Simply this: I appreciate this site IMMENSELY !!!... But we now seem to live in an "ABBREVIATED' age... Yet not everyone who reads this site knows what every abbreviation used in Questions means... I think most readers who do not know the used Abbreviation, will just not bother to read further or react to it.!
"Aging-Care" -personnel: Could you please have a permanent request printed on your site for "questioners" to have the courtesy to fully write out the word, the 1st time it is used, then put the Abbreviation in parenthesis next to the word. Thereafter the meaning of the abbreviation is known to the reader throughout the rest of the text. ...
This has become "courtesy protocol" in business correspondence and here it should be required, because your readers live in such a large country that terminology and names can be different in Alaska, compared to the same thing in Texas....... Your Attention to this matter would surely be appreciated by many readers, as your subject matter discussed here is becoming ever more important and the help you offer is needed by many elderly
I am now asking for an explanation for " APS " - it is not found in Google either.... Thank you for listening ! DHilBe.
ST*U. (Shut The **** Up - insert letter of your choice to replace the asterisks.)
I'm not explaining it fully - most of you know what it means. It's usually muttered quietly or thought LOUDLY inside your head and directed at the condescending relative who tells you you deserve a "pat on the back" for taking care of your LO when no one else would, followed by "I'll be praying for you" (instead of offering to help)...or, as in today's case here, the one who says how nice it was that another relative took Mom out to see the parade "so she could get out". Um....like I never take Mom out?? That just completely rubbed me the wrong way today. I was enjoying my 2 hours of peace and quiet while Mom was gone - and she had to go and say that. (sigh)
Then I thought someone was flying to IAD, which to me means Dulles International Airport in the Washington DC area. Then someone would say FML, which to me means Federal Medical Leave.
Thanks to others explaining what DH and DW meant. I know S/O means significant other because I have one of those.... easier to use S/O than spouse-in-training :]
GT = Guilt Trip.
Think we're all familiar with that one!
Geriatric Obnoxious, Angry, toad
Wh
Greedy Outsiders Always Trouble
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Very common in Alzheimer's, but just part of the disease is not the actual disorder unless exhibited before onset of dementia
Just a thought all those kids can't learn a foreign language or even English in school but they can text. there is something wrong with this picture. DUTY. just made that up
PITA = Pain in the A**
(where * = 's')
LOL .. having to explain the explanation.
And, speaking of LOL .. way back in the olden days of the early internet, I thought it meant "Lots of Love" .. and so rarely made sense, in context and was too embarrassed to ask!
Greatest of All Time (LL Cool J music album)
Galveston Orientation and Amnesia Test
Get Our Act Together
Government of All the Talents (Gordon Brown's first administration)
God of All Things
Gone On A Trip
Go Away Troll
Generalized Occupational Aptitude Test (gaming)
Gene Ontology Annotation Tool
Goes Over All Terrain (vehicle)
Glossary of Acronyms and Terms
Gap/Overlap Analysis Tool
Grouped Optimal Aggregation Technique
Guru Of All Trades
Pick one *laughs*
Example:
I am sorry your Adjustable Posterior Sack (APS) is giving you problems. Maybe you should take it off before you sit down.
Even slow learners get the idea pretty quickly.
Thanks for the post. I thought there was an acronym dictionary here I had not seen.
I don't know how to respond, your question really has my GOAT.
And, BTW, did we forget BRB, ASAP, SYL, TTFN, BIAB ... oh, and my new favorite, IKR?
I think the OP just missed it: APS comes up #9 in a list of 209 at freedictionary dot com .. I mean, I nearly missed it (and cheated by using an active page search with 'adult' as a keyword, already knowing the acronym). I like some of the alternatives:
Adobe Photoshop ........ (if only it were that fun!)
Amount Per Serving ........ (hmmm ... remotely possible, here)
Active-Pixel Sensor ......... (if only it were that funny)
American Peptide Society ........ (did someone mention Pepsi?)
Aboriginal Peoples Survey ........ (maybe our elders could be... right?)
Auto-Pilot System ........ (if only)
Ammonium Persulphate ......... (do I really wanna know?)
Apostrophe Protection Society ...... (the what???)
Automated Patent System
... wait .. isn't that really Automated Patient System?
I'll just say that religion and politics are something I try to stay away from on forums like this. Unfortunately, not everyone feels that way. I get just a wee bit touchy when someone keeps shoving their religion in my face. I have my own, thanks.
Now I know GOAT doesn't stand for Geriatric Outragous Alien Toddler.
thanks LadeeC for enlightening us !!! Oh, I can't see for laughing so hard... !!!!!