Personal advertisement

A personal or personal ad is an item or notice traditionally in the newspaper, similar to a classified ad but personal in nature. With its rise in popularity, the World Wide Web has also become a common medium for personals. Personals are generally meant to find romance or friendship, and usually include a basic description of the person posting it, and their interests.

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Newspaper - Classified ad - Personal - World Wide Web - Romance - Friendship

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Some University Newspapers offer free personals where students direct messages to others on campus. Most notable is The Koala at UCSD and UCI.

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Due to newspaper prices being based on characters or lines of text, a jargon of abbreviations and acronyms arose in personals, and have carried over to the internet. Some of most common are as follows:

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Character - Jargon - Acronym

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• M: Male
• F: Female
• G: Gay
• SWM: Single White Male
• ISO: In Search Of
• WLTM: Would Like To Meet
• TLC: Tender Loving Care
 
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