Personal ads can get a little confusing
when you're first starting out. I know I've often had a small laugh at
myself trying to figure them out from time to time. This list is by no
means all inclusive, but it should give you a starting point in trying to
figure them out.
Feel free to print it out and use it as a
reference guide.
- A: Asian
- BBW: Big Beautiful Woman (could also mean: Big Breasted
Woman)
- BD: Bondage/Domination
- BHM: Big Handsome Man
- Bi: Bi-Sexual
- C: Couple (could also mean: Cute, Christian)
- D: Divorced
- D/D Free: Drug and Disease Free
- DDF: Drug and Disease Free
- F: Female
- FA: Fat Acceptance
- FS: Financially Secure (could also mean: Financially
Stable)
- FTA: Fun Travel Adventure
- G: Gay
- GSOH: Good Sense of Humor
- H: Hispanic
- HWP: Height Weight Proportional
- I: Indian
- IPT: Is Partial To
- ISO: In Search Of
- J: Jewish
- K: Kids
- L: Lesbian
- LD: Light Drinker
- LDR: Long Distance Relationship
- LDS: Latter Day Saints
- LS: Legally Separated (could also mean: Light Smoker)
- LTR: Long Term Relationship
- M: Male (could also mean: Married, but this is not
common usage and normally only used in swingers-type personals)
- MM: Marriage Minded
- NA: Native American
- NBM: Never Been Married
- ND: Non-Drinker
- NK: No Kids
- NM: Not Married (could also mean: Never Married)
- NS: Non-Smoker
- P: Professional
- S: Single
- SD: Social Drinker
- SI: Similar Interests
- SOH: Sense of Humor
- W/: With
- W/O: With Out
- W: White (could also stand for: Widowed)
- WAA: Will Answer All (as in will respond to all
contacts/questions about their online personal ad)
- Wi: Widowed
- WLTM: Would Like To Meet
- WTR: Willing to Relocate
- X: Extreme (could also mean adult situations OK)
- Y: You/Your
- YO - Years Old
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