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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From Google Blog Search: "Personals"
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From Google News Search: "Personals"
Sun Nov 15 10:31:47 2009

Is it wrong to secretly search the personals the month before making a business trip behind my wifes back?
Q. I am going out of state on a week long business trip the last week of this month. I have been searching the personals and craigs list in hopes of finding a lady to have dinner with and possibly more. Of course, my wife doesnt know about this and I wouldnt want her do. Honey if you read this, it isnt me! Anyway, do you think it is wrong for me to be trying to line up some strange for a upcoming business trip?
Asked by Business Traveler - Thu Aug 14 08:43:09 2008 - - 19 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Ask your wife
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How can I reply to matches on Yahoo Personals when there is no Code showing?
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I have yahoo toolbar. How do i stop the personals icon from showing up when i log on?
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A. look for a pencil, click on it, find the preferences tab.
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