Codes

[Ana Bellini]

Ok, I'm new here and blah blah blah but I think this is gonna help every new soul in this forum.

Everyone here (except one or two brave people) don't like writing certain words, the most common being the code v*. Buuuuuuuut there are some difficult codes to who is new here, such as SV, and they are even harder to non-English speakers (me!).

What I want? A list, showing the codes and meanings. Writing isn't necessary. To learn the word emetophobia, for example, I googled the following phrase: "Medo de vo"
what would mean "Fear of vo..." and google showed me the rest of the word. I copied it and ready!

If it sounds stupid, forgive me, but I think it's a good idea. Write here all the codes you know and lets make understanding the forum easier to newbies.

[gumdropper1]

fp = food poisoning
sv = stomach virus
sb = stomach bug, Santa Barbara
noro = norovirus
d* = diarrhea
n* = nausea, nauseated
v* = vomit, vomiting, vomited
s* = sick
tu = threw up, throw up, throwing up
p* = puke, puked
FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions: http://emetophobia.byethost15.com

I rarely or never use the abbreviations and there's no rule that anyone has to. It can be empowering for an emet to spell out the words.

Doug

[jmoore10]

S*=sick
I'm not necessarily afraid of the words, but I do appreciate there are others that don't pike to see them. Plus I can get lazy
You made a great point, Ana. I'm sure there are others that will find the codes useful, too

[paulinek]

It's tricky, i can see how if you are reallly bad with your emet at the moment then even seeing the words can freak you out, just like some people with a phobia of spiders can't even bear to see a photo of one, but I do agree with Doug, I think it helps to try and write them out. I always write them in full, possibly with the exception sometimes of diarrhoea just because it's just a pain in the bum to spell, why such a long word? Why couldn't it be called "woosh" or something shorter and more appropriate?! x

[Ana Bellini]

Haha, I don't have a problem with the words in English, I easily write sick, nausea, virus and blah blah blah, but the word, oh, I'll write this, the word vomit and similar v words make me feel bad as it reminds me a lot of the word in Portuguese... Oh, it's not a taboo, I'm just afraid of writing this, well, vômito. Ugly word, isn't it?

It's easier to Doug, he hasn't... trown up in 36 years. I trew up two months ago.

[asianeko]

As Doug mentioned though, there are no rules about using abbreviations or not. It's all personal preference! I will abbreviate only when the original poster did, out of respect for their thread. I think fear of the word increases the fear of the thing. Think Lord Voldemort from Harry Potter :P

[afraid213]

Same here..I only abbreviate if the original poster does,just out of respect.

[KaydeeJayde]

As Doug mentioned though, there are no rules about using abbreviations or not. It's all personal preference! I will abbreviate only when the original poster did, out of respect for their thread. I think fear of the word increases the fear of the thing. Think Lord Voldemort from Harry Potter :P

Bonnie, I love that quote! Go hermione!!

I tried doing the abbreviations out of respect to anyone who didn't like it, but I found myself becoming anxious when I DID have to type the words. So now I don't abbreviate. I'm not being disrespectful, I'm just afraid of enough things already, and I refuse to have a bunch of words being one of them. I do understand though, and a list could be helpful, because some people will just never type the word.

[asianeko]

Bonnie, I love that quote! Go hermione!!

I tried doing the abbreviations out of respect to anyone who didn't like it, but I found myself becoming anxious when I DID have to type the words. So now I don't abbreviate. I'm not being disrespectful, I'm just afraid of enough things already, and I refuse to have a bunch of words being one of them. I do understand though, and a list could be helpful, because some people will just never type the word.

I think somebody else used the analogy before me on these forums, but yeah I think it's an awesome one!

[KaydeeJayde]

It's been thrown around a bit on here. I love it