DINKY etc

[ali_alic]

Do any of you know any more of these like Yuppie (Young and upwardly mobile), Dinky (Dual Income No Kids Yet), Twirlies ( re the oldies on pension day, ie "are we Too Early") Let me know if you have any others!! Cheers

[Mr.Ix]

Scrummies - School Run Mummys

[jills]

hadn't heard scrummies...that's good!! Also NIMBYs (Not In My Back Yard)

[ali_alic]

No -I'd not heard of Scrummies either, tho a guy in the office has just come up with NIMBY.... Keep em coming

[Jabba]

SINBAD = Single Income, No Boyfriend, Absolutely Desperate LOMBARD = Loads Of Money, But A Right D***head

[ali_alic]

Good ones Jabba, shame there's not a 4 **** rating!!

[Jabba]

Thank you. If you liked those, there's also WOOPIE = Well-Off Older Person SITCOM = Single Income, Two Children, Outrageous Mortgage

[kags]

there's a good list here http://www.shartwell.freeserve.co.uk/humor-site/acronyms.htm

[smudge]

Kags, thank for that list, I've just printed it out!

[Philtaz]

JAFFA- Just Another Fat, F***ing Administrator.

[splodger]

Ski-ers � Spending Kids' Inheritance

[New Forester]

LOLITS: Little Old Lady In Tennis Shoes. My mum-in-law is one...

[Ouisch]

MILF - Mom I'd Like to F*** (from the film "American Pie")

[boognish76]

Heard a new one the other day for people in their twenties who still live at home: KIPPERS - kids in parents' pockets exhausting retirement savings

[mumma]

I thought twirlies was to do with oap's trying to get on the bus too early with their free bus passes. Surely the post office would still be closed if they were too early on pension day??!

[Anna Rack]

Woopies - Well Off Older People - something I think Edwina Currie may have coined.

[Sir_Spikey]

I heard one ages ago that had a lot to do with Gaurdian readers and their penchant for basing all opinions on that days coumns. Does anyone know what I mean?

[Louis]

I know in Liverpool the Bus Drivers call the old dolls, the 'Twirlie Birds' because the bus passes can't be used before 0930hrs! :)

[Dolphin3900]

FEATHER = Financially Enabled Adult Trying Hard to Evade Responsibility.

Just heard that one today, from an insurance company; sounds a bit like KIPPERs (Kids In Parents' Pockets Eating Retirement Savings) or SLOPs (Singles Lliving Off Parents)

[Sequin]

LOMBARD - Lots of money, but a real ********!