Here are the results of the 60 people who submitted votes on the favorite
terms for formula.  The first column is the Acronym(and phrase for the
Acronym).  The Next Column are the votes from Lactnetters, and the Next
column are the votes from alt.support.breastfeeding.  The last column is the
total of both and was used to rack the terms.  All terms are listed even the
ones that received no votes.

My personal favorite is..........."BMS" Breast Milk Substitutes.  I say this
because it is not offensive, and describes what the real product is and
proclaims "everything else"as a substitute.  Substitute also covers all the
subsitutes: formula, cowsmilk, water, D10, teas, homemade formula.  BMS also
is the term that WHO uses in the Code for the marketing for Breast Milk
Substitutes.  Lastly this term will probably translate into languages other
than English better than ABM, PIMP, etc...

Respectfully Submitted,
Jon Ahrendsen MD.

NAME                                      LACTNET    Alt.supp     TOTAL
ABM (Artificial Baby Milk)                    7 2       9
AIM (Artificial Infant Milk)                  7 1       8
HMS (Human Milk Substitute)     2       6       8
AHM (Artificial Human Milk)                   1 2       3
CBM (Commercial Baby Milk)      1       2       3
FORMULA                                     3   3
NHM (Non Human Milk)                  3         3
PIMP (Processed Infant Milk Product)    2       1       3
BMS (Breast Milk Substitute)    1       1       2
TFW (The "F" Word)                    1 1       2
TOS (That Other Stuff)                2         2
TOSS (That Other Substitute Stuff)              2       2
AIF (Artificial Infant Feeding)         1               1
AM (Artificial Milk)                                        1   1
AMM (Artificial Mother's Milk)          1       1
BARF (Baby's Artificial
                 Replacement Formula)     1             1
CRAP (Canned Replacement
                     Artificial Product)                    1           1
HMR (Human Milk Replacement)    1               1
ManMilk (Manufactured Milk)                          1  1
MPM (Manufactured Processed Milk)       1               1
PALFFI (Processed Artificial
               Liquid Food For Infants) 1               1
PBM (Processed Baby Milk)                     1         1
SHM (Substitute Human Milk)             1       1
SIM (Substitute Infant Milk)                  1         1
ABP(Artificial Baby Product)
AIDS (Artificial Infant Dietary Substitute)
AIF (Artificial Infant Food)
AMP (Alternative Milk Product)
ARP (Artificial Replacement Product)
AS (artificial supplement)
ASM (Artificial Substitute Milk)
BMA (Breast Milk Alternative)
CIM (Commercial Infant Milk)
CM (Canned Milk)
CM (Commercial Milk)
IBM (Imitation Baby Milk)
MFP (Manufactured Feeding Product)
PAIF (Processed Artificial Infant Food)
PAM (Processed Alternative/Artifical Milk)
PIFP (Processed Infant Food Product)
PMP (Processed Milk Product)
PMS (Processed Milk Substitute)
PSM (Processed Substitute Milk)
PSP (Processed Substitute Product)
RHM (Replacement Human Milk)
SBM (Substitute Baby Milk)
SBM (Substitute Breast Milk)
SBM (Synthetic Breast Milk)
SFS (Substitute Feeding Substance)
SH*T (Substitute Human Infant-feeding Technique)
SLP (Substitute Lactation Product)
SM (Substitute Milk)