Guitarhacker
Yeah, very few people know what I'm talking about when I say "Daw"....   I'll wager most think I'm trying to do a Homer Simpson imitation and rather poorly.  
 
So I just say "recording studio"  ... a bit longer but at least they know what I'm talking about.

This is what I call it.  It also sounds more impressive than "the laptop in my spare bedroom."

Like Herb, most people I talk to have no idea what a DAW is. I refer to it as "the software I use to make records". Even most bass players grasp the general concept.

P.S. Herb, some arcane trivia just for you: a guy with the same surname as you invented the dynamic microphone. 
 
That's pretty cool, I think. The only inventor with my surname came up with...crop rotation.
 
Oh, I forgot about the other one: the windmill guitar strumming technique. Different distant relative.

bitman
D-A-W seems like such effort. I've always called it a DAW.
As SCSI was scuzzy not S-C-S-I
 

Another English ... type thing?
 
It's 1-Zero-1 Bapu ... not 1-Oh=1! 
 
But it sounds good!

DAW, like DAWG...
 
 

When I was young we didn't have ones, we had to use lowercase "L's" instead...
 
OlOOOlOlOOlOOOOOOlllOlOOOlllOlOlOOlOOOOOOlOOOOlOOllOOOOlOlllOOOOOlllOlOlOOllllll

You say it daw
And I say it duh
Duh duh, duhduh
I don't know why you say it daw
I say it duh
Duh duh, duhduh
I don't know why you say it daw
I say it duh, duhduh, duh, duhduh duh
Du-U-uh