Personal advertisement

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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, acronyms and code words 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 Japanese--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) BDSM: Bondage 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) 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 HWP: Height Weight Proportional: 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 genetalia 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

[edit] See also

• Online dating service
• Craigslist
• Facebook
• Gumtree
• Kijiji
• Loquo
• Contact magazine