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=="Soap speak" acronyms==
''Soap Opera Digest'' coined the term and popularized the use of "soap speak," in which show names are abbreviated as [[acronym and initialism|acronym]]s to save space. These abbreviations have come into more extensive use outside the magazine with the advent of internet [[chat room]]s and [[message boards]].

For example, current soap operas and their acronyms include ''[[General Hospital]]'' (''GH''), ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'' (''B&B''), and ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'' (''Y&R'').  ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' is referred to as ''DAYS'' in the magazine, though the acronym ''DOOL'' is sometimes used elsewhere; ''[[General Hospital: Night Shift]]'' was similarly designated ''SHIFT'' rather than under an acronym. Abbreviations used for now-defunct series include ''[[All My Children]]'' (''AMC''), ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'' (''AW''), ''[[As the World Turns]]'' (''ATWT''), ''[[The Edge of Night]]'' (''EON''), ''[[Guiding Light]]'' (''GL''), ''[[Love of Life]]'' (''LOL''), ''[[One Life to Live]]'' (''OLTL''), ''[[Port Charles]]'' (''PC''), ''[[Ryan's Hope]]'' (''RH''), and ''[[Search for Tomorrow]]'' (''SFT''). The now-defunct series ''[[Sunset Beach (TV series)|Sunset Beach]]'' (1997–1999) was known as ''BEACH'' to differentiate it from the previously cancelled series ''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]'' (1984–1993), which itself had been referred to as ''SB''. Other past series with single-word titles (like ''[[Capitol (TV series)|Capitol]]'', ''[[Loving (TV series)|Loving]]'' and ''[[Passions]]'') had fully capitalized identifiers, while not typically abbreviating their titles in-reference. Prime time soap operas have also been attributed with acronyms and abbreviations in the magazine, including ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'' (''90210''), ''[[Melrose Place]]'' (''MP'') and ''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]'' (''DYN'').