The Real Meanings of Personals Ads Abbreviations


Womens' Ads:

40-ish
Adventurer
Athletic
Average looking
Beautiful
Contagious Smile
Educated
Emotionally Secure
Feminist
Free spirit
Friendship first
Fun
Gentle
Good Listener
New-Age
Old-fashioned
Open-minded
Outgoing
Passionate
Poet
Professional
Redhead
Reubenesque
Romantic
Voluptuous
Weight proportional to height
Wants Soulmate
Widow
Young at heart
48
Has had more partners than you ever will
Flat-chested
Ugly
Pathological liar
Bring your penicillin
College dropout
Medicated
Fat; ball buster
Substance user
Trying to live down reputation as slut
Annoying
Comatose
Borderline autistic
All body hair, all the time
Lights out, missionary position only
Desperate
Loud
Loud
Depressive schzophrenic
Bitch
Shops the Clairol section
Grossly fat
Looks better by candle light
Very fat
Hugely fat
One step away from stalking
Nagged first husband to death
Toothless crone


Men's Ads:

40-ish
Athletic
Average looking
Educated
Free Spirit
Friendship first
Fun
Good looking
Honest
Huggable
Like to cuddle
Mature
Open-minded
Physically fit
Poet
Spiritual
Stable
Thoughtful
52 and looking for 25-yr-old
Sits on the couch and watches ESPN
Unusual hair growth on ears, nose, & back
Will always treat you like an idiot
Sleeps with your sister
As long as friendship involves nudity
Good with a remote and a six pack
Arrogant bastard
Pathological liar
Overweight, more body hair than a bear
Insecure, overly dependent
Until you get to know him
Wants to sleep with your sister but she's not interested
Spends a lot of time in front of mirror admiring himself
Has written on a bathroom stall
Once went to church with his grandmother on Easter Sunday
Occasional stalker, but never arrested
Says "please" when demanding a beer


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