DH, on the internet, is a jokey-kind short form of darling husband. People use it to talk about their husband without writing the word husband every time: 'DH is watching the kids,' 'DH made dinner.' It grew on British parenting and women's forums and then spread.

DHDH，on the internet在網路上，is a jokey-kind short form of darling husband是darling husband（親愛的老公）帶點玩笑意味的縮寫。People use it to talk about their husband人們用它來講自己的老公，without writing the word husband every time而不用每次都寫husband這個字：'DH is watching the kids,''DH is watching the kids'（DH在顧小孩）、'DH made dinner.''DH made dinner.'（DH煮了晚餐）。It grew on British parenting and women's forums它是從英國的育兒和女性論壇流行起來的 and then spread然後才傳開的。

It is casual, in-group writing, not something you say out loud in a meeting, and not how you would write in a school essay. The tone is usually fond, sometimes eye-rolling, the way family nicknames are.

It is casual, in-group writing這是一種隨性、圈內人才懂的寫法，not something you say out loud in a meeting不是你會在會議上講出口的話，and not how you would write in a school essay也不是你寫學校作文的方式。The tone is usually fond語氣通常是帶著愛意的，sometimes eye-rolling有時候帶點無奈翻白眼，the way family nicknames are就像家人之間的暱稱那樣。

Other letters work the same way on those forums: DD darling daughter, DS darling son, DH darling husband. This DH is not the baseball DH (designated hitter) and not Department of Health; those are different jobs for the same two letters.

Other letters work the same way on those forums在那些論壇上其他字母也是同樣的用法：DD darling daughterDD是darling daughter（親愛的女兒）、DS darling sonDS是darling son（親愛的兒子）、DH darling husbandDH是darling husband（親愛的老公）。This DH is not the baseball DH (designated hitter)這個DH不是棒球裡的DH（指定打擊），and not Department of Health也不是Department of Health（衛生部）；those are different jobs for the same two letters那些是同樣兩個字母的不同用法。