ED
ED has 2 meanings
Eating disorder
Example
You never truly 'get over' an ED, but I feel like I'm doing as well as I can
Related Slang
ana | Anorexia |
mia | Bulimia |
Pro-ana | Pro anorexia |
edtwt | An eating disorder community on Twitter |
TW | Trigger warning |
CW | Content warning |
It me | I identify with that |
Relationship weight | Weight gained from a romantic relationship |
Netflixing | Eating a lot of food when you mean to eat just a little |
OCD | Obsessive compulsive disorder |
PTSD | Post-traumatic stress disorder |
ADHD | Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder |
ADD | Attention deficit disorder |
Categories
Emergency department
A health facility acronym that stands for the medical treatment area that specializes in the care of patients that require immediate attention; helps a variety of people, such as people with sever blood loss and women going into labor; usually operates 24 hours a day; more commonly known as the ER.
Example
Thankfully I've never been to the ED
U r lucky, I've been there 3 times in the last year alone!
Related Slang
ER | Emergency room |
24/7 | Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week |
ICU | Intensive care unit |
ITU | Intensive treatment unit |
CCU | Critical care unit |
meds | Medications |
HMO | Health maintenance organization |
PPO | Preferred provider organization |
PCP | Primary care physician |
Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook users sometimes use the acronym ED to mean "eating disorder." You are most likely to see ED used this way during conversations about anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, pica, or other eating disorders, by people who have or have experience with those disorders.
For example, you may see a Twitter user post "Recovering from ED - still not comfortable feeling full. How do you cope?" Responses to that post would likely contain advice from others who have had similar ED recovery experiences.
Other ED-related acronyms and abbreviations
Social media users who have EDs often use ED and other related acronyms and abbreviations to seek out others who have EDs, so they can discuss their experiences. Some of these users are looking for advice to help cure their eating disorders, while others are looking for encouragement to continue pursuing their unhealthy, obsessive lifestyles.
Other acronyms and abbreviations that may lead you to ED-related content include:
Typically, users do not use the above acronyms and abbreviations as hashtags, for fear that the social media platform they are posting to will remove their content - especially if the content is pro-ED.