POF

What Does POF Mean in a Text?

The Growing Glossary of Dating Slang

If you're new to online dating, then I'm afraid there is whole new language with well over 250 terms for you to learn.

Particularly since the rise of the iKids, people have been far more open about their sexual preferences and desires, and this has generated a long glossary of new dating terms. Many sexual preferences are still abbreviated on dating sites, presumably with the idea that those who do not understand the term do not need to know it. That thinking does not help newcomers though. Here is the term you're looking for:

POF means "Plenty of Fish."

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POF refers to the online dating website created by Markus Frind. It was launched as a business in 2004 and is popular primarily in Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, Brazil, and the United States.

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When I write POF, I mean this:

Plenty of Fish is an online dating website.

Summary of Key Points

We have summarized the key points in the table below:

POF
Definition:	Plenty of Fish (dating website)
Type:	Abbreviation
Guessability:	2: Quite easy to guess
Typical Users:	Adults

Examples of POF in Sentences

Here are examples of POF in conversations:

• Tony: Have you been on POF?
• Jordan: Yeah, it's full of old people.

• Tony: I saw your profile on POF.
• Jordan: Er, that's not me.

An Academic Look at POF

As it is pronounced using its individual letters (i.e., "Pee Oh Eff"), POF is classified as an initialism abbreviation. Initialisms are different to acronyms, which are spoken like words. Of interest, POF is rarely pronounced "poff," which would make it an acronym.

Example of POF Used in a Text

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