People use acronyms in everything from email to instant messages, chat rooms to forum, now even in dating profiles. Experienced online users don't have a problem with it, but to a newbie, deciphering this "New Age" language can get a bit frustrating.

To help you out we put together a list of acronyms frequently used in online dating profiles.

• A: Asian
• B: Black
• BIF: Bisexual Female
• BIM: Bisexual Male
• BIMF: Bisexual Married female
• BIMM: Bixesual Married Male
• BDSM: Bondage/Discipline/Sadism/Masochism
• BBW: Big Beautiful Woman
• BHM: Big Handsome Man
• CPL: Couple
• D: Divorced
• DDF: Drug and Disease Free
• DTE: Down to Earth
• DWF: Divorced White Female
• DWM: Divorced White Male
• F2F: Face-to-Face
• GSOH: Good Sense of Humour
• H: Hispanic
• HWP: Height/Weight Proportional
• ISO: In Search Of
• IRL: In Real Life
• J: Jewish
• K: Kids
• N/K: No kids
• LD: Light Drinker
• L: Lesbian
• LTR: Long Term Relationship
• LFG: Looking For a Group
• LSD: Latter Day Saints
• LGBT: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender
• M4M: Men For Men
• M4W: Men For Women
• MBA: Married But Available
• MM: Married Men
• MWC: Married With Children
• NSA: No Strings Attached
• NS or N/S: Non Smoker
• PF: Professional Female
• PM: Professional Male
• RL: Real Life
• SALT: Single and Loving It
• SBF: Single Black Female
• SBM: Single Black Male
• SCF: Single Christian Female
• SCM: Single Christian Male
• SD: Social Drinker
• SGL: Single
• SI: Similar Interests
• SWF: Single White Female or (Straight White Female)
• TDH: Tall Dark and handsome
• TS: Transsexual
• TV: Transvestite
• W/E: Well Endowed
• WLTM: Would Like To Meet
• VBD: Very Bad Date
• W: Widowed or White
• WAA: Will Answer All