Question:
Is there a place to find the meanings to all of them?
Hi I have been reading the posted Q&As for about two months. I am also "caloricly challenged"! This web site has been a true inspiration to me . . . I am now positive that I want to have WLS. Please help me read it better . . .what do all the acronyms mean . . . AMOS, etc. Please help!!! Also, I have a consultation with Dr. David VonRueden in Wynnwood on 3/31. . . has anyone had WLS performed by him? Many thanks to all of you . . . for your frienship and inspiration! Fondly, Michele :) — Michele D. (posted on February 27, 2003)
February 27, 2003
I am with you, I do not know what all of the intials mean, I think that I
do know a few. DH is Dear husband, LOL is lots of love, AMOS is Association
of Morbority Obese Support, BTW is by the way, and b/c is because, now I
may be wrong, so I will be checking back on this question with you.
— cindy
February 27, 2003
LOL can also mean laughing out loud. DH (or DB or DW or DG) Dear husband,
dear boyfriend, dear wife, dear girlfriend. . . or dratted, darned (fill in
the blank in place of dear). For many, it depends on something a
significant other has recently done or said. I know that for one person
who had been in an unhappy marriage, the D stood for departed (no, not
dead).
— garw
February 27, 2003
Hi Michele, yes, all these acronyms can be totally confusing. Here's a
good site to find meanings: http://www.acronyms.ch/
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As far as THIS particular site, and not repeating the previous ones
mentioned, RNY=Roux en Y, DS=Duodenal Switch, GB=gastric bypass,
SO=significant other, IMHO=in my humble opinion, LOL=laughing out loud,
RFLMAO=rolling on the floor laughing my a*s off, BF=boyfriend,
MIL=mother-in-law (for some odd reason people talk a lot about their MILs
here!). Can't think of any others right now, but that site should solve
most of them for you. Hugs, Joy
— [Deactivated Member]
February 27, 2003
And as far as THIS site goes ... SOB means "shortness of breath"
.... NOT what I originally thought it meant for the longest time! *giggle*
— Dragon G.
February 27, 2003
One that I see people getting confused about is "lap" which
usually means laparascopic not lap band. I am wondering what *G* means.
giggle?
— Carol S.
February 28, 2003
*G* is grin, *BG* is big grin, *VBG* is very big grin (without the
asterisks it's vertical banded gastroplasty *G*)...JR
— John Rushton
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