Okay I have to ask . . .

[pegkerr]

What does the designation "DH" mean in Internet speak, anyway? I've seen it for years but never known. It seems to refer to the poster's significant other (is it always male?). Why not use SO? What does it stand for, specifically? Dear Honey? Dorky Hug-a-lot? Dense Homeboy? What???

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[naomikritzer]

I use "dh" to refer to Ed while posting to message boards. I try to remember to just call him Ed when posting to my LJ but sometimes I slip up.

I've also seen so, dw, dp, and df. Also xh. For kids there's dd and ds, and if you're a blended family there's dsd and dss. And of course there's MIL and FIL and SIL and BIL and X can be appended to any of those, as need be. Or STBX (soon-to-be-ex) or "future" (which usually seems to be typed out, rather than abbreviated to F). Which reminds me, I have on a few occasions seen FH when someone is really fed up.