Hi all,
Someone here suggested we do a nappy nerd dictionary. But we're all pretty strapped for time atm, so can you help us please? There are heaps of stuff for net lingo, but nothing for cloth nappy talk, so would love your help!
Here's what we have so far.
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Net Lingua (Internet Language) > Acronyms and abbreviations
And here's a link I posted in the other thread to net acronyms
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cloth nappy lingo - basic terminology by eilleen
post 16 of this thread
Nappycino Forum - View Single Post - The Nappy Nerd's Dictionary - please contribute when you have the time...
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4BF ~ Four Bags Full
AIO - All in One; Almost in One
AF - aunt flo (period)
B4B or BFB- Best for Baby; Bits for Bots
BB - BubbleBubs - Baby Beehinds - Baa Bum-beastly bums
BB GNST -bubblebubs goodnight sleeptight (night nappy)
BBH - Baby beehinds Hemp
BBB - Bamboo baby beehinds
BE - Bubba Earth
BGB - bluegum babies
BFBB - bits for bts bamboo
BFL ~ Big Friendly Giant. whoops,.. Blue Face Liecester
BJ - Bubba J
BV- bamboo velour
BKT- burley knit terry
BSL ~ baby soft landings
BSWW - bummis super whisper wrap
CA Cloth Advocacy/Awareness
CK - Cherub's Kiss
COAP - come out and play (set from the cauldren/ozebaby store)
COOAK - custom one of a kind
CT - cute tooshies
Custom : Usually when you are able to choose colours, fabrics or wools for you order.
DDU - darlings down under
FB - Fuzzibunz
FOB - Fold out booster
FOE - fold over elastic
FSN - Fruit Salad Nappies
GK - greenkids
GDUNH Great Nappy Down Under Nappy Hunt
Hyena - someone who stalks a particular (or all) nappy site/s to get the best nappies as soon as they are listed.
HC Hyena Cart
HT/HF/SHT/ etc - Hemp Terry, Hemp Fleece, Stretch Hemp Terry etc (
at the abbreviation for the latter!)
((or HST - hemp stretch terry?LOL))
HTH - velcro brand high technology hook (other side is called 'loop')
IB - itti bitti
Inseam ~ the length of a garment on the inner leg
LTK - Little Turtle Knits
LS ~ little squirt
ME - Mother Ease
MCN - Modern Cloth Nappies
M/fibre - Microfibre
M/fleece - Microfleece
MF - microfleece or microfibre...
MM - malden mills (fleece)
NC - Nappies Covered - Nappycino
NEFPUC - no elastic fleece pull up cover
NN - Nic naps or Nurture Nappies
OB - ozebaby
OL or o/l - overlocked
OOAK - One of a Kind
OV- organic velour
OzCloth/OCN - Oz Cloth Nappies
OTCN- off topic oz cloth nappies
OSFA - one size fits all
OSFM - one size fits most
OTRS - Over The Rainbow Soaker
OWP - Marnies One wet pants
PAQ - previously asked questions
PUL - Polyurethane Laminate. Substance used to line covers to make them waterproof. Certain PULs also ensure that the cover is still breathable.
PP - PeaPods - PooPockets - Possum Pouches - Picky Pants
PVC - Polyvinyl Chloride and is a common plastic used for insulating and jacketing many wire and cable products. For some reason, someone thought this would be a good substance to line covers.
QD ~ quick dry
KIC - Kids in Cloth.
Rise ~ the length from the baby's belly button through the legs and to a similar spot on the baby's back
RR - Rollicking Rascals
RNW Real nappy week
S&T - stitch and turn
Sandies - nappy chappies Sandman night nappy.
SB - Swaddlebees
short rows ~ short rows of knitting at the back of woollies used to add extra shape to the nappy area
SS - Sandras Stuffable - side snaps - straight stitch
SIB - Snap in booster
TIC - Twins in Cloth
Trifold ~ a booster that folds in three
TT - touch tape (like velcro/aplix)
TT - Twinkletots
Terry Flats - flat square piece of cloth, usually made of terry cloth, though can also be bought in muslin or flannelette.
VBSN - Very Baby Simply Nights
VB - Very Baby
wick/wicking -
basically its wetness spreading from the absorbent material onto the pul...
so a leak...it could be caused by the nappy being saturated so nowhere else for the liquid to go - or a bad fit, say around the legs seal...
I'll just add that it's the same effect you see if you hold a piece of material in a bucket of water. The rest of the material will become wet in time as the water travels up through the fibres of the material. So it "wicks" up the material. This happens most commonly with water loving materials, so a bad fit around the legs as Joh has said will allow wetness to touch babies clothes and then the wetness then wicks to form a much bigger patch than it would have been otherwise. That's why nappies made with PUL attached to polyester may last longer on baby than nappies made with PUL attached to a cotton outer. Polyester isn't as water-loving as cotton so won't wick as much.
WM - WAHMania
WW - The Wee Wuns - Wee Weka (Pattern)
WW- wooly wonders
ZZ - zig zag