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Slinging The Adoption Lingo - Page 2

From the Sublime to the Absurd

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How important is it to know all the latest lingo, jargon, acronyms, and abbreviations? Visit any of the online registries or listings, or join a mail list, chat room or newsgroup. If you haven't been keeping up with developments, you may not be able to decipher the postings. And there was even one registry that charged more to register if you didn't use the right abbreviations in the right places!

Sling the Lingo Like a Pro

Adoption, search and reunion, and related issues are too important for false pride. If you join an online community and you don't understand the abbreviations, acronyms, slang, or any other parts of a message, ask!

To understand the lingo, it will be helpful to learn the terms associated with adoption: the different types of adoption, the parties to an adoption, and the members of the extended adoption family:

• Glossary of Terms
  is a plain-language explanations of words and phrases associated with adoption and foster care.
  
• Adoption-Speak and the Dictionary of Adoptese are satirical looks at the words and phrases used in the adoption world, most of which have made their way into our world of Adoption Lingo.

And there are many places on the Net where you can brush up on your knowledge and netiquette:

From our Editor

• My Adoption Lingo List - a growing list of our Editor's favorite adoption-related abbreviations and acronyms.
• Chat Lingo - a list of the more commonly used abbreviations.

Adoption-related

• Doug Henderson's Acronyms are a quick guide to the better-known adoption-related organizations.
  

General
For common - and not-so-common emoticons, check out:

• Net Lingo
  

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(Clue: It has nothing to do with the Federal Aviation Admininstration.)

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