Step Mom Acronyms and Their Meanings

We just wanted to share a quick post today about something helpful we recently learned, that has made it easier to move through some of the online communities relating to motherhood.

Motherhood can look very different depending on your situation, but there is a community out there for you, whatever your motherhood looks like. One of the subcultures we relate to the most here at Fake Mom, is the Step Mom community. As with any group, they’ve developed a language that allows them to communicate effectively with each other. As an outsider, some of these words and acronyms can be confusing or hard to decode. It took us a while to wade through alternate definitions before we found the meaning behind the word that helped us to realize that this was actually a community we could relate to. That being said, we want to share with you what we’ve found, so that if this is your community and you just haven’t realized it yet, you can find your village.

Term	Meaning
BD	Biological Daughter
BS	Biological Son
BF	Biological/Birth Father
BF	Boyfriend (alternate)
BM	Biological/Birth Mother
CA	Custody Agreement
CO	Court Order
CP	Custodial Parent
CS/CSO	Child Support, Child Support Order
CPS	Child Protective Services
DD	Dear Daughter
DH	Dear Husband
DS	Dear Son
EoW	Every Other Week
EoWe	Every Other Weekend
FIL	Father in Law
FH	Future Husband
FW	Future Wife
FSD/FSS	Future Step Daughter, Future Step Son
FSK	Future Step Kids
GAL	Guardian Ad Litem
GF	Girlfriend (alternate)
GF, GM, GP	Grandfather, Grandmother, Grandparents
HCBM	High Conflict Bio/Birth Mother
HCBF	High Conflict Bio/Birth Father
LG	Legal Guardian
MIL	Mother in Law
NCP	Non-Custodial Parent
OH	Other Half
PPO/PO	(Personal) Protective Order
SAHM	Stay at Home Mom
SD	Step Daughter
SK or SKIDS	Step Kids
SO	Significant Other
SS	Step Son
TF	The/Their Father
TM	The/Their Mother
TOW	The Other Woman
TOM	The Other Mom
XFIL	Ex Father in Law
XMIL	Ex Mother in Law
XH	Ex Husband
XW	Ex Wife
#	Age of subject (i.e. SD9)

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