIF: Bisexual Female
- BIM: Bisexual Male
- BIMF: Bisexual Married female
- BIMM: Bixesual Married Male
- BDSM: Bondage/Discipline/Sadism/Masochism
- BBW: Big Beautiful Woman
- BHM: Big Handsome Man
- CPL: Couple
- D: Divorced
- DDF: Drug and Disease Free
- DTE: Down to Earth
- DWF: Divorced White Female
- DWM: Divorced White Male
- F2F: Face-to-Face
- GSOH: Good Sense of Humour
- H: Hispanic
- HWP: Height/Weight Proportional
- ISO: In Search Of
- IRL: In Real Life
- J: Jewish
- K: Kids
- N/K: No kids
- LD: Light Drinker
- L: Lesbian
- LTR: Long Term Relationship
- LFG: Looking For a Group
- LSD: Latter Day Saints
- LGBT: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender
- M4M: Men For Men
- M4W: Men For Women
- MBA: Married But Available
- MM: Married Men
- MWC: Married With Children
- NSA: No Strings Attached
- NS or N/S: Non Smoker
- PF: Professional Female
- PM: Professional Male
- RL: Real Life
- SALT: Single and Loving It
- SBF: Single Black Female
- SBM: Single Black Male
- SCF: Single Christian Female
- SCM: Single Christian Male
- SD: Social Drinker
- SGL: Single
- SI: Similar Interests
- SWF: Single White Female or (Straight White Female)
- TDH: Tall Dark and handsome
- TS: Transsexual
- TV: Transvestite
- W/E: Well Endowed
- WLTM: Would Like To Meet
- VBD: Very Bad Date
- W: Widowed or White
- WAA: Will Answer All