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Hi Everyone! I've noticed that a lot of AB/DL YouTube videos and some bloggers are now using the word "dips" as an abbreviation for diapers and I just wondered when this word first started to be used and whether it's part of established terminology that people would use for our favourite underwear in the "diaper" countries I've never come across it in any stories, so I wondered if it's used purely by this community? I've seen variants like "di-dees" and "dipies" in stories, but never "dips". I've be keen to learn more about the origins of this term, and to learn what other short forms of nappy and diaper people use. Thanks all! Hugs xx
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When I was growing up if ever I wanted to know what something meant or how to spell anything my dad would NEVER just tell me. He would always say look it up in the dictionary. I would roll my eyes and look it up and then as soon as I read that word and definition I would invariably end up reading other words that looked interesting. I would often spend an hour reading and I do have to say it seems to have increased my vocabulary and spelling abilities. I still get things wrong of course. I worked in customer service for years and it was 3 years into the job before someone pointed out I was spelling customer as costumer. It took a while to untrain my typing fingers! So out of curiosity was anyone else a crazy dictionary reading geek like me? Does etymology really fascinate you?
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