Cloth Nappy Abbreviations - Clearing the Fog!

The Down Under cloth nappy world is full of abbreviations. Here's a primer - now you can decipher the jargon!

For further explanations of the terms on the list, see our FAQ and Links sections.

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AIO : All in One, a nappy that needs no cover or insert
AI2 : All In Two (also Wool-in-2, WI2) - like an All-in-One, but the absorbent part snaps into (or otherwise attaches to) the waterproof shell

BB : Baby Beehinds, BubbleBubs, Bright Bubba, Baa Bums, or Beastly Bumz
BBB : Baby Beehinds Bamboo
BBH : Baby Beehinds Hemp
BP : Berry Plush
BCP : Bleached Chinese Prefold
BE : Bubba Earth
BFB : Bits 4 Bots, or Best for Baby
BG : BumGenius
BGB : BlueGum Babies
BH : BubHub
BKT : Burley Knit Terry
BL : Baby Legs
BNR : Bumnround
BON : Born Of Nature
BP : Berry Plush
BSL : Baby Soft Landings
BSWW : Bummis Super Whisper Wrap
BTL : Born to Love
BV : Bamboo Velour

CB : CuddleBuns
CK : Cherub's Kiss
CPF : Chinese Prefold
CT : Cute Tooshies

DD, DDU : Darlings Downunder

EB : Essential Baby

FAQ : Frequently Asked Questions
FP : Flatulina Pockets
FOE : Fold-Over Elastic
FSN : Fruit Salad Nappies
FS : Front Snap
FB> : Fuzzi Bunz

GB : Girly Bits
GCDH : Great Cloth Diaper Hunt
GCNH : Great Cloth Nappy Hunt (see also GDUNH)
GDUNH : Great Down Under Nappy Hunt (run from Diaper Decisions)
GD : Gossamer Dreams
GK : Green Kids
GNST : Good Night Sleep Tight night nappy (Bubblebubs)

HB : Honeyboy
HL/H&L : Hook and loop

IB : Itti Bitti
IRC : Internet Relay Chat
IRL : In Real Life

JJ : Jolly Jumbuck

KIC : Kidz In Cloth
KK : Keester Kovers

LS : Little Squirt

MB : Mama Bird
MCN : Modern Cloth Nappies, also modernclothnappies.org
ME : Mother Ease
MEOS : Mother Ease One Size
MM : Mandy Mac

NC : Nappycino, Nature's Child, Nature's Cradle, Nappy Chappies, or Nappies Covered
NEFPUC : No-Elastic Fleece Pull-Up Cover
NN : Nurture nappies, Nic Naps, NipNaps
NP : Natural Parenting

OB/OzeB :OzeBaby
OCN : Oz Cloth Nappies
OOAK : One Of A Kind
OS, OSFA : One Size, One Size Fits All
OSFM : One Size Fits Most
OV : Organic Velour
OWP : OneWet Pants

PF : Prefold
PP : Possum Pouches, Pea Pods, or Pookey Pockets
PUL : Polyurethane Laminate, used for outer layer/cover

RNW : Real nappy week
RR : Rollicking Rascals, Razzily Rhino

SHP : Sustainable Hemp Products
SA : Snaps Australia
SB : Swaddlebees
SIWW, SWW : Super (Industrial) Whisper Wrap (by Bummis)
SS : Sandra's Stuffables, side snap

T'n'T : Turned and Topstitched
TIC : Twins In Cloth
TNN : The Nappy Network (New Zealand)
TT : Touch Tape

UBCPF, UCP, UP : Unbleached (Chinese) Prefold
: Unbleached Chinese Prefold

WW : Weewuns, Woolly Wonders, Wee Weka (patterns available from The Nappy Network NZ), Whisper Wrap (Bummis)
WP : Whisper Pants (Bummis)
WWWWW : Wonderful WeeWuns Wool Wrap

VB : Very Baby
VBSN : Very Baby Simply Nights night nappy (Ericas)

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