A personal or personal ad is an item or notice traditionally in the newspaper, similar to a classified ad but personal in nature. In British English it is also commonly known as an advert in a lonely hearts column. With its rise in popularity, the World Wide Web has also become a common medium for personals, commonly referred to as online dating. Personals are generally meant to generate romance, friendship, or casual (sometimes sexual) encounters, and usually include a basic description of the person posting it, and their interests.

Due to newspaper prices being based on characters or lines of text, a jargon of abbreviations, acronyms and code words arose in personals, and have carried over to the internet.

List of single-letter abbreviations

The following are examples of single-letter abbreviations used in three-letter acronyms (TLAs).

The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please improve this article and discuss the issue on the talk page.

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A. I'm sure all you have to do is sign in and go to your account and cancel it, but I would make sure I did it a few days before it is taken out of you bank account or credit card.
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Do you get emails from Yahoo Personals on how to search their ads when you've never used their personals?
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Asked by Scott - Thu Jun 25 13:46:48 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Trust her Because I am engaged & I get them too.. & My guy was like you , thinking yeah right, until he got one too. Why they do this I don't know, other than a profile shows not married, Mine does show I am engaged though, so why I get them I have no clue. The same is happening with your girl, she is telling the truth about this. I have never been on the Yahoo personals site , link or what ever it is. Just My Mail & answers*
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When I click on "personals" on yahoo home page, it turns pink. How do I remove it?
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