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Grief's Journey's Dictionary - Commonly Used Acronyms

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Branch:
ATM - At The Moment
BB - Bulletin Board
BBL - Be Back Later
BBP - Back To Back Posts
BD - Birthday
BF - Boyfriend
BFN - Bye For Now
BH - Better Half
BIL - Brother-In-Law
B.O.B. - Battery Operated Boyfriend
BRB - Be Right Back
BS - Bull Shit
BTW - By The Way
CRS - Can't Remember Shit
DD - Dear Daughter
DF - Dear Father
DGD - Dear Granddaughter
DGI - Don't Get It (those people who don't get what it's like to be widowed)
DGS - Dear Grandson
DH - Dear Husband
DIL - Daughter-In-Law
DM - Dear Mother
DS - Dear Son
DW - Dear Wife
Dx - Diagnosis
FIL - Father-In-Law
FCOL - For Crying Out Loud
FOC - Full of Crap
FTF - Face to Face
FWB - Friend With Benefits (as is sex w/o commitment or strings)
FWIW - For What It's Worth
GDF - Grandfather
GDM - Grandmother
GDR - Grin, Duck, and Run
GF - Girlfriend
GGG - Giggle
GM - Grief Monster
GMAFB - Give Me a Friggin' Break
GJ - Grief's Journey Discussion Board (a.k.a. bulletin board)
Goggle - A typo that stuck with our members, it refers to using the web search engine, Google.
GOOH - Get Out of Here
Goon on You - A typo that stuck with our members, it means good for you, great job!
GRH - Grinning, Running and Hiding
GS - Grandson
GSHIWMP - Giggling So Hard I Wet My Pants
GTG - Get Together
HGLWYGC - Hey Good Lookin', What You Got Cooking
HSIK - How Should I Know
HTH - Hope This/That Helps
IDGAD - I Don't Give A Darn
IDK - I Don't Know
IM - Instant Message
IMO - In My Opinion
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IOW - In Other Words
JK - Just Kidding
JMHO - Just My Humble Opinion
JOTD - Joke of the Day
KILY - Know I Love You
KMA - Kiss My Ass
KMP - Keep Me Posted
LBL - Lifted by Laughter
LDR - Long Distance Relationship
LH - Late Husband
LMK - Let Me Know
LnG - Ladies and Gentlemen
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
LPR - Liquid Panty Remover
LW - Late Wife
MIL - Mother-In-Law
MIP - Minor in Possession
NFI - No Friggin' Idea
NKOTB - New Kid On The Block
NP - No Problem
NR - New Relationship
NRI - New Romantic Interest
OFCOL - Oh, For Crying Out Loud
OMG - Oh, My God
OT - Off Topic
OTOH - On The Other Hand
PAR - Post and Run
PITA - Pain in the Ass
PLMK - Please Let Me Know
PMP - Pee/Peed My Pants
PMSL - Peed Myself Laughing
PTM - Please Tell Me
ROFL - Rolling on the Floor Laughing
ROFLMAO - Rolling on the Floor Laughing My Ass Off
ROFLMHO - Rolling on the Floor Laughing My Head Off
Rx - Prescription medication
SIL - Sister-in-law
SGTM - Sounds Good To Me
SO - Significant Other
SNIL - Son-in-law
SOB - Son of aBitch
SOOL - Shit Out of Luck
TDL - To Do List
Thx - Thanks
TIA - Thanks In Advance
TIC - Tongue In Cheek
TMI - Too Much Information
TTFN - TaTa For Now
TTYS - Talk to You Soon
TYVM - Thank You Very Much
WAFM - What a Friggin' Moron
WAFWOT - What a Friggin' Waste Of Time
WAWW - What a Wonderful World
WGAS - Who Gives a Shit
WTF - What/Who/When the F
WTH - What/Who/When The Hell
WWWY - What's Wrong With You
WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get

Some of phrases often used:

Demarc date - the date your spouse died.  Demarc is short for demarcation; demarcation means separation by distinct boundaries.  Assuredly, death presents a distinct boundary; the date you and your spouse became physically separated

Goon on you - good job, proud of you; good for you

Goggle - google; because the spell checker will see google as a typo and will suggest goggle as a correction

The others - those not widowed

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