In my neck of the woods, "HWP" on craigslist means "height/weight proportionate," which is a euphemism for "I'm pretty flabby but I don't think I'm really fat and neither does my Mom." This is a substitute for posting height, weight and waist size.
Another favorite from the past is "I have a symmetrical body." I always took "symmetrical" to mean one arm on each side, one eye on each side, one leg on each side. It's as meaningless as HWP. Or perhaps as meaningful, since both evasions allow the poster to avoid the specifics.
My favorite from back in the day when I did the (pre-Net) personals thing was age evasions. When I was in my 20s I got a reply to a personal from a guy who said he was "40+." I was already pretty jaded/cynical by then and asked him to put a specific number on "40+." Was it 45? 42? 48? 50? Nope, it was 63. He said he had used the "40+" construct to "discourage the youth oriented." I pointed out that if he'd just said he was 63, he could have accomplished the same thing.
Anybody else use the personals and have misrepresentation BS stories to share?
Another favorite from the past is "I have a symmetrical body." I always took "symmetrical" to mean one arm on each side, one eye on each side, one leg on each side. It's as meaningless as HWP. Or perhaps as meaningful, since both evasions allow the poster to avoid the specifics.
My favorite from back in the day when I did the (pre-Net) personals thing was age evasions. When I was in my 20s I got a reply to a personal from a guy who said he was "40+." I was already pretty jaded/cynical by then and asked him to put a specific number on "40+." Was it 45? 42? 48? 50? Nope, it was 63. He said he had used the "40+" construct to "discourage the youth oriented." I pointed out that if he'd just said he was 63, he could have accomplished the same thing.
Anybody else use the personals and have misrepresentation BS stories to share?