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.

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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/B4B : Bits 4 Bots, or Best for Baby
• BG : BumGenius
• BGB : BlueGum Babies
• BH : BubHub
• BJ : Bubba J
• 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
• COOAK : Custom one of a kind
• 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
• GF: Genesa Forge
• GK : Green Kids
• GNST : Good Night Sleep Tight night nappy (Bubblebubs)


• HB : Honeyboy
• HH : Happy Heiny
• HL/H&L : Hook and loop


• IB : Itti Bitti
• I/O : Inside Out
• 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, Night Nappy
• 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 : Reusable 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 : Sugar Shots, side snaps


• 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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