skymtf to Transfem · 1 year agoHow to cope with the idea you may never afford FFS?message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up131file-text
arrow-up131message-squareHow to cope with the idea you may never afford FFS?skymtf to Transfem · 1 year agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAnother Catgirllinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 year agoFFS means Facial Feminization Surgery, for anyone who hasn’t heard of that acronym.
minus-squareanswer42@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoThank you. Why do people use acronyms everywhere, without any context ?
minus-squareAdaMAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoBecause this isn’t without context. It’s a commonly recognised term in the trans community, used by a trans person speaking to other trans folk. Of course, not all trans folk know the term even then, but still, the vast majority of people this question is intended for will understand the term
minus-squareanswer42@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoOk, I saw this post while browsing Lemmy, I didn’t realise this was posted on a trans community. Still wouldn’t hurt if people didn’t expect all TLAs to be universally known, and maybe add the meaning in their first use
minus-squareAnother Catgirllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoLazy writing I guess. Or maybe after doing so much research, the writer used the acronym so much that she forgot what it stands for.
FFS means Facial Feminization Surgery, for anyone who hasn’t heard of that acronym.
Thank you. Why do people use acronyms everywhere, without any context ?
Because this isn’t without context. It’s a commonly recognised term in the trans community, used by a trans person speaking to other trans folk.
Of course, not all trans folk know the term even then, but still, the vast majority of people this question is intended for will understand the term
Ok, I saw this post while browsing Lemmy, I didn’t realise this was posted on a trans community. Still wouldn’t hurt if people didn’t expect all TLAs to be universally known, and maybe add the meaning in their first use
Lazy writing I guess. Or maybe after doing so much research, the writer used the acronym so much that she forgot what it stands for.