Online dating is one of the greatest inventions and gift of mankind to themselves. Every day thousands of people find their better half through online dating platforms. As a teenager, we have slangs to talk with our friends that are understandable among ourselves. Just like that, the online dating world has its acronyms and slangs. Learning online dating acronyms and slangs is quite important to cope up with the fast-moving environment and not to lack behind. I realized it while joining the online dating platform for the first time. I have to Google some slangs to understand what they are saying. So, it’s necessary to learn online dating slang to save yourself from embarrass and awkward situations.
Here are some of the popular online dating acronyms and slangs to download it in your mind.
AKA - Also Known As
Avatar – Tiny picture used to represent a person
A – Asian
AF - as f**k
B - Black
Bi - Bisexual
BBW - Big Beautiful Woman
BDSM - Bondage/Discipline/ Sadomasochism
Bot - fake, automated account
CPL - Couple
C – Christian
CNM/ENM - consensual non-monogamy / ethical non-monogamy
Curve - Rejection
D - Divorced
D/D free, DD, D/D - Disease and drug-free
DTE - Down to Earth
DTR - Define the Relationship
Exing - Unable to get over an ex
F - Female
F2F - Face to Face
FWB - Friends with Benefits
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
FtM - Female-to-Male transgendered
FYI - For Your Information
FBO - Facebook official
G - Gay
GBM - Gay Black Male
LGBT or GLBT - Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgendered
GLBTQIA - Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered, Questioning, Intersex, and Ally
GSOH - Good Sense of Humor
GWM - Gay White Male
GHOSTING – Dumped / Savage
H - Hispanic
HNG - Horny Net Geek
HWP - Height/Weight Proportionate
IR - Interracial
IRL - In Real Life
ISO - In Search Of
J – Jewish
JELLY – Jealous
K - Kids
L - Lesbian
LD - Light Drinker
LS - Legally Separated, or Light Smoker
LDR - Long Distance Relationship
LDS - Latter-Day Saints (Mormon)
MBC - Married Black Couple
M - Male
MBA - Married but Available
MM - Marriage-Minded
MSW - Man Seeking Women
MSM - Man Seeking Men
MWC - Married White Couple
MtF - Male-to-Female transgendered
NA - Native American
NBM - Never Been Married
ND, N/D - Non-Drinker, No Drugs, No Drinking
Neg - a backhanded compliment
N/Drugs - No drugs
NK or N/K - No kids
NS or N/S - Non-Smoker
NSA - No Strings Attached
NRE - New Relationship Energy
P - Professional, or Parent
Pansexual - interested in all sexes, genders, and gender identities
PA - Personal Attachment or Pleasing Appendage
Pan - Pansexual
Peacocking - attracting attention through props and clothing
POSSLQ - Person of Opposite Sex Sharing (same) Living Quarters
PC - Politically Correct, Personal Computer
PDA - Public Display of Affection
Q - Cool
RL - Real Life, i.e. not online, or in-person
S - Single
SBiF - Single Bisexual Female
SBF - Single Black Female
SBM - Single Black Male
SGL - Single
SI - Similar Interests
SD - Social Drinker
SO - Significant Other
SOH - Sense of Humor
STDs - Sexually Transmitted Diseases
STIs - Sexually Transmitted Infections
STR - Straight
SWF - Single White Female
SWM - Single White Male
TG - Transgendered
TLC - Tender loving care
TS - Transexual
TV - Transvestite
Umfriend - a sort of, not really friend
V CARD – Still Virgin
VBD - Very Bad Date
w/ - With
WAA - Will Answer All
W - Widowed or White
Wingman - a person who helps a friend meet people
YODO - You only dump once
ZOMBIEING - suddenly resumes communication out of nowhere as if back from the dead

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