DH and other abbreviations (was What's Love Got To Do With It?)

[joywitch_m_curmudgeon]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Martha" 
<fakeplastikcynic at h...> wrote:
> Jen: 
> 
> > I know I'm going to feel silly for asking, but what does dh 
> > mean?
> > The only thing I could think of was "designated husband" which 
> sounds 
> > a *tad* unromantic, huh?
> 
> Martha: 
> 
> I'm glad you asked that - I'd been wondering too. Whenever I saw it 
> written down I automatically read it as "division head", stemming 
> from my days as the *worst ever* Camp America participant [snip]

Being a baseball fan, the first time I saw it I wondered how the 
spouse of the woman who wrote it got to be a Designated Hitter.  Was 
he in the American League?*.  I eventually realized, as has been 
pointed out, that it means "dear husband" or "darling husband" 
or "darn husband," depending on your mood.  I suppose it  can also 
mean "damned husband," "dumb husband," "deceased husband," or, well, 
I'd better stop here.

--Joywitch

*Brits, non-baseball fans, and other confused people, don't even 
worry about this.  It would take far more explaining than it's worth.