IMglish lessons: the personal ad

Everyone knows that SWF* is a standard lingo in the world of personal ads IMglish, but personal ads are swimming in IMglishisms, some of which you may know, others you may not.

It’s important to understand this special IMglish dialect lest you don’t find what you’re looking for, or worse, you end up with something you weren’t looking for.

Look below and see what I mean

BBW - Big Beautiful Woman plus-size and happy with herself

Bi - Bisexual

C - Christian, as in SWCM (Single White Christian Male)

D&S - Dominance and Submission

DDF - Drug and Disease Free

Fet - Fetish

FtM - Female-to-Male Transgendered

FWB - “Friends With Benefits” (friends who have sex without romantic involvement or the expectation thereof)

*Single White Female

7 Responses to “IMglish lessons: the personal ad”


  1. 1 barbara

    This is a very useful service you are offering here. For instance, I am not so certain I would want to get romantically involved with anyone who feels the need to specify that they are drug and disease free. I would rather take that as a given.

  2. 2 Beth

    Too bad you never see RFGWHGTIM (really fun guy who has great taste in music).

  3. 3 Deepti

    I second barbara and Beth!

  4. 4 BeckEye

    SOA = sick of assholes

  5. 5 Tonardo

    Other personal add descriptions to avoid:

    MRSCR - Member of the Royal Society for Cannibalistic Rituals

    TFRF - Toenail Fungus and Ringworm Free

    AB - amorphous blob

  6. 6 Dick

    LETFF-liberated enough to fart freely
    RETDIO-respectful enough to do it outside

  7. 7 gifted typist

    Barbara, I know what you mean. It’s one of those “I used to beat my wife but now I’m clean” assurances.

    Beth, maybe that’s because those guys don’t need to personal ads. They are all scooped up.

    Deepti, and I third them

    BeckEye or SMJs - seeking Michael John

    Tonardo, only you could dream up something like that.

    Dick, mmmmmm, those will draw them in

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