Text Messaging and Other Abbreviations 4

[kjv1611]

I came across an abbreviation today that for the life of me, I can't figure out what it is supposed to mean. I was hoping some of you might could help me out, and also thought this might make for a good discussion.

The one I'm thinking about right now is "DC." It is not talking about Washington, DC, either.

In context, I've seen it on a couple of different forum boards or review bulletins, talking about restaurants.

The context has been each time, something like "My DC and I went to this new restaurant..."

Does anybody have a clue as to what that stands for?? Also, does anybody else want to mention any on here they find rather odd, misleading, or just hard to follow?

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[lisaharris]

DC is probably Dear Child. Just as DH = Dear Husband, DS = Dear Spouse (or Dear Son), DD = Dear Daughter.

Or maybe the C is something else. Chum? Companion? Colleague?



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[gbaughma]

Hmmmm....

Distracting Chatterbox?
Dastardly Cohort?
Devilish Companion?
Delightful Companion?



Just my 2¢
-Cole's Law: Shredded cabbage

--Greg

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[KenCunningham]

Distant Cousin? If in Tennessee that is. With immediate apologies to any Tenesseean denizens of these threads!

I want to be good, is that not enough?

 

[kjv1611]

Distant Cousin - that is something that actually did cross my mind when trying to think, "what in the world is this person saying?"

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[kjv1611]

Here are the full contextual quotes where I first noticed this:
From

http://www.chowhound.com/topics/361773

My DC and I opted out of entrees this trip b/c we really went to check out the sushi. We've been

to a handful of sushi places in Greenville after hearing rave reviews from friends/etc and have

been severely disappointed. We moved here in September and prior to that we were eating sushi

about once a week in Boston at some really, really great places. I'm SO happy to have found Blue

Fire to fill that void.

From

http://www.chowhound.com/topics/462398

What great fun. My DC lives in NYC and was excited about getting some good Mexican food.
...
The cart served coffee and sold stuffed balls of dough rolled in sugar. They had raspberry,

nutella, and custard filled options and we chose custard. WOW. My DC and I ate it and giggled as

if we were kids in a candy store.
...
My DC ate at Chez Panisse earlier in the week and felt that Range was superior.

Well there are others, but I'm afraid that if I get too far out of context, it could mean many

other things as well.

I'm sorta thinking that perhaps this one is the real meaning of the abbreviation:

DC is probably Dear Child.

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[KenCunningham]

Seems Delicious Companion might be an option?:

http://www.answers.com/topic/dc-abbreviation

I want to be good, is that not enough?

 

[AnotherHiggins]

The answer:[tab]Dining Companion

as evidenced by

http://www.chowhound.com/topics/352592

A great link to find unknown acronyms is

http://www.acronymfinder.com

(though this one isn't on the first page of hits)

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[LNBruno]

Here's where I head when confronted with a new SMS or other TLA:

http://www.aim.com/acronyms.adp

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[kjv1611]

That's it! Dining Companion!
Thanks!

Hip Hip Hooray!

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[CajunCenturion]

Here is another reference page:

http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/imglish/imglish_a.html

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[gbaughma]

Dining Companion? Oh, brother. <Sigh>

ATAAABOBS

(All These Acronyms are a bunch of Bull Sh*t)



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[gbaughma]

Oh, and BBIAF isn't "Be back in a fortnight" (who the hell uses "fortnight" any more?) it's "Be Back In A Flash".

You know, I've been on the 'net since 1986, and spent what amounts to YEARS in chat rooms, and have never seen 90% of these....



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[AnotherHiggins]

Be back in a fortnight"

Heh. Which link is that one from? One of the risks of having user-submitted data, I suppose....

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[kjv1611]

I'm going to use the DC thing next time I take my wife out. Then in conversation, I'll say something like, "yes, my DC and I just LOVE the crab cakes at that place!" I'm sure she'd love being referenced as "my DC."

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[Stella740pl]

No, no, you don't refer to your wife as DC. It is all wrong. An appropriate abbreviation for the wife would be SO - Significant Other .

 

[gbaughma]

In my business, SO stands for "Sex Offender".

Hmmmm



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--Greg

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[SantaMufasa]

I'm sure (my wife would) love being referenced as &quot;my DC.&quot;

KJ, before risking your wife's emotions by surprising her with an appelation that she has not pre-approved, I would check out Acronymfinder.com's List of 237 meanings for &quot;DC&quot;. Some that she might not appreciate so much (in the context you suggest) are:[ul][li]Dirt Cheap[/li][li]Damage Control[/li][li]Dead Center[/li][li]Dry Cell[/li][li]Depth Charge[/li][li]Dress Circle[/li][li]Divorce Court[/li][li]Daisy Cutter[/li][li]Disaster Control[/li][li]Dislocated Civilian[/li][li]Domestic Corporation[/li][li]Dashboard Confessional[/li][li]Dixie Chick[/li][li]Duty Cycle[/li][li]Distribution Center (Whoa! KJV, watch out for this one!)[/li][li]Direct Connection[/li][li]Domain Controller[/li][li]Dark Crystal[/li][li]Destiny's Child[/li][li]Death Certificate[/li][li]Deputy Commissioner[/li][li]Debt Collector[/li][li]Dark Cloud[/li][li]Desert Combat[/li][li]Dust Collector (again, look out here!)[/li][li]Daughter Card[/li][li]Directional Coupler (oops!)[/li][li]Daughter of Charity (&quot;Charity never faileth&quot;, right?)[/li][li]Dark Carnival[/li][li]Damage Controlperson[/li][li]Docking Compartment (another oops!)[/li][li]Death Cab[/li][li]Discount Code[/li][li]Division Chief[/li][li]Domain Component[/li][li]Disciplinary Committee (getta room!)[/li][li]Detective Constable[/li][li]Dream Cast (she wouldn't mind this one, I'll bet.)[/li][li]Death Claim[/li][li]Double Couple (oooh, kinky)[/li][li]Direct Chill (I'm sure she would not like this one. &lt;grin&gt[/li][li]Disconnect Confirmation (See, &quot;Divorce Court&quot[/li][li]Defect Coverage[/li][li]Decent Christian (Married to you, I presume she's okay with this one. &lt;another grin&gt[/li][li]Drift Correction (she keeps you on the Strait and Narrow, right?)[/li][li]December Child (unless born just prior to January)[/li][li]Defocus Control (She's probably &quot;defocussed&quot; you a few times &lt;lecherous grin&gt[/li][li]Damage Class[/li][li]Dry Container[/li][li]Den Chief (depends on her Den Chief uniform &lt;hehe&gt[/li][li]Diablo Clone (certainly not married to KJV!)[/li][li]Delayed Call[/li][li]Disposal Code[/li][li]Drain Channel[/li][li]Direct Converter (for Evangalists only, &lt;hehe&gt[/li][li]Doom Connector[/li][li]Drip Can[/li][li]Displaced Civilian[/li][li]Debris Collector[/li][li]Defect Code[/li][li]Discovery Connection (hmmm)[/li][li]Digitally Correct[/li][li]Damaged Cybernetics[/li][li]Discipleship Coordinator (possibly, yes)[/li][li]Display Coupler (only if she is an Exhibitionist &lt;lech grin&gt[/li][li]Deficiency Coordinator (hmmm)[/li][li]Death Cruiser[/li][li]Defense Carrier[/li][li]Drinking Christian (I hope not to excess)[/li][/ul]All I can say is Be very, VERY careful before you refer to her as your 'DC'. &lt;smile&gt;

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[hawks]

from the site that KenCunningham gave sounds right to me also:

DC
Meaning
Daily Chump

Category
Internet->Chat

 

[kjv1611]

Deficiency Coordinator
Well, my wife does help out in this area for me.

I does gots many defieicneies... I mean defincionatos... I mean deficimeters...

Oh nevermind...
[LOL]

But yeah, such abbreviations and such could very well be dangerous. Hopefully, I wouldn't say anything that'd get me a Direct Connection to my jaw!

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