Jeff_Kathy

I was under the impression the "D" was for "Damn", except in the presence of the individual, when it became "Dear". Could use Dratted, Dumb, Dastardly, Delicious, Devine, Dagnabbed, Dizzy, or about any other D-word, I guess.

What are the choices?

DH - Husband

DW - Wife

DD - Daughter

DS - Son

DMIL/DFIL - In-laws

DGM/DGF - Grandparents

DGD/DGS - Grandkids

DT - Delirium Tremens

DA - Duck's Ass

DWD - Diddy-Wah-Diddy

The list goes on...

After spending a good many years in the Navy, where tradition and necessity have created a unique language, it was easy to understand the need for internet jargon. A wordy writer takes too long to get the point across in chat rooms and messages. The initialisms evolved when messages included text only, before the handy little smilies came along. :rolleyes:

PPL KISS <G> = People keep it simple, silly (or stupid) "Grin"

There's a fairly brief, but useful list of common terms at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_slang.

HTH, GL - J