SWM = Single White Male
SWF = Single White Female
SAM = Single Asian Male
SAF = Single Asian Female
SBM = Single Black Male
SBF = Single Black Female
SHM = Single Hispanic Male
SHF = Single Hispanic Female
D instead of S for first letter = Divorced
W instead of S for first letter = Widowed
G instead of first letter generally means gay (homosexual)
C stuck in there somewhere generally means Christian
B as first letter sometimes, but not always means bisexual
(BF can mean either Black Female or Bi-Female - you should
read the ad and the context should be clear).
LTR means Long Term Relationship
There's a _whole_ bunch more of these stupid abbreviations,
which used to make a lot more sense back when we were using
300 baud modems, or were being charged by the word for a
newspaper advertisement. Best of luck and welcome to the
group.
S.W.
And a couple of footnotes to my own post:
M instead of S for first letter = Married
A lot of times, bisexual is spelled Bi - as in BiF meaning
Bisexual Female.
The letter P stuck in there somewhere usually means "Professional"
The letter C stuck in there somewhere usually means Christian _unless_
it's the last letter, in which case it means Couple. Examples
SBCF = Single Black Christian Female
MWC = Married White Couple.
Likewise, the letter J stuck in there somewhere usually means Jewish
S.W.
On Fri, 22 Nov 1996 04:57:11 GMT, "InfoService IA Ltd"
<info...@dove.kharkov.ua> wrote:
>
yea
Don't you mean "yeah"? Why is this humorous? Most Americans would go to
Europe not knowing what W.C. is.. Most Americans could not tell you were
Belgium is. Most Americans think Austria has roos. You say, "so what?"
That is my point. Does it matter that someone from another country
doesn't know what "DWBPF" is?
Michael
San Jose, CA USA
Next, The comment was obviously a joke. Don't you get it??
Someone in the information business looking for information.
ie: Like the school librarian asking a student where she can find
War And Peace?
B
>> > In article <574d0m$k...@newsops.execpc.com>, bk...@execpc.com
wrote:
>
>Don't you mean "yeah"? Why is this humorous? Most Americans would go to
>Europe not knowing what W.C. is..
W.C...... Winston Churchill?
>Does it matter that someone from another country doesn't know what "DWBPF" is?
What DOES it mean? I am from the USA!
Christine
(notice I cut out some of the newsgroups this went to???)
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Either Winston C. or Water Closet :)
>
> >Does it matter that someone from another country doesn't know what "DWBPF" is?
> What DOES it mean? I am from the USA!
>
OK, I have never seen it... I just put the letters together to make what
I thought was "Divorced White Bi Protestant Female"
We just need to be a little more understanding of people from different
parts of the world.
Michael
: Either Winston C. or Water Closet
:) - this is a smilie
wrong ... Walter Cronkite
LOL [Laughing Out LOUD]
ROFL [Roll On the Floor Laughing]
hey mike did you forget the laughing gas?
: > >Does it matter that someone from another country doesn't know what
"DWBPF" is?
: > What DOES it mean? I am from the USA!
: >
: OK, I have never seen it... I just put the letters together to make what
: I thought was "Divorced White Bi Protestant Female"
What's she protesting? [grin]
: We just need to be a little more understanding of people from different
: parts of the world.
Really? [eyes wide open] just a 'little' ... all I know is that we're
all here and spread out all over this planet and can now write to
anyone in the whole world if he/she has an email address that
receives our message
from the halls of Montezuma
to the shores of Tripoli
Amazingly fast ... WOW ... Glorious
David Lindsay
: Michael