Dating Services
Dating Site Acronyms (DSAs)
The language of love isn't what it used to be. The language of online dating? Well, let's just say it's not too wordy. For more general terms try our Acronyms for a Speeded Up World.
3D – Deny, Deny, Deny
A – Asian
AL – Animal Lover
ASL - Age, Sex, Location?
B&D: Bondage & Dominance or Bondage & Discipline
B or Bi – Bisexual
B – Black
BBW – Big Beautiful Woman
BDSM –Bondage & Discipline, Domination & Submission and Sadism & Masochism
BF – Boyfriend
BHM – Big Handsome Men
BS – Betrayed Spouse
BTDT – Been There, Done That
C – Christian or Couple (the ultimate in context-dependent)
CD – Cross Dresser
D – Divorced
D&S – Dominance & Submission
DADT – Don't Ask, Don't Tell
DDF – Drug and Disease Free
DF – Disease Free
EMA – Extramarital Affair
EMR – Extramarital Relationship
EPE – Erotic Power Exchange (BDSM term)
F – Female
FB – F*ck Buddy
FtMT – Female to Male Transgendered
FS: Financially Secure
FWB – Friends with Benefits
G – Gay
GSoH – Good Sense of Humor
GF – Girlfriend
H – Hispanic or Husband (context-dependent)
HP – Height/Weight Proportionate
I – Interracial
IPT – Is Partial To
ISO – In Search Of
J – Jewish
K – Kids
L – Lesbian
LD – Light Drinker
LDR – Long-Distance Relationship
LHT – LoveHowTo.com
LS – Legally Separated
LTR – Long-Term Relationship
LY – Love You
LYL – Love You Lots
LYLAB / S - Love You Like A Brother / Sister
M – Male (can also mean Married; check context)
MBA – Married But Available (and occasionally the actual post-graduate degree)
MtFT – Male to Female Transgendered
MILF – Mother I'd Love to F*ck
MM – Married Man
MSA – Married, Sleeping Apart
MW – Married Woman
NBM – Never Been Married
NC – No Contact
ND – No Drugs, Non Drinker, No Drinking, No Drugs (and occasionally North Dakota)
NK – No Kids
NM – Not Married or Never Married
NRE – New Relationship Energy
NS – Nonsmoker
NSA – No Strings Attached
OF – Old Fart
OM – Other Man
ONS – One Night Stand
OOM – Other Other Man
OOW – Other Other Woman
OW – Other Woman
P – Parent or Professional (context-dependent)
PDA – Public Display of Affection
R – Relationship
RACK – Risk-Aware, Consensual Kink (BDSM term)
S – Single, Straight or Spouse (very context-dependent)
S&M – Sadism & Masochism
SO – Significant Other
SoH – Sense of Humor
SSC – Safe, Sane & Consensual (BDSM term)
STBE or STBX - Soon-to-Be Ex
STD – Sexually Transmitted Disease
T – Transgendered
TOM – The Other Man
TOW – The Other Woman
VA – Virtual Affair
W – White, Widowed or Wife (very context-dependent)
WAA – Will Answer All
Wi – Widowed
WLTM – Would Like To Meet
WTR – Willing to Relocate
X – Ex (as in former spouse/lover) or Extreme (as in open to adult situations)
Y – You (Your)
YKIOK – Your Kink Is OK (BDSM term)
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