Help with abbreviations, DD, DS, DH, etc...

[daze823]

Ok, new to the entire cruise thing, and having a difficult time reading some posts as they tend to use a lot of abbreviations that I'm not familiar with... If you know, please help explain what the following abbreviations mean, feel free to add any more that I haven't seen as of yet, but am sure to run accross....

 

DD

DS

DH

DW

b2b

 

thanks to those who answer these...

[CruisenOne]

Ok, new to the entire cruise thing, and having a difficult time reading some posts as they tend to use a lot of abbreviations that I'm not familiar with... If you know, please help explain what the following abbreviations mean, feel free to add any more that I haven't seen as of yet, but am sure to run accross....

 

DD = Dear Daughter

DS = Dear Son

DH = Dear Husband

DW = Dear Wife

b2b = Back-To-Back Cruise

 

thanks to those who answer these...

 

Hope that this helps;)

[Georgiagolfer]

LOL..... laugh out loud

BTW.... by the way

MIL.... mother-in-law (fil, sil, dil, etc.)

SO..... significant other

BF...... best friend and/or bou friend

 

You get the picture.:rolleyes:

[julieanne]

OBC=onboard credit ;)

[daze823]

See it all the time, I am cruising with princess, so I see it on their posts frequently, so it may be one of their ships? However, I just saw it on a general board, so now I'm not so sure...

 

Anyway, thanks for all the explanations from everyone, now I have a good understanding and will probably be able to figure out most that I see.

[julieanne]

I have no clue! Since you do not say how it is used! LOL! I could probably figure it out by reading the thread....

[daze823]

While I don't know how universal this is, on the CB the pattern on the deck carpeting was the same on the port and starboard side of the ship. However, the port side had a distinctive red edging to it. If you think of red as port wine and port as left, it becomes very obvious which side to turn when exiting an elevator.

[fllady]

CB is for Caribbean Princess!! My favorite ship!!:D

[milleruszk]

Hope that this helps;)

 

And I always thought that the D prefix meant dumb! I wondered why everyone was being so uncivil to each other. LOL Now you know how my mind works. :eek:

[FolksOfMeans - ByNoMeans]

And I always thought that the D prefix meant dumb! I wondered why everyone was being so uncivil to each other. LOL Now you know how my mind works. :eek:

 

The "D" prefix means "Dumb" in: DB

 

DumbBroadski:)

[julieanne]

And I always thought that the D prefix meant dumb! I wondered why everyone was being so uncivil to each other. LOL Now you know how my mind works. :eek:

HAHAHAHA :D

[Steamboatin]

Here is more information than you asked for but it may be of some help to you and others who read this thread.

 

The below link is to the Internet Acronyms Dictionary:

 

http://www.gaarde.org/acronyms

[paddycat]

Here is more information than you asked for but it may be of some help to you and others who read this thread.

 

The below link is to the Internet Acronyms Dictionary:

 

http://www.gaarde.org/acronyms

 

thank you so much for this link :)

[FFBlondi]

And I always thought that the D prefix meant dumb! I wondered why everyone was being so uncivil to each other. LOL Now you know how my mind works. :eek:

 

That's ok, being a Navy brat, I thought the 'D' was dependent! LOL! :D

[boogs]

Cruise Critic management has posted a list of acronyms used on this site. It's a bit hard to find, so here is the link:

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/faq.php?faq=vb3_reading_posting#faq_acronyms

Edited December 2, 2013 by boogs

[13Victoria1964]

That's ok, being a Navy brat, I thought the 'D' was dependent! LOL! :D

 

And you cannot omit the often thought but rarely used..,***! (Am I allowed to say that?)

[beachbum53]

An abbreviation that hasn't been mentioned yet, but is frequently used by anyone that's cruised more than once (especially with kids and in-laws :D):

 

DOD = drink of the day

[Anthony63]

And I always thought that the D prefix meant dumb! I wondered why everyone was being so uncivil to each other. LOL Now you know how my mind works. :eek:

 

When I first asked the question I was told D ment dear .... or it could mean dumb .... to be fair I think it was a tongue in cheek. I mean who would say dear wife or dear husband.:cool:

 

Eat more BACON

[beachbum53]

When I first asked the question I was told D ment dear .... or it could mean dumb .... to be fair I think it was a tongue in cheek. I mean who would say dear wife or dear husband.:cool:

 

Eat more BACON

 

Perhaps it's just a short-hand way of being polite. After all, DH (dear husband) sounds much nicer than "the old fart I sleep with".:D

[Anthony63]

Perhaps it's just a short-hand way of being polite. After all, DH (dear husband) sounds much nicer than "the old fart I sleep with".:D

 

And shorter. :)

 

Eat more BACON