Lonely hearts adverts
Ever noticed those abbreviations in lonely hearts ads? Here's what the secret code really means.
- LTR - long term relationship, as in 'looking for LTR'
- SOH - sense of humour
- GSOH - good sense of humour
- VGSOH - very good sense of humour (got the hang of it yet?)
- BF - means either black female, or boyfriend, depending on the type of ad
- WLTM - would like to meet
- N/S - non-smoker
- S/A - straight acting
- ACA - all calls answered
- VGL - very good looking (but not very modest)
- ALAWP - all letters answered with photo
- OHAC - own house and car
- BDSM - into kinky sex (bondage, domination, sadism and masochism)
Updated: 11/04/2005
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