Interestingly, Wikipedia lists "full-time mother" as one of the possible meanings of FTM. Acronyms quite commonly have more than a singular meaning.
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FTM has FTM (Far Too Many) acronyms
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MTF β Multiple-time father
Or MTF = My Trans Friends. As in "my trans friends are also welcomed." This FTM is so confusion inclusion-coded.
My sister was really excited about how many seahorse dads there were in her zoom pregnancy group (the pandemic was wild), because nearly a quarter of people had FTM in their handles. She even went a step further and noticed that they tended to be relatively femme for her expectations, and speculated about how difficult it must be to discontinue T and go through all of the pregnancy related hormone changes while still trying to present as masc.
"Seahorse dad", what a cool term!
Yeah I'm DTF (Distressed and Tired Father)
In my experience, most DTFs are DTF, so this one works pretty well :P
Good example for an acronym's meaning to depend on context. A username usually doesn't contain enough context to support acronyms.
CSAM can mean Cyber-Security Awareness Month, and also Child Sexual Abuse Material.
My friend recently had a kid and got really confused because the abbreviation is used that way in parenting groups. She thought it was a bit odd that she seemed to be one of only a few women in some pregnancy communities.
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