Using Acronyms

Acronyms

Here is a list of Acronyms commonly used on this chat board. Please email FRUA if you would like others added to the list.

AC	Adoption Center also NAC This is the federal office in Kiev Ukraine where you receive your referral
AD	Adoptive Dad
AF	Adoptive Father
AM	Adoptive Mother
AP	Adoptive Parent/s
BC	Birth Certificate or Because depending on context
BF	Birth (or Biological) Father
BIL	Brother In Law
BM	Birth (or Biological) Mother (Please use a lower case "bm" for bowel movement)
BTW	By The Way
CoC	Certificate of Citizenship
DH	Dear Husband
DOE	Also DoE or Dept. of Ed. - Department Of Education This is the Russian government agency that over sees the orphanages in the various regions. You may receive a referral form the Doe or MoE.
HS	Home Study
IA	International Adoption
IMHO	In My Humble Opinion
IMO	In My Opinion
FIL	Father In Law
LOI	Letter Of Invitation (to get a visa to travel)
LOL	Laughing Out Loud
MIL	Mother In Law
MOE	Also MoE or Min. of Ed. - Ministry Of Education This is the federal agency in Moscow that has jurisdiction over the orphanages. You may receive a referral form the Doe or MoE.
NAC	Adoption Center also AC This is the federal office in Kiev Ukraine where you receive your referral
OP	Original Poster
PAP	Pre Adoptive Parent
PP	Also PPR - Post Placement Report
RAD	Reactive Attachment Disorder
ROTFL	Rolling On The Floor Laughing
SIL	Sister In Law
SW	Social Worker
Troll	Someone who posts with the simple purpose of getting everyone all stirred up.
USCIS	United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (used to be know as INS)

	A few other terms
Dom Rebenka	Baby Home housing children from birth through age 3
Detsky Dom	Orphanage, usually houses children aged 3 through 7
Internat	Boarding school for children from 7 to 17.
Oblast	A region much like a state in America
Kray or Krai	A region different somehow from an Oblast but much like a state in America

	If using the term "older child" please qualify that with an age or age range. To some a 3 year old is an older child, but to others an older child is 10 or 12 years old.

And now for the ever popular "emoticons"

Use a : (colon) with the appropriate letter or character (case sensitive) to get the desired graphic/emoticon with no spaces between the colon and letter/character. There must be a space before the colon and after the letter/character.

Just hold your mouse pointer over the graphic for a couple of seconds to get a description of the emoticon.